Covid-19 global ceasefire

Early day motion 563, tabled 4 June 2020 by Claudia Webbe (Labour). Signed by 24 members.

That this House notes United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ recent call for a global ceasefire to combat the rapid spread of COVID-19; futher notes that Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab endorsed this call for peace; is concerned that little action has been taken by the UK government to make this a reality; laments the fact that there are currently thousands of British forces in at least 35 countries around the world, including 1,000 in Afghanistan and more than 1,000 in the Middle East including in Iraq and Saudi Arabia; is appalled that Britain remains complicit in the Saudi-led coalition’s war in Yemen; recognises that the coronavirus outbreak offers our government a unique opportunity to step away from global conflicts; and calls on the Government to immediately draw up a plan to withdraw British troops from war zones.

Signatures by party: Labour 12, Scottish National Party 8, DUP 1, Green 1, Labour/Co-operative 1, Social Democratic and Labour Party 1.