Early Day Motion·EDM 1350
THE ESMERALDA
5 June 200325 Signatures
Primary sponsor
Jeremy Corbyn
Your Party — Islington North
Motion Text
That this House expresses regret over the Government's decision to allow the forthcoming visit of the Chilean naval ship, the Esmeralda, to Dartmouth and London, where it will be from 14th July for seven days; notes the ship's role in the 1973 coup in Chile wherein hundreds of Chileans were illegally detained and tortured, including the British priest Father Michael Woodward who was tortured to death on board the vessel; and out of respect for the memory of victims of General Pinochet, calls upon the Government to cancel the visit.