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INDEPENDENT INQUIRY INTO THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

Early day motion 247, tabled 25 November 2009 by Bob Spink (Independent). Signed by 14 members.

That this House supports Turkey's application for membership of the EU; but is concerned about the welfare of thousands of Crypto-Armenians in Turkey; notes the substance of Geoffrey Robertson QC's legal opinion on the Armenian Genocide; calls for an independent inquiry into the revelations of that opinion; and urges the Government to acknowledge that the events which befell the Armenians and Assyrians of Turkey of 1915 amounted to genocide.

Signatures by party: Labour 9, Liberal Democrat 4, Independent 1.