SYRIA AND THE EXPULSION OF THE SYRIAN AMBASSADOR

Early day motion 2729, tabled 20 February 2012 by John Leech (Liberal Democrat). Signed by 30 members.

That this House notes that more than 6,000 people have been killed by government forces in Syria for exercising their democratic right to protest; supports the comments of the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon that the failure of the Security Council to act is disastrous for the people of Syria and that such violence in unacceptable before humanity; reiterates the calls of the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs `that any harassment or intimidation of Syrians in our country is unacceptable and will not be tolerated' and `the presence of a Syrian ambassador, who is a direct representative of the regime, contradicts the British principles of democracy and humanity'; and calls on the Government to expel the Syrian ambassador from the country.

Signatures by party: Labour 18, Liberal Democrat 9, Green 1, Plaid Cymru 1, Social Democratic and Labour Party 1.