ATTACK ON GOLDEN TEMPLE AT AMRITSAR IN 1984

Early day motion 945, tabled 14 January 2014 by John McDonnell (Labour). Signed by 31 members.

That this House notes with concern the evidence now available as a result of the most recent release of Foreign and Commonwealth Office documents which reveal that in 1984 the then Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, and Foreign Secretary, Geoffrey Howe, agreed that the UK would provide military assistance in the form of SAS advice in planning the assault by Indian forces on the Sikh's Golden Temple at Amritsar which resulted in a large number of deaths and the desecration of this holy place; further notes that the authorisation of this military assistance was kept secret; and calls on the Government to establish an independent public inquiry into the collusion between the UK and Indian governments on the perpetration of this massacre, including the immediate release of UK Government documents relating to it.

Signatures by party: Labour 22, Liberal Democrat 5, Independent 1, Plaid Cymru 1, Respect 1, Social Democratic and Labour Party 1.