ATTACKS ON SRI LANKA CRICKET TEAM IN PAKISTAN

Early day motion 977, tabled 4 March 2009 by Virendra Sharma (Labour). Signed by 50 members.

That this House condemns the murderous attacks on the Sri Lanka cricket team and match officials by unknown armed gunmen in Lahore, Pakistan on 2 March 2009 that left six policemen and the driver of one of the buses in the team's convoy dead and seven players and officials injured; expresses sincere condolences to all those affected by these vicious attacks on innocent civilians; further condemns the targeting of cricket, a unifying and peaceful force in Pakistan, by the perpetrators; and calls for the Government to work with the Pakistan government to do all it can to catch and punish the perpetrators of these attacks and to devise a strategy to ensure that at some point in the future cricket can again be played in Pakistan without fear of terrorist attack.

Signatures by party: Labour 32, Liberal Democrat 11, Conservative 2, Social Democratic and Labour Party 2, DUP 1, Independent 1, Scottish National Party 1.