UK MPs slam Hilton hotels
Campaign News | Thursday, 1 March 2007
Parliamentary motion gathers 93 signatures
A Parliamentary motion criticising the Hilton hotel chain for banning Cubans from its hotels in the UK had gathered 93 signatures from all parties by 1 March.
Early Day Motion 828, tabled on 5 February by Dr Ian Gibson MP, Chair of the All Party Cuba Group calls on the UK government to issue a statement on the ban, which breaches UK discrimination laws.
The ban, caused by Hilton's obedience to the US blockade is also an extra-territorial application of a US law and therefore illegal under international law because it breaches Britain's sovereignty.
Three conservatives,including the former Minister of Trade, Sir Ian Taylor, have signed the motion along with 15 Liberal Democrats, three Plaid Cymru and two SDLP members.
The full motion and list of signatories is reproduced below and can be accessed at:
http://edmi.parliament.uk/EDMi/EDMDetails.aspx?EDMID=32529&SESSION=885
For background on the issue go to:
http://www.cuba-solidarity.org.uk/news.asp?ItemID=995
EDM 828
HILTON HOTEL GROUP
05.02.2007
Gibson, Ian
That this House regrets the decision of the Hilton Hotel Group to ban Cuban delegations from its global chain; expresses concern over remarks from a UK spokesperson for the Hilton Group that Cubans may be banned from their London hotels; recognises that any such developments would violate domestic UK anti-discrimination laws and EU safeguards against the use of extra-territorial legislation and would be tantamount to a breach of UK sovereignty as well as being an act of racial discrimination; calls upon the UK Government to issue a public statement of opposition to any attempts by the Hilton Group or any other US owned multi-national companies to enforce elements of the illegal US embargo of Cuba in the territory of the United Kingdom.
Conservative Party
Baldry, Tony
Bottomley, Peter
Taylor, Ian
Labour Party
Anderson, David
Anderson, Janet
Borrow, David S
Burgon, Colin
Butler, Dawn
Campbell, Ronnie
Caton, Martin
Challen, Colin
Chaytor, David
Clark, Katy
Clelland, David
Clwyd, Ann
Cohen, Harry
Connarty, Michael
Cook, Frank
Corbyn, Jeremy
Cruddas, Jon
Cryer, Ann
Davidson, Ian
Dean, Janet
Dismore, Andrew
Eagle, Angela
Etherington, Bill
Flynn, Paul
Francis, Hywel
Gerrard, Neil
Gibson, Ian
Godsiff, Roger
Goodman, Helen
Hamilton, David
Hamilton, Fabian
Hopkins, Kelvin
Hoyle, Lindsay
Humble, Joan
Iddon, Brian
Illsley, Eric
Jackson, Glenda
Jenkins, Brian
Jones, Lynne
Keen, Alan
Khabra, Piara S
Kilfoyle, Peter
Lazarowicz, Mark
Love, Andrew
Marris, Rob
Marshall, David
McCafferty, Chris
McCarthy, Kerry
McCarthy-Fry, Sarah
McDonnell, John
McKechin, Ann
Meale, Alan
Mitchell, Austin
Mudie, George
Pope, Greg
Prentice, Gordon
Purchase, Ken
Riordan, Linda
Salter, Martin
Sarwar, Mohammad
Sheridan, Jim
Simpson, Alan
Singh, Marsha
Skinner, Dennis
Stoate, Howard
Strang, Gavin
Stringer, Graham
Trickett, Jon
Turner, Desmond
Vis, Rudi
Liberal Democrats
Cable, Vincent
Featherstone, Lynne
George, Andrew
Hancock, Mike
Harris, Evan
Hemming, John
Holmes, Paul
Hunter, Mark
Leech, John
Pugh, John
Russell, Bob
Stunell, Andrew
Swinson, Jo
Williams, Stephen
Younger-Ross, Richard
Plaid Cymru
Llwyd, Elfyn
Price, Adam
Williams, Hywel
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Durkan, Mark
McDonnell, Alasdair
