WESTERN SAHARA

Early day motion 973, tabled 9 November 2010 by Jeremy Corbyn (Labour). Signed by 35 members.

That this House expresses its horror at the violent dismantling byMoroccan forces of refugee camps in the Western Sahara; notes the accompanying deaths of three security officials, another potentially lethal stabbingand many injuries; further notes that the unrest preceded by hours the resumption of informal UN-sponsored talks in New York between Morocco and the Polisario Front; and calls on the Government to signal that it is not prepared for the stalemate to continue in defiance of UN resolutions and international law, to organise higher-level UK engagement in a resolution of the issue, to monitor human rights violations and to end the exploitation of resources in the Occupied Territory.

Signatures by party: Labour 16, Liberal Democrat 12, Social Democratic and Labour Party 3, Conservative 1, DUP 1, Green 1, Plaid Cymru 1.