3896 Notices of Questions and Motions: 30th January 1985 No.50
331 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG
Dr Jeremy Bray
Mr David Howell
Mr Russell Johnston
Sir Nicholas Bonsor
Mr Stuart Bell
Mr Tom Clarke
Mr Paddy Ashdown
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Mr James Hamilton
Mr James Tinn
Mr Gordon Wilson
Mr Ian Grist
Mr Alfred Dubs
That this House, while giving full credit to the Hong Kong Government for accepting all Vietnamese refugees who reach the territory, considers the conditions obtaining in the closed camps quite intolerable in a British colony; recognises that unless a programme of resettlement is organised internationally the refugees in both closed and open camps and their children can have no expectations of leading normal lives; and therefore calls on Her Majesty's Government, having concluded a successful negotiation with the People's Republic of China, now to take the initiative by accepting a quota and to call a conference of interested countries urgently to seek a solution to the problem.
VIOLATION OF DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS IN SRI LANKA
Mr Dave Nellist
Mr Tony Banks
Mr Jeremy Corbyn
Mr Stuart Holland
Mr Bob Clay
Mr Terry Fields
Mr Peter Pike
Mr Gordon Wilson
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Mr Lawrence Cunliffe
Mr Jack Thompson
That this House expresses extreme concern at reports of the extensive and calculated terror being unleashed by the Sri Lankan armed forces on the Tamil civilians in the North- ern and Eastern provinces of Sri Lanka; is appalled by the failure of the Government to maintain the basic facilities of food distribution, transport, health facilities and the well- being of individuals; registers strongest protest at the denial of basic democratic and human rights to the Tamil people; and demands that Her Majesty's Government calls on the Government of Sri Lanka to put an end to the arbitrary arrest and military repression of the Tamil people, to release all Tamils and political prisoners, to despatch an immediate supply of food and medical supplies to the North and to despatch immediate relief to the 200,000 fishermen and their dependants who have been prohibited from fishing and who face starvation.
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