Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 86open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 December 2000
leave out after 'to' and insert 'Mr Oktay Kayalp, the real Mayor of Famagusta who has been elected by the people who live there, and to the Turkish Cypriot people of that city who were forced to flee within its ancient walls in 1974 to escape the barbarous attacks of Greek Cypriot militia upon their men, women and children; calls upon the world to recognise the genocide of the Turkish Cypriot population attempted by the Greek Cypriots in 1963, 1967, and 1974; and calls upon the world to stop participating in the illegal and unjustified Greek Cypriot embargo upon Turkish Cypriot trade and communications, to end the 37 year-old fiction that there is only one government in Cyprus, and to recognise the government elected by the Turkish Cypriot people without further delay.'.
Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 45open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 December 2000
That this House recognises the work of the 1,800 almshouse charities in the United Kingdom and their provision of some 32,000 homes for mainly older people and those in social need; realises that almshouse charities depend upon permanent endowment income; deplores the burden of VAT on repairs and improvements to properties provided by charities to house those in need; and calls upon the Chancellor of the Exchequer to introduce the exemption of VAT on repairs and improvements to properties owned by these charities.
Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 1109open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 November 2000
That this House notes with approval the statement made by the UN Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, on 12th September 2000 that each party in the Cyprus dispute represents its own side and no one else, and that the two peoples of Cyprus are the political equals of each other; and calls upon Her Majesty's Government to cease dealing with the government elected in Southern Cyprus by the Greek Cypriots as if it were the government of the whole island, and to accord equal treatment in all respects to the government elected in Northern Cyprus by the Turkish Cypriots.
Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 1008open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 October 2000
leave out from "October" to end and add "welcomes the free and fair elections held in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus and acknowledges President Rauf Denktas as the elected representative of the people of Northern Cyprus; recognises that in all countries there are lawful limits to press and political freedom and that in Northern Cyprus there is an independent judiciary well able to resolve disputes between the State and the citizen as to the extent of those limits; notes that the courts have ordered the release of all persons recently arrested; further recognises that the presence of Turkish troops in Northern Cyprus is for the time being essential to prevent any repetition of the attempted genocide to which the Turkish Cypriots were subjected in 1963, 1964, 1967 and 1974; and looks forward to a confederal Cyprus in which Turkish and Greek Cypriots can live side by side in mutual respect, prosperity, and security.".
Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 952open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 July 2000
leave out from "Cyprus" to end and add 'question on the basis of the political equality of the two peoples of Cyprus; forsees a bright and prosperous future, provided that effective guarantees are in place to ensure that never again will the larger seek to dominate or persecute the smaller and that a confederal structure can be agreed, so permitting both peoples to live secure in their own culture, religion, and geographical area and to cooperate with each other on the basis of mutual respect; further welcomes the new spirit of cooperation between Greece and Turkey, and looks forward to the accession of Cyprus to the EU after a settlement has been reached and provided arrangements can be made which will provide Turkey with the same rights and obligations as Greece with regard to the Cyprus Confederation until such time as Turkey itself joins the EU.'.
Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 383open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 April 2000
leave out from 'House' to end and add 'regrets that the British-Irish Parliamentary Body, after years, still meets in private, does not make its reports available to honourable Members and rejects the transparency expected from all public bodies.',
Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 493open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 March 2000
That this House deplores the military threats against Taiwan by China; condemns the Chinese policy documents suggesting China be prepared to launch a massive attack upon Taiwan; upholds the right of the Taiwanese people to exercise their right of self-determination; calls upon China to improve human rights for its citizens; notes that Taiwan is one of the world's top 15 trading powers; and looks forward to both China and Taiwan becoming members of the World Trade Organisation through which relations will improve as a result of dialogue and increased trade.
Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 158open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 January 2000
leave out from 'however' to end and add ' that whereas the Berlin Wall was erected by the former Soviet regime to prevent East Germans joining their relatives in the West, the wall in Nicosia was erected by Turkish Cypriots to defend themselves from genocidal attacks upon them by Greek Cypriots in 1963, repeated in 1967, and repeated again in 1974; condemns attempts to make misleading comparisons between Nicosia and Berlin, and looks forward to the day when such trust and confidence has been established between Turkish Cypriots and Greek Cypriots that fortifications will no longer be necessary.'.
Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 42open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 January 2000
leave out from 'House' to end and add 'looks forward to a visit from the real Mayors of towns in Northern Cyprus who have been elected by the people who actually live there; notes that ongoing efforts to find a settlement under UN auspices are based on the principle of bi-zonality, which does not admit a free return to their homes by Turkish Cypriots or Greek Cypriots, but instead envisages fair compensation to both sides for their losses; and calls upon HMG to encourage a confederal settlement under which the two peoples of Cyprus can live side by side, each secure in their own territory and dealing with the other, and with the world, on the basis of equality and mutual respect.'.