ARMS EXPORTS TO ISRAEL

Early day motion 519, tabled 20 January 2009 by Ken Purchase (Labour). Signed by 57 members.

That this House notes that the latest Strategic Export Controls Quarterly Report issued by the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform shows arms exports to Israel in the first half of 2008 to be in excess of £20 million; and calls for a complete ban on all such sales to Israel until a permanent peace agreement is signed with the elected government of Palestine.

Signatures by party: Labour 35, Liberal Democrat 14, Social Democratic and Labour Party 3, Independent 2, Plaid Cymru 2, Scottish National Party 1.