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<div>The '''Mujahedin-e-Khalq''' (translation: [[People's Mujahedin of Iran]] ([[PMOI]]) is an Iranian exile organization officially declared a 'terrorist' organization both in the United States and Iran. <ref>Global Security, [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/para/mek.htm GlobalSecurity.org "Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization"], Global Security.org, accessed on 24 September 2010</ref> Through its front group,<ref name=RP>Rostam Pourzal, [http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2006/pourzal120606.html "MEK Tricks US Progressives, Gains Legitimacy"], ''Monthly Review,'' 26 May 2006</ref><ref>Department of State, [http://ftp.resource.org/courts.gov/c/F3/373/373.F3d.152.01-1480.html "Citation: 373 F.3d 152"], FTP Resource, accessed on 24 September 2010</ref> [[National Council of Resistance of Iran]] (NCRI), it has been the main conduit for publicizing Israeli intelligence on Iran's nuclear program.<ref name=SRA>Scott Ritter, [http://www.alternet.org/world/93239/america_is_already_committing_acts_of_war_against_iran/ "America Is Already Committing Acts of War Against Iran"], Alternet, 30 July 2008</ref><ref>Claude Salhani, 'Analysis: Israel 'Can Destroy' Iran Nukes', [http://www.spacewar.com/news/Israel_Can_Destroy_Iranian_Nuclear_Arsenal.html ''Space War''], 11 January, 2006. (Accessed 3 April, 2009)</ref><br />
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Other Names for MEK include the [[National Liberation Army of Iran]] and the [[Muslim Iranian Student's Society]].<br />
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==History==<br />
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Beginning as an anti-Shah movement in the 1950s, the MEK became the most militaristic opposition movement in Iran during the Shah's regime and continues this policy with the current Iranian government. The MEK reportedly conducted attacks on US officials and civilians in Iran during the 1970s, and in 1981 claimed responsibility for the murders of more than 70 high-ranking Iranian officials in the "Hafte Tir bombing."<ref name=America>Scott Ritter, [http://www.alternet.org/world/93239/america_is_already_committing_acts_of_war_against_iran/ "America Is Already Committing Acts of War Against Iran"], Alternet, 30 July 2008</ref> This led to a widespread government crackdown on all opposition movements in Iran during the time, with thousands of people being tortured and executed, including thousands of MEK members. After this time surviving MEK members fled to Paris and Iraq where the MEK turned into what many analysts have called a reactionary movement, embracing the main goal of overthrowing the Islamic government in Iran through any means, including violence.<ref name=MIPT>MIPT, [http://web.archive.org/web/20080115114802/http://www.tkb.org/Group.jsp?groupID=3632 "Mujahedin-e-Khalq (MeK) Group Profile"], MIPT Terrorism Knowledgebase, accessed on 24 September 2010</ref> In Iraq the MEK assisted Saddam Hussein's government in suppressing Shias and Kurds and performed "security services" for the Iraqi government until Hussein's government was overthrown by the US. The MEK did not resist the US invasion of Iraq in 2003 even though the US government distanced itself from the group shortly after. At present the MEK is mainly supported by pro-Israel advocates and/or those who want regime change in Iran, including US neoconservatives.<ref name=MIPT>MIPT, [http://web.archive.org/web/20080115114802/http://www.tkb.org/Group.jsp?groupID=3632 "Mujahedin-e-Khalq (MeK) Group Profile"], MIPT Terrorism Knowledgebase, accessed on 24 September 2010</ref><ref name=America>Scott Ritter, [http://www.alternet.org/world/93239/america_is_already_committing_acts_of_war_against_iran/ "America Is Already Committing Acts of War Against Iran"], Alternet, 30 July 2008</ref><br />
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==Faulty Intelligence Source==<br />
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Even though intelligence provided by the MEK to the US government has been used, intelligence officials within the US and abroad have been doubting its veracity ever since the MEK claimed that it had information about a secret Iranian nuclear site in Natanz. While documenting years of such instances in an investigative report written for IPS News, Gareth Porter argues that the "laptop documents" provided by the MEK as evidence that the Iranian government planned to build a nuclear weapon may have actually originated from Israel's [[Mossad]]. Scott Ritter has written that the MEK's intelligence was relayed to the US government via prominent neoconservatives such as [[Michael Ledeen]].<ref name=SR>Scott Ritter, [http://www.zcommunications.org/iraq-iran-and-wmds-by-scott-ritter "Iraq, Iran, and WMDs"], Znet, 29 January 2007</ref><br />
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:Since 2002, new information has emerged indicating that the MEK did not obtain the 2002 data on Natanz itself but received it from the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad. Yossi Melman and Meier Javadanfar, who co-authored a book on the Iranian nuclear programme last year, write that they were told by "very senior Israeli Intelligence officials" in late 2006 that Israeli intelligence had known about Natanz for a full year before the Iranian group's press conference. They explained that they had chosen not to reveal it to the public "because of safety concerns for the sources that provided the information".<br />
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:Shahriar Ahy, an adviser to monarchist leader Reza Pahlavi, told journalist Connie Bruck that the detailed information on Natanz had not come from MEK but from "a friendly government, and it had come to more than one opposition group, not only the mujahideen."<br />
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:Bruck wrote in the New Yorker on Mar, 16, 2006 that when he was asked if the "friendly government" was Israel, Ahy smiled and said, "The friendly government did not want to be the source of it, publicly. If the friendly government gives it to the U.S. publicly, then it would be received differently. Better to come from an opposition group."<ref name=GPMEK>Gareth Porter, [http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=41416 "Iran Nuke Laptop Data Came from Terror Group"], IPS, 29 February 2008</ref><ref name=CB>Connie Bruck, [http://www.iran-interlink.org/files/News4/Mar06/NewYorker060306.htm "Exiles: How Iran's Expatriates are Gaming the Nuclear Threat"], Iran Inter-link, 6 March 2006</ref><br />
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==Support from Progressives==<br />
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Even though the MEK has carried out violent attacks on civilians, worked for Saddam Hussein's government for years,<ref name=AS>Anne Singleton, [http://www.iran-interlink.org/?mod=view&id=813 "Saddam's Private Army How Rajavi changed Iran's Mojahedin from armed revolutionaries to an armed cult"], Iran-Interlink, accessed on 24 September 2010</ref> and accepted various forms of support from the US government when it was intent on pushing for regime change in Iran through opposition movements,<ref name=SH>Seymour Hersh, [http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/07/07/080707fa_fact_hersh "Preparing the Battlefield"], ''New Yorker,'' 7 July 2008</ref> some progressives in North America and Europe have still embraced the MEK as a legitimate resistance movement.<br />
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Writes Rostam Pourzal:<br />
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:On May 26, 2006, a representative of the violent Iranian fugitives based in Iraq, known as MEK, addressed a forum -- an anti-war forum -- sponsored by the liberal Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists in Berkeley, California, as he had done the year before. Introduced as Ali Mirardal, the speaker lamented human rights abuses in Iran and offered the National Council of Resistance, a Paris-based front group for MEK, as the best hope for a democratic Iran.<ref name=RP>Rostam Pourzal, [http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2006/pourzal120606.html "MEK Tricks US Progressives, Gains Legitimacy"], ''Monthly Review,'' 26 May 2006</ref><br />
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Pourzal notes that the MEK's flag-waving for human rights is one reason why audiences invite MEK to events, an ironic result considering how the MEK is known as "Saddam's Private Army"<ref name=AS>Anne Singleton, [http://www.iran-interlink.org/?mod=view&id=813 "Saddam's Private Army How Rajavi changed Iran's Mojahedin from armed revolutionaries to an armed cult"], Iran-Interlink, accessed on 24 September 2010</ref> for its part in suppressing Iraqi Kurds and Shias. <br />
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:While MEK activists feign humanistic values before mainstream audiences, they work closely with some of the extremist Washington circles that push for preemptive US confrontation with Iran. (Other American unilateralist think tanks prefer to support the rival monarchist Iranian groups here.) For example, the Iranian "security expert" who regularly warns us about Iranian fundamentalism on Fox News television, Alireza Jafarzadeh, is none other than the terror group's former registered Washington representative.<ref name=RP>Rostam Pourzal, [http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2006/pourzal120606.html "MEK Tricks US Progressives, Gains Legitimacy"], ''Monthly Review,'' 26 May 2006</ref><br />
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==Israeli Support==<br />
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While conceding that the MEK has little support within Iran, Scott Ritter writes: "The MEK also has the support of the state of Israel. It has the support of the powerful pro-Israeli lobby here in the United States."<ref name=SR>Scott Ritter, [http://www.zcommunications.org/iraq-iran-and-wmds-by-scott-ritter "Iraq, Iran, and WMDs"], Znet, 29 January 2007</ref> Ritter argues that the MEK has been an "asset" for Israel.<ref name=America>Scott Ritter, [http://www.alternet.org/world/93239/america_is_already_committing_acts_of_war_against_iran/ "America Is Already Committing Acts of War Against Iran"], Alternet, 30 July 2008</ref><br />
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According to investigative journalist Connie Bruck, the MEK's "intelligence" on Iran which has been cited by US officials is likely to have been provided to the MEK by Israel. (Ritter also argues this)<ref name=America>Scott Ritter, [http://www.alternet.org/world/93239/america_is_already_committing_acts_of_war_against_iran/ "America Is Already Committing Acts of War Against Iran"], Alternet, 30 July 2008</ref>:<br />
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:An Iranian-American political activist told me, however, that the N.C.R.I.'s intelligence had actually come from Israel. This person said that Israel had earlier offered it to a monarchist group, but that that group's leaders had decided that "outing" the regime's nuclear program would be viewed negatively by Iranians, so they declined the offer. Shahriar Ahy, Reza Pahlavi's adviser, confirmed that account-up to a point. "That information came not from the M.E.K. but from a friendly government, and it had come to more than one opposition group, not only the mujahideen," he said. When I asked him if the "friendly government" was Israel, he smiled. "The friendly government did not want to be the source of it, publicly. If the friendly government gives it to the U.S. publicly, then it would be received differently. Better to come from an opposition group." Israel is said to have had a relationship with the M.E.K. at least since the late nineties, and to have supplied a satellite signal for N.C.R.I. broadcasts from Paris into Iran. When I asked an Israeli diplomat about Israel's relationship with the M.E.K., he said, "The M.E.K. is useful," but declined to elaborate.<ref name=CB>Connie Bruck, [http://www.iran-interlink.org/files/News4/Mar06/NewYorker060306.htm "Exiles: How Iran's Expatriates are Gaming the Nuclear Threat"], Iran Inter-link, 6 March 2006</ref><br />
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==Neoconservative Support==<br />
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According to Gareth Porter, the MEK was a favorite of neoconservatives in the Pentagon, who were proposing in 2003-2004 to use it as part of a policy to destabilise Iran.<ref name=GPMEK>Gareth Porter, [http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=41416 "Iran Nuke Laptop Data Came from Terror Group"], IPS, 29 February 2008</ref> Just months after the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, neoconservative commentator [[Daniel Pipes]] declared the MEK (which is currently on the US terror list) a US ally for its potential to provide intelligence on Iran. While Pipes stated that the MEK does not stand a chance of militarily overthrowing the Iranian government, he still recommended that the US government arm them:<br />
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:''Can the MeK be useful?'' Yes. Western spy agencies are short on "human intelligence" - meaning spies on the ground in Iran, as distinct from eyes in the sky. Coalition military commanders should seek out the MeK for information on the Iranian mullahs' agents in Iraq...<br />
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:Instead, as the U.S. Army recommends, MEK members should (after giving assurances not to attack Iranian territory) be permitted enough arms to protect themselves from their Iranian opponents. And in November, when the secretary of state next decides whether or not to re-certify the MEK as a terrorist group, he should come to the sensible conclusion that it poses no threat to the security of the United States or its citizens, and remove it from the list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations.<ref>Daniel Pipes and Patrick Clawson, [http://www.danielpipes.org/1100/mujahedeen-e-khalq-a-terrorist-us-ally "http://www.danielpipes.org/1100/mujahedeen-e-khalq-a-terrorist-us-ally"], Daniel Pipes Website, 20 May 2003 (accessed on 27 September 2010)</ref><br />
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==US Support==<br />
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===CIA===<br />
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According to Seymour Hersh, the CIA and Special Operations communities have long-standing ties to the MEK which have resulted in the US supporting the group with money and weapons, even while their lack of usefulness in achieving US foreign policy goals is known<ref name=America>Scott Ritter, [http://www.alternet.org/world/93239/america_is_already_committing_acts_of_war_against_iran/ "America Is Already Committing Acts of War Against Iran"], Alternet, 30 July 2008</ref>:<br />
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:The M.E.K. has been on the State Department’s terrorist list for more than a decade, yet in recent years the group has received arms and intelligence, directly or indirectly, from the United States. Some of the newly authorized covert funds, the Pentagon consultant told me, may well end up in M.E.K. coffers. “The new task force will work with the M.E.K. The Administration is desperate for results.” He added, “The M.E.K. has no C.P.A. auditing the books, and its leaders are thought to have been lining their pockets for years. If people only knew what the M.E.K. is getting, and how much is going to its bank accounts—and yet it is almost useless for the purposes the Administration intends.”<ref name=SH>Seymour Hersh, [http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/07/07/080707fa_fact_hersh "Preparing the Battlefield"], ''New Yorker,'' 7 July 2008</ref><br />
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Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki indirectly condemned the US's dealings with the MEK in 2008:<br />
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:Gardiner also mentioned a trip that the Iraqi Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, made to Tehran in June. After his return, Maliki announced that his government would ban any contact between foreigners and the M.E.K.—a slap at the U.S.’s dealings with the group. Maliki declared that Iraq was not willing to be a staging ground for covert operations against other countries.<ref name=SH>Seymour Hersh, [http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/07/07/080707fa_fact_hersh "Preparing the Battlefield"], ''New Yorker,'' 7 July 2008</ref><br />
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===US Politicians===<br />
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US politicians that openly advocate forced regime change in Iran endorse the MEK or individuals associated with the MEK, like Israel lobby favorite, [[Alireza Jafarzadeh]].<br />
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Although the Obama Administration has been careful to resist calls to war with Iran, US congress members like Rep. [[Bob Filner]] (D-CA) (who has been openly endorsing the MEK for years)<ref>Larisa Alexandrova, [http://www.rawstory.com/news/2007/Iran_timeline_0122.html "Iran Timeline"]), ''Raw Story,'' 22 January 2007</ref> introduce resolutions that advocate direct US support of the MEK and its activities:<br />
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:Members of Congress led by have introduced a resolution calling on the Secretary of State and the President to throw the support of the United States behind an exiled Iranian terrorist group seeking to overthrow the Iranian regime and install themselves in power. Calling the exiled organization “Iran’s main opposition,” Filner is urging the State Department to end the blacklisting of the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) — a group listed by the State Department as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO). The resolution currently has 83 cosponsors and is gaining significant ground.<ref name=Disney>Patrick Disney, [http://mideast.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2010/09/22/congressional_backers_look_to_exiled_iranian_group_for_regime_change "Congressional backers look to exiled Iranian group for regime change"], ''Foreign Policy,'' 22 September 2010</ref><br />
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==Activities==<br />
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When the [[Raymond Tanter]] run [[Iran Policy Committee]] held a press conference in Washington in September 2010 with MEK representatives to reveal what it called a previously undisclosed Iranian nuclear site near the Iranian city of Qazvin, officials and analysts expressed caution considering the group's unreliable record:<br />
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:But the source of the information — the MEK is listed as a terrorist organization by the State Department — and the group’s affiliation and promotion by U.S. neoconservatives pushing hard-line policies towards Iran are reasons for skepticism. Both the State Department and independent experts have raised several alarms about the reliability of the MEK’s claims.<br />
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:While in the past, official U.S. sources have been willing to confirm information made public by the MEK, the State Department today told Fox News it would “study” the information, which included satellite images, and noted the MEK’s mixed record. “The MEK has made pronouncements about Iranian facilities in the past — some accurate, some not,” State spokesman P.J. Crowley told Fox.<ref>Ali Gharib, [http://www.lobelog.com/skepticism-about-meks-new-iranian-nuke-revelations/ "Skepticism about MEK’s alleged Iranian nuke revelation"], Lobe Log, 9 September 2010</ref><br />
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==People==<br />
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*[[Fahimeh Arvani]] - Secretary General <br />
*[[Ali Safavi]] - MEK lobbyist working in the UK and the US<br />
*[[Maryam Rajavi]] - "President-elect" of the [[NCRI]] since 1993<br />
*[[Alireza Jafarzadeh]] - MEK Lobbyist and Fox News Commentator<br />
*[[David Amess]] - Conservative British MP who publicly advocates for the legitimization of the MEK<ref name=WT>David Amess, [http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/oct/15/exposing-irans-chief-liar/?page=2 "AMESS: Exposing Iran's chief liar"], Washington Times, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref><ref name=mondo>Kamran, [http://mondoweiss.net/2010/09/giuliani-and-bolton-take-the-stage-in-ny-to-call-for-war-on-iran-anoint-the-neocon-choice-for-irans-next-leader.html "Giuliani and Bolton take the stage in NY to call for war on Iran & anoint the neocon choice for Iran’s next leader"], Mondoweiss, 24 September 2010, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref><br />
*[[Lord Corbett of Castle Vale]] (Robin Corbett)<ref>BPCIF, [http://www.ncr-iran.org/en/ncri-statements/ashraf/9346-international-committee-in-support-of-ashraf-established-in-britains-house-of-lords- "International Committee in Support of Ashraf Established in Britain’s House of Lords"], British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom, 27 November 2010, accessed on 21 December 2010</ref> - Principal British Chair of the [[British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom]], one of the MEK's umbrella organizations which operates under the leadership of the [[NCRI]]<br />
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==Affiliations==<br />
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*[[National Council of Resistance of Iran]] - MEK's parliament in-waiting (comprised of Iranian exiles based in the West)<br />
*[[Iran Policy Committee]] - Neoconservative led Israel/MEK lobby group based in the US<br />
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==Related Links==<br />
*Chris Zambelis, [http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/JF05Ak01.html An Iranian voice in the wilderness], ''Asia Times'', June 5, 2008<br />
*[http://fanonite.org/2007/04/03/bbc-on-the-mujahedin-e-khalq/ Video report on MEK], ''BBC Newsnight'', January 2007<br />
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20060913005536/http://library.nps.navy.mil/home/tgp/mek.htm NPS Terrorist Group Profiles: MEK]<br />
*Bronwyn Adcock, "[http://web.archive.org/web/20070916124519/http://news.sbs.com.au/dateline/index.php?page=archive&daysum=2006-10-04 Gunning for Iran]", ''Dateline'', SBS , October 4, 2006.<br />
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20070328011952/http://www.iranpolicy.org/images/stories/pdfs/10-3-05+final+political+opposition+white+paper+.pdf US Policy Options for Iran and Iranian Political Opposition], Iran Policy Committee, September 13, 2005<br />
*Friends of a Free Iran, "[http://www.paulocasaca.net/PMOI-EN/index.htm People's Mojahedin of Iran - Mission Report], ''Friends of a Free Iran - European Parliament'', 2005.<br />
*Jorndorff "[http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2005/8/23/81037/3317 Who is the MEK?] Daily Kos, August 23, 2005.<br />
*"[http://forums.opendemocracy.net/mko_us_congresss_support_for_terrorism_mujahedin_e_khalq_u_s_congress_146_s_0 U.S. Congress's support for Mujahedin-e Khalq]", ''OpenDemocracy'', July 14, 2005.<br />
*[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/para/mek.htm Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization profile], Globalsecurity.org, updated March 2004.<br />
*Justin Raimondo, [http://antiwar.com/justin/?articleid=1798 Richard Perle Supports Terrorism], ''Antiwar.com'', January 28, 2004<br />
*Sam Dealy, [http://web.archive.org/web/20040129095859/http://www.hillnews.com/news/012104/terrorists.aspx Terrorists Plan D.C. Fundraiser.], ''The Hill'' January 21, 2004<br />
*Connie Bruck, [http://www.iran-interlink.org/files/News4/Mar06/NewYorker060306.htm Exiles: How Iran's Expatriates are Gaming the Nuclear Threat], ''New Yorker'', 6 March 2006<br />
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[[Category:Middle East Watch]] [[Category:Target Iran]]</div>Jasmin Ramseyhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Mujahideen-e_Khalq&diff=144425Mujahideen-e Khalq2010-12-23T00:39:43Z<p>Jasmin Ramsey: /* People */</p>
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<div>The '''Mujahedin-e-Khalq''' (translation: [[People's Mujahedin of Iran]] ([[PMOI]]) is an Iranian exile organization officially declared a 'terrorist' organization both in the United States and Iran. <ref>Global Security, [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/para/mek.htm GlobalSecurity.org "Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization"], Global Security.org, accessed on 24 September 2010</ref> Through its front group,<ref name=RP>Rostam Pourzal, [http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2006/pourzal120606.html "MEK Tricks US Progressives, Gains Legitimacy"], ''Monthly Review,'' 26 May 2006</ref><ref>Department of State, [http://ftp.resource.org/courts.gov/c/F3/373/373.F3d.152.01-1480.html "Citation: 373 F.3d 152"], FTP Resource, accessed on 24 September 2010</ref> [[National Council of Resistance of Iran]] (NCRI), it has been the main conduit for publicizing Israeli intelligence on Iran's nuclear program.<ref name=SRA>Scott Ritter, [http://www.alternet.org/world/93239/america_is_already_committing_acts_of_war_against_iran/ "America Is Already Committing Acts of War Against Iran"], Alternet, 30 July 2008</ref><ref>Claude Salhani, 'Analysis: Israel 'Can Destroy' Iran Nukes', [http://www.spacewar.com/news/Israel_Can_Destroy_Iranian_Nuclear_Arsenal.html ''Space War''], 11 January, 2006. (Accessed 3 April, 2009)</ref><br />
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Other Names for MEK include the [[National Liberation Army of Iran]] and the [[Muslim Iranian Student's Society]].<br />
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==History==<br />
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Beginning as an anti-Shah movement in the 1950s, the MEK became the most militaristic opposition movement in Iran during the Shah's regime and continues this policy with the current Iranian government. The MEK reportedly conducted attacks on US officials and civilians in Iran during the 1970s, and in 1981 claimed responsibility for the murders of more than 70 high-ranking Iranian officials in the "Hafte Tir bombing."<ref name=America>Scott Ritter, [http://www.alternet.org/world/93239/america_is_already_committing_acts_of_war_against_iran/ "America Is Already Committing Acts of War Against Iran"], Alternet, 30 July 2008</ref> This led to a widespread government crackdown on all opposition movements in Iran during the time, with thousands of people being tortured and executed, including thousands of MEK members. After this time surviving MEK members fled to Paris and Iraq where the MEK turned into what many analysts have called a reactionary movement, embracing the main goal of overthrowing the Islamic government in Iran through any means, including violence.<ref name=MIPT>MIPT, [http://web.archive.org/web/20080115114802/http://www.tkb.org/Group.jsp?groupID=3632 "Mujahedin-e-Khalq (MeK) Group Profile"], MIPT Terrorism Knowledgebase, accessed on 24 September 2010</ref> In Iraq the MEK assisted Saddam Hussein's government in suppressing Shias and Kurds and performed "security services" for the Iraqi government until Hussein's government was overthrown by the US. The MEK did not resist the US invasion of Iraq in 2003 even though the US government distanced itself from the group shortly after. At present the MEK is mainly supported by pro-Israel advocates and/or those who want regime change in Iran, including US neoconservatives.<ref name=MIPT>MIPT, [http://web.archive.org/web/20080115114802/http://www.tkb.org/Group.jsp?groupID=3632 "Mujahedin-e-Khalq (MeK) Group Profile"], MIPT Terrorism Knowledgebase, accessed on 24 September 2010</ref><ref name=America>Scott Ritter, [http://www.alternet.org/world/93239/america_is_already_committing_acts_of_war_against_iran/ "America Is Already Committing Acts of War Against Iran"], Alternet, 30 July 2008</ref><br />
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==Faulty Intelligence Source==<br />
<br />
Even though intelligence provided by the MEK to the US government has been used, intelligence officials within the US and abroad have been doubting its veracity ever since the MEK claimed that it had information about a secret Iranian nuclear site in Natanz. While documenting years of such instances in an investigative report written for IPS News, Gareth Porter argues that the "laptop documents" provided by the MEK as evidence that the Iranian government planned to build a nuclear weapon may have actually originated from Israel's [[Mossad]]. Scott Ritter has written that the MEK's intelligence was relayed to the US government via prominent neoconservatives such as [[Michael Ledeen]].<ref name=SR>Scott Ritter, [http://www.zcommunications.org/iraq-iran-and-wmds-by-scott-ritter "Iraq, Iran, and WMDs"], Znet, 29 January 2007</ref><br />
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:Since 2002, new information has emerged indicating that the MEK did not obtain the 2002 data on Natanz itself but received it from the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad. Yossi Melman and Meier Javadanfar, who co-authored a book on the Iranian nuclear programme last year, write that they were told by "very senior Israeli Intelligence officials" in late 2006 that Israeli intelligence had known about Natanz for a full year before the Iranian group's press conference. They explained that they had chosen not to reveal it to the public "because of safety concerns for the sources that provided the information".<br />
<br />
:Shahriar Ahy, an adviser to monarchist leader Reza Pahlavi, told journalist Connie Bruck that the detailed information on Natanz had not come from MEK but from "a friendly government, and it had come to more than one opposition group, not only the mujahideen."<br />
<br />
:Bruck wrote in the New Yorker on Mar, 16, 2006 that when he was asked if the "friendly government" was Israel, Ahy smiled and said, "The friendly government did not want to be the source of it, publicly. If the friendly government gives it to the U.S. publicly, then it would be received differently. Better to come from an opposition group."<ref name=GPMEK>Gareth Porter, [http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=41416 "Iran Nuke Laptop Data Came from Terror Group"], IPS, 29 February 2008</ref><ref name=CB>Connie Bruck, [http://www.iran-interlink.org/files/News4/Mar06/NewYorker060306.htm "Exiles: How Iran's Expatriates are Gaming the Nuclear Threat"], Iran Inter-link, 6 March 2006</ref><br />
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==Support from Progressives==<br />
<br />
Even though the MEK has carried out violent attacks on civilians, worked for Saddam Hussein's government for years,<ref name=AS>Anne Singleton, [http://www.iran-interlink.org/?mod=view&id=813 "Saddam's Private Army How Rajavi changed Iran's Mojahedin from armed revolutionaries to an armed cult"], Iran-Interlink, accessed on 24 September 2010</ref> and accepted various forms of support from the US government when it was intent on pushing for regime change in Iran through opposition movements,<ref name=SH>Seymour Hersh, [http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/07/07/080707fa_fact_hersh "Preparing the Battlefield"], ''New Yorker,'' 7 July 2008</ref> some progressives in North America and Europe have still embraced the MEK as a legitimate resistance movement.<br />
<br />
Writes Rostam Pourzal:<br />
<br />
:On May 26, 2006, a representative of the violent Iranian fugitives based in Iraq, known as MEK, addressed a forum -- an anti-war forum -- sponsored by the liberal Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists in Berkeley, California, as he had done the year before. Introduced as Ali Mirardal, the speaker lamented human rights abuses in Iran and offered the National Council of Resistance, a Paris-based front group for MEK, as the best hope for a democratic Iran.<ref name=RP>Rostam Pourzal, [http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2006/pourzal120606.html "MEK Tricks US Progressives, Gains Legitimacy"], ''Monthly Review,'' 26 May 2006</ref><br />
<br />
Pourzal notes that the MEK's flag-waving for human rights is one reason why audiences invite MEK to events, an ironic result considering how the MEK is known as "Saddam's Private Army"<ref name=AS>Anne Singleton, [http://www.iran-interlink.org/?mod=view&id=813 "Saddam's Private Army How Rajavi changed Iran's Mojahedin from armed revolutionaries to an armed cult"], Iran-Interlink, accessed on 24 September 2010</ref> for its part in suppressing Iraqi Kurds and Shias. <br />
<br />
:While MEK activists feign humanistic values before mainstream audiences, they work closely with some of the extremist Washington circles that push for preemptive US confrontation with Iran. (Other American unilateralist think tanks prefer to support the rival monarchist Iranian groups here.) For example, the Iranian "security expert" who regularly warns us about Iranian fundamentalism on Fox News television, Alireza Jafarzadeh, is none other than the terror group's former registered Washington representative.<ref name=RP>Rostam Pourzal, [http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2006/pourzal120606.html "MEK Tricks US Progressives, Gains Legitimacy"], ''Monthly Review,'' 26 May 2006</ref><br />
<br />
==Israeli Support==<br />
<br />
While conceding that the MEK has little support within Iran, Scott Ritter writes: "The MEK also has the support of the state of Israel. It has the support of the powerful pro-Israeli lobby here in the United States."<ref name=SR>Scott Ritter, [http://www.zcommunications.org/iraq-iran-and-wmds-by-scott-ritter "Iraq, Iran, and WMDs"], Znet, 29 January 2007</ref> Ritter argues that the MEK has been an "asset" for Israel.<ref name=America>Scott Ritter, [http://www.alternet.org/world/93239/america_is_already_committing_acts_of_war_against_iran/ "America Is Already Committing Acts of War Against Iran"], Alternet, 30 July 2008</ref><br />
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According to investigative journalist Connie Bruck, the MEK's "intelligence" on Iran which has been cited by US officials is likely to have been provided to the MEK by Israel. (Ritter also argues this)<ref name=America>Scott Ritter, [http://www.alternet.org/world/93239/america_is_already_committing_acts_of_war_against_iran/ "America Is Already Committing Acts of War Against Iran"], Alternet, 30 July 2008</ref>:<br />
<br />
:An Iranian-American political activist told me, however, that the N.C.R.I.'s intelligence had actually come from Israel. This person said that Israel had earlier offered it to a monarchist group, but that that group's leaders had decided that "outing" the regime's nuclear program would be viewed negatively by Iranians, so they declined the offer. Shahriar Ahy, Reza Pahlavi's adviser, confirmed that account-up to a point. "That information came not from the M.E.K. but from a friendly government, and it had come to more than one opposition group, not only the mujahideen," he said. When I asked him if the "friendly government" was Israel, he smiled. "The friendly government did not want to be the source of it, publicly. If the friendly government gives it to the U.S. publicly, then it would be received differently. Better to come from an opposition group." Israel is said to have had a relationship with the M.E.K. at least since the late nineties, and to have supplied a satellite signal for N.C.R.I. broadcasts from Paris into Iran. When I asked an Israeli diplomat about Israel's relationship with the M.E.K., he said, "The M.E.K. is useful," but declined to elaborate.<ref name=CB>Connie Bruck, [http://www.iran-interlink.org/files/News4/Mar06/NewYorker060306.htm "Exiles: How Iran's Expatriates are Gaming the Nuclear Threat"], Iran Inter-link, 6 March 2006</ref><br />
<br />
==Neoconservative Support==<br />
<br />
According to Gareth Porter, the MEK was a favorite of neoconservatives in the Pentagon, who were proposing in 2003-2004 to use it as part of a policy to destabilise Iran.<ref name=GPMEK>Gareth Porter, [http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=41416 "Iran Nuke Laptop Data Came from Terror Group"], IPS, 29 February 2008</ref> Just months after the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, neoconservative commentator [[Daniel Pipes]] declared the MEK (which is currently on the US terror list) a US ally for its potential to provide intelligence on Iran. While Pipes stated that the MEK does not stand a chance of militarily overthrowing the Iranian government, he still recommended that the US government arm them:<br />
<br />
:''Can the MeK be useful?'' Yes. Western spy agencies are short on "human intelligence" - meaning spies on the ground in Iran, as distinct from eyes in the sky. Coalition military commanders should seek out the MeK for information on the Iranian mullahs' agents in Iraq...<br />
<br />
:Instead, as the U.S. Army recommends, MEK members should (after giving assurances not to attack Iranian territory) be permitted enough arms to protect themselves from their Iranian opponents. And in November, when the secretary of state next decides whether or not to re-certify the MEK as a terrorist group, he should come to the sensible conclusion that it poses no threat to the security of the United States or its citizens, and remove it from the list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations.<ref>Daniel Pipes and Patrick Clawson, [http://www.danielpipes.org/1100/mujahedeen-e-khalq-a-terrorist-us-ally "http://www.danielpipes.org/1100/mujahedeen-e-khalq-a-terrorist-us-ally"], Daniel Pipes Website, 20 May 2003 (accessed on 27 September 2010)</ref><br />
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==US Support==<br />
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===CIA===<br />
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According to Seymour Hersh, the CIA and Special Operations communities have long-standing ties to the MEK which have resulted in the US supporting the group with money and weapons, even while their lack of usefulness in achieving US foreign policy goals is known<ref name=America>Scott Ritter, [http://www.alternet.org/world/93239/america_is_already_committing_acts_of_war_against_iran/ "America Is Already Committing Acts of War Against Iran"], Alternet, 30 July 2008</ref>:<br />
<br />
:The M.E.K. has been on the State Department’s terrorist list for more than a decade, yet in recent years the group has received arms and intelligence, directly or indirectly, from the United States. Some of the newly authorized covert funds, the Pentagon consultant told me, may well end up in M.E.K. coffers. “The new task force will work with the M.E.K. The Administration is desperate for results.” He added, “The M.E.K. has no C.P.A. auditing the books, and its leaders are thought to have been lining their pockets for years. If people only knew what the M.E.K. is getting, and how much is going to its bank accounts—and yet it is almost useless for the purposes the Administration intends.”<ref name=SH>Seymour Hersh, [http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/07/07/080707fa_fact_hersh "Preparing the Battlefield"], ''New Yorker,'' 7 July 2008</ref><br />
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Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki indirectly condemned the US's dealings with the MEK in 2008:<br />
<br />
:Gardiner also mentioned a trip that the Iraqi Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, made to Tehran in June. After his return, Maliki announced that his government would ban any contact between foreigners and the M.E.K.—a slap at the U.S.’s dealings with the group. Maliki declared that Iraq was not willing to be a staging ground for covert operations against other countries.<ref name=SH>Seymour Hersh, [http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/07/07/080707fa_fact_hersh "Preparing the Battlefield"], ''New Yorker,'' 7 July 2008</ref><br />
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===US Politicians===<br />
<br />
US politicians that openly advocate forced regime change in Iran endorse the MEK or individuals associated with the MEK, like Israel lobby favorite, [[Alireza Jafarzadeh]].<br />
<br />
Although the Obama Administration has been careful to resist calls to war with Iran, US congress members like Rep. [[Bob Filner]] (D-CA) (who has been openly endorsing the MEK for years)<ref>Larisa Alexandrova, [http://www.rawstory.com/news/2007/Iran_timeline_0122.html "Iran Timeline"]), ''Raw Story,'' 22 January 2007</ref> introduce resolutions that advocate direct US support of the MEK and its activities:<br />
<br />
:Members of Congress led by have introduced a resolution calling on the Secretary of State and the President to throw the support of the United States behind an exiled Iranian terrorist group seeking to overthrow the Iranian regime and install themselves in power. Calling the exiled organization “Iran’s main opposition,” Filner is urging the State Department to end the blacklisting of the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) — a group listed by the State Department as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO). The resolution currently has 83 cosponsors and is gaining significant ground.<ref name=Disney>Patrick Disney, [http://mideast.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2010/09/22/congressional_backers_look_to_exiled_iranian_group_for_regime_change "Congressional backers look to exiled Iranian group for regime change"], ''Foreign Policy,'' 22 September 2010</ref><br />
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==Activities==<br />
<br />
When the [[Raymond Tanter]] run [[Iran Policy Committee]] held a press conference in Washington in September 2010 with MEK representatives to reveal what it called a previously undisclosed Iranian nuclear site near the Iranian city of Qazvin, officials and analysts expressed caution considering the group's unreliable record:<br />
<br />
:But the source of the information — the MEK is listed as a terrorist organization by the State Department — and the group’s affiliation and promotion by U.S. neoconservatives pushing hard-line policies towards Iran are reasons for skepticism. Both the State Department and independent experts have raised several alarms about the reliability of the MEK’s claims.<br />
<br />
:While in the past, official U.S. sources have been willing to confirm information made public by the MEK, the State Department today told Fox News it would “study” the information, which included satellite images, and noted the MEK’s mixed record. “The MEK has made pronouncements about Iranian facilities in the past — some accurate, some not,” State spokesman P.J. Crowley told Fox.<ref>Ali Gharib, [http://www.lobelog.com/skepticism-about-meks-new-iranian-nuke-revelations/ "Skepticism about MEK’s alleged Iranian nuke revelation"], Lobe Log, 9 September 2010</ref><br />
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==People==<br />
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*[[Fahimeh Arvani]] - Secretary General <br />
*[[Ali Safavi]] - MEK lobbyist working in the UK and the US<br />
*[[Maryam Rajavi]] - "President-elect" of the [[NCRI]] since 1993<br />
*[[Alireza Jafarzadeh]] - MEK Lobbyist and Fox News Commentator<br />
*[[David Amess]] - Conservative British MP who publicly advocates for the legitimization of the MEK<ref name=WT>David Amess, [http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/oct/15/exposing-irans-chief-liar/?page=2 "AMESS: Exposing Iran's chief liar"], Washington Times, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref><ref name=mondo>Kamran, [http://mondoweiss.net/2010/09/giuliani-and-bolton-take-the-stage-in-ny-to-call-for-war-on-iran-anoint-the-neocon-choice-for-irans-next-leader.html "Giuliani and Bolton take the stage in NY to call for war on Iran & anoint the neocon choice for Iran’s next leader"], Mondoweiss, 24 September 2010, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref><br />
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==Affiliations==<br />
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*[[National Council of Resistance of Iran]] - MEK's parliament in-waiting (comprised of Iranian exiles based in the West)<br />
*[[Iran Policy Committee]] - Neoconservative led Israel/MEK lobby group based in the US<br />
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==Related Links==<br />
*Chris Zambelis, [http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/JF05Ak01.html An Iranian voice in the wilderness], ''Asia Times'', June 5, 2008<br />
*[http://fanonite.org/2007/04/03/bbc-on-the-mujahedin-e-khalq/ Video report on MEK], ''BBC Newsnight'', January 2007<br />
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20060913005536/http://library.nps.navy.mil/home/tgp/mek.htm NPS Terrorist Group Profiles: MEK]<br />
*Bronwyn Adcock, "[http://web.archive.org/web/20070916124519/http://news.sbs.com.au/dateline/index.php?page=archive&daysum=2006-10-04 Gunning for Iran]", ''Dateline'', SBS , October 4, 2006.<br />
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20070328011952/http://www.iranpolicy.org/images/stories/pdfs/10-3-05+final+political+opposition+white+paper+.pdf US Policy Options for Iran and Iranian Political Opposition], Iran Policy Committee, September 13, 2005<br />
*Friends of a Free Iran, "[http://www.paulocasaca.net/PMOI-EN/index.htm People's Mojahedin of Iran - Mission Report], ''Friends of a Free Iran - European Parliament'', 2005.<br />
*Jorndorff "[http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2005/8/23/81037/3317 Who is the MEK?] Daily Kos, August 23, 2005.<br />
*"[http://forums.opendemocracy.net/mko_us_congresss_support_for_terrorism_mujahedin_e_khalq_u_s_congress_146_s_0 U.S. Congress's support for Mujahedin-e Khalq]", ''OpenDemocracy'', July 14, 2005.<br />
*[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/para/mek.htm Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization profile], Globalsecurity.org, updated March 2004.<br />
*Justin Raimondo, [http://antiwar.com/justin/?articleid=1798 Richard Perle Supports Terrorism], ''Antiwar.com'', January 28, 2004<br />
*Sam Dealy, [http://web.archive.org/web/20040129095859/http://www.hillnews.com/news/012104/terrorists.aspx Terrorists Plan D.C. Fundraiser.], ''The Hill'' January 21, 2004<br />
*Connie Bruck, [http://www.iran-interlink.org/files/News4/Mar06/NewYorker060306.htm Exiles: How Iran's Expatriates are Gaming the Nuclear Threat], ''New Yorker'', 6 March 2006<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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[[Category:Middle East Watch]] [[Category:Target Iran]]</div>Jasmin Ramseyhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Ali_Safavi&diff=144422Ali Safavi2010-12-23T00:36:26Z<p>Jasmin Ramsey: </p>
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<div>Ali Safavi has worked in London and Washington, DC and is a lobbying member of the [[National Council of Resistance of Iran]], the [[Mojahedeen-e Khalg]]'s "Parliament in Exile,"<ref name=hp>Huffington Post, [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ali-safavi "Ali Safavi"], Huffington Post, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref> an organization which is dedicated to overthrowing the Iranian government.<br />
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==Affiliations==<br />
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*[[National Council of Resistance of Iran]]<br />
*Near East Policy - Safavi's own "consulting and policy analysis firm"<ref name=hp>Huffington Post, [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ali-safavi "Ali Safavi"], Huffington Post, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref> which mainly focuses on issues pertaining to the [[Mujahedin-e Khalq]]<br />
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==Resources==<br />
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Safavi's blog posts at the [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ali-safavi Huffington Post]<br />
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==Contact==<br />
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Safavi's website: http://neareastpolicy.com/<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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[[Category:Middle East Watch]] [[Category:Target Iran]]</div>Jasmin Ramseyhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Mujahideen-e_Khalq&diff=144421Mujahideen-e Khalq2010-12-23T00:35:48Z<p>Jasmin Ramsey: /* People */</p>
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<div>The '''Mujahedin-e-Khalq''' (translation: [[People's Mujahedin of Iran]] ([[PMOI]]) is an Iranian exile organization officially declared a 'terrorist' organization both in the United States and Iran. <ref>Global Security, [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/para/mek.htm GlobalSecurity.org "Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization"], Global Security.org, accessed on 24 September 2010</ref> Through its front group,<ref name=RP>Rostam Pourzal, [http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2006/pourzal120606.html "MEK Tricks US Progressives, Gains Legitimacy"], ''Monthly Review,'' 26 May 2006</ref><ref>Department of State, [http://ftp.resource.org/courts.gov/c/F3/373/373.F3d.152.01-1480.html "Citation: 373 F.3d 152"], FTP Resource, accessed on 24 September 2010</ref> [[National Council of Resistance of Iran]] (NCRI), it has been the main conduit for publicizing Israeli intelligence on Iran's nuclear program.<ref name=SRA>Scott Ritter, [http://www.alternet.org/world/93239/america_is_already_committing_acts_of_war_against_iran/ "America Is Already Committing Acts of War Against Iran"], Alternet, 30 July 2008</ref><ref>Claude Salhani, 'Analysis: Israel 'Can Destroy' Iran Nukes', [http://www.spacewar.com/news/Israel_Can_Destroy_Iranian_Nuclear_Arsenal.html ''Space War''], 11 January, 2006. (Accessed 3 April, 2009)</ref><br />
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Other Names for MEK include the [[National Liberation Army of Iran]] and the [[Muslim Iranian Student's Society]].<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
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Beginning as an anti-Shah movement in the 1950s, the MEK became the most militaristic opposition movement in Iran during the Shah's regime and continues this policy with the current Iranian government. The MEK reportedly conducted attacks on US officials and civilians in Iran during the 1970s, and in 1981 claimed responsibility for the murders of more than 70 high-ranking Iranian officials in the "Hafte Tir bombing."<ref name=America>Scott Ritter, [http://www.alternet.org/world/93239/america_is_already_committing_acts_of_war_against_iran/ "America Is Already Committing Acts of War Against Iran"], Alternet, 30 July 2008</ref> This led to a widespread government crackdown on all opposition movements in Iran during the time, with thousands of people being tortured and executed, including thousands of MEK members. After this time surviving MEK members fled to Paris and Iraq where the MEK turned into what many analysts have called a reactionary movement, embracing the main goal of overthrowing the Islamic government in Iran through any means, including violence.<ref name=MIPT>MIPT, [http://web.archive.org/web/20080115114802/http://www.tkb.org/Group.jsp?groupID=3632 "Mujahedin-e-Khalq (MeK) Group Profile"], MIPT Terrorism Knowledgebase, accessed on 24 September 2010</ref> In Iraq the MEK assisted Saddam Hussein's government in suppressing Shias and Kurds and performed "security services" for the Iraqi government until Hussein's government was overthrown by the US. The MEK did not resist the US invasion of Iraq in 2003 even though the US government distanced itself from the group shortly after. At present the MEK is mainly supported by pro-Israel advocates and/or those who want regime change in Iran, including US neoconservatives.<ref name=MIPT>MIPT, [http://web.archive.org/web/20080115114802/http://www.tkb.org/Group.jsp?groupID=3632 "Mujahedin-e-Khalq (MeK) Group Profile"], MIPT Terrorism Knowledgebase, accessed on 24 September 2010</ref><ref name=America>Scott Ritter, [http://www.alternet.org/world/93239/america_is_already_committing_acts_of_war_against_iran/ "America Is Already Committing Acts of War Against Iran"], Alternet, 30 July 2008</ref><br />
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==Faulty Intelligence Source==<br />
<br />
Even though intelligence provided by the MEK to the US government has been used, intelligence officials within the US and abroad have been doubting its veracity ever since the MEK claimed that it had information about a secret Iranian nuclear site in Natanz. While documenting years of such instances in an investigative report written for IPS News, Gareth Porter argues that the "laptop documents" provided by the MEK as evidence that the Iranian government planned to build a nuclear weapon may have actually originated from Israel's [[Mossad]]. Scott Ritter has written that the MEK's intelligence was relayed to the US government via prominent neoconservatives such as [[Michael Ledeen]].<ref name=SR>Scott Ritter, [http://www.zcommunications.org/iraq-iran-and-wmds-by-scott-ritter "Iraq, Iran, and WMDs"], Znet, 29 January 2007</ref><br />
<br />
:Since 2002, new information has emerged indicating that the MEK did not obtain the 2002 data on Natanz itself but received it from the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad. Yossi Melman and Meier Javadanfar, who co-authored a book on the Iranian nuclear programme last year, write that they were told by "very senior Israeli Intelligence officials" in late 2006 that Israeli intelligence had known about Natanz for a full year before the Iranian group's press conference. They explained that they had chosen not to reveal it to the public "because of safety concerns for the sources that provided the information".<br />
<br />
:Shahriar Ahy, an adviser to monarchist leader Reza Pahlavi, told journalist Connie Bruck that the detailed information on Natanz had not come from MEK but from "a friendly government, and it had come to more than one opposition group, not only the mujahideen."<br />
<br />
:Bruck wrote in the New Yorker on Mar, 16, 2006 that when he was asked if the "friendly government" was Israel, Ahy smiled and said, "The friendly government did not want to be the source of it, publicly. If the friendly government gives it to the U.S. publicly, then it would be received differently. Better to come from an opposition group."<ref name=GPMEK>Gareth Porter, [http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=41416 "Iran Nuke Laptop Data Came from Terror Group"], IPS, 29 February 2008</ref><ref name=CB>Connie Bruck, [http://www.iran-interlink.org/files/News4/Mar06/NewYorker060306.htm "Exiles: How Iran's Expatriates are Gaming the Nuclear Threat"], Iran Inter-link, 6 March 2006</ref><br />
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==Support from Progressives==<br />
<br />
Even though the MEK has carried out violent attacks on civilians, worked for Saddam Hussein's government for years,<ref name=AS>Anne Singleton, [http://www.iran-interlink.org/?mod=view&id=813 "Saddam's Private Army How Rajavi changed Iran's Mojahedin from armed revolutionaries to an armed cult"], Iran-Interlink, accessed on 24 September 2010</ref> and accepted various forms of support from the US government when it was intent on pushing for regime change in Iran through opposition movements,<ref name=SH>Seymour Hersh, [http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/07/07/080707fa_fact_hersh "Preparing the Battlefield"], ''New Yorker,'' 7 July 2008</ref> some progressives in North America and Europe have still embraced the MEK as a legitimate resistance movement.<br />
<br />
Writes Rostam Pourzal:<br />
<br />
:On May 26, 2006, a representative of the violent Iranian fugitives based in Iraq, known as MEK, addressed a forum -- an anti-war forum -- sponsored by the liberal Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists in Berkeley, California, as he had done the year before. Introduced as Ali Mirardal, the speaker lamented human rights abuses in Iran and offered the National Council of Resistance, a Paris-based front group for MEK, as the best hope for a democratic Iran.<ref name=RP>Rostam Pourzal, [http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2006/pourzal120606.html "MEK Tricks US Progressives, Gains Legitimacy"], ''Monthly Review,'' 26 May 2006</ref><br />
<br />
Pourzal notes that the MEK's flag-waving for human rights is one reason why audiences invite MEK to events, an ironic result considering how the MEK is known as "Saddam's Private Army"<ref name=AS>Anne Singleton, [http://www.iran-interlink.org/?mod=view&id=813 "Saddam's Private Army How Rajavi changed Iran's Mojahedin from armed revolutionaries to an armed cult"], Iran-Interlink, accessed on 24 September 2010</ref> for its part in suppressing Iraqi Kurds and Shias. <br />
<br />
:While MEK activists feign humanistic values before mainstream audiences, they work closely with some of the extremist Washington circles that push for preemptive US confrontation with Iran. (Other American unilateralist think tanks prefer to support the rival monarchist Iranian groups here.) For example, the Iranian "security expert" who regularly warns us about Iranian fundamentalism on Fox News television, Alireza Jafarzadeh, is none other than the terror group's former registered Washington representative.<ref name=RP>Rostam Pourzal, [http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2006/pourzal120606.html "MEK Tricks US Progressives, Gains Legitimacy"], ''Monthly Review,'' 26 May 2006</ref><br />
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==Israeli Support==<br />
<br />
While conceding that the MEK has little support within Iran, Scott Ritter writes: "The MEK also has the support of the state of Israel. It has the support of the powerful pro-Israeli lobby here in the United States."<ref name=SR>Scott Ritter, [http://www.zcommunications.org/iraq-iran-and-wmds-by-scott-ritter "Iraq, Iran, and WMDs"], Znet, 29 January 2007</ref> Ritter argues that the MEK has been an "asset" for Israel.<ref name=America>Scott Ritter, [http://www.alternet.org/world/93239/america_is_already_committing_acts_of_war_against_iran/ "America Is Already Committing Acts of War Against Iran"], Alternet, 30 July 2008</ref><br />
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According to investigative journalist Connie Bruck, the MEK's "intelligence" on Iran which has been cited by US officials is likely to have been provided to the MEK by Israel. (Ritter also argues this)<ref name=America>Scott Ritter, [http://www.alternet.org/world/93239/america_is_already_committing_acts_of_war_against_iran/ "America Is Already Committing Acts of War Against Iran"], Alternet, 30 July 2008</ref>:<br />
<br />
:An Iranian-American political activist told me, however, that the N.C.R.I.'s intelligence had actually come from Israel. This person said that Israel had earlier offered it to a monarchist group, but that that group's leaders had decided that "outing" the regime's nuclear program would be viewed negatively by Iranians, so they declined the offer. Shahriar Ahy, Reza Pahlavi's adviser, confirmed that account-up to a point. "That information came not from the M.E.K. but from a friendly government, and it had come to more than one opposition group, not only the mujahideen," he said. When I asked him if the "friendly government" was Israel, he smiled. "The friendly government did not want to be the source of it, publicly. If the friendly government gives it to the U.S. publicly, then it would be received differently. Better to come from an opposition group." Israel is said to have had a relationship with the M.E.K. at least since the late nineties, and to have supplied a satellite signal for N.C.R.I. broadcasts from Paris into Iran. When I asked an Israeli diplomat about Israel's relationship with the M.E.K., he said, "The M.E.K. is useful," but declined to elaborate.<ref name=CB>Connie Bruck, [http://www.iran-interlink.org/files/News4/Mar06/NewYorker060306.htm "Exiles: How Iran's Expatriates are Gaming the Nuclear Threat"], Iran Inter-link, 6 March 2006</ref><br />
<br />
==Neoconservative Support==<br />
<br />
According to Gareth Porter, the MEK was a favorite of neoconservatives in the Pentagon, who were proposing in 2003-2004 to use it as part of a policy to destabilise Iran.<ref name=GPMEK>Gareth Porter, [http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=41416 "Iran Nuke Laptop Data Came from Terror Group"], IPS, 29 February 2008</ref> Just months after the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, neoconservative commentator [[Daniel Pipes]] declared the MEK (which is currently on the US terror list) a US ally for its potential to provide intelligence on Iran. While Pipes stated that the MEK does not stand a chance of militarily overthrowing the Iranian government, he still recommended that the US government arm them:<br />
<br />
:''Can the MeK be useful?'' Yes. Western spy agencies are short on "human intelligence" - meaning spies on the ground in Iran, as distinct from eyes in the sky. Coalition military commanders should seek out the MeK for information on the Iranian mullahs' agents in Iraq...<br />
<br />
:Instead, as the U.S. Army recommends, MEK members should (after giving assurances not to attack Iranian territory) be permitted enough arms to protect themselves from their Iranian opponents. And in November, when the secretary of state next decides whether or not to re-certify the MEK as a terrorist group, he should come to the sensible conclusion that it poses no threat to the security of the United States or its citizens, and remove it from the list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations.<ref>Daniel Pipes and Patrick Clawson, [http://www.danielpipes.org/1100/mujahedeen-e-khalq-a-terrorist-us-ally "http://www.danielpipes.org/1100/mujahedeen-e-khalq-a-terrorist-us-ally"], Daniel Pipes Website, 20 May 2003 (accessed on 27 September 2010)</ref><br />
<br />
==US Support==<br />
<br />
===CIA===<br />
<br />
According to Seymour Hersh, the CIA and Special Operations communities have long-standing ties to the MEK which have resulted in the US supporting the group with money and weapons, even while their lack of usefulness in achieving US foreign policy goals is known<ref name=America>Scott Ritter, [http://www.alternet.org/world/93239/america_is_already_committing_acts_of_war_against_iran/ "America Is Already Committing Acts of War Against Iran"], Alternet, 30 July 2008</ref>:<br />
<br />
:The M.E.K. has been on the State Department’s terrorist list for more than a decade, yet in recent years the group has received arms and intelligence, directly or indirectly, from the United States. Some of the newly authorized covert funds, the Pentagon consultant told me, may well end up in M.E.K. coffers. “The new task force will work with the M.E.K. The Administration is desperate for results.” He added, “The M.E.K. has no C.P.A. auditing the books, and its leaders are thought to have been lining their pockets for years. If people only knew what the M.E.K. is getting, and how much is going to its bank accounts—and yet it is almost useless for the purposes the Administration intends.”<ref name=SH>Seymour Hersh, [http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/07/07/080707fa_fact_hersh "Preparing the Battlefield"], ''New Yorker,'' 7 July 2008</ref><br />
<br />
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki indirectly condemned the US's dealings with the MEK in 2008:<br />
<br />
:Gardiner also mentioned a trip that the Iraqi Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, made to Tehran in June. After his return, Maliki announced that his government would ban any contact between foreigners and the M.E.K.—a slap at the U.S.’s dealings with the group. Maliki declared that Iraq was not willing to be a staging ground for covert operations against other countries.<ref name=SH>Seymour Hersh, [http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/07/07/080707fa_fact_hersh "Preparing the Battlefield"], ''New Yorker,'' 7 July 2008</ref><br />
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===US Politicians===<br />
<br />
US politicians that openly advocate forced regime change in Iran endorse the MEK or individuals associated with the MEK, like Israel lobby favorite, [[Alireza Jafarzadeh]].<br />
<br />
Although the Obama Administration has been careful to resist calls to war with Iran, US congress members like Rep. [[Bob Filner]] (D-CA) (who has been openly endorsing the MEK for years)<ref>Larisa Alexandrova, [http://www.rawstory.com/news/2007/Iran_timeline_0122.html "Iran Timeline"]), ''Raw Story,'' 22 January 2007</ref> introduce resolutions that advocate direct US support of the MEK and its activities:<br />
<br />
:Members of Congress led by have introduced a resolution calling on the Secretary of State and the President to throw the support of the United States behind an exiled Iranian terrorist group seeking to overthrow the Iranian regime and install themselves in power. Calling the exiled organization “Iran’s main opposition,” Filner is urging the State Department to end the blacklisting of the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) — a group listed by the State Department as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO). The resolution currently has 83 cosponsors and is gaining significant ground.<ref name=Disney>Patrick Disney, [http://mideast.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2010/09/22/congressional_backers_look_to_exiled_iranian_group_for_regime_change "Congressional backers look to exiled Iranian group for regime change"], ''Foreign Policy,'' 22 September 2010</ref><br />
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==Activities==<br />
<br />
When the [[Raymond Tanter]] run [[Iran Policy Committee]] held a press conference in Washington in September 2010 with MEK representatives to reveal what it called a previously undisclosed Iranian nuclear site near the Iranian city of Qazvin, officials and analysts expressed caution considering the group's unreliable record:<br />
<br />
:But the source of the information — the MEK is listed as a terrorist organization by the State Department — and the group’s affiliation and promotion by U.S. neoconservatives pushing hard-line policies towards Iran are reasons for skepticism. Both the State Department and independent experts have raised several alarms about the reliability of the MEK’s claims.<br />
<br />
:While in the past, official U.S. sources have been willing to confirm information made public by the MEK, the State Department today told Fox News it would “study” the information, which included satellite images, and noted the MEK’s mixed record. “The MEK has made pronouncements about Iranian facilities in the past — some accurate, some not,” State spokesman P.J. Crowley told Fox.<ref>Ali Gharib, [http://www.lobelog.com/skepticism-about-meks-new-iranian-nuke-revelations/ "Skepticism about MEK’s alleged Iranian nuke revelation"], Lobe Log, 9 September 2010</ref><br />
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==People==<br />
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*[[Fahimeh Arvani]] - Secretary General <br />
*[[Ali Safavi]] - MEK lobbyist working in the UK and the US<br />
*[[Maryam Rajavi]] - "President-elect" of the [[NCRI]] since 1993<br />
*[[Alireza Jafarzadeh]] - MEK Lobbyist and Fox News Commentator<br />
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==Affiliations==<br />
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*[[National Council of Resistance of Iran]] - MEK's parliament in-waiting (comprised of Iranian exiles based in the West)<br />
*[[Iran Policy Committee]] - Neoconservative led Israel/MEK lobby group based in the US<br />
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==Related Links==<br />
*Chris Zambelis, [http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/JF05Ak01.html An Iranian voice in the wilderness], ''Asia Times'', June 5, 2008<br />
*[http://fanonite.org/2007/04/03/bbc-on-the-mujahedin-e-khalq/ Video report on MEK], ''BBC Newsnight'', January 2007<br />
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20060913005536/http://library.nps.navy.mil/home/tgp/mek.htm NPS Terrorist Group Profiles: MEK]<br />
*Bronwyn Adcock, "[http://web.archive.org/web/20070916124519/http://news.sbs.com.au/dateline/index.php?page=archive&daysum=2006-10-04 Gunning for Iran]", ''Dateline'', SBS , October 4, 2006.<br />
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20070328011952/http://www.iranpolicy.org/images/stories/pdfs/10-3-05+final+political+opposition+white+paper+.pdf US Policy Options for Iran and Iranian Political Opposition], Iran Policy Committee, September 13, 2005<br />
*Friends of a Free Iran, "[http://www.paulocasaca.net/PMOI-EN/index.htm People's Mojahedin of Iran - Mission Report], ''Friends of a Free Iran - European Parliament'', 2005.<br />
*Jorndorff "[http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2005/8/23/81037/3317 Who is the MEK?] Daily Kos, August 23, 2005.<br />
*"[http://forums.opendemocracy.net/mko_us_congresss_support_for_terrorism_mujahedin_e_khalq_u_s_congress_146_s_0 U.S. Congress's support for Mujahedin-e Khalq]", ''OpenDemocracy'', July 14, 2005.<br />
*[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/para/mek.htm Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization profile], Globalsecurity.org, updated March 2004.<br />
*Justin Raimondo, [http://antiwar.com/justin/?articleid=1798 Richard Perle Supports Terrorism], ''Antiwar.com'', January 28, 2004<br />
*Sam Dealy, [http://web.archive.org/web/20040129095859/http://www.hillnews.com/news/012104/terrorists.aspx Terrorists Plan D.C. Fundraiser.], ''The Hill'' January 21, 2004<br />
*Connie Bruck, [http://www.iran-interlink.org/files/News4/Mar06/NewYorker060306.htm Exiles: How Iran's Expatriates are Gaming the Nuclear Threat], ''New Yorker'', 6 March 2006<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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[[Category:Middle East Watch]] [[Category:Target Iran]]</div>Jasmin Ramseyhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Mujahideen-e_Khalq&diff=144420Mujahideen-e Khalq2010-12-23T00:31:56Z<p>Jasmin Ramsey: /* People */</p>
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<div>The '''Mujahedin-e-Khalq''' (translation: [[People's Mujahedin of Iran]] ([[PMOI]]) is an Iranian exile organization officially declared a 'terrorist' organization both in the United States and Iran. <ref>Global Security, [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/para/mek.htm GlobalSecurity.org "Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization"], Global Security.org, accessed on 24 September 2010</ref> Through its front group,<ref name=RP>Rostam Pourzal, [http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2006/pourzal120606.html "MEK Tricks US Progressives, Gains Legitimacy"], ''Monthly Review,'' 26 May 2006</ref><ref>Department of State, [http://ftp.resource.org/courts.gov/c/F3/373/373.F3d.152.01-1480.html "Citation: 373 F.3d 152"], FTP Resource, accessed on 24 September 2010</ref> [[National Council of Resistance of Iran]] (NCRI), it has been the main conduit for publicizing Israeli intelligence on Iran's nuclear program.<ref name=SRA>Scott Ritter, [http://www.alternet.org/world/93239/america_is_already_committing_acts_of_war_against_iran/ "America Is Already Committing Acts of War Against Iran"], Alternet, 30 July 2008</ref><ref>Claude Salhani, 'Analysis: Israel 'Can Destroy' Iran Nukes', [http://www.spacewar.com/news/Israel_Can_Destroy_Iranian_Nuclear_Arsenal.html ''Space War''], 11 January, 2006. (Accessed 3 April, 2009)</ref><br />
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Other Names for MEK include the [[National Liberation Army of Iran]] and the [[Muslim Iranian Student's Society]].<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
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Beginning as an anti-Shah movement in the 1950s, the MEK became the most militaristic opposition movement in Iran during the Shah's regime and continues this policy with the current Iranian government. The MEK reportedly conducted attacks on US officials and civilians in Iran during the 1970s, and in 1981 claimed responsibility for the murders of more than 70 high-ranking Iranian officials in the "Hafte Tir bombing."<ref name=America>Scott Ritter, [http://www.alternet.org/world/93239/america_is_already_committing_acts_of_war_against_iran/ "America Is Already Committing Acts of War Against Iran"], Alternet, 30 July 2008</ref> This led to a widespread government crackdown on all opposition movements in Iran during the time, with thousands of people being tortured and executed, including thousands of MEK members. After this time surviving MEK members fled to Paris and Iraq where the MEK turned into what many analysts have called a reactionary movement, embracing the main goal of overthrowing the Islamic government in Iran through any means, including violence.<ref name=MIPT>MIPT, [http://web.archive.org/web/20080115114802/http://www.tkb.org/Group.jsp?groupID=3632 "Mujahedin-e-Khalq (MeK) Group Profile"], MIPT Terrorism Knowledgebase, accessed on 24 September 2010</ref> In Iraq the MEK assisted Saddam Hussein's government in suppressing Shias and Kurds and performed "security services" for the Iraqi government until Hussein's government was overthrown by the US. The MEK did not resist the US invasion of Iraq in 2003 even though the US government distanced itself from the group shortly after. At present the MEK is mainly supported by pro-Israel advocates and/or those who want regime change in Iran, including US neoconservatives.<ref name=MIPT>MIPT, [http://web.archive.org/web/20080115114802/http://www.tkb.org/Group.jsp?groupID=3632 "Mujahedin-e-Khalq (MeK) Group Profile"], MIPT Terrorism Knowledgebase, accessed on 24 September 2010</ref><ref name=America>Scott Ritter, [http://www.alternet.org/world/93239/america_is_already_committing_acts_of_war_against_iran/ "America Is Already Committing Acts of War Against Iran"], Alternet, 30 July 2008</ref><br />
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==Faulty Intelligence Source==<br />
<br />
Even though intelligence provided by the MEK to the US government has been used, intelligence officials within the US and abroad have been doubting its veracity ever since the MEK claimed that it had information about a secret Iranian nuclear site in Natanz. While documenting years of such instances in an investigative report written for IPS News, Gareth Porter argues that the "laptop documents" provided by the MEK as evidence that the Iranian government planned to build a nuclear weapon may have actually originated from Israel's [[Mossad]]. Scott Ritter has written that the MEK's intelligence was relayed to the US government via prominent neoconservatives such as [[Michael Ledeen]].<ref name=SR>Scott Ritter, [http://www.zcommunications.org/iraq-iran-and-wmds-by-scott-ritter "Iraq, Iran, and WMDs"], Znet, 29 January 2007</ref><br />
<br />
:Since 2002, new information has emerged indicating that the MEK did not obtain the 2002 data on Natanz itself but received it from the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad. Yossi Melman and Meier Javadanfar, who co-authored a book on the Iranian nuclear programme last year, write that they were told by "very senior Israeli Intelligence officials" in late 2006 that Israeli intelligence had known about Natanz for a full year before the Iranian group's press conference. They explained that they had chosen not to reveal it to the public "because of safety concerns for the sources that provided the information".<br />
<br />
:Shahriar Ahy, an adviser to monarchist leader Reza Pahlavi, told journalist Connie Bruck that the detailed information on Natanz had not come from MEK but from "a friendly government, and it had come to more than one opposition group, not only the mujahideen."<br />
<br />
:Bruck wrote in the New Yorker on Mar, 16, 2006 that when he was asked if the "friendly government" was Israel, Ahy smiled and said, "The friendly government did not want to be the source of it, publicly. If the friendly government gives it to the U.S. publicly, then it would be received differently. Better to come from an opposition group."<ref name=GPMEK>Gareth Porter, [http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=41416 "Iran Nuke Laptop Data Came from Terror Group"], IPS, 29 February 2008</ref><ref name=CB>Connie Bruck, [http://www.iran-interlink.org/files/News4/Mar06/NewYorker060306.htm "Exiles: How Iran's Expatriates are Gaming the Nuclear Threat"], Iran Inter-link, 6 March 2006</ref><br />
<br />
==Support from Progressives==<br />
<br />
Even though the MEK has carried out violent attacks on civilians, worked for Saddam Hussein's government for years,<ref name=AS>Anne Singleton, [http://www.iran-interlink.org/?mod=view&id=813 "Saddam's Private Army How Rajavi changed Iran's Mojahedin from armed revolutionaries to an armed cult"], Iran-Interlink, accessed on 24 September 2010</ref> and accepted various forms of support from the US government when it was intent on pushing for regime change in Iran through opposition movements,<ref name=SH>Seymour Hersh, [http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/07/07/080707fa_fact_hersh "Preparing the Battlefield"], ''New Yorker,'' 7 July 2008</ref> some progressives in North America and Europe have still embraced the MEK as a legitimate resistance movement.<br />
<br />
Writes Rostam Pourzal:<br />
<br />
:On May 26, 2006, a representative of the violent Iranian fugitives based in Iraq, known as MEK, addressed a forum -- an anti-war forum -- sponsored by the liberal Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists in Berkeley, California, as he had done the year before. Introduced as Ali Mirardal, the speaker lamented human rights abuses in Iran and offered the National Council of Resistance, a Paris-based front group for MEK, as the best hope for a democratic Iran.<ref name=RP>Rostam Pourzal, [http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2006/pourzal120606.html "MEK Tricks US Progressives, Gains Legitimacy"], ''Monthly Review,'' 26 May 2006</ref><br />
<br />
Pourzal notes that the MEK's flag-waving for human rights is one reason why audiences invite MEK to events, an ironic result considering how the MEK is known as "Saddam's Private Army"<ref name=AS>Anne Singleton, [http://www.iran-interlink.org/?mod=view&id=813 "Saddam's Private Army How Rajavi changed Iran's Mojahedin from armed revolutionaries to an armed cult"], Iran-Interlink, accessed on 24 September 2010</ref> for its part in suppressing Iraqi Kurds and Shias. <br />
<br />
:While MEK activists feign humanistic values before mainstream audiences, they work closely with some of the extremist Washington circles that push for preemptive US confrontation with Iran. (Other American unilateralist think tanks prefer to support the rival monarchist Iranian groups here.) For example, the Iranian "security expert" who regularly warns us about Iranian fundamentalism on Fox News television, Alireza Jafarzadeh, is none other than the terror group's former registered Washington representative.<ref name=RP>Rostam Pourzal, [http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2006/pourzal120606.html "MEK Tricks US Progressives, Gains Legitimacy"], ''Monthly Review,'' 26 May 2006</ref><br />
<br />
==Israeli Support==<br />
<br />
While conceding that the MEK has little support within Iran, Scott Ritter writes: "The MEK also has the support of the state of Israel. It has the support of the powerful pro-Israeli lobby here in the United States."<ref name=SR>Scott Ritter, [http://www.zcommunications.org/iraq-iran-and-wmds-by-scott-ritter "Iraq, Iran, and WMDs"], Znet, 29 January 2007</ref> Ritter argues that the MEK has been an "asset" for Israel.<ref name=America>Scott Ritter, [http://www.alternet.org/world/93239/america_is_already_committing_acts_of_war_against_iran/ "America Is Already Committing Acts of War Against Iran"], Alternet, 30 July 2008</ref><br />
<br />
According to investigative journalist Connie Bruck, the MEK's "intelligence" on Iran which has been cited by US officials is likely to have been provided to the MEK by Israel. (Ritter also argues this)<ref name=America>Scott Ritter, [http://www.alternet.org/world/93239/america_is_already_committing_acts_of_war_against_iran/ "America Is Already Committing Acts of War Against Iran"], Alternet, 30 July 2008</ref>:<br />
<br />
:An Iranian-American political activist told me, however, that the N.C.R.I.'s intelligence had actually come from Israel. This person said that Israel had earlier offered it to a monarchist group, but that that group's leaders had decided that "outing" the regime's nuclear program would be viewed negatively by Iranians, so they declined the offer. Shahriar Ahy, Reza Pahlavi's adviser, confirmed that account-up to a point. "That information came not from the M.E.K. but from a friendly government, and it had come to more than one opposition group, not only the mujahideen," he said. When I asked him if the "friendly government" was Israel, he smiled. "The friendly government did not want to be the source of it, publicly. If the friendly government gives it to the U.S. publicly, then it would be received differently. Better to come from an opposition group." Israel is said to have had a relationship with the M.E.K. at least since the late nineties, and to have supplied a satellite signal for N.C.R.I. broadcasts from Paris into Iran. When I asked an Israeli diplomat about Israel's relationship with the M.E.K., he said, "The M.E.K. is useful," but declined to elaborate.<ref name=CB>Connie Bruck, [http://www.iran-interlink.org/files/News4/Mar06/NewYorker060306.htm "Exiles: How Iran's Expatriates are Gaming the Nuclear Threat"], Iran Inter-link, 6 March 2006</ref><br />
<br />
==Neoconservative Support==<br />
<br />
According to Gareth Porter, the MEK was a favorite of neoconservatives in the Pentagon, who were proposing in 2003-2004 to use it as part of a policy to destabilise Iran.<ref name=GPMEK>Gareth Porter, [http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=41416 "Iran Nuke Laptop Data Came from Terror Group"], IPS, 29 February 2008</ref> Just months after the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, neoconservative commentator [[Daniel Pipes]] declared the MEK (which is currently on the US terror list) a US ally for its potential to provide intelligence on Iran. While Pipes stated that the MEK does not stand a chance of militarily overthrowing the Iranian government, he still recommended that the US government arm them:<br />
<br />
:''Can the MeK be useful?'' Yes. Western spy agencies are short on "human intelligence" - meaning spies on the ground in Iran, as distinct from eyes in the sky. Coalition military commanders should seek out the MeK for information on the Iranian mullahs' agents in Iraq...<br />
<br />
:Instead, as the U.S. Army recommends, MEK members should (after giving assurances not to attack Iranian territory) be permitted enough arms to protect themselves from their Iranian opponents. And in November, when the secretary of state next decides whether or not to re-certify the MEK as a terrorist group, he should come to the sensible conclusion that it poses no threat to the security of the United States or its citizens, and remove it from the list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations.<ref>Daniel Pipes and Patrick Clawson, [http://www.danielpipes.org/1100/mujahedeen-e-khalq-a-terrorist-us-ally "http://www.danielpipes.org/1100/mujahedeen-e-khalq-a-terrorist-us-ally"], Daniel Pipes Website, 20 May 2003 (accessed on 27 September 2010)</ref><br />
<br />
==US Support==<br />
<br />
===CIA===<br />
<br />
According to Seymour Hersh, the CIA and Special Operations communities have long-standing ties to the MEK which have resulted in the US supporting the group with money and weapons, even while their lack of usefulness in achieving US foreign policy goals is known<ref name=America>Scott Ritter, [http://www.alternet.org/world/93239/america_is_already_committing_acts_of_war_against_iran/ "America Is Already Committing Acts of War Against Iran"], Alternet, 30 July 2008</ref>:<br />
<br />
:The M.E.K. has been on the State Department’s terrorist list for more than a decade, yet in recent years the group has received arms and intelligence, directly or indirectly, from the United States. Some of the newly authorized covert funds, the Pentagon consultant told me, may well end up in M.E.K. coffers. “The new task force will work with the M.E.K. The Administration is desperate for results.” He added, “The M.E.K. has no C.P.A. auditing the books, and its leaders are thought to have been lining their pockets for years. If people only knew what the M.E.K. is getting, and how much is going to its bank accounts—and yet it is almost useless for the purposes the Administration intends.”<ref name=SH>Seymour Hersh, [http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/07/07/080707fa_fact_hersh "Preparing the Battlefield"], ''New Yorker,'' 7 July 2008</ref><br />
<br />
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki indirectly condemned the US's dealings with the MEK in 2008:<br />
<br />
:Gardiner also mentioned a trip that the Iraqi Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, made to Tehran in June. After his return, Maliki announced that his government would ban any contact between foreigners and the M.E.K.—a slap at the U.S.’s dealings with the group. Maliki declared that Iraq was not willing to be a staging ground for covert operations against other countries.<ref name=SH>Seymour Hersh, [http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/07/07/080707fa_fact_hersh "Preparing the Battlefield"], ''New Yorker,'' 7 July 2008</ref><br />
<br />
===US Politicians===<br />
<br />
US politicians that openly advocate forced regime change in Iran endorse the MEK or individuals associated with the MEK, like Israel lobby favorite, [[Alireza Jafarzadeh]].<br />
<br />
Although the Obama Administration has been careful to resist calls to war with Iran, US congress members like Rep. [[Bob Filner]] (D-CA) (who has been openly endorsing the MEK for years)<ref>Larisa Alexandrova, [http://www.rawstory.com/news/2007/Iran_timeline_0122.html "Iran Timeline"]), ''Raw Story,'' 22 January 2007</ref> introduce resolutions that advocate direct US support of the MEK and its activities:<br />
<br />
:Members of Congress led by have introduced a resolution calling on the Secretary of State and the President to throw the support of the United States behind an exiled Iranian terrorist group seeking to overthrow the Iranian regime and install themselves in power. Calling the exiled organization “Iran’s main opposition,” Filner is urging the State Department to end the blacklisting of the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) — a group listed by the State Department as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO). The resolution currently has 83 cosponsors and is gaining significant ground.<ref name=Disney>Patrick Disney, [http://mideast.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2010/09/22/congressional_backers_look_to_exiled_iranian_group_for_regime_change "Congressional backers look to exiled Iranian group for regime change"], ''Foreign Policy,'' 22 September 2010</ref><br />
<br />
==Activities==<br />
<br />
When the [[Raymond Tanter]] run [[Iran Policy Committee]] held a press conference in Washington in September 2010 with MEK representatives to reveal what it called a previously undisclosed Iranian nuclear site near the Iranian city of Qazvin, officials and analysts expressed caution considering the group's unreliable record:<br />
<br />
:But the source of the information — the MEK is listed as a terrorist organization by the State Department — and the group’s affiliation and promotion by U.S. neoconservatives pushing hard-line policies towards Iran are reasons for skepticism. Both the State Department and independent experts have raised several alarms about the reliability of the MEK’s claims.<br />
<br />
:While in the past, official U.S. sources have been willing to confirm information made public by the MEK, the State Department today told Fox News it would “study” the information, which included satellite images, and noted the MEK’s mixed record. “The MEK has made pronouncements about Iranian facilities in the past — some accurate, some not,” State spokesman P.J. Crowley told Fox.<ref>Ali Gharib, [http://www.lobelog.com/skepticism-about-meks-new-iranian-nuke-revelations/ "Skepticism about MEK’s alleged Iranian nuke revelation"], Lobe Log, 9 September 2010</ref><br />
<br />
==People==<br />
<br />
*[[Fahimeh Arvani]] - Secretary General <br />
*[[Ali Safavi]] - MEK lobbyist <br />
*[[Maryam Rajavi]] - "President-elect" of the [[NCRI]] since 1993<br />
*[[Alireza Jafarzadeh]] - MEK Lobbyist and Fox News Commentator<br />
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==Affiliations==<br />
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*[[National Council of Resistance of Iran]] - MEK's parliament in-waiting (comprised of Iranian exiles based in the West)<br />
*[[Iran Policy Committee]] - Neoconservative led Israel/MEK lobby group based in the US<br />
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==Related Links==<br />
*Chris Zambelis, [http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/JF05Ak01.html An Iranian voice in the wilderness], ''Asia Times'', June 5, 2008<br />
*[http://fanonite.org/2007/04/03/bbc-on-the-mujahedin-e-khalq/ Video report on MEK], ''BBC Newsnight'', January 2007<br />
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20060913005536/http://library.nps.navy.mil/home/tgp/mek.htm NPS Terrorist Group Profiles: MEK]<br />
*Bronwyn Adcock, "[http://web.archive.org/web/20070916124519/http://news.sbs.com.au/dateline/index.php?page=archive&daysum=2006-10-04 Gunning for Iran]", ''Dateline'', SBS , October 4, 2006.<br />
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20070328011952/http://www.iranpolicy.org/images/stories/pdfs/10-3-05+final+political+opposition+white+paper+.pdf US Policy Options for Iran and Iranian Political Opposition], Iran Policy Committee, September 13, 2005<br />
*Friends of a Free Iran, "[http://www.paulocasaca.net/PMOI-EN/index.htm People's Mojahedin of Iran - Mission Report], ''Friends of a Free Iran - European Parliament'', 2005.<br />
*Jorndorff "[http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2005/8/23/81037/3317 Who is the MEK?] Daily Kos, August 23, 2005.<br />
*"[http://forums.opendemocracy.net/mko_us_congresss_support_for_terrorism_mujahedin_e_khalq_u_s_congress_146_s_0 U.S. Congress's support for Mujahedin-e Khalq]", ''OpenDemocracy'', July 14, 2005.<br />
*[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/para/mek.htm Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization profile], Globalsecurity.org, updated March 2004.<br />
*Justin Raimondo, [http://antiwar.com/justin/?articleid=1798 Richard Perle Supports Terrorism], ''Antiwar.com'', January 28, 2004<br />
*Sam Dealy, [http://web.archive.org/web/20040129095859/http://www.hillnews.com/news/012104/terrorists.aspx Terrorists Plan D.C. Fundraiser.], ''The Hill'' January 21, 2004<br />
*Connie Bruck, [http://www.iran-interlink.org/files/News4/Mar06/NewYorker060306.htm Exiles: How Iran's Expatriates are Gaming the Nuclear Threat], ''New Yorker'', 6 March 2006<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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[[Category:Middle East Watch]] [[Category:Target Iran]]</div>Jasmin Ramseyhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=National_Council_of_Resistance_of_Iran&diff=144419National Council of Resistance of Iran2010-12-23T00:28:38Z<p>Jasmin Ramsey: /* Affiliations */</p>
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<div>According to its website, the '''National Council of Resistance of Iran''' (NCRI) is a "broad coalition of democratic Iranian organizations, groups and personalities."<ref name=NCRIW>NCRI, [http://ncr-iran.org/content/view/6046/ "Introduction to the National Council of Resistance of Iran "], NCRI Official Website, accessed on 24 September 2010</ref> Made up of Iranian exiles and minorities with pro-Israel, anti-Iranian views, several analysts<ref>Rostam Pourzal, [http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2006/pourzal120606.html "MEK Tricks US Progressives, Gains Legitimacy"], ''Monthly Review,'' 26 May 2006</ref> and US lawmakers<ref name=ftp>Department of State, [http://ftp.resource.org/courts.gov/c/F3/373/373.F3d.152.01-1480.html "Citation: 373 F.3d 152"], FTP Resource, accessed on 24 September 2010</ref> consider the NCRI a Paris-based front group of the '''[[Mujahideen-e Khalq]]'''.<br />
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==Mission: Overthrow the Iranian Government==<br />
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The NCRI claims to have created a "Parliament in Exile,"<ref name=NCRIW>NCRI, [http://ncr-iran.org/content/view/6046/ "Introduction to the National Council of Resistance of Iran "], NCRI Official Website, accessed on 24 September 2010</ref> with "500 members"<ref name=NCRIW>NCRI, [http://ncr-iran.org/content/view/6046/ "Introduction to the National Council of Resistance of Iran "], NCRI Official Website, accessed on 24 September 2010</ref> ready to replace the current Iranian government once it has been overthrown. "President-elect" [[Maryam Rajavi]] will head the parliament until the NCRI decides to hold "free" elections. <br />
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The NCRI openly advocates overthrowing the current Iranian government. In a section titled the "National Solidarity Front" on its website, the NCRI describes its hopes for the overthrow of the current Iranian government: <br />
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:In its two-day plenary session in November 2002, NCRI adopted a plan to form the "National Solidarity Front to Overthrow Religious Dictatorship in Iran." The front was designed as a platform to encompass all Iranian republicans who "are campaigning for a democratic, independent and secular regime."<br />
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:The Council noted that brightening prospects for overthrow of the regime necessitate ever-greater national solidarity among Iranians; a fact that prompted the NCRI to ratify the formation of the Front.<br />
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:Mrs. Maryam Rajavi described the Front as "a reflection of the most profound democratic yearnings of all the people of Iran, regardless of ideology, belief, religion and ethnicity that transcends all partisan and political interests." She said the Front "embodies the unshakable resolve of the Iranian people to overthrow the mullahs' inhuman regime."<ref name=NCRIW>NCRI, [http://ncr-iran.org/content/view/6046/ "Introduction to the National Council of Resistance of Iran "], NCRI Official Website, accessed on 24 September 2010</ref> <br />
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==MEK Alias/Terrorist Designation==<br />
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The US State Department has twice designated the NCRI as an "alias" of the MEK and thereby a "terrorist organization," once after an initial investigation and again after an appeal was brought forward for review by those that claimed to be representatives of the NCRI:<br />
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:Nearly a year later, the State Department provided for NCRI's review additional materials obtained by the FBI in the course of "its long-running investigation of the MEK and NCRI." Letter of Ambassador Francis X. Taylor, Coordinator for Counterterrorism, U.S. Dep't of State, at 1 (Sept. 4, 2002). Within two months, NCRI submitted its response. See Letter of Paul F. Enzinna, Esq. (Nov. 1, 2002). In May 2003, the State Department completed its review process and, on May 24, the Secretary decided to leave in place the 1999 and 2001 "designations of the National Council of Resistance (NCR) and the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) as foreign terrorist organization aliases of the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK)." Action Mem. from William Pope & William H. Taft, IV to the Secretary of State, at 3 (May 22, 2003) (Action Mem.).<ref name=ftp>Department of State, [http://ftp.resource.org/courts.gov/c/F3/373/373.F3d.152.01-1480.html "Citation: 373 F.3d 152"], FTP Resource, accessed on 24 September 2010</ref><br />
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==People==<br />
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*[[Massoud Rajavi]] - President, leader of [[MEK]], disappeared in 2003<br />
*[[Maryam Rajavi]] - "President-elect" since 1993<ref name=NCRIW>NCRI, [http://ncr-iran.org/content/view/6046/ "Introduction to the National Council of Resistance of Iran "], NCRI Official Website, accessed on 24 September 2010</ref><br />
*[[Dowlat Nowrouzi]] - UK Representative,<ref>BPCIF, [http://iran-freedom.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=297&Itemid=28 "MPs and Peers launch international campaign to save Iranian dissidents in Iraq"], British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom, 23 November 2010, accessed on 21 December 2010</ref> Membber of NCRI Foreign Affairs Committee<ref name=ashrafpress>NCRI, [http://www.ncr-iran.org/en/news/ashraf/9503-british-mps-rights-activists-condemn-siege-of-camp-ashraf "British MPs, rights activists condemn siege of Camp Ashraf "], National Council of Resistance of Iran, 21 December 2010, accessed on 21 December 2010</ref><br />
*[[Christine Aziz]] - UK Representative<ref name=ashrafpress>NCRI, [http://www.ncr-iran.org/en/news/ashraf/9503-british-mps-rights-activists-condemn-siege-of-camp-ashraf "British MPs, rights activists condemn siege of Camp Ashraf "], National Council of Resistance of Iran, 21 December 2010, accessed on 21 December 2010</ref><br />
*[[Ali Safavi]] - Member<ref>Huffington Post, [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ali-safavi "Ali Safavi"], Huffington Post, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref><br />
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==Affiliations==<br />
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*[[Mujahideen-e Khalq]]<br />
*[[Iran Policy Committee]]<br />
*[[British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom]] - One of the NCRI's lobby groups<br />
*[[David Amess]] - Amess is a British Conservative MP who has appeared at a rally for the [[PMOI]] where he introduced Rajavi and publicly endorses the legitimization of the PMOI<ref name=WT>David Amess, [http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/oct/15/exposing-irans-chief-liar/?page=2 "AMESS: Exposing Iran's chief liar"], Washington Times, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref><br />
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==Contact==<br />
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*Website: http://ncr-iran.org/index.php<br />
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==Related Links==<br />
*Chris Zambelis, [http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/JF05Ak01.html An Iranian voice in the wilderness], ''Asia Times'', June 5, 2008<br />
*[http://fanonite.org/2007/04/03/bbc-on-the-mujahedin-e-khalq/ Video report on MEK], ''BBC Newsnight'', January 2007<br />
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20060913005536/http://library.nps.navy.mil/home/tgp/mek.htm NPS Terrorist Group Profiles: MEK]<br />
*Bronwyn Adcock, "[http://web.archive.org/web/20070916124519/http://news.sbs.com.au/dateline/index.php?page=archive&daysum=2006-10-04 Gunning for Iran]", ''Dateline'', SBS , October 4, 2006.<br />
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20070328011952/http://www.iranpolicy.org/images/stories/pdfs/10-3-05+final+political+opposition+white+paper+.pdf US Policy Options for Iran and Iranian Political Opposition], Iran Policy Committee, September 13, 2005<br />
*Friends of a Free Iran, "[http://www.paulocasaca.net/PMOI-EN/index.htm People's Mojahedin of Iran - Mission Report], ''Friends of a Free Iran - European Parliament'', 2005.<br />
*Jorndorff "[http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2005/8/23/81037/3317 Who is the MEK?] Daily Kos, August 23, 2005.<br />
*"[http://forums.opendemocracy.net/mko_us_congresss_support_for_terrorism_mujahedin_e_khalq_u_s_congress_146_s_0 U.S. Congress's support for Mujahedin-e Khalq]", ''OpenDemocracy'', July 14, 2005.<br />
*[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/para/mek.htm Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization profile], Globalsecurity.org, updated March 2004.<br />
*Justin Raimondo, [http://antiwar.com/justin/?articleid=1798 Richard Perle Supports Terrorism], ''Antiwar.com'', January 28, 2004<br />
*Sam Dealy, [http://web.archive.org/web/20040129095859/http://www.hillnews.com/news/012104/terrorists.aspx Terrorists Plan D.C. Fundraiser.], ''The Hill'' January 21, 2004<br />
*Connie Bruck, [http://www.iran-interlink.org/files/News4/Mar06/NewYorker060306.htm Exiles: How Iran's Expatriates are Gaming the Nuclear Threat], ''New Yorker'', 6 March 2006<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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[[Category:Middle East Watch]] [[Category:Target Iran]]</div>Jasmin Ramseyhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=David_Amess&diff=144418David Amess2010-12-23T00:26:12Z<p>Jasmin Ramsey: /* Support for the Mujahedin-e Khalq */</p>
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[[David Amess]] is a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Conservative Party. <ref>[http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/david_amess/southend_west They Work for You], They Work For You website, accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
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Amess entered Parliament on 9 June 1983 in a General Election with a majority of 8,959 votes. He represents the constituency of Southend West. <ref>[http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/david_amess/southend_west They Work for You], They Work For You website, accessed 22 March 2010</ref> He is also an active member of the pro-Israel lobbying group the [[Conservative Friends of Israel]]<ref name=ukp>UK Parliament, [http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/david-amess/25775 "David Amess"], UK Parliament, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref> and appeared at a [[Mujahedin-e Khalq]] (MEK) rally in New York in 2010 where he introduced the [[National Council of Resistance of Iran]]'s (the MEK's front group) leader [[Maryam Rajavi]].<ref name=mondo>Kamran, [http://mondoweiss.net/2010/09/giuliani-and-bolton-take-the-stage-in-ny-to-call-for-war-on-iran-anoint-the-neocon-choice-for-irans-next-leader.html "Giuliani and Bolton take the stage in NY to call for war on Iran & anoint the neocon choice for Iran’s next leader"], Mondoweiss, 24 September 2010, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref> <br />
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==Support for the Mujahedin-e Khalq==<br />
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Amess is a member of the [[British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom]] (BPCIF) and has publicly and openly supported the [[Mujahedin-e Khalq]] (MEK or PMOI),<ref name=WT>David Amess, [http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/oct/15/exposing-irans-chief-liar/?page=2 "AMESS: Exposing Iran's chief liar"], Washington Times, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref> the umbrella organization for groups like the BPCIF, and the [[National Council of Resistance of Iran]] of which Amess is also affiliated with. Although the MEK has little support among Iranians, Amess publicly advocates for its legitimization and lobbies to have it removed from government lists (including the UK and the US) which categorize it as a terrorist organization. Writes Amess:<br />
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:Removing the terrorist tag would enjoy the backing of Congress. A bipartisan group of more than 80 members co-sponsored House Resolution 1431, explicitly calling for the delisting of the PMOI, "thereby denying the regime the pretext to crack down on dissidents inside Iran.<ref name=WT>David Amess, [http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/oct/15/exposing-irans-chief-liar/?page=2 "AMESS: Exposing Iran's chief liar"], Washington Times, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref><br />
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==Affiliations==<br />
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*[[Conservative Friends of Israel]]<ref name=ukp>UK Parliament, [http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/david-amess/25775 "David Amess"], UK Parliament, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref> - Hon. Secretary, 1998 - ; Member Executive 1922 Committee 2004 -<br />
*[[British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom]] - Member<ref name=nov>BPCIF, [http://iran-freedom.org/pdf/november2005.pdf "1300 British Lawyers Call for Removal of Unjust Terror Tag from Iranian Mojahedin"], British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom, November 2005, accessed on 21 December 2010</ref><ref name=WT>David Amess, [http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/oct/15/exposing-irans-chief-liar/?page=2 "AMESS: Exposing Iran's chief liar"], Washington Times, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref><br />
*[[Maryam Rajavi]] - Amess introduced the [[NCRI]] leader at a rally against Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in New York in 2010<ref name=mondo>Kamran, [http://mondoweiss.net/2010/09/giuliani-and-bolton-take-the-stage-in-ny-to-call-for-war-on-iran-anoint-the-neocon-choice-for-irans-next-leader.html "Giuliani and Bolton take the stage in NY to call for war on Iran & anoint the neocon choice for Iran’s next leader"], Mondoweiss, 24 September 2010, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref><ref name=WT>David Amess, [http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/oct/15/exposing-irans-chief-liar/?page=2 "AMESS: Exposing Iran's chief liar"], Washington Times, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref><br />
*[[NCRI]]<ref name=mondo>Kamran, [http://mondoweiss.net/2010/09/giuliani-and-bolton-take-the-stage-in-ny-to-call-for-war-on-iran-anoint-the-neocon-choice-for-irans-next-leader.html "Giuliani and Bolton take the stage in NY to call for war on Iran & anoint the neocon choice for Iran’s next leader"], Mondoweiss, 24 September 2010, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref><br />
*[[PMOI]]<ref name=mondo>Kamran, [http://mondoweiss.net/2010/09/giuliani-and-bolton-take-the-stage-in-ny-to-call-for-war-on-iran-anoint-the-neocon-choice-for-irans-next-leader.html "Giuliani and Bolton take the stage in NY to call for war on Iran & anoint the neocon choice for Iran’s next leader"], Mondoweiss, 24 September 2010, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref><br />
*Patron of [[TOAST]] a now defunct charity working on obesity which was a front for a diet company.<br />
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===All-Party Parliamentary Groups===<br />
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As at March 2010 Amess sits on the following [[All-Party Parliamentary Group]]s (APPGs):<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi01.htm Register of All-Party Groups], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
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*[[Associate Parliamentary Aerospace Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi153.htm Associate Parliamentary Aerospace Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on AIDS]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi156.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on AIDS], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Alcohol Misuse]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi157.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Alcohol Misuse], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Associate Parliamentary Group for Animal Welfare]] - Joint Vice-Chair with Dr[[Nick Palmer]] and [[Eliot Morley]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi161.htm Associate Parliamentary Group for Animal Welfare], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Inflammatory Arthritis]] - Joint-Chair with [[Linda Riordan]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi171.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Inflammatory Arthritis], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Asthma]] - Vice-Chair <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi173.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Asthma], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Balanced and Sustainable Communities Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi179.htm All-Party Parliamentary Balanced and Sustainable Communities Group] Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[British Council Associate Parliamentary Group]] - Vice-Chair<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi194.htm British Council Associate Parliamentary Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Built Environment Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi198.htm All-Party Parliamentary Built Environment Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Chaplaincy in the National Health Service]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi209.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Chaplaincy in the National Health Service], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Coalfields Communities Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi232.htm All-Party Parliamentary Coalfields Communities Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Deafness]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi261.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Deafness], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Drugs Misuse Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi273.htm All-Party Parliamentary Drugs Misuse Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Education]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi278.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Education], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Epilepsy]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi289.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Epilepsy], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Export Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi297.htm All-Party Parliamentary Export Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Eye Health and Visual Impairment]] - Secretary<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi299.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Eye Health and Visual Impairment ], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Fairs and Show Grounds]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi300.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Fairs and Show Grounds], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Fire, Safety & Rescue Group]] - Chair<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi305.htm All-Party Parliamentary Fire, Safety & Rescue Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Fisheries Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi307.htm All-Party Parliamentary Fisheries Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Flag Group]] <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi308.htm All-Party Parliamentary Flag Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Frame (Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments) Group]] - Chair<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi318.htm All-Party Parliamentary Frame (Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments) Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Funerals and Bereavement]] – Joint Vice-Chair with [[Robert Goodwill]] and [[Janet Dean]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi322.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Funerals and Bereavement], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Gas Safety Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi326.htm All-Party Parliamentary Gas Safety Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Primary Headache Disorders]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi337.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Primary Headache Disorders], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Associate Parliamentary Health Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi338.htm Associate Parliamentary Health Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Health and Wellbeing in Schools]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi339.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Health and Wellbeing in Schools], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Hepatology Group]] - Co-Chair <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi341.htm All-Party Parliamentary Hepatology Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Holy See]]-Co-Chair<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi348.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Holy See], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Housing Co-Operatives and Community Controlled Housing]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi356.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Housing Co-Operatives and Community Controlled Housing], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Parliamentary Information Technology Committee (an Associate Parliamentary Group)]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi362.htm Parliamentary Information Technology Committee (an Associate Parliamentary Group)], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Junk Mail]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi378.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Junk Mail], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Learning Disability]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi382.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Learning Disability], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Light Rail]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi387.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Light Rail], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Lions Clubs International All-Party Parliamentary Group]] - Joint Vice-Chair with [[Ian Lucas]] <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi391.htm Lions Clubs International All-Party Parliamentary Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Local Environmental Quality All-Party Parliamentary Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi393.htm Local Environmental Quality All-Party Parliamentary Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Group for Medical Technology]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi405.htm Group for Medical Technology], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Men’s Health]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi407.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Men’s Health], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
* [[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Multiple Sclerosis (MS)]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi419.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Multiple Sclerosis (MS)], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Music Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi421.htm All-Party Parliamentary Music Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME)]] - Treasurer<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi422.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME)], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Obesity]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi431.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Obesity], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Paediatric Mobility]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi442.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Paediatric Mobility], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Patient and Public Involvement in Health]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi448.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Patient and Public Involvement in Health], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Patient Safety]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi449.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Patient Safety], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Peak Oil]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi450.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Peak Oil], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Pharmacy]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi455.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Pharmacy], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Poverty]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi463.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Poverty], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Primary Care and Public Health]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi464.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Primary Care and Public Health], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Pro-Life Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi472.htm All-Party Parliamentary Pro-Life Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Publishing]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi475.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Publishing], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Group for Pulmonary Hypertension]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi476.htm Group for Pulmonary Hypertension], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Associate Parliamentary Road Passenger Transport Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi489.htm Associate Parliamentary Road Passenger Transport Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Rugby League Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi497.htm All-Party Parliamentary Rugby League Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Scout Group]] - Joint-Chairman with [[Stephen Pound]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi506.htm All-Party Parliamentary Scout Group] Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Ship Building and Ship Repair Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi509.htm All-Party Parliamentary Ship Building and Ship Repair Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Leisure Shopping Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi511.htm All-Party Parliamentary Leisure Shopping Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Small Shops]] - Chair<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi512.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Small Shops], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi513.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Smoking and Health]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi519.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Smoking and Health], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Solvent Abuse]] - Chair <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi523.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Solvent Abuse], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Steel and Metal Related Industry]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi531.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Steel and Metal Related Industry], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Street Children]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi533.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Street Children], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Stroke]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi534.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Stroke], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sustainable Housing]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi537.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sustainable Housing], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Thrombosis Group]] - Joint Vice-Chair with Dr. [[Richard Taylor]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi549.htm All-Party Parliamentary Thrombosis Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Tranquilliser Addiction]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi553.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Tranquilliser Addiction], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Umbilical Cord Blood and Adult Stem Cells]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi559.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Umbilical Cord Blood and Adult Stem Cells], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Underground Space]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi560.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Underground Space], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
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==Contact==<br />
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*Office address: House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA<ref>[http://findyourmp.parliament.uk/constituencies/southend-west find your MP], Parliament website, accessed 24 March 2010</ref><br />
*Office Email: amessd@parliament.uk<ref>[http://findyourmp.parliament.uk/constituencies/southend-west find your MP], Parliament website, accessed 24 March 2010</ref><br />
*Constituency Address: Iveagh Hall, 67 Leigh Road, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, SS9 1JW<ref>[http://www.davidamess.co.uk/text.aspx?id=5 David Amess], David Amess website, accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*Telephone Number: 01702 472391<ref>[http://www.davidamess.co.uk/text.aspx?id=5 David Amess], David Amess website, accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
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[[Category:MP|Amess, David]][[Category:British Politician|Amess, David]]</div>Jasmin Ramseyhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=David_Amess&diff=144417David Amess2010-12-23T00:25:50Z<p>Jasmin Ramsey: /* Support for the Mujahedin-e Khalq */</p>
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[[David Amess]] is a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Conservative Party. <ref>[http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/david_amess/southend_west They Work for You], They Work For You website, accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
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Amess entered Parliament on 9 June 1983 in a General Election with a majority of 8,959 votes. He represents the constituency of Southend West. <ref>[http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/david_amess/southend_west They Work for You], They Work For You website, accessed 22 March 2010</ref> He is also an active member of the pro-Israel lobbying group the [[Conservative Friends of Israel]]<ref name=ukp>UK Parliament, [http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/david-amess/25775 "David Amess"], UK Parliament, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref> and appeared at a [[Mujahedin-e Khalq]] (MEK) rally in New York in 2010 where he introduced the [[National Council of Resistance of Iran]]'s (the MEK's front group) leader [[Maryam Rajavi]].<ref name=mondo>Kamran, [http://mondoweiss.net/2010/09/giuliani-and-bolton-take-the-stage-in-ny-to-call-for-war-on-iran-anoint-the-neocon-choice-for-irans-next-leader.html "Giuliani and Bolton take the stage in NY to call for war on Iran & anoint the neocon choice for Iran’s next leader"], Mondoweiss, 24 September 2010, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref> <br />
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==Support for the Mujahedin-e Khalq==<br />
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Amess is a member of the [[British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom]] (BPCIF) and has publicly and openly supported the [[Mujahedin-e Khalq]] (MEK or PMOI),<ref name=WT>David Amess, [http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/oct/15/exposing-irans-chief-liar/?page=2 "AMESS: Exposing Iran's chief liar"], Washington Times, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref><br />
the umbrella organization for groups like the BPCIF, and the [[National Council of Resistance of Iran]] of which Amess is also affiliated with. Although the MEK has little support among Iranians, Amess publicly advocates for its legitimization and lobbies to have it removed from government lists (including the UK and the US) which categorize it as a terrorist organization. Writes Amess:<br />
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:Removing the terrorist tag would enjoy the backing of Congress. A bipartisan group of more than 80 members co-sponsored House Resolution 1431, explicitly calling for the delisting of the PMOI, "thereby denying the regime the pretext to crack down on dissidents inside Iran.<ref name=WT>David Amess, [http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/oct/15/exposing-irans-chief-liar/?page=2 "AMESS: Exposing Iran's chief liar"], Washington Times, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref><br />
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==Affiliations==<br />
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*[[Conservative Friends of Israel]]<ref name=ukp>UK Parliament, [http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/david-amess/25775 "David Amess"], UK Parliament, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref> - Hon. Secretary, 1998 - ; Member Executive 1922 Committee 2004 -<br />
*[[British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom]] - Member<ref name=nov>BPCIF, [http://iran-freedom.org/pdf/november2005.pdf "1300 British Lawyers Call for Removal of Unjust Terror Tag from Iranian Mojahedin"], British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom, November 2005, accessed on 21 December 2010</ref><ref name=WT>David Amess, [http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/oct/15/exposing-irans-chief-liar/?page=2 "AMESS: Exposing Iran's chief liar"], Washington Times, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref><br />
*[[Maryam Rajavi]] - Amess introduced the [[NCRI]] leader at a rally against Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in New York in 2010<ref name=mondo>Kamran, [http://mondoweiss.net/2010/09/giuliani-and-bolton-take-the-stage-in-ny-to-call-for-war-on-iran-anoint-the-neocon-choice-for-irans-next-leader.html "Giuliani and Bolton take the stage in NY to call for war on Iran & anoint the neocon choice for Iran’s next leader"], Mondoweiss, 24 September 2010, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref><ref name=WT>David Amess, [http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/oct/15/exposing-irans-chief-liar/?page=2 "AMESS: Exposing Iran's chief liar"], Washington Times, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref><br />
*[[NCRI]]<ref name=mondo>Kamran, [http://mondoweiss.net/2010/09/giuliani-and-bolton-take-the-stage-in-ny-to-call-for-war-on-iran-anoint-the-neocon-choice-for-irans-next-leader.html "Giuliani and Bolton take the stage in NY to call for war on Iran & anoint the neocon choice for Iran’s next leader"], Mondoweiss, 24 September 2010, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref><br />
*[[PMOI]]<ref name=mondo>Kamran, [http://mondoweiss.net/2010/09/giuliani-and-bolton-take-the-stage-in-ny-to-call-for-war-on-iran-anoint-the-neocon-choice-for-irans-next-leader.html "Giuliani and Bolton take the stage in NY to call for war on Iran & anoint the neocon choice for Iran’s next leader"], Mondoweiss, 24 September 2010, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref><br />
*Patron of [[TOAST]] a now defunct charity working on obesity which was a front for a diet company.<br />
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===All-Party Parliamentary Groups===<br />
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As at March 2010 Amess sits on the following [[All-Party Parliamentary Group]]s (APPGs):<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi01.htm Register of All-Party Groups], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
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*[[Associate Parliamentary Aerospace Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi153.htm Associate Parliamentary Aerospace Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on AIDS]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi156.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on AIDS], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Alcohol Misuse]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi157.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Alcohol Misuse], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Associate Parliamentary Group for Animal Welfare]] - Joint Vice-Chair with Dr[[Nick Palmer]] and [[Eliot Morley]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi161.htm Associate Parliamentary Group for Animal Welfare], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Inflammatory Arthritis]] - Joint-Chair with [[Linda Riordan]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi171.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Inflammatory Arthritis], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Asthma]] - Vice-Chair <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi173.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Asthma], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Balanced and Sustainable Communities Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi179.htm All-Party Parliamentary Balanced and Sustainable Communities Group] Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[British Council Associate Parliamentary Group]] - Vice-Chair<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi194.htm British Council Associate Parliamentary Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Built Environment Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi198.htm All-Party Parliamentary Built Environment Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Chaplaincy in the National Health Service]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi209.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Chaplaincy in the National Health Service], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Coalfields Communities Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi232.htm All-Party Parliamentary Coalfields Communities Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Deafness]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi261.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Deafness], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Drugs Misuse Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi273.htm All-Party Parliamentary Drugs Misuse Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Education]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi278.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Education], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Epilepsy]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi289.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Epilepsy], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Export Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi297.htm All-Party Parliamentary Export Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Eye Health and Visual Impairment]] - Secretary<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi299.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Eye Health and Visual Impairment ], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Fairs and Show Grounds]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi300.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Fairs and Show Grounds], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Fire, Safety & Rescue Group]] - Chair<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi305.htm All-Party Parliamentary Fire, Safety & Rescue Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Fisheries Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi307.htm All-Party Parliamentary Fisheries Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Flag Group]] <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi308.htm All-Party Parliamentary Flag Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Frame (Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments) Group]] - Chair<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi318.htm All-Party Parliamentary Frame (Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments) Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Funerals and Bereavement]] – Joint Vice-Chair with [[Robert Goodwill]] and [[Janet Dean]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi322.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Funerals and Bereavement], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Gas Safety Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi326.htm All-Party Parliamentary Gas Safety Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Primary Headache Disorders]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi337.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Primary Headache Disorders], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Associate Parliamentary Health Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi338.htm Associate Parliamentary Health Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Health and Wellbeing in Schools]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi339.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Health and Wellbeing in Schools], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Hepatology Group]] - Co-Chair <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi341.htm All-Party Parliamentary Hepatology Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Holy See]]-Co-Chair<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi348.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Holy See], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Housing Co-Operatives and Community Controlled Housing]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi356.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Housing Co-Operatives and Community Controlled Housing], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Parliamentary Information Technology Committee (an Associate Parliamentary Group)]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi362.htm Parliamentary Information Technology Committee (an Associate Parliamentary Group)], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Junk Mail]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi378.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Junk Mail], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Learning Disability]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi382.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Learning Disability], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Light Rail]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi387.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Light Rail], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Lions Clubs International All-Party Parliamentary Group]] - Joint Vice-Chair with [[Ian Lucas]] <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi391.htm Lions Clubs International All-Party Parliamentary Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Local Environmental Quality All-Party Parliamentary Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi393.htm Local Environmental Quality All-Party Parliamentary Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Group for Medical Technology]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi405.htm Group for Medical Technology], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Men’s Health]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi407.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Men’s Health], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
* [[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Multiple Sclerosis (MS)]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi419.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Multiple Sclerosis (MS)], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Music Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi421.htm All-Party Parliamentary Music Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME)]] - Treasurer<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi422.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME)], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Obesity]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi431.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Obesity], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Paediatric Mobility]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi442.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Paediatric Mobility], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Patient and Public Involvement in Health]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi448.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Patient and Public Involvement in Health], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Patient Safety]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi449.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Patient Safety], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Peak Oil]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi450.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Peak Oil], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Pharmacy]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi455.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Pharmacy], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Poverty]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi463.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Poverty], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Primary Care and Public Health]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi464.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Primary Care and Public Health], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Pro-Life Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi472.htm All-Party Parliamentary Pro-Life Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Publishing]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi475.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Publishing], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Group for Pulmonary Hypertension]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi476.htm Group for Pulmonary Hypertension], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Associate Parliamentary Road Passenger Transport Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi489.htm Associate Parliamentary Road Passenger Transport Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Rugby League Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi497.htm All-Party Parliamentary Rugby League Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Scout Group]] - Joint-Chairman with [[Stephen Pound]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi506.htm All-Party Parliamentary Scout Group] Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Ship Building and Ship Repair Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi509.htm All-Party Parliamentary Ship Building and Ship Repair Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Leisure Shopping Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi511.htm All-Party Parliamentary Leisure Shopping Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Small Shops]] - Chair<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi512.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Small Shops], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi513.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Smoking and Health]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi519.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Smoking and Health], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Solvent Abuse]] - Chair <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi523.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Solvent Abuse], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Steel and Metal Related Industry]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi531.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Steel and Metal Related Industry], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Street Children]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi533.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Street Children], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Stroke]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi534.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Stroke], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sustainable Housing]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi537.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sustainable Housing], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Thrombosis Group]] - Joint Vice-Chair with Dr. [[Richard Taylor]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi549.htm All-Party Parliamentary Thrombosis Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Tranquilliser Addiction]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi553.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Tranquilliser Addiction], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Umbilical Cord Blood and Adult Stem Cells]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi559.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Umbilical Cord Blood and Adult Stem Cells], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Underground Space]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi560.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Underground Space], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
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==Contact==<br />
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*Office address: House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA<ref>[http://findyourmp.parliament.uk/constituencies/southend-west find your MP], Parliament website, accessed 24 March 2010</ref><br />
*Office Email: amessd@parliament.uk<ref>[http://findyourmp.parliament.uk/constituencies/southend-west find your MP], Parliament website, accessed 24 March 2010</ref><br />
*Constituency Address: Iveagh Hall, 67 Leigh Road, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, SS9 1JW<ref>[http://www.davidamess.co.uk/text.aspx?id=5 David Amess], David Amess website, accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*Telephone Number: 01702 472391<ref>[http://www.davidamess.co.uk/text.aspx?id=5 David Amess], David Amess website, accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
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[[Category:MP|Amess, David]][[Category:British Politician|Amess, David]]</div>Jasmin Ramseyhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=David_Amess&diff=144416David Amess2010-12-23T00:08:27Z<p>Jasmin Ramsey: </p>
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[[David Amess]] is a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Conservative Party. <ref>[http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/david_amess/southend_west They Work for You], They Work For You website, accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
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Amess entered Parliament on 9 June 1983 in a General Election with a majority of 8,959 votes. He represents the constituency of Southend West. <ref>[http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/david_amess/southend_west They Work for You], They Work For You website, accessed 22 March 2010</ref> He is also an active member of the pro-Israel lobbying group the [[Conservative Friends of Israel]]<ref name=ukp>UK Parliament, [http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/david-amess/25775 "David Amess"], UK Parliament, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref> and appeared at a [[Mujahedin-e Khalq]] (MEK) rally in New York in 2010 where he introduced the [[National Council of Resistance of Iran]]'s (the MEK's front group) leader [[Maryam Rajavi]].<ref name=mondo>Kamran, [http://mondoweiss.net/2010/09/giuliani-and-bolton-take-the-stage-in-ny-to-call-for-war-on-iran-anoint-the-neocon-choice-for-irans-next-leader.html "Giuliani and Bolton take the stage in NY to call for war on Iran & anoint the neocon choice for Iran’s next leader"], Mondoweiss, 24 September 2010, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref> <br />
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==Support for the Mujahedin-e Khalq==<br />
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Amess is a member of the [[British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom]] (BPCIF) and has publicly and openly supported the [[Mujahedin-e Khalq]] (MEK or PMOI), the umbrella organization for groups like the BPCIF, and the [[National Council of Resistance of Iran]] of which Amess is also affiliated with. Although the MEK has little support among Iranians, Amess publicly advocates for its legitimization and lobbies to have it removed from government lists (including the UK and the US) which categorize it as a terrorist organization. Writes Amess:<br />
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:Removing the terrorist tag would enjoy the backing of Congress. A bipartisan group of more than 80 members co-sponsored House Resolution 1431, explicitly calling for the delisting of the PMOI, "thereby denying the regime the pretext to crack down on dissidents inside Iran.<ref name=WT>David Amess, [http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/oct/15/exposing-irans-chief-liar/?page=2 "AMESS: Exposing Iran's chief liar"], Washington Times, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref><br />
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==Affiliations==<br />
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*[[Conservative Friends of Israel]]<ref name=ukp>UK Parliament, [http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/david-amess/25775 "David Amess"], UK Parliament, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref> - Hon. Secretary, 1998 - ; Member Executive 1922 Committee 2004 -<br />
*[[British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom]] - Member<ref name=nov>BPCIF, [http://iran-freedom.org/pdf/november2005.pdf "1300 British Lawyers Call for Removal of Unjust Terror Tag from Iranian Mojahedin"], British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom, November 2005, accessed on 21 December 2010</ref><ref name=WT>David Amess, [http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/oct/15/exposing-irans-chief-liar/?page=2 "AMESS: Exposing Iran's chief liar"], Washington Times, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref><br />
*[[Maryam Rajavi]] - Amess introduced the [[NCRI]] leader at a rally against Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in New York in 2010<ref name=mondo>Kamran, [http://mondoweiss.net/2010/09/giuliani-and-bolton-take-the-stage-in-ny-to-call-for-war-on-iran-anoint-the-neocon-choice-for-irans-next-leader.html "Giuliani and Bolton take the stage in NY to call for war on Iran & anoint the neocon choice for Iran’s next leader"], Mondoweiss, 24 September 2010, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref><ref name=WT>David Amess, [http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/oct/15/exposing-irans-chief-liar/?page=2 "AMESS: Exposing Iran's chief liar"], Washington Times, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref><br />
*[[NCRI]]<ref name=mondo>Kamran, [http://mondoweiss.net/2010/09/giuliani-and-bolton-take-the-stage-in-ny-to-call-for-war-on-iran-anoint-the-neocon-choice-for-irans-next-leader.html "Giuliani and Bolton take the stage in NY to call for war on Iran & anoint the neocon choice for Iran’s next leader"], Mondoweiss, 24 September 2010, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref><br />
*[[PMOI]]<ref name=mondo>Kamran, [http://mondoweiss.net/2010/09/giuliani-and-bolton-take-the-stage-in-ny-to-call-for-war-on-iran-anoint-the-neocon-choice-for-irans-next-leader.html "Giuliani and Bolton take the stage in NY to call for war on Iran & anoint the neocon choice for Iran’s next leader"], Mondoweiss, 24 September 2010, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref><br />
*Patron of [[TOAST]] a now defunct charity working on obesity which was a front for a diet company.<br />
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===All-Party Parliamentary Groups===<br />
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As at March 2010 Amess sits on the following [[All-Party Parliamentary Group]]s (APPGs):<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi01.htm Register of All-Party Groups], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
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*[[Associate Parliamentary Aerospace Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi153.htm Associate Parliamentary Aerospace Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on AIDS]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi156.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on AIDS], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Alcohol Misuse]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi157.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Alcohol Misuse], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Associate Parliamentary Group for Animal Welfare]] - Joint Vice-Chair with Dr[[Nick Palmer]] and [[Eliot Morley]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi161.htm Associate Parliamentary Group for Animal Welfare], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Inflammatory Arthritis]] - Joint-Chair with [[Linda Riordan]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi171.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Inflammatory Arthritis], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Asthma]] - Vice-Chair <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi173.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Asthma], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Balanced and Sustainable Communities Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi179.htm All-Party Parliamentary Balanced and Sustainable Communities Group] Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[British Council Associate Parliamentary Group]] - Vice-Chair<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi194.htm British Council Associate Parliamentary Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Built Environment Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi198.htm All-Party Parliamentary Built Environment Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Chaplaincy in the National Health Service]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi209.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Chaplaincy in the National Health Service], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Coalfields Communities Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi232.htm All-Party Parliamentary Coalfields Communities Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Deafness]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi261.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Deafness], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Drugs Misuse Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi273.htm All-Party Parliamentary Drugs Misuse Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Education]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi278.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Education], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Epilepsy]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi289.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Epilepsy], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Export Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi297.htm All-Party Parliamentary Export Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Eye Health and Visual Impairment]] - Secretary<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi299.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Eye Health and Visual Impairment ], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Fairs and Show Grounds]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi300.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Fairs and Show Grounds], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Fire, Safety & Rescue Group]] - Chair<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi305.htm All-Party Parliamentary Fire, Safety & Rescue Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Fisheries Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi307.htm All-Party Parliamentary Fisheries Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Flag Group]] <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi308.htm All-Party Parliamentary Flag Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Frame (Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments) Group]] - Chair<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi318.htm All-Party Parliamentary Frame (Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments) Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Funerals and Bereavement]] – Joint Vice-Chair with [[Robert Goodwill]] and [[Janet Dean]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi322.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Funerals and Bereavement], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Gas Safety Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi326.htm All-Party Parliamentary Gas Safety Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Primary Headache Disorders]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi337.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Primary Headache Disorders], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Associate Parliamentary Health Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi338.htm Associate Parliamentary Health Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Health and Wellbeing in Schools]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi339.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Health and Wellbeing in Schools], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Hepatology Group]] - Co-Chair <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi341.htm All-Party Parliamentary Hepatology Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Holy See]]-Co-Chair<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi348.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Holy See], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Housing Co-Operatives and Community Controlled Housing]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi356.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Housing Co-Operatives and Community Controlled Housing], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Parliamentary Information Technology Committee (an Associate Parliamentary Group)]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi362.htm Parliamentary Information Technology Committee (an Associate Parliamentary Group)], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Junk Mail]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi378.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Junk Mail], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Learning Disability]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi382.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Learning Disability], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Light Rail]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi387.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Light Rail], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Lions Clubs International All-Party Parliamentary Group]] - Joint Vice-Chair with [[Ian Lucas]] <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi391.htm Lions Clubs International All-Party Parliamentary Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Local Environmental Quality All-Party Parliamentary Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi393.htm Local Environmental Quality All-Party Parliamentary Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Group for Medical Technology]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi405.htm Group for Medical Technology], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Men’s Health]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi407.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Men’s Health], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
* [[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Multiple Sclerosis (MS)]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi419.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Multiple Sclerosis (MS)], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Music Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi421.htm All-Party Parliamentary Music Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME)]] - Treasurer<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi422.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME)], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Obesity]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi431.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Obesity], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Paediatric Mobility]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi442.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Paediatric Mobility], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Patient and Public Involvement in Health]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi448.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Patient and Public Involvement in Health], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Patient Safety]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi449.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Patient Safety], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Peak Oil]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi450.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Peak Oil], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Pharmacy]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi455.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Pharmacy], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Poverty]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi463.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Poverty], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Primary Care and Public Health]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi464.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Primary Care and Public Health], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Pro-Life Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi472.htm All-Party Parliamentary Pro-Life Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Publishing]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi475.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Publishing], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Group for Pulmonary Hypertension]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi476.htm Group for Pulmonary Hypertension], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Associate Parliamentary Road Passenger Transport Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi489.htm Associate Parliamentary Road Passenger Transport Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Rugby League Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi497.htm All-Party Parliamentary Rugby League Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Scout Group]] - Joint-Chairman with [[Stephen Pound]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi506.htm All-Party Parliamentary Scout Group] Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Ship Building and Ship Repair Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi509.htm All-Party Parliamentary Ship Building and Ship Repair Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Leisure Shopping Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi511.htm All-Party Parliamentary Leisure Shopping Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Small Shops]] - Chair<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi512.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Small Shops], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi513.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Smoking and Health]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi519.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Smoking and Health], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Solvent Abuse]] - Chair <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi523.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Solvent Abuse], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Steel and Metal Related Industry]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi531.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Steel and Metal Related Industry], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Street Children]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi533.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Street Children], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Stroke]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi534.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Stroke], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sustainable Housing]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi537.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sustainable Housing], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Thrombosis Group]] - Joint Vice-Chair with Dr. [[Richard Taylor]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi549.htm All-Party Parliamentary Thrombosis Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Tranquilliser Addiction]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi553.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Tranquilliser Addiction], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Umbilical Cord Blood and Adult Stem Cells]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi559.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Umbilical Cord Blood and Adult Stem Cells], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Underground Space]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi560.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Underground Space], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
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==Contact==<br />
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*Office address: House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA<ref>[http://findyourmp.parliament.uk/constituencies/southend-west find your MP], Parliament website, accessed 24 March 2010</ref><br />
*Office Email: amessd@parliament.uk<ref>[http://findyourmp.parliament.uk/constituencies/southend-west find your MP], Parliament website, accessed 24 March 2010</ref><br />
*Constituency Address: Iveagh Hall, 67 Leigh Road, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, SS9 1JW<ref>[http://www.davidamess.co.uk/text.aspx?id=5 David Amess], David Amess website, accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*Telephone Number: 01702 472391<ref>[http://www.davidamess.co.uk/text.aspx?id=5 David Amess], David Amess website, accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
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[[Category:MP|Amess, David]][[Category:British Politician|Amess, David]]</div>Jasmin Ramseyhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=David_Amess&diff=144409David Amess2010-12-22T23:52:13Z<p>Jasmin Ramsey: </p>
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[[David Amess]] is a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Conservative Party. <ref>[http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/david_amess/southend_west They Work for You], They Work For You website, accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
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Amess entered Parliament on 9 June 1983 in a General Election with a majority of 8,959 votes. He represents the constituency of Southend West. <ref>[http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/david_amess/southend_west They Work for You], They Work For You website, accessed 22 March 2010</ref> He is also an active member of the pro-Israel lobbying group the [[Conservative Friends of Israel]]<ref name=ukp>UK Parliament, [http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/david-amess/25775 "David Amess"], UK Parliament, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref> and appeared at a [[Mujahedin-e Khalq]] (MEK) rally in New York in 2010 where he introduced the [[National Council of Iran Resistance]]'s (the MEK's front group) leader [[Maryam Rajavi]].<ref name=mondo>Kamran, [http://mondoweiss.net/2010/09/giuliani-and-bolton-take-the-stage-in-ny-to-call-for-war-on-iran-anoint-the-neocon-choice-for-irans-next-leader.html "Giuliani and Bolton take the stage in NY to call for war on Iran & anoint the neocon choice for Iran’s next leader"], Mondoweiss, 24 September 2010, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref> <br />
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==Support for the Mujahedin-e Khalq==<br />
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Amess is a member of the [[British Parliamentary Committee of Iran Freedom]] (BPCIF) and has publicly and openly supported the [[Mujahedin-e Khalq]] (MEK or PMOI), the umbrella organization for groups like the BPCIF, and the [[National Council of Resistance of Iran]] of which Amess is also affiliated with. Although the MEK has little support among Iranians, Amess publicly advocates for its legitimization and lobbies to have it removed from government lists (including the UK and the US) which categorize it as a terrorist organization. Writes Amess:<br />
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:Removing the terrorist tag would enjoy the backing of Congress. A bipartisan group of more than 80 members co-sponsored House Resolution 1431, explicitly calling for the delisting of the PMOI, "thereby denying the regime the pretext to crack down on dissidents inside Iran.<ref name=WT>David Amess, [http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/oct/15/exposing-irans-chief-liar/?page=2 "AMESS: Exposing Iran's chief liar"], Washington Times, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref><br />
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==Affiliations==<br />
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*[[Conservative Friends of Israel]]<ref name=ukp>UK Parliament, [http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/david-amess/25775 "David Amess"], UK Parliament, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref> - Hon. Secretary, 1998 - ; Member Executive 1922 Committee 2004 -<br />
*[[British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom]] - Member<ref name=nov>BPCIF, [http://iran-freedom.org/pdf/november2005.pdf "1300 British Lawyers Call for Removal of Unjust Terror Tag from Iranian Mojahedin"], British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom, November 2005, accessed on 21 December 2010</ref><ref name=WT>David Amess, [http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/oct/15/exposing-irans-chief-liar/?page=2 "AMESS: Exposing Iran's chief liar"], Washington Times, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref><br />
*[[Maryam Rajavi]] - Amess introduced the [[NCRI]] leader at a rally against Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in New York in 2010<ref name=mondo>Kamran, [http://mondoweiss.net/2010/09/giuliani-and-bolton-take-the-stage-in-ny-to-call-for-war-on-iran-anoint-the-neocon-choice-for-irans-next-leader.html "Giuliani and Bolton take the stage in NY to call for war on Iran & anoint the neocon choice for Iran’s next leader"], Mondoweiss, 24 September 2010, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref><ref name=WT>David Amess, [http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/oct/15/exposing-irans-chief-liar/?page=2 "AMESS: Exposing Iran's chief liar"], Washington Times, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref><br />
*[[NCRI]]<ref name=mondo>Kamran, [http://mondoweiss.net/2010/09/giuliani-and-bolton-take-the-stage-in-ny-to-call-for-war-on-iran-anoint-the-neocon-choice-for-irans-next-leader.html "Giuliani and Bolton take the stage in NY to call for war on Iran & anoint the neocon choice for Iran’s next leader"], Mondoweiss, 24 September 2010, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref><br />
*[[PMOI]]<ref name=mondo>Kamran, [http://mondoweiss.net/2010/09/giuliani-and-bolton-take-the-stage-in-ny-to-call-for-war-on-iran-anoint-the-neocon-choice-for-irans-next-leader.html "Giuliani and Bolton take the stage in NY to call for war on Iran & anoint the neocon choice for Iran’s next leader"], Mondoweiss, 24 September 2010, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref><br />
*Patron of [[TOAST]] a now defunct charity working on obesity which was a front for a diet company.<br />
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===All-Party Parliamentary Groups===<br />
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As at March 2010 Amess sits on the following [[All-Party Parliamentary Group]]s (APPGs):<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi01.htm Register of All-Party Groups], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
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*[[Associate Parliamentary Aerospace Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi153.htm Associate Parliamentary Aerospace Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on AIDS]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi156.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on AIDS], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Alcohol Misuse]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi157.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Alcohol Misuse], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Associate Parliamentary Group for Animal Welfare]] - Joint Vice-Chair with Dr[[Nick Palmer]] and [[Eliot Morley]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi161.htm Associate Parliamentary Group for Animal Welfare], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Inflammatory Arthritis]] - Joint-Chair with [[Linda Riordan]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi171.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Inflammatory Arthritis], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Asthma]] - Vice-Chair <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi173.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Asthma], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Balanced and Sustainable Communities Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi179.htm All-Party Parliamentary Balanced and Sustainable Communities Group] Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[British Council Associate Parliamentary Group]] - Vice-Chair<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi194.htm British Council Associate Parliamentary Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Built Environment Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi198.htm All-Party Parliamentary Built Environment Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Chaplaincy in the National Health Service]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi209.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Chaplaincy in the National Health Service], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Coalfields Communities Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi232.htm All-Party Parliamentary Coalfields Communities Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Deafness]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi261.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Deafness], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Drugs Misuse Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi273.htm All-Party Parliamentary Drugs Misuse Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Education]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi278.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Education], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Epilepsy]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi289.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Epilepsy], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Export Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi297.htm All-Party Parliamentary Export Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Eye Health and Visual Impairment]] - Secretary<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi299.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Eye Health and Visual Impairment ], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Fairs and Show Grounds]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi300.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Fairs and Show Grounds], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Fire, Safety & Rescue Group]] - Chair<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi305.htm All-Party Parliamentary Fire, Safety & Rescue Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Fisheries Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi307.htm All-Party Parliamentary Fisheries Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Flag Group]] <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi308.htm All-Party Parliamentary Flag Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Frame (Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments) Group]] - Chair<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi318.htm All-Party Parliamentary Frame (Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments) Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Funerals and Bereavement]] – Joint Vice-Chair with [[Robert Goodwill]] and [[Janet Dean]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi322.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Funerals and Bereavement], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Gas Safety Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi326.htm All-Party Parliamentary Gas Safety Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Primary Headache Disorders]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi337.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Primary Headache Disorders], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Associate Parliamentary Health Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi338.htm Associate Parliamentary Health Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Health and Wellbeing in Schools]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi339.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Health and Wellbeing in Schools], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Hepatology Group]] - Co-Chair <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi341.htm All-Party Parliamentary Hepatology Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Holy See]]-Co-Chair<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi348.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Holy See], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Housing Co-Operatives and Community Controlled Housing]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi356.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Housing Co-Operatives and Community Controlled Housing], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Parliamentary Information Technology Committee (an Associate Parliamentary Group)]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi362.htm Parliamentary Information Technology Committee (an Associate Parliamentary Group)], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Junk Mail]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi378.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Junk Mail], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Learning Disability]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi382.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Learning Disability], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Light Rail]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi387.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Light Rail], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Lions Clubs International All-Party Parliamentary Group]] - Joint Vice-Chair with [[Ian Lucas]] <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi391.htm Lions Clubs International All-Party Parliamentary Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Local Environmental Quality All-Party Parliamentary Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi393.htm Local Environmental Quality All-Party Parliamentary Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Group for Medical Technology]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi405.htm Group for Medical Technology], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Men’s Health]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi407.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Men’s Health], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
* [[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Multiple Sclerosis (MS)]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi419.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Multiple Sclerosis (MS)], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Music Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi421.htm All-Party Parliamentary Music Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME)]] - Treasurer<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi422.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME)], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Obesity]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi431.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Obesity], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Paediatric Mobility]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi442.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Paediatric Mobility], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Patient and Public Involvement in Health]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi448.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Patient and Public Involvement in Health], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Patient Safety]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi449.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Patient Safety], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Peak Oil]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi450.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Peak Oil], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Pharmacy]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi455.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Pharmacy], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Poverty]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi463.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Poverty], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Primary Care and Public Health]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi464.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Primary Care and Public Health], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Pro-Life Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi472.htm All-Party Parliamentary Pro-Life Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Publishing]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi475.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Publishing], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Group for Pulmonary Hypertension]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi476.htm Group for Pulmonary Hypertension], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Associate Parliamentary Road Passenger Transport Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi489.htm Associate Parliamentary Road Passenger Transport Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Rugby League Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi497.htm All-Party Parliamentary Rugby League Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Scout Group]] - Joint-Chairman with [[Stephen Pound]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi506.htm All-Party Parliamentary Scout Group] Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Ship Building and Ship Repair Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi509.htm All-Party Parliamentary Ship Building and Ship Repair Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Leisure Shopping Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi511.htm All-Party Parliamentary Leisure Shopping Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Small Shops]] - Chair<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi512.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Small Shops], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi513.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Smoking and Health]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi519.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Smoking and Health], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Solvent Abuse]] - Chair <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi523.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Solvent Abuse], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Steel and Metal Related Industry]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi531.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Steel and Metal Related Industry], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Street Children]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi533.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Street Children], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Stroke]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi534.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Stroke], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sustainable Housing]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi537.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sustainable Housing], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Thrombosis Group]] - Joint Vice-Chair with Dr. [[Richard Taylor]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi549.htm All-Party Parliamentary Thrombosis Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Tranquilliser Addiction]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi553.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Tranquilliser Addiction], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Umbilical Cord Blood and Adult Stem Cells]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi559.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Umbilical Cord Blood and Adult Stem Cells], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Underground Space]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi560.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Underground Space], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
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==Contact==<br />
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*Office address: House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA<ref>[http://findyourmp.parliament.uk/constituencies/southend-west find your MP], Parliament website, accessed 24 March 2010</ref><br />
*Office Email: amessd@parliament.uk<ref>[http://findyourmp.parliament.uk/constituencies/southend-west find your MP], Parliament website, accessed 24 March 2010</ref><br />
*Constituency Address: Iveagh Hall, 67 Leigh Road, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, SS9 1JW<ref>[http://www.davidamess.co.uk/text.aspx?id=5 David Amess], David Amess website, accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*Telephone Number: 01702 472391<ref>[http://www.davidamess.co.uk/text.aspx?id=5 David Amess], David Amess website, accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
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[[Category:MP|Amess, David]][[Category:British Politician|Amess, David]]</div>Jasmin Ramseyhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=David_Amess&diff=144408David Amess2010-12-22T23:47:25Z<p>Jasmin Ramsey: </p>
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[[David Amess]] is a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Conservative Party. <ref>[http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/david_amess/southend_west They Work for You], They Work For You website, accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
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Amess entered Parliament on 9 June 1983 in a General Election with a majority of 8,959 votes. He represents the constituency of Southend West. <ref>[http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/david_amess/southend_west They Work for You], They Work For You website, accessed 22 March 2010</ref> He is also an active member of the pro-Israel lobbying group the [[Conservative Friends of Israel]]<ref name=ukp>UK Parliament, [http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/david-amess/25775 "David Amess"], UK Parliament, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref> and appeared at a [[Mujahedin-e Khalq]] (MEK) rally in New York in 2010 where he introduced the [[National Council of Resistance Iran]]'s (the MEK's front group) leader [[Maryam Rajavi]].<ref name=mondo>Kamran, [http://mondoweiss.net/2010/09/giuliani-and-bolton-take-the-stage-in-ny-to-call-for-war-on-iran-anoint-the-neocon-choice-for-irans-next-leader.html "Giuliani and Bolton take the stage in NY to call for war on Iran & anoint the neocon choice for Iran’s next leader"], Mondoweiss, 24 September 2010, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref> <br />
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==Support for the Mujahedin-e Khalq==<br />
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Amess is a member of the [[British Parliamentary Committee of Iran Freedom]] (BPCIF) and has publicly and openly supported the [[Mujahedin-e Khalq]] (MEK or PMOI), the umbrella organization for groups like the BPCIF, and the [[National Council of Resistance of Iran]] of which Amess is also affiliated with. Although the MEK has little support among Iranians, Amess publicly advocates for its legitimization and lobbies to have it removed from government lists (including the UK and the US) which categorize it as a terrorist organization. Writes Amess:<br />
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==Affiliations==<br />
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*[[Conservative Friends of Israel]]<ref name=ukp>UK Parliament, [http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/david-amess/25775 "David Amess"], UK Parliament, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref> - Hon. Secretary, 1998 - ; Member Executive 1922 Committee 2004 -<br />
*[[British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom]] - Member<ref name=nov>BPCIF, [http://iran-freedom.org/pdf/november2005.pdf "1300 British Lawyers Call for Removal of Unjust Terror Tag from Iranian Mojahedin"], British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom, November 2005, accessed on 21 December 2010</ref><ref name=WT>David Amess, [http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/oct/15/exposing-irans-chief-liar/?page=2 "AMESS: Exposing Iran's chief liar"], Washington Times, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref><br />
*[[Maryam Rajavi]] - Amess introduced the [[NCRI]] leader at a rally against Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in New York in 2010<ref name=mondo>Kamran, [http://mondoweiss.net/2010/09/giuliani-and-bolton-take-the-stage-in-ny-to-call-for-war-on-iran-anoint-the-neocon-choice-for-irans-next-leader.html "Giuliani and Bolton take the stage in NY to call for war on Iran & anoint the neocon choice for Iran’s next leader"], Mondoweiss, 24 September 2010, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref><br />
*[[NCRI]]<ref name=mondo>Kamran, [http://mondoweiss.net/2010/09/giuliani-and-bolton-take-the-stage-in-ny-to-call-for-war-on-iran-anoint-the-neocon-choice-for-irans-next-leader.html "Giuliani and Bolton take the stage in NY to call for war on Iran & anoint the neocon choice for Iran’s next leader"], Mondoweiss, 24 September 2010, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref><br />
*[[PMOI]]<ref name=mondo>Kamran, [http://mondoweiss.net/2010/09/giuliani-and-bolton-take-the-stage-in-ny-to-call-for-war-on-iran-anoint-the-neocon-choice-for-irans-next-leader.html "Giuliani and Bolton take the stage in NY to call for war on Iran & anoint the neocon choice for Iran’s next leader"], Mondoweiss, 24 September 2010, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref><br />
*Patron of [[TOAST]] a now defunct charity working on obesity which was a front for a diet company.<br />
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===All-Party Parliamentary Groups===<br />
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As at March 2010 Amess sits on the following [[All-Party Parliamentary Group]]s (APPGs):<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi01.htm Register of All-Party Groups], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
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*[[Associate Parliamentary Aerospace Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi153.htm Associate Parliamentary Aerospace Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on AIDS]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi156.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on AIDS], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Alcohol Misuse]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi157.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Alcohol Misuse], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Associate Parliamentary Group for Animal Welfare]] - Joint Vice-Chair with Dr[[Nick Palmer]] and [[Eliot Morley]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi161.htm Associate Parliamentary Group for Animal Welfare], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Inflammatory Arthritis]] - Joint-Chair with [[Linda Riordan]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi171.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Inflammatory Arthritis], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Asthma]] - Vice-Chair <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi173.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Asthma], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Balanced and Sustainable Communities Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi179.htm All-Party Parliamentary Balanced and Sustainable Communities Group] Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[British Council Associate Parliamentary Group]] - Vice-Chair<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi194.htm British Council Associate Parliamentary Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Built Environment Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi198.htm All-Party Parliamentary Built Environment Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Chaplaincy in the National Health Service]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi209.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Chaplaincy in the National Health Service], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Coalfields Communities Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi232.htm All-Party Parliamentary Coalfields Communities Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Deafness]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi261.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Deafness], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Drugs Misuse Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi273.htm All-Party Parliamentary Drugs Misuse Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Education]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi278.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Education], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Epilepsy]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi289.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Epilepsy], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Export Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi297.htm All-Party Parliamentary Export Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Eye Health and Visual Impairment]] - Secretary<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi299.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Eye Health and Visual Impairment ], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Fairs and Show Grounds]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi300.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Fairs and Show Grounds], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Fire, Safety & Rescue Group]] - Chair<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi305.htm All-Party Parliamentary Fire, Safety & Rescue Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Fisheries Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi307.htm All-Party Parliamentary Fisheries Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Flag Group]] <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi308.htm All-Party Parliamentary Flag Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Frame (Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments) Group]] - Chair<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi318.htm All-Party Parliamentary Frame (Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments) Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Funerals and Bereavement]] – Joint Vice-Chair with [[Robert Goodwill]] and [[Janet Dean]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi322.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Funerals and Bereavement], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Gas Safety Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi326.htm All-Party Parliamentary Gas Safety Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Primary Headache Disorders]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi337.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Primary Headache Disorders], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Associate Parliamentary Health Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi338.htm Associate Parliamentary Health Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Health and Wellbeing in Schools]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi339.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Health and Wellbeing in Schools], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Hepatology Group]] - Co-Chair <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi341.htm All-Party Parliamentary Hepatology Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Holy See]]-Co-Chair<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi348.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Holy See], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Housing Co-Operatives and Community Controlled Housing]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi356.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Housing Co-Operatives and Community Controlled Housing], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Parliamentary Information Technology Committee (an Associate Parliamentary Group)]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi362.htm Parliamentary Information Technology Committee (an Associate Parliamentary Group)], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Junk Mail]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi378.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Junk Mail], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Learning Disability]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi382.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Learning Disability], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Light Rail]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi387.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Light Rail], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Lions Clubs International All-Party Parliamentary Group]] - Joint Vice-Chair with [[Ian Lucas]] <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi391.htm Lions Clubs International All-Party Parliamentary Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Local Environmental Quality All-Party Parliamentary Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi393.htm Local Environmental Quality All-Party Parliamentary Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Group for Medical Technology]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi405.htm Group for Medical Technology], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Men’s Health]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi407.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Men’s Health], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
* [[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Multiple Sclerosis (MS)]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi419.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Multiple Sclerosis (MS)], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Music Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi421.htm All-Party Parliamentary Music Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME)]] - Treasurer<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi422.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME)], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Obesity]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi431.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Obesity], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Paediatric Mobility]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi442.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Paediatric Mobility], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Patient and Public Involvement in Health]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi448.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Patient and Public Involvement in Health], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Patient Safety]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi449.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Patient Safety], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Peak Oil]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi450.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Peak Oil], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Pharmacy]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi455.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Pharmacy], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Poverty]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi463.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Poverty], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Primary Care and Public Health]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi464.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Primary Care and Public Health], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Pro-Life Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi472.htm All-Party Parliamentary Pro-Life Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Publishing]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi475.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Publishing], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Group for Pulmonary Hypertension]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi476.htm Group for Pulmonary Hypertension], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Associate Parliamentary Road Passenger Transport Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi489.htm Associate Parliamentary Road Passenger Transport Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Rugby League Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi497.htm All-Party Parliamentary Rugby League Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Scout Group]] - Joint-Chairman with [[Stephen Pound]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi506.htm All-Party Parliamentary Scout Group] Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Ship Building and Ship Repair Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi509.htm All-Party Parliamentary Ship Building and Ship Repair Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Leisure Shopping Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi511.htm All-Party Parliamentary Leisure Shopping Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Small Shops]] - Chair<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi512.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Small Shops], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi513.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Smoking and Health]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi519.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Smoking and Health], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Solvent Abuse]] - Chair <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi523.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Solvent Abuse], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Steel and Metal Related Industry]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi531.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Steel and Metal Related Industry], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Street Children]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi533.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Street Children], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Stroke]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi534.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Stroke], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sustainable Housing]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi537.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sustainable Housing], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Thrombosis Group]] - Joint Vice-Chair with Dr. [[Richard Taylor]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi549.htm All-Party Parliamentary Thrombosis Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Tranquilliser Addiction]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi553.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Tranquilliser Addiction], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Umbilical Cord Blood and Adult Stem Cells]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi559.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Umbilical Cord Blood and Adult Stem Cells], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Underground Space]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi560.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Underground Space], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
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==Contact==<br />
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*Office address: House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA<ref>[http://findyourmp.parliament.uk/constituencies/southend-west find your MP], Parliament website, accessed 24 March 2010</ref><br />
*Office Email: amessd@parliament.uk<ref>[http://findyourmp.parliament.uk/constituencies/southend-west find your MP], Parliament website, accessed 24 March 2010</ref><br />
*Constituency Address: Iveagh Hall, 67 Leigh Road, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, SS9 1JW<ref>[http://www.davidamess.co.uk/text.aspx?id=5 David Amess], David Amess website, accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*Telephone Number: 01702 472391<ref>[http://www.davidamess.co.uk/text.aspx?id=5 David Amess], David Amess website, accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
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==Resources==<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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==Category==<br />
[[Category:MP|Amess, David]][[Category:British Politician|Amess, David]]</div>Jasmin Ramseyhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=British_Parliamentary_Committee_for_Iran_Freedom&diff=144405British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom2010-12-22T23:39:33Z<p>Jasmin Ramsey: /* Key Members */</p>
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<div>According to its website, the '''British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom''' (BPCIF) "has a cross-party membership from both Houses of Parliament. Its membership comprises members of the Parliamentary Select Committees, spokespersons of the main political parties, shadow cabinet ministers, as well as former senior government Ministers."<ref>BPCIF, [http://iran-freedom.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15&Itemid=34 "About Us"], British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom, accessed on 20 December 2010</ref> Press releases and statements<ref>NCRI, [http://www.ncr-iran.org/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9104:irans-music-legend-passes-away&catid=155:iran-resistance&Itemid=130 "Iran's music legend passes away"], National Council of Resistance of Iran, 15 October 2010, accessed on 20 December 2010</ref><ref>BPCIF, [http://iran-freedom.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=297&Itemid=28 "MPs and Peers launch international campaign to save Iranian dissidents in Iraq"], British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom, 23 November 2010, accessed on 20 December 2010</ref><ref>BPCIF, [http://iran-freedom.org/index.php?option=com_search&Itemid=99999999&searchword=ncri&submit=Search&searchphrase=any&ordering=newest "NCRI Search"], British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom, accessed on 20 December 2010</ref> from BPCIF and the [[National Council of Resistance of Iran]] (the [[PMOI]]'s main front group) which regularly reference one another and place considerable attention on the [[PMOI]] suggest the BPCIF is part of the [[NCRI]]'s network of lobby groups. Chief among the BPCIF's stated goals is to "do all in its power" to persuade the British government "to end its policy of appeasement with the Iranian regime."<ref>BPCIF, [http://www.ncr-iran.org/en/ncri-statements/ashraf/9346-international-committee-in-support-of-ashraf-established-in-britains-house-of-lords- "International Committee in Support of Ashraf Established in Britain’s House of Lords"], British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom, 27 November 2010, accessed on 21 December 2010</ref> The BPCIF's website is registered to [[Robin Corbett]],<ref>Whois.net, [http://www.whois.net/whois/iran-freedom.org.org "WHOIS information for iran-freedom.org"], whois.net, accessed on 21 December 2010</ref> the BPCIF's Chairman and main representative.<br />
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==Goals==<br />
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===Overthrow the Iranian Government===<br />
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===Legitimize the PMOI===<br />
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==Affiliations==<br />
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*[[National Council of Resistance of Iran]]<br />
*[[PMOI]]<br />
*[[Iran Policy Committee]]<ref name=links>BPCIF, [http://iran-freedom.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=20&Itemid=35 "Links"], British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom, accessed on 21 December 2010</ref><br />
*[[Iran Focus]]<ref name=links>BPCIF, [http://iran-freedom.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=20&Itemid=35 "Links"], British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom, accessed on 21 December 2010</ref><br />
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==People==<br />
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===Key Members===<br />
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*[[Lord Corbett of Castle Vale]] (Robin Corbett) - Chair<ref>BPCIF, [http://www.ncr-iran.org/en/ncri-statements/ashraf/9346-international-committee-in-support-of-ashraf-established-in-britains-house-of-lords- "International Committee in Support of Ashraf Established in Britain’s House of Lords"], British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom, 27 November 2010, accessed on 21 December 2010</ref><br />
*The Rt. Hon [[Lord Archer of Sandwell]], QC - Chair<ref name=nov>BPCIF, [http://iran-freedom.org/pdf/november2005.pdf "1300 British Lawyers Call for Removal of Unjust Terror Tag from Iranian Mojahedin"], British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom, November 2005, accessed on 21 December 2010</ref><br />
*[[David Amess]], Conservative MP<ref name=nov>BPCIF, [http://iran-freedom.org/pdf/november2005.pdf "1300 British Lawyers Call for Removal of Unjust Terror Tag from Iranian Mojahedin"], British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom, November 2005, accessed on 21 December 2010</ref><ref name=WT>David Amess, [http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/oct/15/exposing-irans-chief-liar/?page=2 "AMESS: Exposing Iran's chief liar"], Washington Times, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref><br />
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===Key Supporters===<br />
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Source<ref name=nov>BPCIF, [http://iran-freedom.org/pdf/november2005.pdf "1300 British Lawyers Call for Removal of Unjust Terror Tag from Iranian Mojahedin"], British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom, November 2005, accessed on 21 December 2010</ref><br />
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*[[Stephen Grosz]]<br />
*[[Lord Inglewood]], DL<br />
*[[Brian Binley]], MP Northampton<br />
*[[Baroness Harris of Richmond]] (Angela Harris)<br />
*[[Baroness Gould of Potternewton]] (Joyce Gould)<br />
*The Rt. Hon. The [[Lord Renton]], QC<br />
*[[Lord Clarke of Hampstead]] (Anthony Clarke)<br />
*[[Lord Alton of Liverpool]] (David Alton)<br />
*[[David Amess]] - Conservative MP <br />
*[[Lord King of West Bromwich]] (Tarsem King)<br />
*[[Baroness Gibson of Market Rasen]] (Anne Gibson)<br />
*[[Claire Miskin]]<br />
*[[Malcolm Fowler]]<br />
*[[Baroness Turner of Camden]] (Muriel Turner)<br />
*[[Lord Taverne]], QC (Dick Taverne)<br />
*[[Lord Fraser of Carmyllie]], QC (Peter Fraser)<br />
*[[Rudi Vis]]<br />
*[[David Drew]]<br />
*[[Lord Russell-Johnston of Minginish]] (Russell Johnston)<br />
*[[Lord Dholakia of Waltham Brooks]] (Navnit Dholakia)<br />
*[[Bill Bowring]]<br />
*[[Mark Muller]]<br />
*[[Edward Grieves]]<br />
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==Contact==<br />
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'''Website:''' http://iran-freedom.org/<br/><br />
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'''Address:''' B.M. Box 4448<br/><br />
London<br/><br />
United Kingdom<br/><br />
WC1N 3XX <br/><br />
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==Notes==<br />
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[[Category:Middle East Watch]] [[Category:Target Iran]]</div>Jasmin Ramseyhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=David_Amess&diff=144404David Amess2010-12-22T23:38:09Z<p>Jasmin Ramsey: /* Affiliations */</p>
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<div><youtube size="tiny" align="right" caption="Amess speaking at a 2010 [[PMOI]] demonstration in New York (appears at 3:10)">o7Ln-XkUKvs</youtube><br />
[[David Amess]] is a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Conservative Party. <ref>[http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/david_amess/southend_west They Work for You], They Work For You website, accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
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Amess entered Parliament on 9 June 1983 in a General Election with a majority of 8,959 votes. He represents the constituency of Southend West. <ref>[http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/david_amess/southend_west They Work for You], They Work For You website, accessed 22 March 2010</ref> He is also an active member of the pro-Israel lobbying group the [[Conservative Friends of Israel]]<ref name=ukp>UK Parliament, [http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/david-amess/25775 "David Amess"], UK Parliament, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref> and appeared at a [[Mujahedin-e Khalq]] (MEK) rally in New York in 2010 where he introduced the [[National Council of Resistance Iran]]'s (the MEK's front group) leader [[Maryam Rajavi]].<ref name=mondo>Kamran, [http://mondoweiss.net/2010/09/giuliani-and-bolton-take-the-stage-in-ny-to-call-for-war-on-iran-anoint-the-neocon-choice-for-irans-next-leader.html "Giuliani and Bolton take the stage in NY to call for war on Iran & anoint the neocon choice for Iran’s next leader"], Mondoweiss, 24 September 2010, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref> <br />
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==Affiliations==<br />
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*[[Conservative Friends of Israel]]<ref name=ukp>UK Parliament, [http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/david-amess/25775 "David Amess"], UK Parliament, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref> - Hon. Secretary, 1998 - ; Member Executive 1922 Committee 2004 -<br />
*[[British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom]] - Member<ref name=nov>BPCIF, [http://iran-freedom.org/pdf/november2005.pdf "1300 British Lawyers Call for Removal of Unjust Terror Tag from Iranian Mojahedin"], British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom, November 2005, accessed on 21 December 2010</ref><ref name=WT>David Amess, [http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/oct/15/exposing-irans-chief-liar/?page=2 "AMESS: Exposing Iran's chief liar"], Washington Times, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref><br />
*[[Maryam Rajavi]] - Amess introduced the [[NCRI]] leader at a rally against Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in New York in 2010<ref name=mondo>Kamran, [http://mondoweiss.net/2010/09/giuliani-and-bolton-take-the-stage-in-ny-to-call-for-war-on-iran-anoint-the-neocon-choice-for-irans-next-leader.html "Giuliani and Bolton take the stage in NY to call for war on Iran & anoint the neocon choice for Iran’s next leader"], Mondoweiss, 24 September 2010, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref><br />
*[[NCRI]]<ref name=mondo>Kamran, [http://mondoweiss.net/2010/09/giuliani-and-bolton-take-the-stage-in-ny-to-call-for-war-on-iran-anoint-the-neocon-choice-for-irans-next-leader.html "Giuliani and Bolton take the stage in NY to call for war on Iran & anoint the neocon choice for Iran’s next leader"], Mondoweiss, 24 September 2010, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref><br />
*[[PMOI]]<ref name=mondo>Kamran, [http://mondoweiss.net/2010/09/giuliani-and-bolton-take-the-stage-in-ny-to-call-for-war-on-iran-anoint-the-neocon-choice-for-irans-next-leader.html "Giuliani and Bolton take the stage in NY to call for war on Iran & anoint the neocon choice for Iran’s next leader"], Mondoweiss, 24 September 2010, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref><br />
*Patron of [[TOAST]] a now defunct charity working on obesity which was a front for a diet company.<br />
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===All-Party Parliamentary Groups===<br />
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As at March 2010 Amess sits on the following [[All-Party Parliamentary Group]]s (APPGs):<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi01.htm Register of All-Party Groups], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
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*[[Associate Parliamentary Aerospace Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi153.htm Associate Parliamentary Aerospace Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on AIDS]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi156.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on AIDS], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Alcohol Misuse]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi157.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Alcohol Misuse], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Associate Parliamentary Group for Animal Welfare]] - Joint Vice-Chair with Dr[[Nick Palmer]] and [[Eliot Morley]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi161.htm Associate Parliamentary Group for Animal Welfare], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Inflammatory Arthritis]] - Joint-Chair with [[Linda Riordan]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi171.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Inflammatory Arthritis], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Asthma]] - Vice-Chair <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi173.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Asthma], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Balanced and Sustainable Communities Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi179.htm All-Party Parliamentary Balanced and Sustainable Communities Group] Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[British Council Associate Parliamentary Group]] - Vice-Chair<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi194.htm British Council Associate Parliamentary Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Built Environment Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi198.htm All-Party Parliamentary Built Environment Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Chaplaincy in the National Health Service]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi209.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Chaplaincy in the National Health Service], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Coalfields Communities Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi232.htm All-Party Parliamentary Coalfields Communities Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Deafness]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi261.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Deafness], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Drugs Misuse Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi273.htm All-Party Parliamentary Drugs Misuse Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Education]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi278.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Education], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Epilepsy]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi289.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Epilepsy], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Export Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi297.htm All-Party Parliamentary Export Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Eye Health and Visual Impairment]] - Secretary<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi299.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Eye Health and Visual Impairment ], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Fairs and Show Grounds]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi300.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Fairs and Show Grounds], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Fire, Safety & Rescue Group]] - Chair<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi305.htm All-Party Parliamentary Fire, Safety & Rescue Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Fisheries Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi307.htm All-Party Parliamentary Fisheries Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Flag Group]] <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi308.htm All-Party Parliamentary Flag Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Frame (Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments) Group]] - Chair<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi318.htm All-Party Parliamentary Frame (Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments) Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Funerals and Bereavement]] – Joint Vice-Chair with [[Robert Goodwill]] and [[Janet Dean]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi322.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Funerals and Bereavement], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Gas Safety Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi326.htm All-Party Parliamentary Gas Safety Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Primary Headache Disorders]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi337.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Primary Headache Disorders], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Associate Parliamentary Health Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi338.htm Associate Parliamentary Health Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Health and Wellbeing in Schools]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi339.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Health and Wellbeing in Schools], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Hepatology Group]] - Co-Chair <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi341.htm All-Party Parliamentary Hepatology Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Holy See]]-Co-Chair<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi348.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Holy See], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Housing Co-Operatives and Community Controlled Housing]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi356.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Housing Co-Operatives and Community Controlled Housing], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Parliamentary Information Technology Committee (an Associate Parliamentary Group)]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi362.htm Parliamentary Information Technology Committee (an Associate Parliamentary Group)], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Junk Mail]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi378.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Junk Mail], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Learning Disability]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi382.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Learning Disability], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Light Rail]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi387.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Light Rail], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Lions Clubs International All-Party Parliamentary Group]] - Joint Vice-Chair with [[Ian Lucas]] <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi391.htm Lions Clubs International All-Party Parliamentary Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Local Environmental Quality All-Party Parliamentary Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi393.htm Local Environmental Quality All-Party Parliamentary Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Group for Medical Technology]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi405.htm Group for Medical Technology], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Men’s Health]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi407.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Men’s Health], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
* [[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Multiple Sclerosis (MS)]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi419.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Multiple Sclerosis (MS)], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Music Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi421.htm All-Party Parliamentary Music Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME)]] - Treasurer<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi422.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME)], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Obesity]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi431.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Obesity], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Paediatric Mobility]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi442.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Paediatric Mobility], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Patient and Public Involvement in Health]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi448.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Patient and Public Involvement in Health], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Patient Safety]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi449.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Patient Safety], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Peak Oil]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi450.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Peak Oil], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Pharmacy]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi455.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Pharmacy], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Poverty]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi463.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Poverty], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Primary Care and Public Health]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi464.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Primary Care and Public Health], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Pro-Life Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi472.htm All-Party Parliamentary Pro-Life Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Publishing]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi475.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Publishing], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Group for Pulmonary Hypertension]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi476.htm Group for Pulmonary Hypertension], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Associate Parliamentary Road Passenger Transport Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi489.htm Associate Parliamentary Road Passenger Transport Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Rugby League Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi497.htm All-Party Parliamentary Rugby League Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Scout Group]] - Joint-Chairman with [[Stephen Pound]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi506.htm All-Party Parliamentary Scout Group] Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Ship Building and Ship Repair Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi509.htm All-Party Parliamentary Ship Building and Ship Repair Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Leisure Shopping Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi511.htm All-Party Parliamentary Leisure Shopping Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Small Shops]] - Chair<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi512.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Small Shops], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi513.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Smoking and Health]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi519.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Smoking and Health], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Solvent Abuse]] - Chair <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi523.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Solvent Abuse], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Steel and Metal Related Industry]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi531.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Steel and Metal Related Industry], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Street Children]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi533.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Street Children], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Stroke]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi534.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Stroke], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sustainable Housing]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi537.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sustainable Housing], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Thrombosis Group]] - Joint Vice-Chair with Dr. [[Richard Taylor]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi549.htm All-Party Parliamentary Thrombosis Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Tranquilliser Addiction]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi553.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Tranquilliser Addiction], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Umbilical Cord Blood and Adult Stem Cells]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi559.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Umbilical Cord Blood and Adult Stem Cells], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Underground Space]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi560.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Underground Space], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
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==Contact==<br />
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*Office address: House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA<ref>[http://findyourmp.parliament.uk/constituencies/southend-west find your MP], Parliament website, accessed 24 March 2010</ref><br />
*Office Email: amessd@parliament.uk<ref>[http://findyourmp.parliament.uk/constituencies/southend-west find your MP], Parliament website, accessed 24 March 2010</ref><br />
*Constituency Address: Iveagh Hall, 67 Leigh Road, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, SS9 1JW<ref>[http://www.davidamess.co.uk/text.aspx?id=5 David Amess], David Amess website, accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*Telephone Number: 01702 472391<ref>[http://www.davidamess.co.uk/text.aspx?id=5 David Amess], David Amess website, accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
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[[Category:MP|Amess, David]][[Category:British Politician|Amess, David]]</div>Jasmin Ramseyhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=David_Amess&diff=144403David Amess2010-12-22T23:34:24Z<p>Jasmin Ramsey: </p>
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[[David Amess]] is a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Conservative Party. <ref>[http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/david_amess/southend_west They Work for You], They Work For You website, accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
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Amess entered Parliament on 9 June 1983 in a General Election with a majority of 8,959 votes. He represents the constituency of Southend West. <ref>[http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/david_amess/southend_west They Work for You], They Work For You website, accessed 22 March 2010</ref> He is also an active member of the pro-Israel lobbying group the [[Conservative Friends of Israel]]<ref name=ukp>UK Parliament, [http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/david-amess/25775 "David Amess"], UK Parliament, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref> and appeared at a [[Mujahedin-e Khalq]] (MEK) rally in New York in 2010 where he introduced the [[National Council of Resistance Iran]]'s (the MEK's front group) leader [[Maryam Rajavi]].<ref name=mondo>Kamran, [http://mondoweiss.net/2010/09/giuliani-and-bolton-take-the-stage-in-ny-to-call-for-war-on-iran-anoint-the-neocon-choice-for-irans-next-leader.html "Giuliani and Bolton take the stage in NY to call for war on Iran & anoint the neocon choice for Iran’s next leader"], Mondoweiss, 24 September 2010, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref> <br />
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==Affiliations==<br />
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*[[Conservative Friends of Israel]]<ref name=ukp>UK Parliament, [http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/david-amess/25775 "David Amess"], UK Parliament, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref> - Hon. Secretary, 1998 - ; Member Executive 1922 Committee 2004 -<br />
*[[British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom]] - Supporter<ref name=nov>BPCIF, [http://iran-freedom.org/pdf/november2005.pdf "1300 British Lawyers Call for Removal of Unjust Terror Tag from Iranian Mojahedin"], British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom, November 2005, accessed on 21 December 2010</ref><br />
*[[Maryam Rajavi]] - Amess introduced the [[NCRI]] leader at a rally against Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in New York in 2010<ref name=mondo>Kamran, [http://mondoweiss.net/2010/09/giuliani-and-bolton-take-the-stage-in-ny-to-call-for-war-on-iran-anoint-the-neocon-choice-for-irans-next-leader.html "Giuliani and Bolton take the stage in NY to call for war on Iran & anoint the neocon choice for Iran’s next leader"], Mondoweiss, 24 September 2010, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref><br />
*[[NCRI]]<ref name=mondo>Kamran, [http://mondoweiss.net/2010/09/giuliani-and-bolton-take-the-stage-in-ny-to-call-for-war-on-iran-anoint-the-neocon-choice-for-irans-next-leader.html "Giuliani and Bolton take the stage in NY to call for war on Iran & anoint the neocon choice for Iran’s next leader"], Mondoweiss, 24 September 2010, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref><br />
*[[PMOI]]<ref name=mondo>Kamran, [http://mondoweiss.net/2010/09/giuliani-and-bolton-take-the-stage-in-ny-to-call-for-war-on-iran-anoint-the-neocon-choice-for-irans-next-leader.html "Giuliani and Bolton take the stage in NY to call for war on Iran & anoint the neocon choice for Iran’s next leader"], Mondoweiss, 24 September 2010, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref><br />
*Patron of [[TOAST]] a now defunct charity working on obesity which was a front for a diet company.<br />
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===All-Party Parliamentary Groups===<br />
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As at March 2010 Amess sits on the following [[All-Party Parliamentary Group]]s (APPGs):<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi01.htm Register of All-Party Groups], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
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*[[Associate Parliamentary Aerospace Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi153.htm Associate Parliamentary Aerospace Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on AIDS]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi156.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on AIDS], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Alcohol Misuse]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi157.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Alcohol Misuse], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Associate Parliamentary Group for Animal Welfare]] - Joint Vice-Chair with Dr[[Nick Palmer]] and [[Eliot Morley]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi161.htm Associate Parliamentary Group for Animal Welfare], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Inflammatory Arthritis]] - Joint-Chair with [[Linda Riordan]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi171.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Inflammatory Arthritis], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Asthma]] - Vice-Chair <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi173.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Asthma], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Balanced and Sustainable Communities Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi179.htm All-Party Parliamentary Balanced and Sustainable Communities Group] Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[British Council Associate Parliamentary Group]] - Vice-Chair<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi194.htm British Council Associate Parliamentary Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Built Environment Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi198.htm All-Party Parliamentary Built Environment Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Chaplaincy in the National Health Service]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi209.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Chaplaincy in the National Health Service], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Coalfields Communities Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi232.htm All-Party Parliamentary Coalfields Communities Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Deafness]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi261.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Deafness], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Drugs Misuse Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi273.htm All-Party Parliamentary Drugs Misuse Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Education]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi278.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Education], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Epilepsy]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi289.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Epilepsy], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Export Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi297.htm All-Party Parliamentary Export Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Eye Health and Visual Impairment]] - Secretary<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi299.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Eye Health and Visual Impairment ], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Fairs and Show Grounds]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi300.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Fairs and Show Grounds], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Fire, Safety & Rescue Group]] - Chair<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi305.htm All-Party Parliamentary Fire, Safety & Rescue Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Fisheries Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi307.htm All-Party Parliamentary Fisheries Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Flag Group]] <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi308.htm All-Party Parliamentary Flag Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Frame (Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments) Group]] - Chair<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi318.htm All-Party Parliamentary Frame (Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments) Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Funerals and Bereavement]] – Joint Vice-Chair with [[Robert Goodwill]] and [[Janet Dean]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi322.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Funerals and Bereavement], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Gas Safety Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi326.htm All-Party Parliamentary Gas Safety Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Primary Headache Disorders]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi337.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Primary Headache Disorders], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Associate Parliamentary Health Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi338.htm Associate Parliamentary Health Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Health and Wellbeing in Schools]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi339.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Health and Wellbeing in Schools], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Hepatology Group]] - Co-Chair <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi341.htm All-Party Parliamentary Hepatology Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Holy See]]-Co-Chair<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi348.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Holy See], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Housing Co-Operatives and Community Controlled Housing]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi356.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Housing Co-Operatives and Community Controlled Housing], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Parliamentary Information Technology Committee (an Associate Parliamentary Group)]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi362.htm Parliamentary Information Technology Committee (an Associate Parliamentary Group)], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Junk Mail]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi378.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Junk Mail], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Learning Disability]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi382.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Learning Disability], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Light Rail]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi387.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Light Rail], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Lions Clubs International All-Party Parliamentary Group]] - Joint Vice-Chair with [[Ian Lucas]] <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi391.htm Lions Clubs International All-Party Parliamentary Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Local Environmental Quality All-Party Parliamentary Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi393.htm Local Environmental Quality All-Party Parliamentary Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Group for Medical Technology]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi405.htm Group for Medical Technology], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Men’s Health]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi407.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Men’s Health], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
* [[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Multiple Sclerosis (MS)]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi419.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Multiple Sclerosis (MS)], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Music Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi421.htm All-Party Parliamentary Music Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME)]] - Treasurer<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi422.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME)], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Obesity]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi431.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Obesity], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Paediatric Mobility]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi442.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Paediatric Mobility], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Patient and Public Involvement in Health]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi448.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Patient and Public Involvement in Health], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Patient Safety]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi449.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Patient Safety], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Peak Oil]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi450.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Peak Oil], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Pharmacy]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi455.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Pharmacy], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Poverty]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi463.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Poverty], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Primary Care and Public Health]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi464.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Primary Care and Public Health], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Pro-Life Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi472.htm All-Party Parliamentary Pro-Life Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Publishing]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi475.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Publishing], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Group for Pulmonary Hypertension]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi476.htm Group for Pulmonary Hypertension], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Associate Parliamentary Road Passenger Transport Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi489.htm Associate Parliamentary Road Passenger Transport Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Rugby League Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi497.htm All-Party Parliamentary Rugby League Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Scout Group]] - Joint-Chairman with [[Stephen Pound]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi506.htm All-Party Parliamentary Scout Group] Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Ship Building and Ship Repair Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi509.htm All-Party Parliamentary Ship Building and Ship Repair Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Leisure Shopping Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi511.htm All-Party Parliamentary Leisure Shopping Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Small Shops]] - Chair<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi512.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Small Shops], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi513.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Smoking and Health]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi519.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Smoking and Health], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Solvent Abuse]] - Chair <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi523.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Solvent Abuse], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Steel and Metal Related Industry]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi531.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Steel and Metal Related Industry], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Street Children]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi533.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Street Children], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Stroke]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi534.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Stroke], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sustainable Housing]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi537.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sustainable Housing], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Thrombosis Group]] - Joint Vice-Chair with Dr. [[Richard Taylor]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi549.htm All-Party Parliamentary Thrombosis Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Tranquilliser Addiction]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi553.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Tranquilliser Addiction], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Umbilical Cord Blood and Adult Stem Cells]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi559.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Umbilical Cord Blood and Adult Stem Cells], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Underground Space]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi560.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Underground Space], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
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==Contact==<br />
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*Office address: House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA<ref>[http://findyourmp.parliament.uk/constituencies/southend-west find your MP], Parliament website, accessed 24 March 2010</ref><br />
*Office Email: amessd@parliament.uk<ref>[http://findyourmp.parliament.uk/constituencies/southend-west find your MP], Parliament website, accessed 24 March 2010</ref><br />
*Constituency Address: Iveagh Hall, 67 Leigh Road, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, SS9 1JW<ref>[http://www.davidamess.co.uk/text.aspx?id=5 David Amess], David Amess website, accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*Telephone Number: 01702 472391<ref>[http://www.davidamess.co.uk/text.aspx?id=5 David Amess], David Amess website, accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
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[[Category:MP|Amess, David]][[Category:British Politician|Amess, David]]</div>Jasmin Ramseyhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=David_Amess&diff=144402David Amess2010-12-22T23:24:38Z<p>Jasmin Ramsey: </p>
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[[David Amess]] is a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Conservative Party. <ref>[http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/david_amess/southend_west They Work for You], They Work For You website, accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
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Amess entered Parliament on 9 June 1983 in a General Election with a majority of 8,959 votes. He represents the constituency of Southend West. <ref>[http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/david_amess/southend_west They Work for You], They Work For You website, accessed 22 March 2010</ref> He is also an active member of the pro-Israel lobbying group the [[Conservative Friends of Israel]]<ref name=ukp>UK Parliament, [http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/david-amess/25775 "David Amess"], UK Parliament, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref> and appeared at a [[Mujahedin-e Khalq]] rally in New York in 2010 where he introduced [[National Council of Resistance]] (the MEK's front group) leader [[Maryam Rajavi]].<ref name=mondo>Kamran, [http://mondoweiss.net/2010/09/giuliani-and-bolton-take-the-stage-in-ny-to-call-for-war-on-iran-anoint-the-neocon-choice-for-irans-next-leader.html "Giuliani and Bolton take the stage in NY to call for war on Iran & anoint the neocon choice for Iran’s next leader"], Mondoweiss, 24 September 2010, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref> <br />
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==Affiliations==<br />
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*[[Conservative Friends of Israel]]<ref name=ukp>UK Parliament, [http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/david-amess/25775 "David Amess"], UK Parliament, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref> - Hon. Secretary, 1998 - ; Member Executive 1922 Committee 2004 -<br />
*[[British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom]] - Supporter<ref name=nov>BPCIF, [http://iran-freedom.org/pdf/november2005.pdf "1300 British Lawyers Call for Removal of Unjust Terror Tag from Iranian Mojahedin"], British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom, November 2005, accessed on 21 December 2010</ref><br />
*[[Maryam Rajavi]] - Amess introduced the [[NCRI]] leader at a rally against Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in New York in 2010<ref name=mondo>Kamran, [http://mondoweiss.net/2010/09/giuliani-and-bolton-take-the-stage-in-ny-to-call-for-war-on-iran-anoint-the-neocon-choice-for-irans-next-leader.html "Giuliani and Bolton take the stage in NY to call for war on Iran & anoint the neocon choice for Iran’s next leader"], Mondoweiss, 24 September 2010, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref><br />
*[[NCRI]]<ref name=mondo>Kamran, [http://mondoweiss.net/2010/09/giuliani-and-bolton-take-the-stage-in-ny-to-call-for-war-on-iran-anoint-the-neocon-choice-for-irans-next-leader.html "Giuliani and Bolton take the stage in NY to call for war on Iran & anoint the neocon choice for Iran’s next leader"], Mondoweiss, 24 September 2010, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref><br />
*[[PMOI]]<ref name=mondo>Kamran, [http://mondoweiss.net/2010/09/giuliani-and-bolton-take-the-stage-in-ny-to-call-for-war-on-iran-anoint-the-neocon-choice-for-irans-next-leader.html "Giuliani and Bolton take the stage in NY to call for war on Iran & anoint the neocon choice for Iran’s next leader"], Mondoweiss, 24 September 2010, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref><br />
*Patron of [[TOAST]] a now defunct charity working on obesity which was a front for a diet company.<br />
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===All-Party Parliamentary Groups===<br />
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As at March 2010 Amess sits on the following [[All-Party Parliamentary Group]]s (APPGs):<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi01.htm Register of All-Party Groups], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
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*[[Associate Parliamentary Aerospace Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi153.htm Associate Parliamentary Aerospace Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on AIDS]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi156.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on AIDS], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Alcohol Misuse]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi157.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Alcohol Misuse], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Associate Parliamentary Group for Animal Welfare]] - Joint Vice-Chair with Dr[[Nick Palmer]] and [[Eliot Morley]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi161.htm Associate Parliamentary Group for Animal Welfare], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Inflammatory Arthritis]] - Joint-Chair with [[Linda Riordan]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi171.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Inflammatory Arthritis], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Asthma]] - Vice-Chair <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi173.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Asthma], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Balanced and Sustainable Communities Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi179.htm All-Party Parliamentary Balanced and Sustainable Communities Group] Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[British Council Associate Parliamentary Group]] - Vice-Chair<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi194.htm British Council Associate Parliamentary Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Built Environment Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi198.htm All-Party Parliamentary Built Environment Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Chaplaincy in the National Health Service]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi209.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Chaplaincy in the National Health Service], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Coalfields Communities Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi232.htm All-Party Parliamentary Coalfields Communities Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Deafness]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi261.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Deafness], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Drugs Misuse Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi273.htm All-Party Parliamentary Drugs Misuse Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Education]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi278.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Education], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Epilepsy]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi289.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Epilepsy], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Export Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi297.htm All-Party Parliamentary Export Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Eye Health and Visual Impairment]] - Secretary<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi299.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Eye Health and Visual Impairment ], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Fairs and Show Grounds]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi300.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Fairs and Show Grounds], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Fire, Safety & Rescue Group]] - Chair<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi305.htm All-Party Parliamentary Fire, Safety & Rescue Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Fisheries Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi307.htm All-Party Parliamentary Fisheries Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Flag Group]] <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi308.htm All-Party Parliamentary Flag Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Frame (Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments) Group]] - Chair<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi318.htm All-Party Parliamentary Frame (Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments) Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Funerals and Bereavement]] – Joint Vice-Chair with [[Robert Goodwill]] and [[Janet Dean]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi322.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Funerals and Bereavement], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Gas Safety Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi326.htm All-Party Parliamentary Gas Safety Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Primary Headache Disorders]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi337.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Primary Headache Disorders], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Associate Parliamentary Health Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi338.htm Associate Parliamentary Health Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Health and Wellbeing in Schools]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi339.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Health and Wellbeing in Schools], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Hepatology Group]] - Co-Chair <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi341.htm All-Party Parliamentary Hepatology Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Holy See]]-Co-Chair<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi348.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Holy See], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Housing Co-Operatives and Community Controlled Housing]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi356.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Housing Co-Operatives and Community Controlled Housing], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Parliamentary Information Technology Committee (an Associate Parliamentary Group)]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi362.htm Parliamentary Information Technology Committee (an Associate Parliamentary Group)], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Junk Mail]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi378.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Junk Mail], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Learning Disability]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi382.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Learning Disability], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Light Rail]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi387.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Light Rail], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Lions Clubs International All-Party Parliamentary Group]] - Joint Vice-Chair with [[Ian Lucas]] <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi391.htm Lions Clubs International All-Party Parliamentary Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Local Environmental Quality All-Party Parliamentary Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi393.htm Local Environmental Quality All-Party Parliamentary Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Group for Medical Technology]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi405.htm Group for Medical Technology], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Men’s Health]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi407.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Men’s Health], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
* [[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Multiple Sclerosis (MS)]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi419.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Multiple Sclerosis (MS)], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Music Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi421.htm All-Party Parliamentary Music Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME)]] - Treasurer<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi422.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME)], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Obesity]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi431.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Obesity], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Paediatric Mobility]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi442.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Paediatric Mobility], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Patient and Public Involvement in Health]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi448.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Patient and Public Involvement in Health], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Patient Safety]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi449.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Patient Safety], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Peak Oil]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi450.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Peak Oil], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Pharmacy]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi455.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Pharmacy], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Poverty]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi463.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Poverty], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Primary Care and Public Health]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi464.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Primary Care and Public Health], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Pro-Life Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi472.htm All-Party Parliamentary Pro-Life Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Publishing]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi475.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Publishing], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Group for Pulmonary Hypertension]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi476.htm Group for Pulmonary Hypertension], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Associate Parliamentary Road Passenger Transport Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi489.htm Associate Parliamentary Road Passenger Transport Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Rugby League Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi497.htm All-Party Parliamentary Rugby League Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Scout Group]] - Joint-Chairman with [[Stephen Pound]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi506.htm All-Party Parliamentary Scout Group] Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Ship Building and Ship Repair Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi509.htm All-Party Parliamentary Ship Building and Ship Repair Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Leisure Shopping Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi511.htm All-Party Parliamentary Leisure Shopping Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Small Shops]] - Chair<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi512.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Small Shops], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi513.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Smoking and Health]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi519.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Smoking and Health], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Solvent Abuse]] - Chair <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi523.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Solvent Abuse], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Steel and Metal Related Industry]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi531.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Steel and Metal Related Industry], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Street Children]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi533.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Street Children], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Stroke]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi534.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Stroke], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sustainable Housing]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi537.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sustainable Housing], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Thrombosis Group]] - Joint Vice-Chair with Dr. [[Richard Taylor]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi549.htm All-Party Parliamentary Thrombosis Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Tranquilliser Addiction]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi553.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Tranquilliser Addiction], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Umbilical Cord Blood and Adult Stem Cells]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi559.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Umbilical Cord Blood and Adult Stem Cells], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Underground Space]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi560.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Underground Space], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
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==Contact==<br />
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*Office address: House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA<ref>[http://findyourmp.parliament.uk/constituencies/southend-west find your MP], Parliament website, accessed 24 March 2010</ref><br />
*Office Email: amessd@parliament.uk<ref>[http://findyourmp.parliament.uk/constituencies/southend-west find your MP], Parliament website, accessed 24 March 2010</ref><br />
*Constituency Address: Iveagh Hall, 67 Leigh Road, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, SS9 1JW<ref>[http://www.davidamess.co.uk/text.aspx?id=5 David Amess], David Amess website, accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*Telephone Number: 01702 472391<ref>[http://www.davidamess.co.uk/text.aspx?id=5 David Amess], David Amess website, accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
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[[Category:MP|Amess, David]][[Category:British Politician|Amess, David]]</div>Jasmin Ramseyhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=David_Amess&diff=144401David Amess2010-12-22T23:20:57Z<p>Jasmin Ramsey: </p>
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[[David Amess]] is a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Conservative Party. <ref>[http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/david_amess/southend_west They Work for You], They Work For You website, accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
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Amess entered Parliament on 9 June 1983 in a General Election with a majority of 8,959 votes. He represents the constituency of Southend West. <ref>[http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/david_amess/southend_west They Work for You], They Work For You website, accessed 22 March 2010</ref> He is also an active member of [[Conservative Friends of Israel]].<ref name=ukp>UK Parliament, [http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/david-amess/25775 "David Amess"], UK Parliament, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref><br />
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==Affiliations==<br />
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*[[Conservative Friends of Israel]]<ref name=ukp>UK Parliament, [http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/david-amess/25775 "David Amess"], UK Parliament, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref> - Hon. Secretary, 1998 - ; Member Executive 1922 Committee 2004 -<br />
*[[British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom]] - Supporter<ref name=nov>BPCIF, [http://iran-freedom.org/pdf/november2005.pdf "1300 British Lawyers Call for Removal of Unjust Terror Tag from Iranian Mojahedin"], British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom, November 2005, accessed on 21 December 2010</ref><br />
*[[Maryam Rajavi]] - Amess introduced the [[NCRI]] leader at a rally against Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in New York in 2010<ref name=mondo>Kamran, [http://mondoweiss.net/2010/09/giuliani-and-bolton-take-the-stage-in-ny-to-call-for-war-on-iran-anoint-the-neocon-choice-for-irans-next-leader.html "Giuliani and Bolton take the stage in NY to call for war on Iran & anoint the neocon choice for Iran’s next leader"], Mondoweiss, 24 September 2010, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref><br />
*[[NCRI]]<ref name=mondo>Kamran, [http://mondoweiss.net/2010/09/giuliani-and-bolton-take-the-stage-in-ny-to-call-for-war-on-iran-anoint-the-neocon-choice-for-irans-next-leader.html "Giuliani and Bolton take the stage in NY to call for war on Iran & anoint the neocon choice for Iran’s next leader"], Mondoweiss, 24 September 2010, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref><br />
*[[PMOI]]<ref name=mondo>Kamran, [http://mondoweiss.net/2010/09/giuliani-and-bolton-take-the-stage-in-ny-to-call-for-war-on-iran-anoint-the-neocon-choice-for-irans-next-leader.html "Giuliani and Bolton take the stage in NY to call for war on Iran & anoint the neocon choice for Iran’s next leader"], Mondoweiss, 24 September 2010, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref><br />
*Patron of [[TOAST]] a now defunct charity working on obesity which was a front for a diet company.<br />
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===All-Party Parliamentary Groups===<br />
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As at March 2010 Amess sits on the following [[All-Party Parliamentary Group]]s (APPGs):<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi01.htm Register of All-Party Groups], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
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*[[Associate Parliamentary Aerospace Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi153.htm Associate Parliamentary Aerospace Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on AIDS]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi156.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on AIDS], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Alcohol Misuse]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi157.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Alcohol Misuse], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Associate Parliamentary Group for Animal Welfare]] - Joint Vice-Chair with Dr[[Nick Palmer]] and [[Eliot Morley]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi161.htm Associate Parliamentary Group for Animal Welfare], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Inflammatory Arthritis]] - Joint-Chair with [[Linda Riordan]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi171.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Inflammatory Arthritis], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Asthma]] - Vice-Chair <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi173.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Asthma], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Balanced and Sustainable Communities Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi179.htm All-Party Parliamentary Balanced and Sustainable Communities Group] Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[British Council Associate Parliamentary Group]] - Vice-Chair<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi194.htm British Council Associate Parliamentary Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Built Environment Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi198.htm All-Party Parliamentary Built Environment Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Chaplaincy in the National Health Service]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi209.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Chaplaincy in the National Health Service], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Coalfields Communities Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi232.htm All-Party Parliamentary Coalfields Communities Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Deafness]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi261.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Deafness], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Drugs Misuse Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi273.htm All-Party Parliamentary Drugs Misuse Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Education]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi278.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Education], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Epilepsy]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi289.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Epilepsy], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Export Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi297.htm All-Party Parliamentary Export Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Eye Health and Visual Impairment]] - Secretary<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi299.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Eye Health and Visual Impairment ], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Fairs and Show Grounds]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi300.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Fairs and Show Grounds], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Fire, Safety & Rescue Group]] - Chair<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi305.htm All-Party Parliamentary Fire, Safety & Rescue Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Fisheries Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi307.htm All-Party Parliamentary Fisheries Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Flag Group]] <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi308.htm All-Party Parliamentary Flag Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Frame (Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments) Group]] - Chair<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi318.htm All-Party Parliamentary Frame (Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments) Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Funerals and Bereavement]] – Joint Vice-Chair with [[Robert Goodwill]] and [[Janet Dean]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi322.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Funerals and Bereavement], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Gas Safety Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi326.htm All-Party Parliamentary Gas Safety Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Primary Headache Disorders]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi337.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Primary Headache Disorders], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Associate Parliamentary Health Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi338.htm Associate Parliamentary Health Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Health and Wellbeing in Schools]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi339.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Health and Wellbeing in Schools], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Hepatology Group]] - Co-Chair <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi341.htm All-Party Parliamentary Hepatology Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Holy See]]-Co-Chair<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi348.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Holy See], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Housing Co-Operatives and Community Controlled Housing]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi356.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Housing Co-Operatives and Community Controlled Housing], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Parliamentary Information Technology Committee (an Associate Parliamentary Group)]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi362.htm Parliamentary Information Technology Committee (an Associate Parliamentary Group)], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Junk Mail]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi378.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Junk Mail], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Learning Disability]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi382.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Learning Disability], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Light Rail]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi387.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Light Rail], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Lions Clubs International All-Party Parliamentary Group]] - Joint Vice-Chair with [[Ian Lucas]] <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi391.htm Lions Clubs International All-Party Parliamentary Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Local Environmental Quality All-Party Parliamentary Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi393.htm Local Environmental Quality All-Party Parliamentary Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Group for Medical Technology]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi405.htm Group for Medical Technology], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Men’s Health]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi407.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Men’s Health], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
* [[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Multiple Sclerosis (MS)]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi419.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Multiple Sclerosis (MS)], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Music Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi421.htm All-Party Parliamentary Music Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME)]] - Treasurer<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi422.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME)], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Obesity]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi431.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Obesity], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Paediatric Mobility]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi442.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Paediatric Mobility], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Patient and Public Involvement in Health]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi448.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Patient and Public Involvement in Health], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Patient Safety]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi449.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Patient Safety], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Peak Oil]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi450.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Peak Oil], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Pharmacy]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi455.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Pharmacy], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Poverty]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi463.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Poverty], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Primary Care and Public Health]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi464.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Primary Care and Public Health], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Pro-Life Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi472.htm All-Party Parliamentary Pro-Life Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Publishing]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi475.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Publishing], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Group for Pulmonary Hypertension]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi476.htm Group for Pulmonary Hypertension], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Associate Parliamentary Road Passenger Transport Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi489.htm Associate Parliamentary Road Passenger Transport Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Rugby League Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi497.htm All-Party Parliamentary Rugby League Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Scout Group]] - Joint-Chairman with [[Stephen Pound]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi506.htm All-Party Parliamentary Scout Group] Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Ship Building and Ship Repair Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi509.htm All-Party Parliamentary Ship Building and Ship Repair Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Leisure Shopping Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi511.htm All-Party Parliamentary Leisure Shopping Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Small Shops]] - Chair<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi512.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Small Shops], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi513.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Smoking and Health]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi519.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Smoking and Health], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Solvent Abuse]] - Chair <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi523.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Solvent Abuse], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Steel and Metal Related Industry]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi531.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Steel and Metal Related Industry], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Street Children]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi533.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Street Children], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Stroke]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi534.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Stroke], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sustainable Housing]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi537.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sustainable Housing], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Thrombosis Group]] - Joint Vice-Chair with Dr. [[Richard Taylor]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi549.htm All-Party Parliamentary Thrombosis Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Tranquilliser Addiction]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi553.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Tranquilliser Addiction], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Umbilical Cord Blood and Adult Stem Cells]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi559.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Umbilical Cord Blood and Adult Stem Cells], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Underground Space]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi560.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Underground Space], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
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==Contact==<br />
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*Office address: House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA<ref>[http://findyourmp.parliament.uk/constituencies/southend-west find your MP], Parliament website, accessed 24 March 2010</ref><br />
*Office Email: amessd@parliament.uk<ref>[http://findyourmp.parliament.uk/constituencies/southend-west find your MP], Parliament website, accessed 24 March 2010</ref><br />
*Constituency Address: Iveagh Hall, 67 Leigh Road, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, SS9 1JW<ref>[http://www.davidamess.co.uk/text.aspx?id=5 David Amess], David Amess website, accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*Telephone Number: 01702 472391<ref>[http://www.davidamess.co.uk/text.aspx?id=5 David Amess], David Amess website, accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
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==Resources==<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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==Category==<br />
[[Category:MP|Amess, David]][[Category:British Politician|Amess, David]]</div>Jasmin Ramseyhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=David_Amess&diff=144399David Amess2010-12-22T23:19:56Z<p>Jasmin Ramsey: </p>
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<div><youtube size="tiny" align="right" caption="Amess speaking at a PMOI demonstration in New York in Sept. 2010">o7Ln-XkUKvs</youtube><br />
[[David Amess]] is a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Conservative Party. <ref>[http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/david_amess/southend_west They Work for You], They Work For You website, accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
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Amess entered Parliament on 9 June 1983 in a General Election with a majority of 8,959 votes. He represents the constituency of Southend West. <ref>[http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/david_amess/southend_west They Work for You], They Work For You website, accessed 22 March 2010</ref> He is also an active member of [[Conservative Friends of Israel]].<ref name=ukp>UK Parliament, [http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/david-amess/25775 "David Amess"], UK Parliament, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref><br />
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==Affiliations==<br />
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*[[Conservative Friends of Israel]]<ref name=ukp>UK Parliament, [http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/david-amess/25775 "David Amess"], UK Parliament, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref> - Hon. Secretary, 1998 - ; Member Executive 1922 Committee 2004 -<br />
*[[British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom]] - Supporter<ref name=nov>BPCIF, [http://iran-freedom.org/pdf/november2005.pdf "1300 British Lawyers Call for Removal of Unjust Terror Tag from Iranian Mojahedin"], British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom, November 2005, accessed on 21 December 2010</ref><br />
*[[Maryam Rajavi]] - Amess introduced the [[NCRI]] leader at a rally against Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in New York in 2010<ref name=mondo>Kamran, [http://mondoweiss.net/2010/09/giuliani-and-bolton-take-the-stage-in-ny-to-call-for-war-on-iran-anoint-the-neocon-choice-for-irans-next-leader.html "Giuliani and Bolton take the stage in NY to call for war on Iran & anoint the neocon choice for Iran’s next leader"], Mondoweiss, 24 September 2010, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref><br />
*[[NCRI]]<ref name=mondo>Kamran, [http://mondoweiss.net/2010/09/giuliani-and-bolton-take-the-stage-in-ny-to-call-for-war-on-iran-anoint-the-neocon-choice-for-irans-next-leader.html "Giuliani and Bolton take the stage in NY to call for war on Iran & anoint the neocon choice for Iran’s next leader"], Mondoweiss, 24 September 2010, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref><br />
*[[PMOI]]<ref name=mondo>Kamran, [http://mondoweiss.net/2010/09/giuliani-and-bolton-take-the-stage-in-ny-to-call-for-war-on-iran-anoint-the-neocon-choice-for-irans-next-leader.html "Giuliani and Bolton take the stage in NY to call for war on Iran & anoint the neocon choice for Iran’s next leader"], Mondoweiss, 24 September 2010, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref><br />
*Patron of [[TOAST]] a now defunct charity working on obesity which was a front for a diet company.<br />
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===All-Party Parliamentary Groups===<br />
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As at March 2010 Amess sits on the following [[All-Party Parliamentary Group]]s (APPGs):<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi01.htm Register of All-Party Groups], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
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*[[Associate Parliamentary Aerospace Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi153.htm Associate Parliamentary Aerospace Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on AIDS]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi156.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on AIDS], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Alcohol Misuse]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi157.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Alcohol Misuse], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Associate Parliamentary Group for Animal Welfare]] - Joint Vice-Chair with Dr[[Nick Palmer]] and [[Eliot Morley]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi161.htm Associate Parliamentary Group for Animal Welfare], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Inflammatory Arthritis]] - Joint-Chair with [[Linda Riordan]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi171.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Inflammatory Arthritis], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Asthma]] - Vice-Chair <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi173.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Asthma], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Balanced and Sustainable Communities Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi179.htm All-Party Parliamentary Balanced and Sustainable Communities Group] Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[British Council Associate Parliamentary Group]] - Vice-Chair<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi194.htm British Council Associate Parliamentary Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Built Environment Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi198.htm All-Party Parliamentary Built Environment Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Chaplaincy in the National Health Service]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi209.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Chaplaincy in the National Health Service], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Coalfields Communities Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi232.htm All-Party Parliamentary Coalfields Communities Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Deafness]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi261.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Deafness], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Drugs Misuse Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi273.htm All-Party Parliamentary Drugs Misuse Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Education]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi278.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Education], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Epilepsy]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi289.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Epilepsy], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Export Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi297.htm All-Party Parliamentary Export Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Eye Health and Visual Impairment]] - Secretary<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi299.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Eye Health and Visual Impairment ], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Fairs and Show Grounds]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi300.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Fairs and Show Grounds], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Fire, Safety & Rescue Group]] - Chair<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi305.htm All-Party Parliamentary Fire, Safety & Rescue Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Fisheries Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi307.htm All-Party Parliamentary Fisheries Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Flag Group]] <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi308.htm All-Party Parliamentary Flag Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Frame (Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments) Group]] - Chair<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi318.htm All-Party Parliamentary Frame (Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments) Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Funerals and Bereavement]] – Joint Vice-Chair with [[Robert Goodwill]] and [[Janet Dean]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi322.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Funerals and Bereavement], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Gas Safety Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi326.htm All-Party Parliamentary Gas Safety Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Primary Headache Disorders]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi337.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Primary Headache Disorders], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Associate Parliamentary Health Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi338.htm Associate Parliamentary Health Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Health and Wellbeing in Schools]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi339.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Health and Wellbeing in Schools], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Hepatology Group]] - Co-Chair <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi341.htm All-Party Parliamentary Hepatology Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Holy See]]-Co-Chair<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi348.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Holy See], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Housing Co-Operatives and Community Controlled Housing]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi356.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Housing Co-Operatives and Community Controlled Housing], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Parliamentary Information Technology Committee (an Associate Parliamentary Group)]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi362.htm Parliamentary Information Technology Committee (an Associate Parliamentary Group)], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Junk Mail]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi378.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Junk Mail], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Learning Disability]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi382.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Learning Disability], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Light Rail]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi387.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Light Rail], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Lions Clubs International All-Party Parliamentary Group]] - Joint Vice-Chair with [[Ian Lucas]] <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi391.htm Lions Clubs International All-Party Parliamentary Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Local Environmental Quality All-Party Parliamentary Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi393.htm Local Environmental Quality All-Party Parliamentary Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Group for Medical Technology]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi405.htm Group for Medical Technology], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Men’s Health]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi407.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Men’s Health], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
* [[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Multiple Sclerosis (MS)]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi419.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Multiple Sclerosis (MS)], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Music Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi421.htm All-Party Parliamentary Music Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME)]] - Treasurer<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi422.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME)], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Obesity]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi431.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Obesity], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Paediatric Mobility]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi442.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Paediatric Mobility], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Patient and Public Involvement in Health]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi448.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Patient and Public Involvement in Health], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Patient Safety]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi449.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Patient Safety], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Peak Oil]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi450.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Peak Oil], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Pharmacy]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi455.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Pharmacy], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Poverty]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi463.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Poverty], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Primary Care and Public Health]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi464.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Primary Care and Public Health], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Pro-Life Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi472.htm All-Party Parliamentary Pro-Life Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Publishing]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi475.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Publishing], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Group for Pulmonary Hypertension]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi476.htm Group for Pulmonary Hypertension], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Associate Parliamentary Road Passenger Transport Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi489.htm Associate Parliamentary Road Passenger Transport Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Rugby League Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi497.htm All-Party Parliamentary Rugby League Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Scout Group]] - Joint-Chairman with [[Stephen Pound]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi506.htm All-Party Parliamentary Scout Group] Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Ship Building and Ship Repair Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi509.htm All-Party Parliamentary Ship Building and Ship Repair Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Leisure Shopping Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi511.htm All-Party Parliamentary Leisure Shopping Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Small Shops]] - Chair<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi512.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Small Shops], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi513.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Smoking and Health]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi519.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Smoking and Health], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Solvent Abuse]] - Chair <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi523.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Solvent Abuse], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Steel and Metal Related Industry]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi531.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Steel and Metal Related Industry], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Street Children]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi533.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Street Children], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Stroke]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi534.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Stroke], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sustainable Housing]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi537.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sustainable Housing], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Thrombosis Group]] - Joint Vice-Chair with Dr. [[Richard Taylor]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi549.htm All-Party Parliamentary Thrombosis Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Tranquilliser Addiction]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi553.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Tranquilliser Addiction], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Umbilical Cord Blood and Adult Stem Cells]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi559.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Umbilical Cord Blood and Adult Stem Cells], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Underground Space]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi560.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Underground Space], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
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==Contact==<br />
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*Office address: House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA<ref>[http://findyourmp.parliament.uk/constituencies/southend-west find your MP], Parliament website, accessed 24 March 2010</ref><br />
*Office Email: amessd@parliament.uk<ref>[http://findyourmp.parliament.uk/constituencies/southend-west find your MP], Parliament website, accessed 24 March 2010</ref><br />
*Constituency Address: Iveagh Hall, 67 Leigh Road, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, SS9 1JW<ref>[http://www.davidamess.co.uk/text.aspx?id=5 David Amess], David Amess website, accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*Telephone Number: 01702 472391<ref>[http://www.davidamess.co.uk/text.aspx?id=5 David Amess], David Amess website, accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
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[[Category:MP|Amess, David]][[Category:British Politician|Amess, David]]</div>Jasmin Ramseyhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=David_Amess&diff=144398David Amess2010-12-22T23:19:05Z<p>Jasmin Ramsey: </p>
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[[David Amess]] is a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Conservative Party. <ref>[http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/david_amess/southend_west They Work for You], They Work For You website, accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
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Amess entered Parliament on 9 June 1983 in a General Election with a majority of 8,959 votes. He represents the constituency of Southend West. <ref>[http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/david_amess/southend_west They Work for You], They Work For You website, accessed 22 March 2010</ref> He is also an active member of [[Conservative Friends of Israel]].<ref name=ukp>UK Parliament, [http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/david-amess/25775 "David Amess"], UK Parliament, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref><br />
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==Affiliations==<br />
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*[[Conservative Friends of Israel]]<ref name=ukp>UK Parliament, [http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/david-amess/25775 "David Amess"], UK Parliament, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref> - Hon. Secretary, 1998 - ; Member Executive 1922 Committee 2004 -<br />
*[[British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom]] - Supporter<ref name=nov>BPCIF, [http://iran-freedom.org/pdf/november2005.pdf "1300 British Lawyers Call for Removal of Unjust Terror Tag from Iranian Mojahedin"], British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom, November 2005, accessed on 21 December 2010</ref><br />
*[[Maryam Rajavi]] - Amess introduced the [[NCRI]] leader at a rally against Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in New York in 2010<ref name=mondo>Kamran, [http://mondoweiss.net/2010/09/giuliani-and-bolton-take-the-stage-in-ny-to-call-for-war-on-iran-anoint-the-neocon-choice-for-irans-next-leader.html "Giuliani and Bolton take the stage in NY to call for war on Iran & anoint the neocon choice for Iran’s next leader"], Mondoweiss, 24 September 2010, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref><br />
*[[NCRI]]<ref name=mondo>Kamran, [http://mondoweiss.net/2010/09/giuliani-and-bolton-take-the-stage-in-ny-to-call-for-war-on-iran-anoint-the-neocon-choice-for-irans-next-leader.html "Giuliani and Bolton take the stage in NY to call for war on Iran & anoint the neocon choice for Iran’s next leader"], Mondoweiss, 24 September 2010, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref><br />
*[[PMOI]]<ref name=mondo>Kamran, [http://mondoweiss.net/2010/09/giuliani-and-bolton-take-the-stage-in-ny-to-call-for-war-on-iran-anoint-the-neocon-choice-for-irans-next-leader.html "Giuliani and Bolton take the stage in NY to call for war on Iran & anoint the neocon choice for Iran’s next leader"], Mondoweiss, 24 September 2010, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref><br />
*Patron of [[TOAST]] a now defunct charity working on obesity which was a front for a diet company.<br />
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===All-Party Parliamentary Groups===<br />
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As at March 2010 Amess sits on the following [[All-Party Parliamentary Group]]s (APPGs):<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi01.htm Register of All-Party Groups], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
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*[[Associate Parliamentary Aerospace Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi153.htm Associate Parliamentary Aerospace Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on AIDS]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi156.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on AIDS], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Alcohol Misuse]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi157.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Alcohol Misuse], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Associate Parliamentary Group for Animal Welfare]] - Joint Vice-Chair with Dr[[Nick Palmer]] and [[Eliot Morley]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi161.htm Associate Parliamentary Group for Animal Welfare], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Inflammatory Arthritis]] - Joint-Chair with [[Linda Riordan]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi171.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Inflammatory Arthritis], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Asthma]] - Vice-Chair <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi173.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Asthma], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Balanced and Sustainable Communities Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi179.htm All-Party Parliamentary Balanced and Sustainable Communities Group] Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[British Council Associate Parliamentary Group]] - Vice-Chair<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi194.htm British Council Associate Parliamentary Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Built Environment Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi198.htm All-Party Parliamentary Built Environment Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Chaplaincy in the National Health Service]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi209.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Chaplaincy in the National Health Service], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Coalfields Communities Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi232.htm All-Party Parliamentary Coalfields Communities Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Deafness]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi261.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Deafness], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Drugs Misuse Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi273.htm All-Party Parliamentary Drugs Misuse Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Education]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi278.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Education], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Epilepsy]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi289.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Epilepsy], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Export Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi297.htm All-Party Parliamentary Export Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Eye Health and Visual Impairment]] - Secretary<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi299.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Eye Health and Visual Impairment ], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Fairs and Show Grounds]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi300.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Fairs and Show Grounds], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Fire, Safety & Rescue Group]] - Chair<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi305.htm All-Party Parliamentary Fire, Safety & Rescue Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Fisheries Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi307.htm All-Party Parliamentary Fisheries Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Flag Group]] <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi308.htm All-Party Parliamentary Flag Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Frame (Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments) Group]] - Chair<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi318.htm All-Party Parliamentary Frame (Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments) Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Funerals and Bereavement]] – Joint Vice-Chair with [[Robert Goodwill]] and [[Janet Dean]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi322.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Funerals and Bereavement], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Gas Safety Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi326.htm All-Party Parliamentary Gas Safety Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Primary Headache Disorders]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi337.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Primary Headache Disorders], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Associate Parliamentary Health Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi338.htm Associate Parliamentary Health Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Health and Wellbeing in Schools]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi339.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Health and Wellbeing in Schools], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Hepatology Group]] - Co-Chair <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi341.htm All-Party Parliamentary Hepatology Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Holy See]]-Co-Chair<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi348.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Holy See], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Housing Co-Operatives and Community Controlled Housing]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi356.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Housing Co-Operatives and Community Controlled Housing], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Parliamentary Information Technology Committee (an Associate Parliamentary Group)]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi362.htm Parliamentary Information Technology Committee (an Associate Parliamentary Group)], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Junk Mail]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi378.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Junk Mail], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Learning Disability]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi382.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Learning Disability], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Light Rail]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi387.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Light Rail], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Lions Clubs International All-Party Parliamentary Group]] - Joint Vice-Chair with [[Ian Lucas]] <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi391.htm Lions Clubs International All-Party Parliamentary Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Local Environmental Quality All-Party Parliamentary Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi393.htm Local Environmental Quality All-Party Parliamentary Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Group for Medical Technology]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi405.htm Group for Medical Technology], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Men’s Health]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi407.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Men’s Health], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
* [[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Multiple Sclerosis (MS)]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi419.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Multiple Sclerosis (MS)], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Music Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi421.htm All-Party Parliamentary Music Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME)]] - Treasurer<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi422.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME)], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Obesity]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi431.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Obesity], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Paediatric Mobility]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi442.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Paediatric Mobility], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Patient and Public Involvement in Health]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi448.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Patient and Public Involvement in Health], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Patient Safety]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi449.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Patient Safety], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Peak Oil]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi450.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Peak Oil], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Pharmacy]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi455.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Pharmacy], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Poverty]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi463.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Poverty], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Primary Care and Public Health]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi464.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Primary Care and Public Health], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Pro-Life Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi472.htm All-Party Parliamentary Pro-Life Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Publishing]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi475.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Publishing], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Group for Pulmonary Hypertension]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi476.htm Group for Pulmonary Hypertension], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Associate Parliamentary Road Passenger Transport Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi489.htm Associate Parliamentary Road Passenger Transport Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Rugby League Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi497.htm All-Party Parliamentary Rugby League Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Scout Group]] - Joint-Chairman with [[Stephen Pound]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi506.htm All-Party Parliamentary Scout Group] Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Ship Building and Ship Repair Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi509.htm All-Party Parliamentary Ship Building and Ship Repair Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Leisure Shopping Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi511.htm All-Party Parliamentary Leisure Shopping Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Small Shops]] - Chair<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi512.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Small Shops], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi513.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Smoking and Health]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi519.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Smoking and Health], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Solvent Abuse]] - Chair <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi523.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Solvent Abuse], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Steel and Metal Related Industry]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi531.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Steel and Metal Related Industry], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Street Children]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi533.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Street Children], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Stroke]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi534.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Stroke], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sustainable Housing]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi537.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sustainable Housing], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Thrombosis Group]] - Joint Vice-Chair with Dr. [[Richard Taylor]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi549.htm All-Party Parliamentary Thrombosis Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Tranquilliser Addiction]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi553.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Tranquilliser Addiction], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Umbilical Cord Blood and Adult Stem Cells]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi559.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Umbilical Cord Blood and Adult Stem Cells], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Underground Space]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi560.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Underground Space], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
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==Contact==<br />
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*Office address: House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA<ref>[http://findyourmp.parliament.uk/constituencies/southend-west find your MP], Parliament website, accessed 24 March 2010</ref><br />
*Office Email: amessd@parliament.uk<ref>[http://findyourmp.parliament.uk/constituencies/southend-west find your MP], Parliament website, accessed 24 March 2010</ref><br />
*Constituency Address: Iveagh Hall, 67 Leigh Road, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, SS9 1JW<ref>[http://www.davidamess.co.uk/text.aspx?id=5 David Amess], David Amess website, accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*Telephone Number: 01702 472391<ref>[http://www.davidamess.co.uk/text.aspx?id=5 David Amess], David Amess website, accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
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[[Category:MP|Amess, David]][[Category:British Politician|Amess, David]]</div>Jasmin Ramseyhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=David_Amess&diff=144395David Amess2010-12-22T23:14:02Z<p>Jasmin Ramsey: /* Affiliations */</p>
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<div>[[David Amess]] is a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Conservative Party. <ref>[http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/david_amess/southend_west They Work for You], They Work For You website, accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
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Amess entered Parliament on 9 June 1983 in a General Election with a majority of 8,959 votes. He represents the constituency of Southend West. <ref>[http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/david_amess/southend_west They Work for You], They Work For You website, accessed 22 March 2010</ref> He is also an active member of [[Conservative Friends of Israel]].<ref name=ukp>UK Parliament, [http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/david-amess/25775 "David Amess"], UK Parliament, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref><br />
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==Affiliations==<br />
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*[[Conservative Friends of Israel]]<ref name=ukp>UK Parliament, [http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/david-amess/25775 "David Amess"], UK Parliament, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref> - Hon. Secretary, 1998 - ; Member Executive 1922 Committee 2004 -<br />
*[[British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom]] - Supporter<ref name=nov>BPCIF, [http://iran-freedom.org/pdf/november2005.pdf "1300 British Lawyers Call for Removal of Unjust Terror Tag from Iranian Mojahedin"], British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom, November 2005, accessed on 21 December 2010</ref><br />
*[[Maryam Rajavi]] - Amess introduced the [[NCRI]] leader at a rally against Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in New York in 2010<ref name=mondo>Kamran, [http://mondoweiss.net/2010/09/giuliani-and-bolton-take-the-stage-in-ny-to-call-for-war-on-iran-anoint-the-neocon-choice-for-irans-next-leader.html "Giuliani and Bolton take the stage in NY to call for war on Iran & anoint the neocon choice for Iran’s next leader"], Mondoweiss, 24 September 2010, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref><br />
*[[NCRI]]<ref name=mondo>Kamran, [http://mondoweiss.net/2010/09/giuliani-and-bolton-take-the-stage-in-ny-to-call-for-war-on-iran-anoint-the-neocon-choice-for-irans-next-leader.html "Giuliani and Bolton take the stage in NY to call for war on Iran & anoint the neocon choice for Iran’s next leader"], Mondoweiss, 24 September 2010, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref><br />
*[[PMOI]]<ref name=mondo>Kamran, [http://mondoweiss.net/2010/09/giuliani-and-bolton-take-the-stage-in-ny-to-call-for-war-on-iran-anoint-the-neocon-choice-for-irans-next-leader.html "Giuliani and Bolton take the stage in NY to call for war on Iran & anoint the neocon choice for Iran’s next leader"], Mondoweiss, 24 September 2010, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref><br />
*Patron of [[TOAST]] a now defunct charity working on obesity which was a front for a diet company.<br />
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===All-Party Parliamentary Groups===<br />
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As at March 2010 Amess sits on the following [[All-Party Parliamentary Group]]s (APPGs):<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi01.htm Register of All-Party Groups], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
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*[[Associate Parliamentary Aerospace Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi153.htm Associate Parliamentary Aerospace Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on AIDS]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi156.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on AIDS], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Alcohol Misuse]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi157.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Alcohol Misuse], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Associate Parliamentary Group for Animal Welfare]] - Joint Vice-Chair with Dr[[Nick Palmer]] and [[Eliot Morley]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi161.htm Associate Parliamentary Group for Animal Welfare], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Inflammatory Arthritis]] - Joint-Chair with [[Linda Riordan]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi171.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Inflammatory Arthritis], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Asthma]] - Vice-Chair <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi173.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Asthma], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Balanced and Sustainable Communities Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi179.htm All-Party Parliamentary Balanced and Sustainable Communities Group] Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[British Council Associate Parliamentary Group]] - Vice-Chair<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi194.htm British Council Associate Parliamentary Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Built Environment Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi198.htm All-Party Parliamentary Built Environment Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Chaplaincy in the National Health Service]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi209.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Chaplaincy in the National Health Service], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Coalfields Communities Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi232.htm All-Party Parliamentary Coalfields Communities Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Deafness]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi261.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Deafness], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Drugs Misuse Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi273.htm All-Party Parliamentary Drugs Misuse Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Education]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi278.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Education], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Epilepsy]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi289.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Epilepsy], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Export Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi297.htm All-Party Parliamentary Export Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Eye Health and Visual Impairment]] - Secretary<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi299.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Eye Health and Visual Impairment ], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Fairs and Show Grounds]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi300.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Fairs and Show Grounds], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Fire, Safety & Rescue Group]] - Chair<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi305.htm All-Party Parliamentary Fire, Safety & Rescue Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Fisheries Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi307.htm All-Party Parliamentary Fisheries Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Flag Group]] <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi308.htm All-Party Parliamentary Flag Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Frame (Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments) Group]] - Chair<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi318.htm All-Party Parliamentary Frame (Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments) Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Funerals and Bereavement]] – Joint Vice-Chair with [[Robert Goodwill]] and [[Janet Dean]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi322.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Funerals and Bereavement], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Gas Safety Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi326.htm All-Party Parliamentary Gas Safety Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Primary Headache Disorders]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi337.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Primary Headache Disorders], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Associate Parliamentary Health Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi338.htm Associate Parliamentary Health Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Health and Wellbeing in Schools]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi339.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Health and Wellbeing in Schools], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Hepatology Group]] - Co-Chair <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi341.htm All-Party Parliamentary Hepatology Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Holy See]]-Co-Chair<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi348.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Holy See], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Housing Co-Operatives and Community Controlled Housing]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi356.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Housing Co-Operatives and Community Controlled Housing], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Parliamentary Information Technology Committee (an Associate Parliamentary Group)]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi362.htm Parliamentary Information Technology Committee (an Associate Parliamentary Group)], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Junk Mail]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi378.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Junk Mail], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Learning Disability]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi382.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Learning Disability], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Light Rail]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi387.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Light Rail], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Lions Clubs International All-Party Parliamentary Group]] - Joint Vice-Chair with [[Ian Lucas]] <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi391.htm Lions Clubs International All-Party Parliamentary Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Local Environmental Quality All-Party Parliamentary Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi393.htm Local Environmental Quality All-Party Parliamentary Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Group for Medical Technology]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi405.htm Group for Medical Technology], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Men’s Health]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi407.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Men’s Health], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
* [[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Multiple Sclerosis (MS)]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi419.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Multiple Sclerosis (MS)], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Music Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi421.htm All-Party Parliamentary Music Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME)]] - Treasurer<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi422.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME)], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Obesity]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi431.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Obesity], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Paediatric Mobility]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi442.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Paediatric Mobility], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Patient and Public Involvement in Health]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi448.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Patient and Public Involvement in Health], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Patient Safety]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi449.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Patient Safety], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Peak Oil]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi450.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Peak Oil], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Pharmacy]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi455.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Pharmacy], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Poverty]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi463.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Poverty], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Primary Care and Public Health]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi464.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Primary Care and Public Health], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Pro-Life Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi472.htm All-Party Parliamentary Pro-Life Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Publishing]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi475.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Publishing], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Group for Pulmonary Hypertension]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi476.htm Group for Pulmonary Hypertension], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Associate Parliamentary Road Passenger Transport Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi489.htm Associate Parliamentary Road Passenger Transport Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Rugby League Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi497.htm All-Party Parliamentary Rugby League Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Scout Group]] - Joint-Chairman with [[Stephen Pound]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi506.htm All-Party Parliamentary Scout Group] Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Ship Building and Ship Repair Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi509.htm All-Party Parliamentary Ship Building and Ship Repair Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Leisure Shopping Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi511.htm All-Party Parliamentary Leisure Shopping Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Small Shops]] - Chair<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi512.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Small Shops], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi513.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Smoking and Health]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi519.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Smoking and Health], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Solvent Abuse]] - Chair <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi523.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Solvent Abuse], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Steel and Metal Related Industry]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi531.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Steel and Metal Related Industry], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Street Children]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi533.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Street Children], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Stroke]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi534.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Stroke], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sustainable Housing]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi537.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sustainable Housing], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Thrombosis Group]] - Joint Vice-Chair with Dr. [[Richard Taylor]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi549.htm All-Party Parliamentary Thrombosis Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Tranquilliser Addiction]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi553.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Tranquilliser Addiction], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Umbilical Cord Blood and Adult Stem Cells]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi559.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Umbilical Cord Blood and Adult Stem Cells], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Underground Space]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi560.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Underground Space], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
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==Contact==<br />
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*Office address: House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA<ref>[http://findyourmp.parliament.uk/constituencies/southend-west find your MP], Parliament website, accessed 24 March 2010</ref><br />
*Office Email: amessd@parliament.uk<ref>[http://findyourmp.parliament.uk/constituencies/southend-west find your MP], Parliament website, accessed 24 March 2010</ref><br />
*Constituency Address: Iveagh Hall, 67 Leigh Road, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, SS9 1JW<ref>[http://www.davidamess.co.uk/text.aspx?id=5 David Amess], David Amess website, accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*Telephone Number: 01702 472391<ref>[http://www.davidamess.co.uk/text.aspx?id=5 David Amess], David Amess website, accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
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[[Category:MP|Amess, David]][[Category:British Politician|Amess, David]]</div>Jasmin Ramseyhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=David_Amess&diff=144393David Amess2010-12-22T23:11:32Z<p>Jasmin Ramsey: /* Affiliations */</p>
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<div>[[David Amess]] is a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Conservative Party. <ref>[http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/david_amess/southend_west They Work for You], They Work For You website, accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
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Amess entered Parliament on 9 June 1983 in a General Election with a majority of 8,959 votes. He represents the constituency of Southend West. <ref>[http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/david_amess/southend_west They Work for You], They Work For You website, accessed 22 March 2010</ref> He is also an active member of [[Conservative Friends of Israel]].<ref name=ukp>UK Parliament, [http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/david-amess/25775 "David Amess"], UK Parliament, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref><br />
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==Affiliations==<br />
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*[[Conservative Friends of Israel]]<ref name=ukp>UK Parliament, [http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/david-amess/25775 "David Amess"], UK Parliament, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref> - Hon. Secretary, 1998 - ; Member Executive 1922 Committee 2004 -<br />
*[[British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom]] - Supporter<ref name=nov>BPCIF, [http://iran-freedom.org/pdf/november2005.pdf "1300 British Lawyers Call for Removal of Unjust Terror Tag from Iranian Mojahedin"], British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom, November 2005, accessed on 21 December 2010</ref><br />
*[[Maryam Rajavi]] - Amess introduced the [[NCRI]] leader at a rally against Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in New York in 2010<br />
*[[NCRI]]<br />
*[[PMOI]]<br />
*Patron of [[TOAST]] a now defunct charity working on obesity which was a front for a diet company.<br />
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===All-Party Parliamentary Groups===<br />
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As at March 2010 Amess sits on the following [[All-Party Parliamentary Group]]s (APPGs):<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi01.htm Register of All-Party Groups], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
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*[[Associate Parliamentary Aerospace Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi153.htm Associate Parliamentary Aerospace Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on AIDS]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi156.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on AIDS], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Alcohol Misuse]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi157.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Alcohol Misuse], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Associate Parliamentary Group for Animal Welfare]] - Joint Vice-Chair with Dr[[Nick Palmer]] and [[Eliot Morley]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi161.htm Associate Parliamentary Group for Animal Welfare], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Inflammatory Arthritis]] - Joint-Chair with [[Linda Riordan]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi171.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Inflammatory Arthritis], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Asthma]] - Vice-Chair <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi173.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Asthma], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Balanced and Sustainable Communities Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi179.htm All-Party Parliamentary Balanced and Sustainable Communities Group] Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[British Council Associate Parliamentary Group]] - Vice-Chair<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi194.htm British Council Associate Parliamentary Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Built Environment Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi198.htm All-Party Parliamentary Built Environment Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Chaplaincy in the National Health Service]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi209.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Chaplaincy in the National Health Service], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Coalfields Communities Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi232.htm All-Party Parliamentary Coalfields Communities Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Deafness]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi261.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Deafness], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Drugs Misuse Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi273.htm All-Party Parliamentary Drugs Misuse Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Education]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi278.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Education], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Epilepsy]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi289.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Epilepsy], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Export Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi297.htm All-Party Parliamentary Export Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Eye Health and Visual Impairment]] - Secretary<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi299.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Eye Health and Visual Impairment ], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Fairs and Show Grounds]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi300.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Fairs and Show Grounds], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Fire, Safety & Rescue Group]] - Chair<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi305.htm All-Party Parliamentary Fire, Safety & Rescue Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Fisheries Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi307.htm All-Party Parliamentary Fisheries Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Flag Group]] <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi308.htm All-Party Parliamentary Flag Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Frame (Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments) Group]] - Chair<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi318.htm All-Party Parliamentary Frame (Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments) Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Funerals and Bereavement]] – Joint Vice-Chair with [[Robert Goodwill]] and [[Janet Dean]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi322.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Funerals and Bereavement], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Gas Safety Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi326.htm All-Party Parliamentary Gas Safety Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Primary Headache Disorders]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi337.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Primary Headache Disorders], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Associate Parliamentary Health Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi338.htm Associate Parliamentary Health Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Health and Wellbeing in Schools]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi339.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Health and Wellbeing in Schools], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Hepatology Group]] - Co-Chair <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi341.htm All-Party Parliamentary Hepatology Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Holy See]]-Co-Chair<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi348.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Holy See], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Housing Co-Operatives and Community Controlled Housing]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi356.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Housing Co-Operatives and Community Controlled Housing], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Parliamentary Information Technology Committee (an Associate Parliamentary Group)]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi362.htm Parliamentary Information Technology Committee (an Associate Parliamentary Group)], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Junk Mail]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi378.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Junk Mail], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Learning Disability]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi382.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Learning Disability], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Light Rail]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi387.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Light Rail], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Lions Clubs International All-Party Parliamentary Group]] - Joint Vice-Chair with [[Ian Lucas]] <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi391.htm Lions Clubs International All-Party Parliamentary Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Local Environmental Quality All-Party Parliamentary Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi393.htm Local Environmental Quality All-Party Parliamentary Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Group for Medical Technology]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi405.htm Group for Medical Technology], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Men’s Health]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi407.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Men’s Health], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
* [[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Multiple Sclerosis (MS)]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi419.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Multiple Sclerosis (MS)], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Music Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi421.htm All-Party Parliamentary Music Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME)]] - Treasurer<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi422.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME)], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Obesity]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi431.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Obesity], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Paediatric Mobility]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi442.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Paediatric Mobility], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Patient and Public Involvement in Health]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi448.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Patient and Public Involvement in Health], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Patient Safety]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi449.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Patient Safety], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Peak Oil]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi450.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Peak Oil], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Pharmacy]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi455.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Pharmacy], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Poverty]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi463.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Poverty], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Primary Care and Public Health]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi464.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Primary Care and Public Health], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Pro-Life Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi472.htm All-Party Parliamentary Pro-Life Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Publishing]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi475.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Publishing], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Group for Pulmonary Hypertension]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi476.htm Group for Pulmonary Hypertension], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Associate Parliamentary Road Passenger Transport Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi489.htm Associate Parliamentary Road Passenger Transport Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Rugby League Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi497.htm All-Party Parliamentary Rugby League Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Scout Group]] - Joint-Chairman with [[Stephen Pound]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi506.htm All-Party Parliamentary Scout Group] Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Ship Building and Ship Repair Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi509.htm All-Party Parliamentary Ship Building and Ship Repair Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Leisure Shopping Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi511.htm All-Party Parliamentary Leisure Shopping Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Small Shops]] - Chair<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi512.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Small Shops], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi513.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Smoking and Health]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi519.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Smoking and Health], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Solvent Abuse]] - Chair <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi523.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Solvent Abuse], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Steel and Metal Related Industry]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi531.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Steel and Metal Related Industry], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Street Children]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi533.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Street Children], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Stroke]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi534.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Stroke], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sustainable Housing]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi537.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sustainable Housing], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Thrombosis Group]] - Joint Vice-Chair with Dr. [[Richard Taylor]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi549.htm All-Party Parliamentary Thrombosis Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Tranquilliser Addiction]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi553.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Tranquilliser Addiction], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Umbilical Cord Blood and Adult Stem Cells]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi559.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Umbilical Cord Blood and Adult Stem Cells], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Underground Space]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi560.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Underground Space], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
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==Contact==<br />
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*Office address: House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA<ref>[http://findyourmp.parliament.uk/constituencies/southend-west find your MP], Parliament website, accessed 24 March 2010</ref><br />
*Office Email: amessd@parliament.uk<ref>[http://findyourmp.parliament.uk/constituencies/southend-west find your MP], Parliament website, accessed 24 March 2010</ref><br />
*Constituency Address: Iveagh Hall, 67 Leigh Road, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, SS9 1JW<ref>[http://www.davidamess.co.uk/text.aspx?id=5 David Amess], David Amess website, accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*Telephone Number: 01702 472391<ref>[http://www.davidamess.co.uk/text.aspx?id=5 David Amess], David Amess website, accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
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[[Category:MP|Amess, David]][[Category:British Politician|Amess, David]]</div>Jasmin Ramseyhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=David_Amess&diff=144392David Amess2010-12-22T23:01:21Z<p>Jasmin Ramsey: </p>
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<div>[[David Amess]] is a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Conservative Party. <ref>[http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/david_amess/southend_west They Work for You], They Work For You website, accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
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Amess entered Parliament on 9 June 1983 in a General Election with a majority of 8,959 votes. He represents the constituency of Southend West. <ref>[http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/david_amess/southend_west They Work for You], They Work For You website, accessed 22 March 2010</ref> He is also an active member of [[Conservative Friends of Israel]].<ref name=ukp>UK Parliament, [http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/david-amess/25775 "David Amess"], UK Parliament, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref><br />
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==Affiliations==<br />
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*[[Conservative Friends of Israel]]<ref name=ukp>UK Parliament, [http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/david-amess/25775 "David Amess"], UK Parliament, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref> - Hon. Secretary, 1998 - ; Member Executive 1922 Committee 2004 -<br />
*[[British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom]] - Supporter<ref name=nov>BPCIF, [http://iran-freedom.org/pdf/november2005.pdf "1300 British Lawyers Call for Removal of Unjust Terror Tag from Iranian Mojahedin"], British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom, November 2005, accessed on 21 December 2010</ref><br />
*Patron of [[TOAST]] a now defunct charity working on obesity which was a front for a diet company.<br />
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===All-Party Parliamentary Groups===<br />
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As at March 2010 Amess sits on the following [[All-Party Parliamentary Group]]s (APPGs):<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi01.htm Register of All-Party Groups], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
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*[[Associate Parliamentary Aerospace Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi153.htm Associate Parliamentary Aerospace Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on AIDS]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi156.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on AIDS], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Alcohol Misuse]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi157.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Alcohol Misuse], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Associate Parliamentary Group for Animal Welfare]] - Joint Vice-Chair with Dr[[Nick Palmer]] and [[Eliot Morley]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi161.htm Associate Parliamentary Group for Animal Welfare], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Inflammatory Arthritis]] - Joint-Chair with [[Linda Riordan]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi171.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Inflammatory Arthritis], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Asthma]] - Vice-Chair <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi173.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Asthma], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Balanced and Sustainable Communities Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi179.htm All-Party Parliamentary Balanced and Sustainable Communities Group] Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[British Council Associate Parliamentary Group]] - Vice-Chair<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi194.htm British Council Associate Parliamentary Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Built Environment Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi198.htm All-Party Parliamentary Built Environment Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Chaplaincy in the National Health Service]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi209.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Chaplaincy in the National Health Service], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Coalfields Communities Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi232.htm All-Party Parliamentary Coalfields Communities Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Deafness]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi261.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Deafness], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Drugs Misuse Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi273.htm All-Party Parliamentary Drugs Misuse Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Education]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi278.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Education], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Epilepsy]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi289.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Epilepsy], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Export Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi297.htm All-Party Parliamentary Export Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Eye Health and Visual Impairment]] - Secretary<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi299.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Eye Health and Visual Impairment ], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Fairs and Show Grounds]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi300.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Fairs and Show Grounds], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Fire, Safety & Rescue Group]] - Chair<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi305.htm All-Party Parliamentary Fire, Safety & Rescue Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Fisheries Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi307.htm All-Party Parliamentary Fisheries Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Flag Group]] <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi308.htm All-Party Parliamentary Flag Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Frame (Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments) Group]] - Chair<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi318.htm All-Party Parliamentary Frame (Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments) Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Funerals and Bereavement]] – Joint Vice-Chair with [[Robert Goodwill]] and [[Janet Dean]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi322.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Funerals and Bereavement], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Gas Safety Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi326.htm All-Party Parliamentary Gas Safety Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Primary Headache Disorders]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi337.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Primary Headache Disorders], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Associate Parliamentary Health Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi338.htm Associate Parliamentary Health Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Health and Wellbeing in Schools]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi339.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Health and Wellbeing in Schools], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Hepatology Group]] - Co-Chair <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi341.htm All-Party Parliamentary Hepatology Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Holy See]]-Co-Chair<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi348.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Holy See], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Housing Co-Operatives and Community Controlled Housing]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi356.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Housing Co-Operatives and Community Controlled Housing], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Parliamentary Information Technology Committee (an Associate Parliamentary Group)]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi362.htm Parliamentary Information Technology Committee (an Associate Parliamentary Group)], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Junk Mail]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi378.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Junk Mail], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Learning Disability]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi382.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Learning Disability], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Light Rail]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi387.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Light Rail], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Lions Clubs International All-Party Parliamentary Group]] - Joint Vice-Chair with [[Ian Lucas]] <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi391.htm Lions Clubs International All-Party Parliamentary Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Local Environmental Quality All-Party Parliamentary Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi393.htm Local Environmental Quality All-Party Parliamentary Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Group for Medical Technology]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi405.htm Group for Medical Technology], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Men’s Health]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi407.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Men’s Health], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
* [[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Multiple Sclerosis (MS)]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi419.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Multiple Sclerosis (MS)], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Music Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi421.htm All-Party Parliamentary Music Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME)]] - Treasurer<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi422.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME)], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Obesity]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi431.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Obesity], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Paediatric Mobility]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi442.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Paediatric Mobility], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Patient and Public Involvement in Health]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi448.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Patient and Public Involvement in Health], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Patient Safety]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi449.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Patient Safety], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Peak Oil]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi450.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Peak Oil], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Pharmacy]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi455.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Pharmacy], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Poverty]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi463.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Poverty], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Primary Care and Public Health]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi464.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Primary Care and Public Health], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Pro-Life Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi472.htm All-Party Parliamentary Pro-Life Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Publishing]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi475.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Publishing], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Group for Pulmonary Hypertension]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi476.htm Group for Pulmonary Hypertension], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Associate Parliamentary Road Passenger Transport Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi489.htm Associate Parliamentary Road Passenger Transport Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Rugby League Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi497.htm All-Party Parliamentary Rugby League Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Scout Group]] - Joint-Chairman with [[Stephen Pound]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi506.htm All-Party Parliamentary Scout Group] Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Ship Building and Ship Repair Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi509.htm All-Party Parliamentary Ship Building and Ship Repair Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Leisure Shopping Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi511.htm All-Party Parliamentary Leisure Shopping Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Small Shops]] - Chair<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi512.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Small Shops], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi513.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Smoking and Health]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi519.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Smoking and Health], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Solvent Abuse]] - Chair <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi523.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Solvent Abuse], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Steel and Metal Related Industry]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi531.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Steel and Metal Related Industry], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Street Children]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi533.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Street Children], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Stroke]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi534.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Stroke], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sustainable Housing]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi537.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sustainable Housing], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Thrombosis Group]] - Joint Vice-Chair with Dr. [[Richard Taylor]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi549.htm All-Party Parliamentary Thrombosis Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Tranquilliser Addiction]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi553.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Tranquilliser Addiction], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Umbilical Cord Blood and Adult Stem Cells]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi559.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Umbilical Cord Blood and Adult Stem Cells], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Underground Space]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi560.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Underground Space], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
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==Contact==<br />
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*Office address: House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA<ref>[http://findyourmp.parliament.uk/constituencies/southend-west find your MP], Parliament website, accessed 24 March 2010</ref><br />
*Office Email: amessd@parliament.uk<ref>[http://findyourmp.parliament.uk/constituencies/southend-west find your MP], Parliament website, accessed 24 March 2010</ref><br />
*Constituency Address: Iveagh Hall, 67 Leigh Road, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, SS9 1JW<ref>[http://www.davidamess.co.uk/text.aspx?id=5 David Amess], David Amess website, accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*Telephone Number: 01702 472391<ref>[http://www.davidamess.co.uk/text.aspx?id=5 David Amess], David Amess website, accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
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[[Category:MP|Amess, David]][[Category:British Politician|Amess, David]]</div>Jasmin Ramseyhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=David_Amess&diff=144391David Amess2010-12-22T22:58:58Z<p>Jasmin Ramsey: /* Affiliations */</p>
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<div>[[David Amess]] is a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Conservative Party. <ref>[http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/david_amess/southend_west They Work for You], They Work For You website, accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
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David Amess entered Parliament on 9 June 1983 in a General Election with a majority of 8,959 votes. He represents the constituency of Southend West. <ref>[http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/david_amess/southend_west They Work for You], They Work For You website, accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
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==Affiliations==<br />
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*[[Conservative Friends of Israel]]<ref>UK Parliament, [http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/david-amess/25775 "David Amess"], UK Parliament, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref> - Hon. Secretary, 1998 - ; Member Executive 1922 Committee 2004 -<br />
*[[British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom]] - Supporter<ref name=nov>BPCIF, [http://iran-freedom.org/pdf/november2005.pdf "1300 British Lawyers Call for Removal of Unjust Terror Tag from Iranian Mojahedin"], British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom, November 2005, accessed on 21 December 2010</ref><br />
*Patron of [[TOAST]] a now defunct charity working on obesity which was a front for a diet company.<br />
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===All-Party Parliamentary Groups===<br />
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As at March 2010 Amess sits on the following [[All-Party Parliamentary Group]]s (APPGs):<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi01.htm Register of All-Party Groups], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
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*[[Associate Parliamentary Aerospace Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi153.htm Associate Parliamentary Aerospace Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on AIDS]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi156.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on AIDS], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Alcohol Misuse]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi157.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Alcohol Misuse], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Associate Parliamentary Group for Animal Welfare]] - Joint Vice-Chair with Dr[[Nick Palmer]] and [[Eliot Morley]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi161.htm Associate Parliamentary Group for Animal Welfare], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Inflammatory Arthritis]] - Joint-Chair with [[Linda Riordan]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi171.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Inflammatory Arthritis], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Asthma]] - Vice-Chair <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi173.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Asthma], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Balanced and Sustainable Communities Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi179.htm All-Party Parliamentary Balanced and Sustainable Communities Group] Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[British Council Associate Parliamentary Group]] - Vice-Chair<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi194.htm British Council Associate Parliamentary Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Built Environment Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi198.htm All-Party Parliamentary Built Environment Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Chaplaincy in the National Health Service]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi209.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Chaplaincy in the National Health Service], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Coalfields Communities Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi232.htm All-Party Parliamentary Coalfields Communities Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Deafness]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi261.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Deafness], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Drugs Misuse Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi273.htm All-Party Parliamentary Drugs Misuse Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Education]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi278.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Education], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Epilepsy]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi289.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Epilepsy], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Export Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi297.htm All-Party Parliamentary Export Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Eye Health and Visual Impairment]] - Secretary<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi299.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Eye Health and Visual Impairment ], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Fairs and Show Grounds]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi300.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Fairs and Show Grounds], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Fire, Safety & Rescue Group]] - Chair<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi305.htm All-Party Parliamentary Fire, Safety & Rescue Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Fisheries Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi307.htm All-Party Parliamentary Fisheries Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Flag Group]] <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi308.htm All-Party Parliamentary Flag Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Frame (Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments) Group]] - Chair<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi318.htm All-Party Parliamentary Frame (Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments) Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Funerals and Bereavement]] – Joint Vice-Chair with [[Robert Goodwill]] and [[Janet Dean]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi322.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Funerals and Bereavement], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Gas Safety Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi326.htm All-Party Parliamentary Gas Safety Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Primary Headache Disorders]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi337.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Primary Headache Disorders], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Associate Parliamentary Health Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi338.htm Associate Parliamentary Health Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Health and Wellbeing in Schools]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi339.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Health and Wellbeing in Schools], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Hepatology Group]] - Co-Chair <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi341.htm All-Party Parliamentary Hepatology Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Holy See]]-Co-Chair<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi348.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Holy See], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Housing Co-Operatives and Community Controlled Housing]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi356.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Housing Co-Operatives and Community Controlled Housing], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Parliamentary Information Technology Committee (an Associate Parliamentary Group)]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi362.htm Parliamentary Information Technology Committee (an Associate Parliamentary Group)], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Junk Mail]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi378.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Junk Mail], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Learning Disability]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi382.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Learning Disability], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Light Rail]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi387.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Light Rail], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Lions Clubs International All-Party Parliamentary Group]] - Joint Vice-Chair with [[Ian Lucas]] <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi391.htm Lions Clubs International All-Party Parliamentary Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Local Environmental Quality All-Party Parliamentary Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi393.htm Local Environmental Quality All-Party Parliamentary Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Group for Medical Technology]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi405.htm Group for Medical Technology], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Men’s Health]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi407.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Men’s Health], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
* [[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Multiple Sclerosis (MS)]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi419.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Multiple Sclerosis (MS)], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Music Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi421.htm All-Party Parliamentary Music Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME)]] - Treasurer<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi422.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME)], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Obesity]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi431.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Obesity], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Paediatric Mobility]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi442.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Paediatric Mobility], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Patient and Public Involvement in Health]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi448.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Patient and Public Involvement in Health], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Patient Safety]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi449.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Patient Safety], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Peak Oil]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi450.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Peak Oil], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Pharmacy]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi455.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Pharmacy], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Poverty]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi463.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Poverty], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Primary Care and Public Health]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi464.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Primary Care and Public Health], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Pro-Life Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi472.htm All-Party Parliamentary Pro-Life Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Publishing]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi475.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Publishing], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Group for Pulmonary Hypertension]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi476.htm Group for Pulmonary Hypertension], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Associate Parliamentary Road Passenger Transport Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi489.htm Associate Parliamentary Road Passenger Transport Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Rugby League Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi497.htm All-Party Parliamentary Rugby League Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Scout Group]] - Joint-Chairman with [[Stephen Pound]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi506.htm All-Party Parliamentary Scout Group] Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Ship Building and Ship Repair Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi509.htm All-Party Parliamentary Ship Building and Ship Repair Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Leisure Shopping Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi511.htm All-Party Parliamentary Leisure Shopping Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Small Shops]] - Chair<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi512.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Small Shops], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi513.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Smoking and Health]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi519.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Smoking and Health], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Solvent Abuse]] - Chair <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi523.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Solvent Abuse], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Steel and Metal Related Industry]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi531.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Steel and Metal Related Industry], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Street Children]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi533.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Street Children], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Stroke]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi534.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Stroke], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sustainable Housing]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi537.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sustainable Housing], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Thrombosis Group]] - Joint Vice-Chair with Dr. [[Richard Taylor]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi549.htm All-Party Parliamentary Thrombosis Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Tranquilliser Addiction]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi553.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Tranquilliser Addiction], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Umbilical Cord Blood and Adult Stem Cells]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi559.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Umbilical Cord Blood and Adult Stem Cells], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Underground Space]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi560.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Underground Space], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
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==Contact==<br />
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*Office address: House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA<ref>[http://findyourmp.parliament.uk/constituencies/southend-west find your MP], Parliament website, accessed 24 March 2010</ref><br />
*Office Email: amessd@parliament.uk<ref>[http://findyourmp.parliament.uk/constituencies/southend-west find your MP], Parliament website, accessed 24 March 2010</ref><br />
*Constituency Address: Iveagh Hall, 67 Leigh Road, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, SS9 1JW<ref>[http://www.davidamess.co.uk/text.aspx?id=5 David Amess], David Amess website, accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*Telephone Number: 01702 472391<ref>[http://www.davidamess.co.uk/text.aspx?id=5 David Amess], David Amess website, accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
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==Resources==<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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==Category==<br />
[[Category:MP|Amess, David]][[Category:British Politician|Amess, David]]</div>Jasmin Ramseyhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=David_Amess&diff=144390David Amess2010-12-22T22:57:50Z<p>Jasmin Ramsey: /* Affiliations */</p>
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<div>[[David Amess]] is a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Conservative Party. <ref>[http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/david_amess/southend_west They Work for You], They Work For You website, accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
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David Amess entered Parliament on 9 June 1983 in a General Election with a majority of 8,959 votes. He represents the constituency of Southend West. <ref>[http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/david_amess/southend_west They Work for You], They Work For You website, accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
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==Affiliations==<br />
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*[[Conservative Friends of Israel]]<ref>UK Parliament, [http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/david-amess/25775 "David Amess"], UK Parliament, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref> - Hon. Secretary, 1998-; Member Executive 1922 Committee 2004-<br />
*[[British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom]] - Supporter<ref name=nov>BPCIF, [http://iran-freedom.org/pdf/november2005.pdf "1300 British Lawyers Call for Removal of Unjust Terror Tag from Iranian Mojahedin"], British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom, November 2005, accessed on 21 December 2010</ref><br />
*Patron of [[TOAST]] a now defunct charity working on obesity which was a front for a diet company.<br />
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===All-Party Parliamentary Groups===<br />
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As at March 2010 Amess sits on the following [[All-Party Parliamentary Group]]s (APPGs):<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi01.htm Register of All-Party Groups], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
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*[[Associate Parliamentary Aerospace Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi153.htm Associate Parliamentary Aerospace Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on AIDS]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi156.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on AIDS], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Alcohol Misuse]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi157.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Alcohol Misuse], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Associate Parliamentary Group for Animal Welfare]] - Joint Vice-Chair with Dr[[Nick Palmer]] and [[Eliot Morley]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi161.htm Associate Parliamentary Group for Animal Welfare], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Inflammatory Arthritis]] - Joint-Chair with [[Linda Riordan]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi171.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Inflammatory Arthritis], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Asthma]] - Vice-Chair <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi173.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Asthma], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Balanced and Sustainable Communities Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi179.htm All-Party Parliamentary Balanced and Sustainable Communities Group] Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[British Council Associate Parliamentary Group]] - Vice-Chair<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi194.htm British Council Associate Parliamentary Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Built Environment Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi198.htm All-Party Parliamentary Built Environment Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Chaplaincy in the National Health Service]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi209.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Chaplaincy in the National Health Service], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Coalfields Communities Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi232.htm All-Party Parliamentary Coalfields Communities Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Deafness]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi261.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Deafness], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Drugs Misuse Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi273.htm All-Party Parliamentary Drugs Misuse Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Education]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi278.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Education], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Epilepsy]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi289.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Epilepsy], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Export Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi297.htm All-Party Parliamentary Export Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Eye Health and Visual Impairment]] - Secretary<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi299.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Eye Health and Visual Impairment ], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Fairs and Show Grounds]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi300.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Fairs and Show Grounds], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Fire, Safety & Rescue Group]] - Chair<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi305.htm All-Party Parliamentary Fire, Safety & Rescue Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Fisheries Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi307.htm All-Party Parliamentary Fisheries Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Flag Group]] <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi308.htm All-Party Parliamentary Flag Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Frame (Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments) Group]] - Chair<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi318.htm All-Party Parliamentary Frame (Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments) Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Funerals and Bereavement]] – Joint Vice-Chair with [[Robert Goodwill]] and [[Janet Dean]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi322.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Funerals and Bereavement], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Gas Safety Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi326.htm All-Party Parliamentary Gas Safety Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Primary Headache Disorders]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi337.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Primary Headache Disorders], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Associate Parliamentary Health Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi338.htm Associate Parliamentary Health Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Health and Wellbeing in Schools]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi339.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Health and Wellbeing in Schools], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Hepatology Group]] - Co-Chair <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi341.htm All-Party Parliamentary Hepatology Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Holy See]]-Co-Chair<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi348.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Holy See], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Housing Co-Operatives and Community Controlled Housing]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi356.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Housing Co-Operatives and Community Controlled Housing], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Parliamentary Information Technology Committee (an Associate Parliamentary Group)]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi362.htm Parliamentary Information Technology Committee (an Associate Parliamentary Group)], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Junk Mail]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi378.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Junk Mail], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Learning Disability]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi382.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Learning Disability], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Light Rail]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi387.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Light Rail], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Lions Clubs International All-Party Parliamentary Group]] - Joint Vice-Chair with [[Ian Lucas]] <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi391.htm Lions Clubs International All-Party Parliamentary Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Local Environmental Quality All-Party Parliamentary Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi393.htm Local Environmental Quality All-Party Parliamentary Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Group for Medical Technology]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi405.htm Group for Medical Technology], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Men’s Health]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi407.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Men’s Health], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
* [[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Multiple Sclerosis (MS)]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi419.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Multiple Sclerosis (MS)], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Music Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi421.htm All-Party Parliamentary Music Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME)]] - Treasurer<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi422.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME)], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Obesity]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi431.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Obesity], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Paediatric Mobility]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi442.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Paediatric Mobility], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Patient and Public Involvement in Health]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi448.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Patient and Public Involvement in Health], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Patient Safety]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi449.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Patient Safety], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Peak Oil]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi450.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Peak Oil], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Pharmacy]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi455.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Pharmacy], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Poverty]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi463.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Poverty], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Primary Care and Public Health]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi464.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Primary Care and Public Health], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Pro-Life Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi472.htm All-Party Parliamentary Pro-Life Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Publishing]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi475.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Publishing], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Group for Pulmonary Hypertension]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi476.htm Group for Pulmonary Hypertension], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Associate Parliamentary Road Passenger Transport Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi489.htm Associate Parliamentary Road Passenger Transport Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Rugby League Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi497.htm All-Party Parliamentary Rugby League Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Scout Group]] - Joint-Chairman with [[Stephen Pound]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi506.htm All-Party Parliamentary Scout Group] Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Ship Building and Ship Repair Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi509.htm All-Party Parliamentary Ship Building and Ship Repair Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Leisure Shopping Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi511.htm All-Party Parliamentary Leisure Shopping Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Small Shops]] - Chair<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi512.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Small Shops], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi513.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Smoking and Health]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi519.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Smoking and Health], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Solvent Abuse]] - Chair <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi523.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Solvent Abuse], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Steel and Metal Related Industry]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi531.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Steel and Metal Related Industry], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Street Children]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi533.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Street Children], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Stroke]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi534.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Stroke], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sustainable Housing]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi537.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sustainable Housing], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Thrombosis Group]] - Joint Vice-Chair with Dr. [[Richard Taylor]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi549.htm All-Party Parliamentary Thrombosis Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Tranquilliser Addiction]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi553.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Tranquilliser Addiction], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Umbilical Cord Blood and Adult Stem Cells]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi559.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Umbilical Cord Blood and Adult Stem Cells], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Underground Space]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi560.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Underground Space], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
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==Contact==<br />
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*Office address: House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA<ref>[http://findyourmp.parliament.uk/constituencies/southend-west find your MP], Parliament website, accessed 24 March 2010</ref><br />
*Office Email: amessd@parliament.uk<ref>[http://findyourmp.parliament.uk/constituencies/southend-west find your MP], Parliament website, accessed 24 March 2010</ref><br />
*Constituency Address: Iveagh Hall, 67 Leigh Road, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, SS9 1JW<ref>[http://www.davidamess.co.uk/text.aspx?id=5 David Amess], David Amess website, accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*Telephone Number: 01702 472391<ref>[http://www.davidamess.co.uk/text.aspx?id=5 David Amess], David Amess website, accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
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==Resources==<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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==Category==<br />
[[Category:MP|Amess, David]][[Category:British Politician|Amess, David]]</div>Jasmin Ramseyhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=David_Amess&diff=144389David Amess2010-12-22T22:56:24Z<p>Jasmin Ramsey: /* Affiliations */</p>
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<div>[[David Amess]] is a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Conservative Party. <ref>[http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/david_amess/southend_west They Work for You], They Work For You website, accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
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David Amess entered Parliament on 9 June 1983 in a General Election with a majority of 8,959 votes. He represents the constituency of Southend West. <ref>[http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/david_amess/southend_west They Work for You], They Work For You website, accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
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==Affiliations==<br />
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*[[Conservative Friends of Israel]]<ref> - Hon. Secretary, 1998-; Member Executive 1922 Committee 2004-<br />
*[[British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom]] - Supporter<ref name=nov>BPCIF, [http://iran-freedom.org/pdf/november2005.pdf "1300 British Lawyers Call for Removal of Unjust Terror Tag from Iranian Mojahedin"], British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom, November 2005, accessed on 21 December 2010</ref><br />
*Patron of [[TOAST]] a now defunct charity working on obesity which was a front for a diet company.<br />
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===All-Party Parliamentary Groups===<br />
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As at March 2010 Amess sits on the following [[All-Party Parliamentary Group]]s (APPGs):<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi01.htm Register of All-Party Groups], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
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*[[Associate Parliamentary Aerospace Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi153.htm Associate Parliamentary Aerospace Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on AIDS]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi156.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on AIDS], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Alcohol Misuse]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi157.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Alcohol Misuse], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Associate Parliamentary Group for Animal Welfare]] - Joint Vice-Chair with Dr[[Nick Palmer]] and [[Eliot Morley]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi161.htm Associate Parliamentary Group for Animal Welfare], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Inflammatory Arthritis]] - Joint-Chair with [[Linda Riordan]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi171.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Inflammatory Arthritis], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Asthma]] - Vice-Chair <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi173.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Asthma], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Balanced and Sustainable Communities Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi179.htm All-Party Parliamentary Balanced and Sustainable Communities Group] Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[British Council Associate Parliamentary Group]] - Vice-Chair<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi194.htm British Council Associate Parliamentary Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Built Environment Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi198.htm All-Party Parliamentary Built Environment Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Chaplaincy in the National Health Service]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi209.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Chaplaincy in the National Health Service], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Coalfields Communities Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi232.htm All-Party Parliamentary Coalfields Communities Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Deafness]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi261.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Deafness], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Drugs Misuse Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi273.htm All-Party Parliamentary Drugs Misuse Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Education]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi278.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Education], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Epilepsy]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi289.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Epilepsy], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Export Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi297.htm All-Party Parliamentary Export Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Eye Health and Visual Impairment]] - Secretary<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi299.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Eye Health and Visual Impairment ], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Fairs and Show Grounds]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi300.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Fairs and Show Grounds], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Fire, Safety & Rescue Group]] - Chair<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi305.htm All-Party Parliamentary Fire, Safety & Rescue Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Fisheries Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi307.htm All-Party Parliamentary Fisheries Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Flag Group]] <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi308.htm All-Party Parliamentary Flag Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Frame (Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments) Group]] - Chair<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi318.htm All-Party Parliamentary Frame (Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments) Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Funerals and Bereavement]] – Joint Vice-Chair with [[Robert Goodwill]] and [[Janet Dean]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi322.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Funerals and Bereavement], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Gas Safety Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi326.htm All-Party Parliamentary Gas Safety Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Primary Headache Disorders]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi337.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Primary Headache Disorders], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Associate Parliamentary Health Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi338.htm Associate Parliamentary Health Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Health and Wellbeing in Schools]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi339.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Health and Wellbeing in Schools], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Hepatology Group]] - Co-Chair <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi341.htm All-Party Parliamentary Hepatology Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Holy See]]-Co-Chair<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi348.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Holy See], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Housing Co-Operatives and Community Controlled Housing]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi356.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Housing Co-Operatives and Community Controlled Housing], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Parliamentary Information Technology Committee (an Associate Parliamentary Group)]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi362.htm Parliamentary Information Technology Committee (an Associate Parliamentary Group)], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
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*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Light Rail]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi387.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Light Rail], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Lions Clubs International All-Party Parliamentary Group]] - Joint Vice-Chair with [[Ian Lucas]] <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi391.htm Lions Clubs International All-Party Parliamentary Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Local Environmental Quality All-Party Parliamentary Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi393.htm Local Environmental Quality All-Party Parliamentary Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Group for Medical Technology]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi405.htm Group for Medical Technology], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Men’s Health]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi407.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Men’s Health], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
* [[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Multiple Sclerosis (MS)]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi419.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Multiple Sclerosis (MS)], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Music Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi421.htm All-Party Parliamentary Music Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME)]] - Treasurer<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi422.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME)], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Obesity]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi431.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Obesity], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Paediatric Mobility]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi442.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Paediatric Mobility], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Patient and Public Involvement in Health]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi448.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Patient and Public Involvement in Health], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Patient Safety]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi449.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Patient Safety], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Peak Oil]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi450.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Peak Oil], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Pharmacy]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi455.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Pharmacy], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Poverty]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi463.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Poverty], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Primary Care and Public Health]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi464.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Primary Care and Public Health], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Pro-Life Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi472.htm All-Party Parliamentary Pro-Life Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Publishing]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi475.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Publishing], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Group for Pulmonary Hypertension]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi476.htm Group for Pulmonary Hypertension], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[Associate Parliamentary Road Passenger Transport Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi489.htm Associate Parliamentary Road Passenger Transport Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Rugby League Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi497.htm All-Party Parliamentary Rugby League Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Scout Group]] - Joint-Chairman with [[Stephen Pound]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi506.htm All-Party Parliamentary Scout Group] Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Ship Building and Ship Repair Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi509.htm All-Party Parliamentary Ship Building and Ship Repair Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Leisure Shopping Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi511.htm All-Party Parliamentary Leisure Shopping Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Small Shops]] - Chair<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi512.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Small Shops], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi513.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Smoking and Health]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi519.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Smoking and Health], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Solvent Abuse]] - Chair <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi523.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Solvent Abuse], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Steel and Metal Related Industry]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi531.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Steel and Metal Related Industry], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Street Children]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi533.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Street Children], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Stroke]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi534.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Stroke], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sustainable Housing]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi537.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sustainable Housing], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Thrombosis Group]] - Joint Vice-Chair with Dr. [[Richard Taylor]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi549.htm All-Party Parliamentary Thrombosis Group], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Tranquilliser Addiction]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi553.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Tranquilliser Addiction], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Umbilical Cord Blood and Adult Stem Cells]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi559.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group on Umbilical Cord Blood and Adult Stem Cells], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Underground Space]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi560.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Underground Space], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
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==Contact==<br />
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*Office address: House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA<ref>[http://findyourmp.parliament.uk/constituencies/southend-west find your MP], Parliament website, accessed 24 March 2010</ref><br />
*Office Email: amessd@parliament.uk<ref>[http://findyourmp.parliament.uk/constituencies/southend-west find your MP], Parliament website, accessed 24 March 2010</ref><br />
*Constituency Address: Iveagh Hall, 67 Leigh Road, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, SS9 1JW<ref>[http://www.davidamess.co.uk/text.aspx?id=5 David Amess], David Amess website, accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
*Telephone Number: 01702 472391<ref>[http://www.davidamess.co.uk/text.aspx?id=5 David Amess], David Amess website, accessed 22 March 2010</ref><br />
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==Resources==<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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==Category==<br />
[[Category:MP|Amess, David]][[Category:British Politician|Amess, David]]</div>Jasmin Ramseyhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=National_Council_of_Resistance_of_Iran&diff=144387National Council of Resistance of Iran2010-12-22T22:49:03Z<p>Jasmin Ramsey: /* People */</p>
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<div>According to its website, the '''National Council of Resistance of Iran''' (NCRI) is a "broad coalition of democratic Iranian organizations, groups and personalities."<ref name=NCRIW>NCRI, [http://ncr-iran.org/content/view/6046/ "Introduction to the National Council of Resistance of Iran "], NCRI Official Website, accessed on 24 September 2010</ref> Made up of Iranian exiles and minorities with pro-Israel, anti-Iranian views, several analysts<ref>Rostam Pourzal, [http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2006/pourzal120606.html "MEK Tricks US Progressives, Gains Legitimacy"], ''Monthly Review,'' 26 May 2006</ref> and US lawmakers<ref name=ftp>Department of State, [http://ftp.resource.org/courts.gov/c/F3/373/373.F3d.152.01-1480.html "Citation: 373 F.3d 152"], FTP Resource, accessed on 24 September 2010</ref> consider the NCRI a Paris-based front group of the '''[[Mujahideen-e Khalq]]'''.<br />
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==Mission: Overthrow the Iranian Government==<br />
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The NCRI claims to have created a "Parliament in Exile,"<ref name=NCRIW>NCRI, [http://ncr-iran.org/content/view/6046/ "Introduction to the National Council of Resistance of Iran "], NCRI Official Website, accessed on 24 September 2010</ref> with "500 members"<ref name=NCRIW>NCRI, [http://ncr-iran.org/content/view/6046/ "Introduction to the National Council of Resistance of Iran "], NCRI Official Website, accessed on 24 September 2010</ref> ready to replace the current Iranian government once it has been overthrown. "President-elect" [[Maryam Rajavi]] will head the parliament until the NCRI decides to hold "free" elections. <br />
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The NCRI openly advocates overthrowing the current Iranian government. In a section titled the "National Solidarity Front" on its website, the NCRI describes its hopes for the overthrow of the current Iranian government: <br />
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:In its two-day plenary session in November 2002, NCRI adopted a plan to form the "National Solidarity Front to Overthrow Religious Dictatorship in Iran." The front was designed as a platform to encompass all Iranian republicans who "are campaigning for a democratic, independent and secular regime."<br />
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:The Council noted that brightening prospects for overthrow of the regime necessitate ever-greater national solidarity among Iranians; a fact that prompted the NCRI to ratify the formation of the Front.<br />
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:Mrs. Maryam Rajavi described the Front as "a reflection of the most profound democratic yearnings of all the people of Iran, regardless of ideology, belief, religion and ethnicity that transcends all partisan and political interests." She said the Front "embodies the unshakable resolve of the Iranian people to overthrow the mullahs' inhuman regime."<ref name=NCRIW>NCRI, [http://ncr-iran.org/content/view/6046/ "Introduction to the National Council of Resistance of Iran "], NCRI Official Website, accessed on 24 September 2010</ref> <br />
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==MEK Alias/Terrorist Designation==<br />
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The US State Department has twice designated the NCRI as an "alias" of the MEK and thereby a "terrorist organization," once after an initial investigation and again after an appeal was brought forward for review by those that claimed to be representatives of the NCRI:<br />
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:Nearly a year later, the State Department provided for NCRI's review additional materials obtained by the FBI in the course of "its long-running investigation of the MEK and NCRI." Letter of Ambassador Francis X. Taylor, Coordinator for Counterterrorism, U.S. Dep't of State, at 1 (Sept. 4, 2002). Within two months, NCRI submitted its response. See Letter of Paul F. Enzinna, Esq. (Nov. 1, 2002). In May 2003, the State Department completed its review process and, on May 24, the Secretary decided to leave in place the 1999 and 2001 "designations of the National Council of Resistance (NCR) and the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) as foreign terrorist organization aliases of the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK)." Action Mem. from William Pope & William H. Taft, IV to the Secretary of State, at 3 (May 22, 2003) (Action Mem.).<ref name=ftp>Department of State, [http://ftp.resource.org/courts.gov/c/F3/373/373.F3d.152.01-1480.html "Citation: 373 F.3d 152"], FTP Resource, accessed on 24 September 2010</ref><br />
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==People==<br />
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*[[Massoud Rajavi]] - President, leader of [[MEK]], disappeared in 2003<br />
*[[Maryam Rajavi]] - "President-elect" since 1993<ref name=NCRIW>NCRI, [http://ncr-iran.org/content/view/6046/ "Introduction to the National Council of Resistance of Iran "], NCRI Official Website, accessed on 24 September 2010</ref><br />
*[[Dowlat Nowrouzi]] - UK Representative,<ref>BPCIF, [http://iran-freedom.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=297&Itemid=28 "MPs and Peers launch international campaign to save Iranian dissidents in Iraq"], British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom, 23 November 2010, accessed on 21 December 2010</ref> Membber of NCRI Foreign Affairs Committee<ref name=ashrafpress>NCRI, [http://www.ncr-iran.org/en/news/ashraf/9503-british-mps-rights-activists-condemn-siege-of-camp-ashraf "British MPs, rights activists condemn siege of Camp Ashraf "], National Council of Resistance of Iran, 21 December 2010, accessed on 21 December 2010</ref><br />
*[[Christine Aziz]] - UK Representative<ref name=ashrafpress>NCRI, [http://www.ncr-iran.org/en/news/ashraf/9503-british-mps-rights-activists-condemn-siege-of-camp-ashraf "British MPs, rights activists condemn siege of Camp Ashraf "], National Council of Resistance of Iran, 21 December 2010, accessed on 21 December 2010</ref><br />
*[[Ali Safavi]] - Member<ref>Huffington Post, [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ali-safavi "Ali Safavi"], Huffington Post, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref><br />
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==Affiliations==<br />
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*[[Mujahideen-e Khalq]]<br />
*[[Iran Policy Committee]]<br />
*[[British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom]] - One of the NCRI's lobby groups<br />
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==Contact==<br />
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*Website: http://ncr-iran.org/index.php<br />
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==Related Links==<br />
*Chris Zambelis, [http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/JF05Ak01.html An Iranian voice in the wilderness], ''Asia Times'', June 5, 2008<br />
*[http://fanonite.org/2007/04/03/bbc-on-the-mujahedin-e-khalq/ Video report on MEK], ''BBC Newsnight'', January 2007<br />
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20060913005536/http://library.nps.navy.mil/home/tgp/mek.htm NPS Terrorist Group Profiles: MEK]<br />
*Bronwyn Adcock, "[http://web.archive.org/web/20070916124519/http://news.sbs.com.au/dateline/index.php?page=archive&daysum=2006-10-04 Gunning for Iran]", ''Dateline'', SBS , October 4, 2006.<br />
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20070328011952/http://www.iranpolicy.org/images/stories/pdfs/10-3-05+final+political+opposition+white+paper+.pdf US Policy Options for Iran and Iranian Political Opposition], Iran Policy Committee, September 13, 2005<br />
*Friends of a Free Iran, "[http://www.paulocasaca.net/PMOI-EN/index.htm People's Mojahedin of Iran - Mission Report], ''Friends of a Free Iran - European Parliament'', 2005.<br />
*Jorndorff "[http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2005/8/23/81037/3317 Who is the MEK?] Daily Kos, August 23, 2005.<br />
*"[http://forums.opendemocracy.net/mko_us_congresss_support_for_terrorism_mujahedin_e_khalq_u_s_congress_146_s_0 U.S. Congress's support for Mujahedin-e Khalq]", ''OpenDemocracy'', July 14, 2005.<br />
*[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/para/mek.htm Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization profile], Globalsecurity.org, updated March 2004.<br />
*Justin Raimondo, [http://antiwar.com/justin/?articleid=1798 Richard Perle Supports Terrorism], ''Antiwar.com'', January 28, 2004<br />
*Sam Dealy, [http://web.archive.org/web/20040129095859/http://www.hillnews.com/news/012104/terrorists.aspx Terrorists Plan D.C. Fundraiser.], ''The Hill'' January 21, 2004<br />
*Connie Bruck, [http://www.iran-interlink.org/files/News4/Mar06/NewYorker060306.htm Exiles: How Iran's Expatriates are Gaming the Nuclear Threat], ''New Yorker'', 6 March 2006<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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[[Category:Middle East Watch]] [[Category:Target Iran]]</div>Jasmin Ramseyhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Conservative_Friends_of_Israel&diff=144386Conservative Friends of Israel2010-12-22T22:38:04Z<p>Jasmin Ramsey: /* Interns 2010 */</p>
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<div>Conservative Friends of Israel (CFI) is one of the most active lobby groups in Westminster; 80 per cent of all Conservative MPs are members,<ref>Peter Oborne, Inside Britain’s Israel Lobby, ''Channel 4 Dispatches'', 16-November-2009, Viewed 02-January-2010</ref> though compared with other British lobbies the group has so far received little press coverage.<ref name=obornejones>Peter Oborne and James Jones, [http://www.opendemocracy.net/ourkingdom/peter-oborne-james-jones/pro-israel-lobby-in-britain-full-text "The pro-Israel lobby in Britain: full text"], OpenDemocracy, 13 November 2009, accessed on 15 December 2010</ref> According to a 2009 documentary on Channel Four’s Dispatches program called ''Inside Britain’s Israel Lobby'',<ref name=pg>People's Geography, [http://peoplesgeography.com/2009/11/17/inside-britains-israel-lobby-full-episode/ "Inside Britain’s Israel Lobby – Dispatches"], People's Geography, 17 November 2009</ref> donations to the Conservative party "from all CFI members and their businesses add up to well over £10m over the last eight years". CFI has disputed the figure and called the film "deeply flawed".<ref name=bankrolling>Ian Black, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/nov/16/pro-israel-lobby-conservatives-channel4-dispatches "Pro-Israel lobby group bankrolling Tories, film claims"], ''Guardian,'' 16 November 2009, accessed on 19 December 2010</ref><br />
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==Parliamentary Donations==<br />
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CFI operates as an "unincorporated association", which according to Peter Oborne means:<br />
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:It is a collection of individuals who don’t need to open their books, it may be legal but it’s hardly transparent.<ref>Peter Oborne, Inside Britain's Israel Lobby, ''Channel 4 Dispatches'', Aired 16-November-2009, Viewed 03-January-2010</ref><br />
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Peter Oborne argues that there is a pattern of donations from CFI: <br />
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:On studying donations to Conservative Constituency offices before the 2005 election a pattern emerges. A group of donors, all with strong connections to pro-Israel groups, (almost all are on the board of the CFI) made donations of between £2,000 and £5,000 either personally or through their companies to the constituency offices of certain Conservative candidates. The donors involved include [[Trevor Pears]], a property magnate, who has sat on the [[BICOM]] board, used to sit on the CFI board, and has donated to [[David Cameron]] in the past; Lord [[Leonard Steinberg]], vice- president of Conservative Friends of Israel and sponsor of [[Stuart Polak]] in parliament; [[Michael Lewis]], a South African businessman and deputy chairman of [[BICOM]] who was formerly on the Board of CFI; three or four other prominent members of the CFI. <br />
<br />
:The method of donation – medium-sized sums to constituency offices often through companies rather than personal names – means that connections to the CFI or other pro-Israel group are by no means obvious. These donors may never have met the candidates, nor stepped foot, let alone actually live, in the constituency, but were happy to make donations. All candidates in these constituencies either won the seat or came close. Interestingly, in constituencies where the Conservative candidate stood little chance, the CFI made the £2,000 donation themselves. <br />
<br />
:The Tory MPs fighting parliamentary seats in 2005 whose campaigns were funded by these donors included [[Ed Vaizey]], shadow minister for culture, media and sport; [[Greg Hands]], shadow treasury minister; [[Michael Gove]], shadow education secretary; [[Brooks Newmark]], opposition foreign affairs whip; [[Shailesh Vara]], shadow deputy leader of the Commons; [[Grant Shapps]], shadow minister for housing; [[Adam Holloway]] MP. <br />
<br />
:Many of them then went on a CFI trip to Israel in 2006, although [[Michael Gove]] - whose polemic Celsius 7/7 comes free with CFI membership - has never been to Israel. Most have been supportive of Israel in speeches to parliament and none have been overtly critical. There is also a suggestion that some members of the CFI target MPs who are critical of Israel. For instance [[Karen Buck]], the Labour MP for Regent’s Park and Kensington North, has been an outspoken critic. Her Conservative opponent [[Joanne Cash]], who works for the think tank [[Policy Exchange]], has received cheques cumulatively worth at least £20,000.<ref>Peter Oborne, [http://66.102.9.132/search?q=cache:QY1rlNdZlQ0J:www.channel4.com/culture/microsites/D/dispatches/israel/proisraellobbypamphlet.pdf+CFI+made+donations+to+%5B%5BEd+Vaizey%5D%5D,+%5B%5BShailesh+Vara%5D%5D,+%5B%5BMichael+Gove%5D%5D,+%5B%5BGreg+Hands%5D%5D,+%5B%5BGrant+Chaps%5D%5D,+%5B%5BBrooks+Newmark%5D%5D.&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk Pro Israel Lobby Pamphlet], Channel 4 Dispatches, 16-November-2009, Accessed 03-January-2009</ref><br />
<br />
==Relations with David Cameron==<br />
According to a report in the ''Jewish Chronicle'':<br />
:a small but influential group of Jewish Conservative officials and politicians were... key players in Mr Cameron’s campaign for the leadership. Among them was party treasurer [[Howard Leigh]]. Other senior figures around the leader include [[Oliver Letwin]], head of policy [and] former shadow Home Secretary and shadow Chancellor. Although he is popular with Jewish Tories, Mr Cameron’s criticism of Israel’s actions in Lebanon sparked doubts – voiced particularly by Tory donor and former party treasurer Lord Kalms. However, Conservative Friends of Israel chair [[Richard Harrington]] stressed that the leader had given CFI “every possible access” and had met CFI officials several times.<ref>Bernard Josephs and Leon Symons, [http://archive.thejc.com/search/pagedetail.jsp?origin=16&gofrom=null&goto=null&issue=OCTOBER%2013%202006&refno=/archive/output/2006/2006_1013_03C.gif&pgn=03 Special report: Team Cameron’s big Jewish backers], ''The Jewish Chronicle'', 13 October 2006, p. 3</ref><br />
<br />
In July 2010, CFI took issue with Cameron, who during a visit to Turkey stressed that 'Gaza cannot and must not be allowed to remain a prison camp'.<ref>Ian Black and Nicholas Watt, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/27/david-cameron-israel-gaza-comments David Cameron draws fire over Gaza comments], ''The Guardian'', 27 July 2010</ref> <br />
<br />
===David Cameron CFI Speech 2009===<br />
<br />
[[David Cameron]] was the main speaker at the Conservative Friends of Israel annual lunch on the 18 June 2009.<ref>David Cameron, [http://66.102.9.132/search?q=cache:WTReLYCY-awJ:www.cfoi.co.uk/documents/200961914361_Cameron%2520speech%2520-%252018%2520June%25202009.doc+conservative+friends+of+israel+annual+lunch+david+cameron&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk SPEECH BY CONSERVATIVE PARTY LEADER DAVID CAMERON TO THE CONSERVATIVE FRIENDS OF ISRAEL ANNUAL LUNCH HELD IN LONDON ON THURSDAY 18TH JUNE 2009], Conservative Friends of Israel, 18-June-2009, Accessed 02-January-2009</ref> Cameron neglected to mention that six months prior to his speech, Israel began a 23-day bombardment of Gaza that led to the deaths of around 1,400 people including hundreds of children.<ref>Harriet Sherwood, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/dec/17/gaza-israel-invasion-children-traumatised Childhood in ruins], The Guardian, 17-December-2009, Accessed 02-January-2009</ref> Not only did David Cameron neglect to mention the “operation cast lead” bombardment of Gaza but he described how “Israel strives to protect innocent life – Hamas target innocent life”.<ref>David Cameron, [http://66.102.9.132/search?q=cache:WTReLYCY-awJ:www.cfoi.co.uk/documents/200961914361_Cameron%2520speech%2520-%252018%2520June%25202009.doc+conservative+friends+of+israel+annual+lunch+david+cameron&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk SPEECH BY CONSERVATIVE PARTY LEADER DAVID CAMERON TO THE CONSERVATIVE FRIENDS OF ISRAEL ANNUAL LUNCH HELD IN LONDON ON THURSDAY 18TH JUNE 2009], Conservative Friends of Israel, 18-June-2009, Accessed 02-January-2009</ref> The Conservative Party leader emphasised the need for the Palestinians to relinquish the use of violence arguing that:<br />
<br />
:“for the Palestinians themselves, their obligations are clear: Prove you are a reliable negotiating partner. Bring order to your own society. And renounce violence completely”.<ref>David Cameron, [http://66.102.9.132/search?q=cache:WTReLYCY-awJ:www.cfoi.co.uk/documents/200961914361_Cameron%2520speech%2520-%252018%2520June%25202009.doc+conservative+friends+of+israel+annual+lunch+david+cameron&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk SPEECH BY CONSERVATIVE PARTY LEADER DAVID CAMERON TO THE CONSERVATIVE FRIENDS OF ISRAEL ANNUAL LUNCH HELD IN LONDON ON THURSDAY 18TH JUNE 2009], Conservative Friends of Israel, 18-June-2009, Accessed 02-January-2009</ref><br />
<br />
==Lobbying Activities==<br />
<br />
===Flying Conservative parliamentary candidates to Israel===<br />
<br />
From 2006 to 2009 shows that the CFI flew over 30 Conservative parliamentary candidates to Israel on free trips,<ref name=dele>CFI, [http://www2.cfoi.co.uk/Delegations/AboutCFIDelegations/ "Delegations"], Conservative Friends of Israel, accessed on 17 December 2010</ref> sometimes with their wives where they were reportedly given access to "senior members of the Israeli political and security establishments"<ref name=obornejones>Peter Oborne and James Jones, [http://www.opendemocracy.net/ourkingdom/peter-oborne-james-jones/pro-israel-lobby-in-britain-full-text "The pro-Israel lobby in Britain: full text"], OpenDemocracy, 13 November 2009, accessed on 15 December 2010</ref> as well as a meeting with a Palestinian businessman or politician.<br />
<br />
CFI publicizes this activity in the "Delegations" section of their website and under the statement that it is CFI's aim "that delegates should return, not with all the answers but with more informed questions"<ref name=dele>CFI, [http://www2.cfoi.co.uk/Delegations/AboutCFIDelegations/ "Delegations"], Conservative Friends of Israel, accessed on 17 December 2010</ref> includes statements of appreciation from several MPs, and a prospective parliamentary candidate, Phillip Allot (Halifax), who says:<br />
<br />
:The visit has transformed my views about the conflict and I now understand why the security of Israel is so important. Anyone involved in politics should be sent on a compulsory trip to Israel before they are allowed to comment to the media, because there are so many uninformed statements made by politicians, that seem to be little more than works of fiction.<ref name=dele>CFI, [http://www2.cfoi.co.uk/Delegations/AboutCFIDelegations/ "Delegations"], Conservative Friends of Israel, accessed on 17 December 2010</ref><br />
<br />
Mr. [[David Gauke]] (South-West Hertfordshire) also revealed in 2006 during a debate about Britain's Iran Policy that he had recently been flown to Israel by CFI.<ref>BPCIF, [http://iran-freedom.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=86&Itemid=1 "David Gauke MP: Iran has an appalling record of exporting terror"], British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom, 1 February 2006, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref><br />
<br />
===Meeting with American Jewish Committee===<br />
In 2006, the [[American Jewish Committee]] (AJC) reported on a meeting with the Conservative Friends of Israel in 'an effort to strengthen AJC’s ties to British Jewry'. <br />
<br />
The AJC report states that:<br />
: 'AJC President [[E Robert Goodkind]] led a leadership delegation to London to meet with the [[Board of Deputies of British Jews]], the main community organizing body for British Jews, as well as with the [[Community Service Trust]] and the newly formed [[Jewish Leadership Council]]. The group also met with British Chief Rabbi [[Jonathan Sacks]], longtime Jewish community leaders Lord [[Greville Janner]] and Sir [[Trevor Chinn]], and with leadership from the Reform, Liberal and [[Conservative Masorti]] movements. In addition, the group held meetings with those Members of Parliament who initiated a serious parliamentary investigation of anti-Semitism, and with younger leaders of [[Conservative Friends of Israel]] and [[Labour Friends of Israel]]. AJC Board members [[Stanley Bergman]] and [[Peter Rosenblatt]] joined Goodkind on the mission.<ref>American Jewish Committee. [http://www.ajc.org/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=ijITI2PHKoG&b=3121957&ct=4278125 London Jewish Community Greets AJC President] Update 236, 20th December 2006. Accessed 21st August 2008</ref><br />
<br />
===Donations===<br />
<br />
According to ''Inside Britain’s Israel Lobby'',<ref name=pg>People's Geography, [http://peoplesgeography.com/2009/11/17/inside-britains-israel-lobby-full-episode/ "Inside Britain’s Israel Lobby – Dispatches"], People's Geography, 17 November 2009</ref> CFI board members made personal donations totaling tens of thousands of pounds to [[William Hague]] after he was appointed shadow foreign secretary.<br />
<br />
Ian Black of the ''Guardian'' also notes that the film reveals £30,000 from CFI supporters went to the campaign funds of members of David Cameron's team who were first elected in 2005.<ref name=bankrolling>Ian Black, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/nov/16/pro-israel-lobby-conservatives-channel4-dispatches "Pro-Israel lobby group bankrolling Tories, film claims"], ''Guardian,'' 16 November 2009, accessed on 19 December 2010</ref><br />
<br />
==Conservative Friends of Israel/BICOM Links==<br />
<br />
According to Peter Oborne:<br />
<br />
:Despite the [[Conservative Friends of Israel]] and BICOM not formally merging there is a huge amount of co-ordination. Many of BICOM’s key figures also play roles in the CFI: [[Trevor Pears]], [[Michael Lewis]] and [[Poju Zabludowicz]] are driving forces behind both lobbies. [[David Cameron]] also accepted £20,000 from [[Trevor Pears]] in his leadership election.<ref>Peter Oborne & James Jones, [http://www.opendemocracy.net/ourkingdom/peter-oborne-james-jones/pro-israel-lobby-in-britain-full-text Inside Britain's Israel Lobby], 13-November-2009, Accessed 03-January-2009</ref><br />
<br />
==People==<br />
===Parliamentary Group===<br />
*[[James Arbuthnot]] MP, Chairman<br />
*[[Gillian Shephard]] MP, President<br />
*[[John Butterfill]] MP, co-Vice Chairman<br />
*[[James Clappison]] MP, co-Vice Chairman<br />
*[[Nick Hawkins]] MP, Treasurer<br />
*[[David Amess]] MP, Secretary<br />
*[[Timothy Kirkhope]] MEP, Chairman of CFI Europe<br />
*[[Liam Fox]]<ref>Nissan Ratzlav-Katz, [http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/112986 Conservative Friends of Israel at UK Political Conference], Arutz Sheva, 22 January 2008.</ref><br />
*[[Tobias Ellwood]]<ref>Nissan Ratzlav-Katz, ibid.</ref><br />
<br />
===Officers Of CFI=== <br />
====Vice Chairmen==== <br />
*[[Jeremy Galbraith]] | [[Betty Geller]] | [[John Taylor]] CBE | [[Alistair Burt]] MP, <ref> Etgar Lefkovits, [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1225910067025&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull UK MPs call for Europe-wide campaign to pressure Red Cross concerning Schalit], Jerusalem Post, 9 November 2008.</ref><br />
<br />
====Hon Secretaries====<br />
*[[Stanley Cohen]] | [[Michael Heller]]<br />
<br />
====Vice Presidents====<br />
*[[Lord Lane of Horsell]] | [[Michael Latham]] DL | [[Timothy Sainsbury]] | [[Lord Sanderson of Bowden]] | [[Lord Steinberg]] | [[Lord Thomas of Gwydir]] QC<br />
<br />
===CFI Executive Board===<br />
*Chairman: [[Richard Harrington]]<br />
*Hon Treasurer:[[Richard Harrington]]<br />
*[[Lance Anisfeld]]<br />
*[[Jonathan Gough]]<br />
*[[Alan Howard]] was listed as an executive board member in 2007<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20070808054621/http://www.cfoi.co.uk/articles.aspx?cid=1 About Us], CFI website, version dated 8 Aug 2007, accessed in web archive 7 Oct 2009</ref> and 2008<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20080506170446/http://www.cfoi.co.uk/articles.aspx?cid=1 About Us], CFI website, version dated 6 May 2008, accessed in web archive 7 Oct 2009</ref><br />
*[[Andrew Heller]]<br />
*[[Howard Leigh]]<br />
*[[Stephen Massey]]<br />
*[[David Meller]]<br />
*[[Jonathan Metliss]]<br />
*[[Barry Welck]]<br />
<br />
===CFI Staff 2010=== <br />
<br />
*Accessed December 2010<ref>CFI, [http://www2.cfoi.co.uk/AboutCFI/ "About CFI"], Conservative Friends of Israel, accessed on 15 December 2010</ref><br />
<br />
*[[Stuart Polak]] - Director, (1989 - )<ref name=jc>Jewish Chronicle, [http://www.thejc.com/jc-power-100/the-jc-power-100-numbers-81-90 "The JC Power 100: Numbers 81 - 90"], Jewish Chronicle, 5 September 2008, accessed on 16 December 2010</ref><br />
*[[Nathalie Tamam]] - Political Director<br />
*[[Stephanie Leven]] - Projects Director<br />
*[[James Gurd]] - Parliamentary Officer<br />
*[[Leetal Stark]] - Projects Assistant<br />
<br />
===CFI Staff=== <br />
*Director: [[Stuart Polak]] <br />
*Projects Director: [[Stephanie Leven]] <br />
*Political Director: [[Robert Halfon]] <br />
*Research Manager: [[Victoria Kluk]] <br />
*Secretary: [[Julie Tamir]] <br />
*Membership Secretary: [[Charlotte Polak]]<br />
<br />
===Interns 2010===<br />
<br />
Source: CFI Blogs<ref>CFI, [http://www2.cfoi.co.uk/Blogs/ "Blogs"], Conservative Friends of Israel, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref><br />
<br />
*[[Benjamin Jackson]]<br />
*[[Matthew Schulz]]<br />
*[[Lucy Abrahams]]<br />
*[[Alex Nyman]]<br />
*[[Sophie Bollag]]<br />
<br />
==Contact==<br />
*'''Address:''' 45B Westbourne Terrace, London W2 3UR<br />
*'''Tel:''' 020-7262 2493<br />
*'''Fax:''' 020-7224 8941<br />
*'''E-mail:''' info@cfoi.co.uk<br />
*'''Website:''' http://www.cfoi.co.uk<br />
*'''Blogs:''' http://www2.cfoi.co.uk/Blogs/<br />
<br />
==Notes==<br />
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[[Category:Israel Lobby]][[Category:Conservative Party]]</div>Jasmin Ramseyhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Conservative_Friends_of_Israel&diff=144385Conservative Friends of Israel2010-12-22T22:37:36Z<p>Jasmin Ramsey: /* People */</p>
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<div>Conservative Friends of Israel (CFI) is one of the most active lobby groups in Westminster; 80 per cent of all Conservative MPs are members,<ref>Peter Oborne, Inside Britain’s Israel Lobby, ''Channel 4 Dispatches'', 16-November-2009, Viewed 02-January-2010</ref> though compared with other British lobbies the group has so far received little press coverage.<ref name=obornejones>Peter Oborne and James Jones, [http://www.opendemocracy.net/ourkingdom/peter-oborne-james-jones/pro-israel-lobby-in-britain-full-text "The pro-Israel lobby in Britain: full text"], OpenDemocracy, 13 November 2009, accessed on 15 December 2010</ref> According to a 2009 documentary on Channel Four’s Dispatches program called ''Inside Britain’s Israel Lobby'',<ref name=pg>People's Geography, [http://peoplesgeography.com/2009/11/17/inside-britains-israel-lobby-full-episode/ "Inside Britain’s Israel Lobby – Dispatches"], People's Geography, 17 November 2009</ref> donations to the Conservative party "from all CFI members and their businesses add up to well over £10m over the last eight years". CFI has disputed the figure and called the film "deeply flawed".<ref name=bankrolling>Ian Black, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/nov/16/pro-israel-lobby-conservatives-channel4-dispatches "Pro-Israel lobby group bankrolling Tories, film claims"], ''Guardian,'' 16 November 2009, accessed on 19 December 2010</ref><br />
<br />
==Parliamentary Donations==<br />
<br />
CFI operates as an "unincorporated association", which according to Peter Oborne means:<br />
<br />
:It is a collection of individuals who don’t need to open their books, it may be legal but it’s hardly transparent.<ref>Peter Oborne, Inside Britain's Israel Lobby, ''Channel 4 Dispatches'', Aired 16-November-2009, Viewed 03-January-2010</ref><br />
<br />
Peter Oborne argues that there is a pattern of donations from CFI: <br />
<br />
:On studying donations to Conservative Constituency offices before the 2005 election a pattern emerges. A group of donors, all with strong connections to pro-Israel groups, (almost all are on the board of the CFI) made donations of between £2,000 and £5,000 either personally or through their companies to the constituency offices of certain Conservative candidates. The donors involved include [[Trevor Pears]], a property magnate, who has sat on the [[BICOM]] board, used to sit on the CFI board, and has donated to [[David Cameron]] in the past; Lord [[Leonard Steinberg]], vice- president of Conservative Friends of Israel and sponsor of [[Stuart Polak]] in parliament; [[Michael Lewis]], a South African businessman and deputy chairman of [[BICOM]] who was formerly on the Board of CFI; three or four other prominent members of the CFI. <br />
<br />
:The method of donation – medium-sized sums to constituency offices often through companies rather than personal names – means that connections to the CFI or other pro-Israel group are by no means obvious. These donors may never have met the candidates, nor stepped foot, let alone actually live, in the constituency, but were happy to make donations. All candidates in these constituencies either won the seat or came close. Interestingly, in constituencies where the Conservative candidate stood little chance, the CFI made the £2,000 donation themselves. <br />
<br />
:The Tory MPs fighting parliamentary seats in 2005 whose campaigns were funded by these donors included [[Ed Vaizey]], shadow minister for culture, media and sport; [[Greg Hands]], shadow treasury minister; [[Michael Gove]], shadow education secretary; [[Brooks Newmark]], opposition foreign affairs whip; [[Shailesh Vara]], shadow deputy leader of the Commons; [[Grant Shapps]], shadow minister for housing; [[Adam Holloway]] MP. <br />
<br />
:Many of them then went on a CFI trip to Israel in 2006, although [[Michael Gove]] - whose polemic Celsius 7/7 comes free with CFI membership - has never been to Israel. Most have been supportive of Israel in speeches to parliament and none have been overtly critical. There is also a suggestion that some members of the CFI target MPs who are critical of Israel. For instance [[Karen Buck]], the Labour MP for Regent’s Park and Kensington North, has been an outspoken critic. Her Conservative opponent [[Joanne Cash]], who works for the think tank [[Policy Exchange]], has received cheques cumulatively worth at least £20,000.<ref>Peter Oborne, [http://66.102.9.132/search?q=cache:QY1rlNdZlQ0J:www.channel4.com/culture/microsites/D/dispatches/israel/proisraellobbypamphlet.pdf+CFI+made+donations+to+%5B%5BEd+Vaizey%5D%5D,+%5B%5BShailesh+Vara%5D%5D,+%5B%5BMichael+Gove%5D%5D,+%5B%5BGreg+Hands%5D%5D,+%5B%5BGrant+Chaps%5D%5D,+%5B%5BBrooks+Newmark%5D%5D.&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk Pro Israel Lobby Pamphlet], Channel 4 Dispatches, 16-November-2009, Accessed 03-January-2009</ref><br />
<br />
==Relations with David Cameron==<br />
According to a report in the ''Jewish Chronicle'':<br />
:a small but influential group of Jewish Conservative officials and politicians were... key players in Mr Cameron’s campaign for the leadership. Among them was party treasurer [[Howard Leigh]]. Other senior figures around the leader include [[Oliver Letwin]], head of policy [and] former shadow Home Secretary and shadow Chancellor. Although he is popular with Jewish Tories, Mr Cameron’s criticism of Israel’s actions in Lebanon sparked doubts – voiced particularly by Tory donor and former party treasurer Lord Kalms. However, Conservative Friends of Israel chair [[Richard Harrington]] stressed that the leader had given CFI “every possible access” and had met CFI officials several times.<ref>Bernard Josephs and Leon Symons, [http://archive.thejc.com/search/pagedetail.jsp?origin=16&gofrom=null&goto=null&issue=OCTOBER%2013%202006&refno=/archive/output/2006/2006_1013_03C.gif&pgn=03 Special report: Team Cameron’s big Jewish backers], ''The Jewish Chronicle'', 13 October 2006, p. 3</ref><br />
<br />
In July 2010, CFI took issue with Cameron, who during a visit to Turkey stressed that 'Gaza cannot and must not be allowed to remain a prison camp'.<ref>Ian Black and Nicholas Watt, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/27/david-cameron-israel-gaza-comments David Cameron draws fire over Gaza comments], ''The Guardian'', 27 July 2010</ref> <br />
<br />
===David Cameron CFI Speech 2009===<br />
<br />
[[David Cameron]] was the main speaker at the Conservative Friends of Israel annual lunch on the 18 June 2009.<ref>David Cameron, [http://66.102.9.132/search?q=cache:WTReLYCY-awJ:www.cfoi.co.uk/documents/200961914361_Cameron%2520speech%2520-%252018%2520June%25202009.doc+conservative+friends+of+israel+annual+lunch+david+cameron&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk SPEECH BY CONSERVATIVE PARTY LEADER DAVID CAMERON TO THE CONSERVATIVE FRIENDS OF ISRAEL ANNUAL LUNCH HELD IN LONDON ON THURSDAY 18TH JUNE 2009], Conservative Friends of Israel, 18-June-2009, Accessed 02-January-2009</ref> Cameron neglected to mention that six months prior to his speech, Israel began a 23-day bombardment of Gaza that led to the deaths of around 1,400 people including hundreds of children.<ref>Harriet Sherwood, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/dec/17/gaza-israel-invasion-children-traumatised Childhood in ruins], The Guardian, 17-December-2009, Accessed 02-January-2009</ref> Not only did David Cameron neglect to mention the “operation cast lead” bombardment of Gaza but he described how “Israel strives to protect innocent life – Hamas target innocent life”.<ref>David Cameron, [http://66.102.9.132/search?q=cache:WTReLYCY-awJ:www.cfoi.co.uk/documents/200961914361_Cameron%2520speech%2520-%252018%2520June%25202009.doc+conservative+friends+of+israel+annual+lunch+david+cameron&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk SPEECH BY CONSERVATIVE PARTY LEADER DAVID CAMERON TO THE CONSERVATIVE FRIENDS OF ISRAEL ANNUAL LUNCH HELD IN LONDON ON THURSDAY 18TH JUNE 2009], Conservative Friends of Israel, 18-June-2009, Accessed 02-January-2009</ref> The Conservative Party leader emphasised the need for the Palestinians to relinquish the use of violence arguing that:<br />
<br />
:“for the Palestinians themselves, their obligations are clear: Prove you are a reliable negotiating partner. Bring order to your own society. And renounce violence completely”.<ref>David Cameron, [http://66.102.9.132/search?q=cache:WTReLYCY-awJ:www.cfoi.co.uk/documents/200961914361_Cameron%2520speech%2520-%252018%2520June%25202009.doc+conservative+friends+of+israel+annual+lunch+david+cameron&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk SPEECH BY CONSERVATIVE PARTY LEADER DAVID CAMERON TO THE CONSERVATIVE FRIENDS OF ISRAEL ANNUAL LUNCH HELD IN LONDON ON THURSDAY 18TH JUNE 2009], Conservative Friends of Israel, 18-June-2009, Accessed 02-January-2009</ref><br />
<br />
==Lobbying Activities==<br />
<br />
===Flying Conservative parliamentary candidates to Israel===<br />
<br />
From 2006 to 2009 shows that the CFI flew over 30 Conservative parliamentary candidates to Israel on free trips,<ref name=dele>CFI, [http://www2.cfoi.co.uk/Delegations/AboutCFIDelegations/ "Delegations"], Conservative Friends of Israel, accessed on 17 December 2010</ref> sometimes with their wives where they were reportedly given access to "senior members of the Israeli political and security establishments"<ref name=obornejones>Peter Oborne and James Jones, [http://www.opendemocracy.net/ourkingdom/peter-oborne-james-jones/pro-israel-lobby-in-britain-full-text "The pro-Israel lobby in Britain: full text"], OpenDemocracy, 13 November 2009, accessed on 15 December 2010</ref> as well as a meeting with a Palestinian businessman or politician.<br />
<br />
CFI publicizes this activity in the "Delegations" section of their website and under the statement that it is CFI's aim "that delegates should return, not with all the answers but with more informed questions"<ref name=dele>CFI, [http://www2.cfoi.co.uk/Delegations/AboutCFIDelegations/ "Delegations"], Conservative Friends of Israel, accessed on 17 December 2010</ref> includes statements of appreciation from several MPs, and a prospective parliamentary candidate, Phillip Allot (Halifax), who says:<br />
<br />
:The visit has transformed my views about the conflict and I now understand why the security of Israel is so important. Anyone involved in politics should be sent on a compulsory trip to Israel before they are allowed to comment to the media, because there are so many uninformed statements made by politicians, that seem to be little more than works of fiction.<ref name=dele>CFI, [http://www2.cfoi.co.uk/Delegations/AboutCFIDelegations/ "Delegations"], Conservative Friends of Israel, accessed on 17 December 2010</ref><br />
<br />
Mr. [[David Gauke]] (South-West Hertfordshire) also revealed in 2006 during a debate about Britain's Iran Policy that he had recently been flown to Israel by CFI.<ref>BPCIF, [http://iran-freedom.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=86&Itemid=1 "David Gauke MP: Iran has an appalling record of exporting terror"], British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom, 1 February 2006, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref><br />
<br />
===Meeting with American Jewish Committee===<br />
In 2006, the [[American Jewish Committee]] (AJC) reported on a meeting with the Conservative Friends of Israel in 'an effort to strengthen AJC’s ties to British Jewry'. <br />
<br />
The AJC report states that:<br />
: 'AJC President [[E Robert Goodkind]] led a leadership delegation to London to meet with the [[Board of Deputies of British Jews]], the main community organizing body for British Jews, as well as with the [[Community Service Trust]] and the newly formed [[Jewish Leadership Council]]. The group also met with British Chief Rabbi [[Jonathan Sacks]], longtime Jewish community leaders Lord [[Greville Janner]] and Sir [[Trevor Chinn]], and with leadership from the Reform, Liberal and [[Conservative Masorti]] movements. In addition, the group held meetings with those Members of Parliament who initiated a serious parliamentary investigation of anti-Semitism, and with younger leaders of [[Conservative Friends of Israel]] and [[Labour Friends of Israel]]. AJC Board members [[Stanley Bergman]] and [[Peter Rosenblatt]] joined Goodkind on the mission.<ref>American Jewish Committee. [http://www.ajc.org/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=ijITI2PHKoG&b=3121957&ct=4278125 London Jewish Community Greets AJC President] Update 236, 20th December 2006. Accessed 21st August 2008</ref><br />
<br />
===Donations===<br />
<br />
According to ''Inside Britain’s Israel Lobby'',<ref name=pg>People's Geography, [http://peoplesgeography.com/2009/11/17/inside-britains-israel-lobby-full-episode/ "Inside Britain’s Israel Lobby – Dispatches"], People's Geography, 17 November 2009</ref> CFI board members made personal donations totaling tens of thousands of pounds to [[William Hague]] after he was appointed shadow foreign secretary.<br />
<br />
Ian Black of the ''Guardian'' also notes that the film reveals £30,000 from CFI supporters went to the campaign funds of members of David Cameron's team who were first elected in 2005.<ref name=bankrolling>Ian Black, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/nov/16/pro-israel-lobby-conservatives-channel4-dispatches "Pro-Israel lobby group bankrolling Tories, film claims"], ''Guardian,'' 16 November 2009, accessed on 19 December 2010</ref><br />
<br />
==Conservative Friends of Israel/BICOM Links==<br />
<br />
According to Peter Oborne:<br />
<br />
:Despite the [[Conservative Friends of Israel]] and BICOM not formally merging there is a huge amount of co-ordination. Many of BICOM’s key figures also play roles in the CFI: [[Trevor Pears]], [[Michael Lewis]] and [[Poju Zabludowicz]] are driving forces behind both lobbies. [[David Cameron]] also accepted £20,000 from [[Trevor Pears]] in his leadership election.<ref>Peter Oborne & James Jones, [http://www.opendemocracy.net/ourkingdom/peter-oborne-james-jones/pro-israel-lobby-in-britain-full-text Inside Britain's Israel Lobby], 13-November-2009, Accessed 03-January-2009</ref><br />
<br />
==People==<br />
===Parliamentary Group===<br />
*[[James Arbuthnot]] MP, Chairman<br />
*[[Gillian Shephard]] MP, President<br />
*[[John Butterfill]] MP, co-Vice Chairman<br />
*[[James Clappison]] MP, co-Vice Chairman<br />
*[[Nick Hawkins]] MP, Treasurer<br />
*[[David Amess]] MP, Secretary<br />
*[[Timothy Kirkhope]] MEP, Chairman of CFI Europe<br />
*[[Liam Fox]]<ref>Nissan Ratzlav-Katz, [http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/112986 Conservative Friends of Israel at UK Political Conference], Arutz Sheva, 22 January 2008.</ref><br />
*[[Tobias Ellwood]]<ref>Nissan Ratzlav-Katz, ibid.</ref><br />
<br />
===Officers Of CFI=== <br />
====Vice Chairmen==== <br />
*[[Jeremy Galbraith]] | [[Betty Geller]] | [[John Taylor]] CBE | [[Alistair Burt]] MP, <ref> Etgar Lefkovits, [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1225910067025&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull UK MPs call for Europe-wide campaign to pressure Red Cross concerning Schalit], Jerusalem Post, 9 November 2008.</ref><br />
<br />
====Hon Secretaries====<br />
*[[Stanley Cohen]] | [[Michael Heller]]<br />
<br />
====Vice Presidents====<br />
*[[Lord Lane of Horsell]] | [[Michael Latham]] DL | [[Timothy Sainsbury]] | [[Lord Sanderson of Bowden]] | [[Lord Steinberg]] | [[Lord Thomas of Gwydir]] QC<br />
<br />
===CFI Executive Board===<br />
*Chairman: [[Richard Harrington]]<br />
*Hon Treasurer:[[Richard Harrington]]<br />
*[[Lance Anisfeld]]<br />
*[[Jonathan Gough]]<br />
*[[Alan Howard]] was listed as an executive board member in 2007<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20070808054621/http://www.cfoi.co.uk/articles.aspx?cid=1 About Us], CFI website, version dated 8 Aug 2007, accessed in web archive 7 Oct 2009</ref> and 2008<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20080506170446/http://www.cfoi.co.uk/articles.aspx?cid=1 About Us], CFI website, version dated 6 May 2008, accessed in web archive 7 Oct 2009</ref><br />
*[[Andrew Heller]]<br />
*[[Howard Leigh]]<br />
*[[Stephen Massey]]<br />
*[[David Meller]]<br />
*[[Jonathan Metliss]]<br />
*[[Barry Welck]]<br />
<br />
===CFI Staff 2010=== <br />
<br />
*Accessed December 2010<ref>CFI, [http://www2.cfoi.co.uk/AboutCFI/ "About CFI"], Conservative Friends of Israel, accessed on 15 December 2010</ref><br />
<br />
*[[Stuart Polak]] - Director, (1989 - )<ref name=jc>Jewish Chronicle, [http://www.thejc.com/jc-power-100/the-jc-power-100-numbers-81-90 "The JC Power 100: Numbers 81 - 90"], Jewish Chronicle, 5 September 2008, accessed on 16 December 2010</ref><br />
*[[Nathalie Tamam]] - Political Director<br />
*[[Stephanie Leven]] - Projects Director<br />
*[[James Gurd]] - Parliamentary Officer<br />
*[[Leetal Stark]] - Projects Assistant<br />
<br />
===CFI Staff=== <br />
*Director: [[Stuart Polak]] <br />
*Projects Director: [[Stephanie Leven]] <br />
*Political Director: [[Robert Halfon]] <br />
*Research Manager: [[Victoria Kluk]] <br />
*Secretary: [[Julie Tamir]] <br />
*Membership Secretary: [[Charlotte Polak]]<br />
<br />
===Interns 2010===<br />
<br />
*Source: CFI Blogs<ref>CFI, [http://www2.cfoi.co.uk/Blogs/ "Blogs"], Conservative Friends of Israel, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref><br />
<br />
*[[Benjamin Jackson]]<br />
*[[Matthew Schulz]]<br />
*[[Lucy Abrahams]]<br />
*[[Alex Nyman]]<br />
*[[Sophie Bollag]]<br />
<br />
==Contact==<br />
*'''Address:''' 45B Westbourne Terrace, London W2 3UR<br />
*'''Tel:''' 020-7262 2493<br />
*'''Fax:''' 020-7224 8941<br />
*'''E-mail:''' info@cfoi.co.uk<br />
*'''Website:''' http://www.cfoi.co.uk<br />
*'''Blogs:''' http://www2.cfoi.co.uk/Blogs/<br />
<br />
==Notes==<br />
<references/><br />
[[Category:Israel Lobby]][[Category:Conservative Party]]</div>Jasmin Ramseyhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Conservative_Friends_of_Israel&diff=144384Conservative Friends of Israel2010-12-22T22:34:06Z<p>Jasmin Ramsey: /* Contact */</p>
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<div>Conservative Friends of Israel (CFI) is one of the most active lobby groups in Westminster; 80 per cent of all Conservative MPs are members,<ref>Peter Oborne, Inside Britain’s Israel Lobby, ''Channel 4 Dispatches'', 16-November-2009, Viewed 02-January-2010</ref> though compared with other British lobbies the group has so far received little press coverage.<ref name=obornejones>Peter Oborne and James Jones, [http://www.opendemocracy.net/ourkingdom/peter-oborne-james-jones/pro-israel-lobby-in-britain-full-text "The pro-Israel lobby in Britain: full text"], OpenDemocracy, 13 November 2009, accessed on 15 December 2010</ref> According to a 2009 documentary on Channel Four’s Dispatches program called ''Inside Britain’s Israel Lobby'',<ref name=pg>People's Geography, [http://peoplesgeography.com/2009/11/17/inside-britains-israel-lobby-full-episode/ "Inside Britain’s Israel Lobby – Dispatches"], People's Geography, 17 November 2009</ref> donations to the Conservative party "from all CFI members and their businesses add up to well over £10m over the last eight years". CFI has disputed the figure and called the film "deeply flawed".<ref name=bankrolling>Ian Black, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/nov/16/pro-israel-lobby-conservatives-channel4-dispatches "Pro-Israel lobby group bankrolling Tories, film claims"], ''Guardian,'' 16 November 2009, accessed on 19 December 2010</ref><br />
<br />
==Parliamentary Donations==<br />
<br />
CFI operates as an "unincorporated association", which according to Peter Oborne means:<br />
<br />
:It is a collection of individuals who don’t need to open their books, it may be legal but it’s hardly transparent.<ref>Peter Oborne, Inside Britain's Israel Lobby, ''Channel 4 Dispatches'', Aired 16-November-2009, Viewed 03-January-2010</ref><br />
<br />
Peter Oborne argues that there is a pattern of donations from CFI: <br />
<br />
:On studying donations to Conservative Constituency offices before the 2005 election a pattern emerges. A group of donors, all with strong connections to pro-Israel groups, (almost all are on the board of the CFI) made donations of between £2,000 and £5,000 either personally or through their companies to the constituency offices of certain Conservative candidates. The donors involved include [[Trevor Pears]], a property magnate, who has sat on the [[BICOM]] board, used to sit on the CFI board, and has donated to [[David Cameron]] in the past; Lord [[Leonard Steinberg]], vice- president of Conservative Friends of Israel and sponsor of [[Stuart Polak]] in parliament; [[Michael Lewis]], a South African businessman and deputy chairman of [[BICOM]] who was formerly on the Board of CFI; three or four other prominent members of the CFI. <br />
<br />
:The method of donation – medium-sized sums to constituency offices often through companies rather than personal names – means that connections to the CFI or other pro-Israel group are by no means obvious. These donors may never have met the candidates, nor stepped foot, let alone actually live, in the constituency, but were happy to make donations. All candidates in these constituencies either won the seat or came close. Interestingly, in constituencies where the Conservative candidate stood little chance, the CFI made the £2,000 donation themselves. <br />
<br />
:The Tory MPs fighting parliamentary seats in 2005 whose campaigns were funded by these donors included [[Ed Vaizey]], shadow minister for culture, media and sport; [[Greg Hands]], shadow treasury minister; [[Michael Gove]], shadow education secretary; [[Brooks Newmark]], opposition foreign affairs whip; [[Shailesh Vara]], shadow deputy leader of the Commons; [[Grant Shapps]], shadow minister for housing; [[Adam Holloway]] MP. <br />
<br />
:Many of them then went on a CFI trip to Israel in 2006, although [[Michael Gove]] - whose polemic Celsius 7/7 comes free with CFI membership - has never been to Israel. Most have been supportive of Israel in speeches to parliament and none have been overtly critical. There is also a suggestion that some members of the CFI target MPs who are critical of Israel. For instance [[Karen Buck]], the Labour MP for Regent’s Park and Kensington North, has been an outspoken critic. Her Conservative opponent [[Joanne Cash]], who works for the think tank [[Policy Exchange]], has received cheques cumulatively worth at least £20,000.<ref>Peter Oborne, [http://66.102.9.132/search?q=cache:QY1rlNdZlQ0J:www.channel4.com/culture/microsites/D/dispatches/israel/proisraellobbypamphlet.pdf+CFI+made+donations+to+%5B%5BEd+Vaizey%5D%5D,+%5B%5BShailesh+Vara%5D%5D,+%5B%5BMichael+Gove%5D%5D,+%5B%5BGreg+Hands%5D%5D,+%5B%5BGrant+Chaps%5D%5D,+%5B%5BBrooks+Newmark%5D%5D.&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk Pro Israel Lobby Pamphlet], Channel 4 Dispatches, 16-November-2009, Accessed 03-January-2009</ref><br />
<br />
==Relations with David Cameron==<br />
According to a report in the ''Jewish Chronicle'':<br />
:a small but influential group of Jewish Conservative officials and politicians were... key players in Mr Cameron’s campaign for the leadership. Among them was party treasurer [[Howard Leigh]]. Other senior figures around the leader include [[Oliver Letwin]], head of policy [and] former shadow Home Secretary and shadow Chancellor. Although he is popular with Jewish Tories, Mr Cameron’s criticism of Israel’s actions in Lebanon sparked doubts – voiced particularly by Tory donor and former party treasurer Lord Kalms. However, Conservative Friends of Israel chair [[Richard Harrington]] stressed that the leader had given CFI “every possible access” and had met CFI officials several times.<ref>Bernard Josephs and Leon Symons, [http://archive.thejc.com/search/pagedetail.jsp?origin=16&gofrom=null&goto=null&issue=OCTOBER%2013%202006&refno=/archive/output/2006/2006_1013_03C.gif&pgn=03 Special report: Team Cameron’s big Jewish backers], ''The Jewish Chronicle'', 13 October 2006, p. 3</ref><br />
<br />
In July 2010, CFI took issue with Cameron, who during a visit to Turkey stressed that 'Gaza cannot and must not be allowed to remain a prison camp'.<ref>Ian Black and Nicholas Watt, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/27/david-cameron-israel-gaza-comments David Cameron draws fire over Gaza comments], ''The Guardian'', 27 July 2010</ref> <br />
<br />
===David Cameron CFI Speech 2009===<br />
<br />
[[David Cameron]] was the main speaker at the Conservative Friends of Israel annual lunch on the 18 June 2009.<ref>David Cameron, [http://66.102.9.132/search?q=cache:WTReLYCY-awJ:www.cfoi.co.uk/documents/200961914361_Cameron%2520speech%2520-%252018%2520June%25202009.doc+conservative+friends+of+israel+annual+lunch+david+cameron&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk SPEECH BY CONSERVATIVE PARTY LEADER DAVID CAMERON TO THE CONSERVATIVE FRIENDS OF ISRAEL ANNUAL LUNCH HELD IN LONDON ON THURSDAY 18TH JUNE 2009], Conservative Friends of Israel, 18-June-2009, Accessed 02-January-2009</ref> Cameron neglected to mention that six months prior to his speech, Israel began a 23-day bombardment of Gaza that led to the deaths of around 1,400 people including hundreds of children.<ref>Harriet Sherwood, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/dec/17/gaza-israel-invasion-children-traumatised Childhood in ruins], The Guardian, 17-December-2009, Accessed 02-January-2009</ref> Not only did David Cameron neglect to mention the “operation cast lead” bombardment of Gaza but he described how “Israel strives to protect innocent life – Hamas target innocent life”.<ref>David Cameron, [http://66.102.9.132/search?q=cache:WTReLYCY-awJ:www.cfoi.co.uk/documents/200961914361_Cameron%2520speech%2520-%252018%2520June%25202009.doc+conservative+friends+of+israel+annual+lunch+david+cameron&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk SPEECH BY CONSERVATIVE PARTY LEADER DAVID CAMERON TO THE CONSERVATIVE FRIENDS OF ISRAEL ANNUAL LUNCH HELD IN LONDON ON THURSDAY 18TH JUNE 2009], Conservative Friends of Israel, 18-June-2009, Accessed 02-January-2009</ref> The Conservative Party leader emphasised the need for the Palestinians to relinquish the use of violence arguing that:<br />
<br />
:“for the Palestinians themselves, their obligations are clear: Prove you are a reliable negotiating partner. Bring order to your own society. And renounce violence completely”.<ref>David Cameron, [http://66.102.9.132/search?q=cache:WTReLYCY-awJ:www.cfoi.co.uk/documents/200961914361_Cameron%2520speech%2520-%252018%2520June%25202009.doc+conservative+friends+of+israel+annual+lunch+david+cameron&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk SPEECH BY CONSERVATIVE PARTY LEADER DAVID CAMERON TO THE CONSERVATIVE FRIENDS OF ISRAEL ANNUAL LUNCH HELD IN LONDON ON THURSDAY 18TH JUNE 2009], Conservative Friends of Israel, 18-June-2009, Accessed 02-January-2009</ref><br />
<br />
==Lobbying Activities==<br />
<br />
===Flying Conservative parliamentary candidates to Israel===<br />
<br />
From 2006 to 2009 shows that the CFI flew over 30 Conservative parliamentary candidates to Israel on free trips,<ref name=dele>CFI, [http://www2.cfoi.co.uk/Delegations/AboutCFIDelegations/ "Delegations"], Conservative Friends of Israel, accessed on 17 December 2010</ref> sometimes with their wives where they were reportedly given access to "senior members of the Israeli political and security establishments"<ref name=obornejones>Peter Oborne and James Jones, [http://www.opendemocracy.net/ourkingdom/peter-oborne-james-jones/pro-israel-lobby-in-britain-full-text "The pro-Israel lobby in Britain: full text"], OpenDemocracy, 13 November 2009, accessed on 15 December 2010</ref> as well as a meeting with a Palestinian businessman or politician.<br />
<br />
CFI publicizes this activity in the "Delegations" section of their website and under the statement that it is CFI's aim "that delegates should return, not with all the answers but with more informed questions"<ref name=dele>CFI, [http://www2.cfoi.co.uk/Delegations/AboutCFIDelegations/ "Delegations"], Conservative Friends of Israel, accessed on 17 December 2010</ref> includes statements of appreciation from several MPs, and a prospective parliamentary candidate, Phillip Allot (Halifax), who says:<br />
<br />
:The visit has transformed my views about the conflict and I now understand why the security of Israel is so important. Anyone involved in politics should be sent on a compulsory trip to Israel before they are allowed to comment to the media, because there are so many uninformed statements made by politicians, that seem to be little more than works of fiction.<ref name=dele>CFI, [http://www2.cfoi.co.uk/Delegations/AboutCFIDelegations/ "Delegations"], Conservative Friends of Israel, accessed on 17 December 2010</ref><br />
<br />
Mr. [[David Gauke]] (South-West Hertfordshire) also revealed in 2006 during a debate about Britain's Iran Policy that he had recently been flown to Israel by CFI.<ref>BPCIF, [http://iran-freedom.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=86&Itemid=1 "David Gauke MP: Iran has an appalling record of exporting terror"], British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom, 1 February 2006, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref><br />
<br />
===Meeting with American Jewish Committee===<br />
In 2006, the [[American Jewish Committee]] (AJC) reported on a meeting with the Conservative Friends of Israel in 'an effort to strengthen AJC’s ties to British Jewry'. <br />
<br />
The AJC report states that:<br />
: 'AJC President [[E Robert Goodkind]] led a leadership delegation to London to meet with the [[Board of Deputies of British Jews]], the main community organizing body for British Jews, as well as with the [[Community Service Trust]] and the newly formed [[Jewish Leadership Council]]. The group also met with British Chief Rabbi [[Jonathan Sacks]], longtime Jewish community leaders Lord [[Greville Janner]] and Sir [[Trevor Chinn]], and with leadership from the Reform, Liberal and [[Conservative Masorti]] movements. In addition, the group held meetings with those Members of Parliament who initiated a serious parliamentary investigation of anti-Semitism, and with younger leaders of [[Conservative Friends of Israel]] and [[Labour Friends of Israel]]. AJC Board members [[Stanley Bergman]] and [[Peter Rosenblatt]] joined Goodkind on the mission.<ref>American Jewish Committee. [http://www.ajc.org/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=ijITI2PHKoG&b=3121957&ct=4278125 London Jewish Community Greets AJC President] Update 236, 20th December 2006. Accessed 21st August 2008</ref><br />
<br />
===Donations===<br />
<br />
According to ''Inside Britain’s Israel Lobby'',<ref name=pg>People's Geography, [http://peoplesgeography.com/2009/11/17/inside-britains-israel-lobby-full-episode/ "Inside Britain’s Israel Lobby – Dispatches"], People's Geography, 17 November 2009</ref> CFI board members made personal donations totaling tens of thousands of pounds to [[William Hague]] after he was appointed shadow foreign secretary.<br />
<br />
Ian Black of the ''Guardian'' also notes that the film reveals £30,000 from CFI supporters went to the campaign funds of members of David Cameron's team who were first elected in 2005.<ref name=bankrolling>Ian Black, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/nov/16/pro-israel-lobby-conservatives-channel4-dispatches "Pro-Israel lobby group bankrolling Tories, film claims"], ''Guardian,'' 16 November 2009, accessed on 19 December 2010</ref><br />
<br />
==Conservative Friends of Israel/BICOM Links==<br />
<br />
According to Peter Oborne:<br />
<br />
:Despite the [[Conservative Friends of Israel]] and BICOM not formally merging there is a huge amount of co-ordination. Many of BICOM’s key figures also play roles in the CFI: [[Trevor Pears]], [[Michael Lewis]] and [[Poju Zabludowicz]] are driving forces behind both lobbies. [[David Cameron]] also accepted £20,000 from [[Trevor Pears]] in his leadership election.<ref>Peter Oborne & James Jones, [http://www.opendemocracy.net/ourkingdom/peter-oborne-james-jones/pro-israel-lobby-in-britain-full-text Inside Britain's Israel Lobby], 13-November-2009, Accessed 03-January-2009</ref><br />
<br />
==People==<br />
===Parliamentary Group===<br />
*[[James Arbuthnot]] MP, Chairman<br />
*[[Gillian Shephard]] MP, President<br />
*[[John Butterfill]] MP, co-Vice Chairman<br />
*[[James Clappison]] MP, co-Vice Chairman<br />
*[[Nick Hawkins]] MP, Treasurer<br />
*[[David Amess]] MP, Secretary<br />
*[[Timothy Kirkhope]] MEP, Chairman of CFI Europe<br />
*[[Liam Fox]]<ref>Nissan Ratzlav-Katz, [http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/112986 Conservative Friends of Israel at UK Political Conference], Arutz Sheva, 22 January 2008.</ref><br />
*[[Tobias Ellwood]]<ref>Nissan Ratzlav-Katz, ibid.</ref><br />
<br />
===Officers Of CFI=== <br />
====Vice Chairmen==== <br />
*[[Jeremy Galbraith]] | [[Betty Geller]] | [[John Taylor]] CBE | [[Alistair Burt]] MP, <ref> Etgar Lefkovits, [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1225910067025&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull UK MPs call for Europe-wide campaign to pressure Red Cross concerning Schalit], Jerusalem Post, 9 November 2008.</ref><br />
<br />
====Hon Secretaries====<br />
*[[Stanley Cohen]] | [[Michael Heller]]<br />
<br />
====Vice Presidents====<br />
*[[Lord Lane of Horsell]] | [[Michael Latham]] DL | [[Timothy Sainsbury]] | [[Lord Sanderson of Bowden]] | [[Lord Steinberg]] | [[Lord Thomas of Gwydir]] QC<br />
<br />
===CFI Executive Board===<br />
*Chairman: [[Richard Harrington]]<br />
*Hon Treasurer:[[Richard Harrington]]<br />
*[[Lance Anisfeld]]<br />
*[[Jonathan Gough]]<br />
*[[Alan Howard]] was listed as an executive board member in 2007<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20070808054621/http://www.cfoi.co.uk/articles.aspx?cid=1 About Us], CFI website, version dated 8 Aug 2007, accessed in web archive 7 Oct 2009</ref> and 2008<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20080506170446/http://www.cfoi.co.uk/articles.aspx?cid=1 About Us], CFI website, version dated 6 May 2008, accessed in web archive 7 Oct 2009</ref><br />
*[[Andrew Heller]]<br />
*[[Howard Leigh]]<br />
*[[Stephen Massey]]<br />
*[[David Meller]]<br />
*[[Jonathan Metliss]]<br />
*[[Barry Welck]]<br />
<br />
===CFI Staff 2010=== <br />
<br />
*Accessed December 2010<ref>CFI, [http://www2.cfoi.co.uk/AboutCFI/ "About CFI"], Conservative Friends of Israel, accessed on 15 December 2010</ref><br />
<br />
*[[Stuart Polak]] - Director, (1989 - )<ref name=jc>Jewish Chronicle, [http://www.thejc.com/jc-power-100/the-jc-power-100-numbers-81-90 "The JC Power 100: Numbers 81 - 90"], Jewish Chronicle, 5 September 2008, accessed on 16 December 2010</ref><br />
*[[Nathalie Tamam]] - Political Director<br />
*[[Stephanie Leven]] - Projects Director<br />
*[[James Gurd]] - Parliamentary Officer<br />
*[[Leetal Stark]] - Projects Assistant<br />
<br />
===CFI Staff=== <br />
*Director: [[Stuart Polak]] <br />
*Projects Director: [[Stephanie Leven]] <br />
*Political Director: [[Robert Halfon]] <br />
*Research Manager: [[Victoria Kluk]] <br />
*Secretary: [[Julie Tamir]] <br />
*Membership Secretary: [[Charlotte Polak]]<br />
<br />
==Contact==<br />
*'''Address:''' 45B Westbourne Terrace, London W2 3UR<br />
*'''Tel:''' 020-7262 2493<br />
*'''Fax:''' 020-7224 8941<br />
*'''E-mail:''' info@cfoi.co.uk<br />
*'''Website:''' http://www.cfoi.co.uk<br />
*'''Blogs:''' http://www2.cfoi.co.uk/Blogs/<br />
<br />
==Notes==<br />
<references/><br />
[[Category:Israel Lobby]][[Category:Conservative Party]]</div>Jasmin Ramseyhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Conservative_Friends_of_Israel&diff=144383Conservative Friends of Israel2010-12-22T22:33:38Z<p>Jasmin Ramsey: /* Contact */</p>
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<div>Conservative Friends of Israel (CFI) is one of the most active lobby groups in Westminster; 80 per cent of all Conservative MPs are members,<ref>Peter Oborne, Inside Britain’s Israel Lobby, ''Channel 4 Dispatches'', 16-November-2009, Viewed 02-January-2010</ref> though compared with other British lobbies the group has so far received little press coverage.<ref name=obornejones>Peter Oborne and James Jones, [http://www.opendemocracy.net/ourkingdom/peter-oborne-james-jones/pro-israel-lobby-in-britain-full-text "The pro-Israel lobby in Britain: full text"], OpenDemocracy, 13 November 2009, accessed on 15 December 2010</ref> According to a 2009 documentary on Channel Four’s Dispatches program called ''Inside Britain’s Israel Lobby'',<ref name=pg>People's Geography, [http://peoplesgeography.com/2009/11/17/inside-britains-israel-lobby-full-episode/ "Inside Britain’s Israel Lobby – Dispatches"], People's Geography, 17 November 2009</ref> donations to the Conservative party "from all CFI members and their businesses add up to well over £10m over the last eight years". CFI has disputed the figure and called the film "deeply flawed".<ref name=bankrolling>Ian Black, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/nov/16/pro-israel-lobby-conservatives-channel4-dispatches "Pro-Israel lobby group bankrolling Tories, film claims"], ''Guardian,'' 16 November 2009, accessed on 19 December 2010</ref><br />
<br />
==Parliamentary Donations==<br />
<br />
CFI operates as an "unincorporated association", which according to Peter Oborne means:<br />
<br />
:It is a collection of individuals who don’t need to open their books, it may be legal but it’s hardly transparent.<ref>Peter Oborne, Inside Britain's Israel Lobby, ''Channel 4 Dispatches'', Aired 16-November-2009, Viewed 03-January-2010</ref><br />
<br />
Peter Oborne argues that there is a pattern of donations from CFI: <br />
<br />
:On studying donations to Conservative Constituency offices before the 2005 election a pattern emerges. A group of donors, all with strong connections to pro-Israel groups, (almost all are on the board of the CFI) made donations of between £2,000 and £5,000 either personally or through their companies to the constituency offices of certain Conservative candidates. The donors involved include [[Trevor Pears]], a property magnate, who has sat on the [[BICOM]] board, used to sit on the CFI board, and has donated to [[David Cameron]] in the past; Lord [[Leonard Steinberg]], vice- president of Conservative Friends of Israel and sponsor of [[Stuart Polak]] in parliament; [[Michael Lewis]], a South African businessman and deputy chairman of [[BICOM]] who was formerly on the Board of CFI; three or four other prominent members of the CFI. <br />
<br />
:The method of donation – medium-sized sums to constituency offices often through companies rather than personal names – means that connections to the CFI or other pro-Israel group are by no means obvious. These donors may never have met the candidates, nor stepped foot, let alone actually live, in the constituency, but were happy to make donations. All candidates in these constituencies either won the seat or came close. Interestingly, in constituencies where the Conservative candidate stood little chance, the CFI made the £2,000 donation themselves. <br />
<br />
:The Tory MPs fighting parliamentary seats in 2005 whose campaigns were funded by these donors included [[Ed Vaizey]], shadow minister for culture, media and sport; [[Greg Hands]], shadow treasury minister; [[Michael Gove]], shadow education secretary; [[Brooks Newmark]], opposition foreign affairs whip; [[Shailesh Vara]], shadow deputy leader of the Commons; [[Grant Shapps]], shadow minister for housing; [[Adam Holloway]] MP. <br />
<br />
:Many of them then went on a CFI trip to Israel in 2006, although [[Michael Gove]] - whose polemic Celsius 7/7 comes free with CFI membership - has never been to Israel. Most have been supportive of Israel in speeches to parliament and none have been overtly critical. There is also a suggestion that some members of the CFI target MPs who are critical of Israel. For instance [[Karen Buck]], the Labour MP for Regent’s Park and Kensington North, has been an outspoken critic. Her Conservative opponent [[Joanne Cash]], who works for the think tank [[Policy Exchange]], has received cheques cumulatively worth at least £20,000.<ref>Peter Oborne, [http://66.102.9.132/search?q=cache:QY1rlNdZlQ0J:www.channel4.com/culture/microsites/D/dispatches/israel/proisraellobbypamphlet.pdf+CFI+made+donations+to+%5B%5BEd+Vaizey%5D%5D,+%5B%5BShailesh+Vara%5D%5D,+%5B%5BMichael+Gove%5D%5D,+%5B%5BGreg+Hands%5D%5D,+%5B%5BGrant+Chaps%5D%5D,+%5B%5BBrooks+Newmark%5D%5D.&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk Pro Israel Lobby Pamphlet], Channel 4 Dispatches, 16-November-2009, Accessed 03-January-2009</ref><br />
<br />
==Relations with David Cameron==<br />
According to a report in the ''Jewish Chronicle'':<br />
:a small but influential group of Jewish Conservative officials and politicians were... key players in Mr Cameron’s campaign for the leadership. Among them was party treasurer [[Howard Leigh]]. Other senior figures around the leader include [[Oliver Letwin]], head of policy [and] former shadow Home Secretary and shadow Chancellor. Although he is popular with Jewish Tories, Mr Cameron’s criticism of Israel’s actions in Lebanon sparked doubts – voiced particularly by Tory donor and former party treasurer Lord Kalms. However, Conservative Friends of Israel chair [[Richard Harrington]] stressed that the leader had given CFI “every possible access” and had met CFI officials several times.<ref>Bernard Josephs and Leon Symons, [http://archive.thejc.com/search/pagedetail.jsp?origin=16&gofrom=null&goto=null&issue=OCTOBER%2013%202006&refno=/archive/output/2006/2006_1013_03C.gif&pgn=03 Special report: Team Cameron’s big Jewish backers], ''The Jewish Chronicle'', 13 October 2006, p. 3</ref><br />
<br />
In July 2010, CFI took issue with Cameron, who during a visit to Turkey stressed that 'Gaza cannot and must not be allowed to remain a prison camp'.<ref>Ian Black and Nicholas Watt, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/27/david-cameron-israel-gaza-comments David Cameron draws fire over Gaza comments], ''The Guardian'', 27 July 2010</ref> <br />
<br />
===David Cameron CFI Speech 2009===<br />
<br />
[[David Cameron]] was the main speaker at the Conservative Friends of Israel annual lunch on the 18 June 2009.<ref>David Cameron, [http://66.102.9.132/search?q=cache:WTReLYCY-awJ:www.cfoi.co.uk/documents/200961914361_Cameron%2520speech%2520-%252018%2520June%25202009.doc+conservative+friends+of+israel+annual+lunch+david+cameron&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk SPEECH BY CONSERVATIVE PARTY LEADER DAVID CAMERON TO THE CONSERVATIVE FRIENDS OF ISRAEL ANNUAL LUNCH HELD IN LONDON ON THURSDAY 18TH JUNE 2009], Conservative Friends of Israel, 18-June-2009, Accessed 02-January-2009</ref> Cameron neglected to mention that six months prior to his speech, Israel began a 23-day bombardment of Gaza that led to the deaths of around 1,400 people including hundreds of children.<ref>Harriet Sherwood, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/dec/17/gaza-israel-invasion-children-traumatised Childhood in ruins], The Guardian, 17-December-2009, Accessed 02-January-2009</ref> Not only did David Cameron neglect to mention the “operation cast lead” bombardment of Gaza but he described how “Israel strives to protect innocent life – Hamas target innocent life”.<ref>David Cameron, [http://66.102.9.132/search?q=cache:WTReLYCY-awJ:www.cfoi.co.uk/documents/200961914361_Cameron%2520speech%2520-%252018%2520June%25202009.doc+conservative+friends+of+israel+annual+lunch+david+cameron&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk SPEECH BY CONSERVATIVE PARTY LEADER DAVID CAMERON TO THE CONSERVATIVE FRIENDS OF ISRAEL ANNUAL LUNCH HELD IN LONDON ON THURSDAY 18TH JUNE 2009], Conservative Friends of Israel, 18-June-2009, Accessed 02-January-2009</ref> The Conservative Party leader emphasised the need for the Palestinians to relinquish the use of violence arguing that:<br />
<br />
:“for the Palestinians themselves, their obligations are clear: Prove you are a reliable negotiating partner. Bring order to your own society. And renounce violence completely”.<ref>David Cameron, [http://66.102.9.132/search?q=cache:WTReLYCY-awJ:www.cfoi.co.uk/documents/200961914361_Cameron%2520speech%2520-%252018%2520June%25202009.doc+conservative+friends+of+israel+annual+lunch+david+cameron&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk SPEECH BY CONSERVATIVE PARTY LEADER DAVID CAMERON TO THE CONSERVATIVE FRIENDS OF ISRAEL ANNUAL LUNCH HELD IN LONDON ON THURSDAY 18TH JUNE 2009], Conservative Friends of Israel, 18-June-2009, Accessed 02-January-2009</ref><br />
<br />
==Lobbying Activities==<br />
<br />
===Flying Conservative parliamentary candidates to Israel===<br />
<br />
From 2006 to 2009 shows that the CFI flew over 30 Conservative parliamentary candidates to Israel on free trips,<ref name=dele>CFI, [http://www2.cfoi.co.uk/Delegations/AboutCFIDelegations/ "Delegations"], Conservative Friends of Israel, accessed on 17 December 2010</ref> sometimes with their wives where they were reportedly given access to "senior members of the Israeli political and security establishments"<ref name=obornejones>Peter Oborne and James Jones, [http://www.opendemocracy.net/ourkingdom/peter-oborne-james-jones/pro-israel-lobby-in-britain-full-text "The pro-Israel lobby in Britain: full text"], OpenDemocracy, 13 November 2009, accessed on 15 December 2010</ref> as well as a meeting with a Palestinian businessman or politician.<br />
<br />
CFI publicizes this activity in the "Delegations" section of their website and under the statement that it is CFI's aim "that delegates should return, not with all the answers but with more informed questions"<ref name=dele>CFI, [http://www2.cfoi.co.uk/Delegations/AboutCFIDelegations/ "Delegations"], Conservative Friends of Israel, accessed on 17 December 2010</ref> includes statements of appreciation from several MPs, and a prospective parliamentary candidate, Phillip Allot (Halifax), who says:<br />
<br />
:The visit has transformed my views about the conflict and I now understand why the security of Israel is so important. Anyone involved in politics should be sent on a compulsory trip to Israel before they are allowed to comment to the media, because there are so many uninformed statements made by politicians, that seem to be little more than works of fiction.<ref name=dele>CFI, [http://www2.cfoi.co.uk/Delegations/AboutCFIDelegations/ "Delegations"], Conservative Friends of Israel, accessed on 17 December 2010</ref><br />
<br />
Mr. [[David Gauke]] (South-West Hertfordshire) also revealed in 2006 during a debate about Britain's Iran Policy that he had recently been flown to Israel by CFI.<ref>BPCIF, [http://iran-freedom.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=86&Itemid=1 "David Gauke MP: Iran has an appalling record of exporting terror"], British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom, 1 February 2006, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref><br />
<br />
===Meeting with American Jewish Committee===<br />
In 2006, the [[American Jewish Committee]] (AJC) reported on a meeting with the Conservative Friends of Israel in 'an effort to strengthen AJC’s ties to British Jewry'. <br />
<br />
The AJC report states that:<br />
: 'AJC President [[E Robert Goodkind]] led a leadership delegation to London to meet with the [[Board of Deputies of British Jews]], the main community organizing body for British Jews, as well as with the [[Community Service Trust]] and the newly formed [[Jewish Leadership Council]]. The group also met with British Chief Rabbi [[Jonathan Sacks]], longtime Jewish community leaders Lord [[Greville Janner]] and Sir [[Trevor Chinn]], and with leadership from the Reform, Liberal and [[Conservative Masorti]] movements. In addition, the group held meetings with those Members of Parliament who initiated a serious parliamentary investigation of anti-Semitism, and with younger leaders of [[Conservative Friends of Israel]] and [[Labour Friends of Israel]]. AJC Board members [[Stanley Bergman]] and [[Peter Rosenblatt]] joined Goodkind on the mission.<ref>American Jewish Committee. [http://www.ajc.org/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=ijITI2PHKoG&b=3121957&ct=4278125 London Jewish Community Greets AJC President] Update 236, 20th December 2006. Accessed 21st August 2008</ref><br />
<br />
===Donations===<br />
<br />
According to ''Inside Britain’s Israel Lobby'',<ref name=pg>People's Geography, [http://peoplesgeography.com/2009/11/17/inside-britains-israel-lobby-full-episode/ "Inside Britain’s Israel Lobby – Dispatches"], People's Geography, 17 November 2009</ref> CFI board members made personal donations totaling tens of thousands of pounds to [[William Hague]] after he was appointed shadow foreign secretary.<br />
<br />
Ian Black of the ''Guardian'' also notes that the film reveals £30,000 from CFI supporters went to the campaign funds of members of David Cameron's team who were first elected in 2005.<ref name=bankrolling>Ian Black, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/nov/16/pro-israel-lobby-conservatives-channel4-dispatches "Pro-Israel lobby group bankrolling Tories, film claims"], ''Guardian,'' 16 November 2009, accessed on 19 December 2010</ref><br />
<br />
==Conservative Friends of Israel/BICOM Links==<br />
<br />
According to Peter Oborne:<br />
<br />
:Despite the [[Conservative Friends of Israel]] and BICOM not formally merging there is a huge amount of co-ordination. Many of BICOM’s key figures also play roles in the CFI: [[Trevor Pears]], [[Michael Lewis]] and [[Poju Zabludowicz]] are driving forces behind both lobbies. [[David Cameron]] also accepted £20,000 from [[Trevor Pears]] in his leadership election.<ref>Peter Oborne & James Jones, [http://www.opendemocracy.net/ourkingdom/peter-oborne-james-jones/pro-israel-lobby-in-britain-full-text Inside Britain's Israel Lobby], 13-November-2009, Accessed 03-January-2009</ref><br />
<br />
==People==<br />
===Parliamentary Group===<br />
*[[James Arbuthnot]] MP, Chairman<br />
*[[Gillian Shephard]] MP, President<br />
*[[John Butterfill]] MP, co-Vice Chairman<br />
*[[James Clappison]] MP, co-Vice Chairman<br />
*[[Nick Hawkins]] MP, Treasurer<br />
*[[David Amess]] MP, Secretary<br />
*[[Timothy Kirkhope]] MEP, Chairman of CFI Europe<br />
*[[Liam Fox]]<ref>Nissan Ratzlav-Katz, [http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/112986 Conservative Friends of Israel at UK Political Conference], Arutz Sheva, 22 January 2008.</ref><br />
*[[Tobias Ellwood]]<ref>Nissan Ratzlav-Katz, ibid.</ref><br />
<br />
===Officers Of CFI=== <br />
====Vice Chairmen==== <br />
*[[Jeremy Galbraith]] | [[Betty Geller]] | [[John Taylor]] CBE | [[Alistair Burt]] MP, <ref> Etgar Lefkovits, [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1225910067025&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull UK MPs call for Europe-wide campaign to pressure Red Cross concerning Schalit], Jerusalem Post, 9 November 2008.</ref><br />
<br />
====Hon Secretaries====<br />
*[[Stanley Cohen]] | [[Michael Heller]]<br />
<br />
====Vice Presidents====<br />
*[[Lord Lane of Horsell]] | [[Michael Latham]] DL | [[Timothy Sainsbury]] | [[Lord Sanderson of Bowden]] | [[Lord Steinberg]] | [[Lord Thomas of Gwydir]] QC<br />
<br />
===CFI Executive Board===<br />
*Chairman: [[Richard Harrington]]<br />
*Hon Treasurer:[[Richard Harrington]]<br />
*[[Lance Anisfeld]]<br />
*[[Jonathan Gough]]<br />
*[[Alan Howard]] was listed as an executive board member in 2007<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20070808054621/http://www.cfoi.co.uk/articles.aspx?cid=1 About Us], CFI website, version dated 8 Aug 2007, accessed in web archive 7 Oct 2009</ref> and 2008<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20080506170446/http://www.cfoi.co.uk/articles.aspx?cid=1 About Us], CFI website, version dated 6 May 2008, accessed in web archive 7 Oct 2009</ref><br />
*[[Andrew Heller]]<br />
*[[Howard Leigh]]<br />
*[[Stephen Massey]]<br />
*[[David Meller]]<br />
*[[Jonathan Metliss]]<br />
*[[Barry Welck]]<br />
<br />
===CFI Staff 2010=== <br />
<br />
*Accessed December 2010<ref>CFI, [http://www2.cfoi.co.uk/AboutCFI/ "About CFI"], Conservative Friends of Israel, accessed on 15 December 2010</ref><br />
<br />
*[[Stuart Polak]] - Director, (1989 - )<ref name=jc>Jewish Chronicle, [http://www.thejc.com/jc-power-100/the-jc-power-100-numbers-81-90 "The JC Power 100: Numbers 81 - 90"], Jewish Chronicle, 5 September 2008, accessed on 16 December 2010</ref><br />
*[[Nathalie Tamam]] - Political Director<br />
*[[Stephanie Leven]] - Projects Director<br />
*[[James Gurd]] - Parliamentary Officer<br />
*[[Leetal Stark]] - Projects Assistant<br />
<br />
===CFI Staff=== <br />
*Director: [[Stuart Polak]] <br />
*Projects Director: [[Stephanie Leven]] <br />
*Political Director: [[Robert Halfon]] <br />
*Research Manager: [[Victoria Kluk]] <br />
*Secretary: [[Julie Tamir]] <br />
*Membership Secretary: [[Charlotte Polak]]<br />
<br />
==Contact==<br />
*'''Address:''' 45B Westbourne Terrace, London W2 3UR<br />
*'''Tel:''' 020-7262 2493<br />
*'''Fax:''' 020-7224 8941<br />
*'''E-mail:''' info@cfoi.co.uk<br />
*'''Website:''' http://www.cfoi.co.uk<br />
'''*Blogs:''' http://www2.cfoi.co.uk/Blogs/<br />
<br />
==Notes==<br />
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[[Category:Israel Lobby]][[Category:Conservative Party]]</div>Jasmin Ramseyhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=David_Gauke&diff=144382David Gauke2010-12-22T22:21:38Z<p>Jasmin Ramsey: </p>
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<div>[[David Gauke]] is the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury.<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/may/13/full-list-of-new-cabinet-ministers Full list of new cabinet ministers and other government appointments], guardian.co.uk, 13 May 2010.</ref><br />
<br />
==Affiliations==<br />
<br />
*[[Conservative Friends of Israel]] - Gauke revealed in 2006 during a debate about Britain's Iran Policy that he had recently been flown to Israel by on trip funded by CFI.<ref>BPCIF, [http://iran-freedom.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=86&Itemid=1 "David Gauke MP: Iran has an appalling record of exporting terror"], British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom, 1 February 2006, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref><br />
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==Notes==<br />
<references/><br />
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[[Category:Conservative Party|Gauke, David]][[Category:MP|Gauke, David]][[Category:UK Ministers|Gauke,David]]</div>Jasmin Ramseyhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Conservative_Friends_of_Israel&diff=144381Conservative Friends of Israel2010-12-22T22:17:23Z<p>Jasmin Ramsey: /* Flying Conservative parliamentary candidates to Israel */</p>
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<div>Conservative Friends of Israel (CFI) is one of the most active lobby groups in Westminster; 80 per cent of all Conservative MPs are members,<ref>Peter Oborne, Inside Britain’s Israel Lobby, ''Channel 4 Dispatches'', 16-November-2009, Viewed 02-January-2010</ref> though compared with other British lobbies the group has so far received little press coverage.<ref name=obornejones>Peter Oborne and James Jones, [http://www.opendemocracy.net/ourkingdom/peter-oborne-james-jones/pro-israel-lobby-in-britain-full-text "The pro-Israel lobby in Britain: full text"], OpenDemocracy, 13 November 2009, accessed on 15 December 2010</ref> According to a 2009 documentary on Channel Four’s Dispatches program called ''Inside Britain’s Israel Lobby'',<ref name=pg>People's Geography, [http://peoplesgeography.com/2009/11/17/inside-britains-israel-lobby-full-episode/ "Inside Britain’s Israel Lobby – Dispatches"], People's Geography, 17 November 2009</ref> donations to the Conservative party "from all CFI members and their businesses add up to well over £10m over the last eight years". CFI has disputed the figure and called the film "deeply flawed".<ref name=bankrolling>Ian Black, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/nov/16/pro-israel-lobby-conservatives-channel4-dispatches "Pro-Israel lobby group bankrolling Tories, film claims"], ''Guardian,'' 16 November 2009, accessed on 19 December 2010</ref><br />
<br />
==Parliamentary Donations==<br />
<br />
CFI operates as an "unincorporated association", which according to Peter Oborne means:<br />
<br />
:It is a collection of individuals who don’t need to open their books, it may be legal but it’s hardly transparent.<ref>Peter Oborne, Inside Britain's Israel Lobby, ''Channel 4 Dispatches'', Aired 16-November-2009, Viewed 03-January-2010</ref><br />
<br />
Peter Oborne argues that there is a pattern of donations from CFI: <br />
<br />
:On studying donations to Conservative Constituency offices before the 2005 election a pattern emerges. A group of donors, all with strong connections to pro-Israel groups, (almost all are on the board of the CFI) made donations of between £2,000 and £5,000 either personally or through their companies to the constituency offices of certain Conservative candidates. The donors involved include [[Trevor Pears]], a property magnate, who has sat on the [[BICOM]] board, used to sit on the CFI board, and has donated to [[David Cameron]] in the past; Lord [[Leonard Steinberg]], vice- president of Conservative Friends of Israel and sponsor of [[Stuart Polak]] in parliament; [[Michael Lewis]], a South African businessman and deputy chairman of [[BICOM]] who was formerly on the Board of CFI; three or four other prominent members of the CFI. <br />
<br />
:The method of donation – medium-sized sums to constituency offices often through companies rather than personal names – means that connections to the CFI or other pro-Israel group are by no means obvious. These donors may never have met the candidates, nor stepped foot, let alone actually live, in the constituency, but were happy to make donations. All candidates in these constituencies either won the seat or came close. Interestingly, in constituencies where the Conservative candidate stood little chance, the CFI made the £2,000 donation themselves. <br />
<br />
:The Tory MPs fighting parliamentary seats in 2005 whose campaigns were funded by these donors included [[Ed Vaizey]], shadow minister for culture, media and sport; [[Greg Hands]], shadow treasury minister; [[Michael Gove]], shadow education secretary; [[Brooks Newmark]], opposition foreign affairs whip; [[Shailesh Vara]], shadow deputy leader of the Commons; [[Grant Shapps]], shadow minister for housing; [[Adam Holloway]] MP. <br />
<br />
:Many of them then went on a CFI trip to Israel in 2006, although [[Michael Gove]] - whose polemic Celsius 7/7 comes free with CFI membership - has never been to Israel. Most have been supportive of Israel in speeches to parliament and none have been overtly critical. There is also a suggestion that some members of the CFI target MPs who are critical of Israel. For instance [[Karen Buck]], the Labour MP for Regent’s Park and Kensington North, has been an outspoken critic. Her Conservative opponent [[Joanne Cash]], who works for the think tank [[Policy Exchange]], has received cheques cumulatively worth at least £20,000.<ref>Peter Oborne, [http://66.102.9.132/search?q=cache:QY1rlNdZlQ0J:www.channel4.com/culture/microsites/D/dispatches/israel/proisraellobbypamphlet.pdf+CFI+made+donations+to+%5B%5BEd+Vaizey%5D%5D,+%5B%5BShailesh+Vara%5D%5D,+%5B%5BMichael+Gove%5D%5D,+%5B%5BGreg+Hands%5D%5D,+%5B%5BGrant+Chaps%5D%5D,+%5B%5BBrooks+Newmark%5D%5D.&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk Pro Israel Lobby Pamphlet], Channel 4 Dispatches, 16-November-2009, Accessed 03-January-2009</ref><br />
<br />
==Relations with David Cameron==<br />
According to a report in the ''Jewish Chronicle'':<br />
:a small but influential group of Jewish Conservative officials and politicians were... key players in Mr Cameron’s campaign for the leadership. Among them was party treasurer [[Howard Leigh]]. Other senior figures around the leader include [[Oliver Letwin]], head of policy [and] former shadow Home Secretary and shadow Chancellor. Although he is popular with Jewish Tories, Mr Cameron’s criticism of Israel’s actions in Lebanon sparked doubts – voiced particularly by Tory donor and former party treasurer Lord Kalms. However, Conservative Friends of Israel chair [[Richard Harrington]] stressed that the leader had given CFI “every possible access” and had met CFI officials several times.<ref>Bernard Josephs and Leon Symons, [http://archive.thejc.com/search/pagedetail.jsp?origin=16&gofrom=null&goto=null&issue=OCTOBER%2013%202006&refno=/archive/output/2006/2006_1013_03C.gif&pgn=03 Special report: Team Cameron’s big Jewish backers], ''The Jewish Chronicle'', 13 October 2006, p. 3</ref><br />
<br />
In July 2010, CFI took issue with Cameron, who during a visit to Turkey stressed that 'Gaza cannot and must not be allowed to remain a prison camp'.<ref>Ian Black and Nicholas Watt, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/27/david-cameron-israel-gaza-comments David Cameron draws fire over Gaza comments], ''The Guardian'', 27 July 2010</ref> <br />
<br />
===David Cameron CFI Speech 2009===<br />
<br />
[[David Cameron]] was the main speaker at the Conservative Friends of Israel annual lunch on the 18 June 2009.<ref>David Cameron, [http://66.102.9.132/search?q=cache:WTReLYCY-awJ:www.cfoi.co.uk/documents/200961914361_Cameron%2520speech%2520-%252018%2520June%25202009.doc+conservative+friends+of+israel+annual+lunch+david+cameron&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk SPEECH BY CONSERVATIVE PARTY LEADER DAVID CAMERON TO THE CONSERVATIVE FRIENDS OF ISRAEL ANNUAL LUNCH HELD IN LONDON ON THURSDAY 18TH JUNE 2009], Conservative Friends of Israel, 18-June-2009, Accessed 02-January-2009</ref> Cameron neglected to mention that six months prior to his speech, Israel began a 23-day bombardment of Gaza that led to the deaths of around 1,400 people including hundreds of children.<ref>Harriet Sherwood, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/dec/17/gaza-israel-invasion-children-traumatised Childhood in ruins], The Guardian, 17-December-2009, Accessed 02-January-2009</ref> Not only did David Cameron neglect to mention the “operation cast lead” bombardment of Gaza but he described how “Israel strives to protect innocent life – Hamas target innocent life”.<ref>David Cameron, [http://66.102.9.132/search?q=cache:WTReLYCY-awJ:www.cfoi.co.uk/documents/200961914361_Cameron%2520speech%2520-%252018%2520June%25202009.doc+conservative+friends+of+israel+annual+lunch+david+cameron&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk SPEECH BY CONSERVATIVE PARTY LEADER DAVID CAMERON TO THE CONSERVATIVE FRIENDS OF ISRAEL ANNUAL LUNCH HELD IN LONDON ON THURSDAY 18TH JUNE 2009], Conservative Friends of Israel, 18-June-2009, Accessed 02-January-2009</ref> The Conservative Party leader emphasised the need for the Palestinians to relinquish the use of violence arguing that:<br />
<br />
:“for the Palestinians themselves, their obligations are clear: Prove you are a reliable negotiating partner. Bring order to your own society. And renounce violence completely”.<ref>David Cameron, [http://66.102.9.132/search?q=cache:WTReLYCY-awJ:www.cfoi.co.uk/documents/200961914361_Cameron%2520speech%2520-%252018%2520June%25202009.doc+conservative+friends+of+israel+annual+lunch+david+cameron&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk SPEECH BY CONSERVATIVE PARTY LEADER DAVID CAMERON TO THE CONSERVATIVE FRIENDS OF ISRAEL ANNUAL LUNCH HELD IN LONDON ON THURSDAY 18TH JUNE 2009], Conservative Friends of Israel, 18-June-2009, Accessed 02-January-2009</ref><br />
<br />
==Lobbying Activities==<br />
<br />
===Flying Conservative parliamentary candidates to Israel===<br />
<br />
From 2006 to 2009 shows that the CFI flew over 30 Conservative parliamentary candidates to Israel on free trips,<ref name=dele>CFI, [http://www2.cfoi.co.uk/Delegations/AboutCFIDelegations/ "Delegations"], Conservative Friends of Israel, accessed on 17 December 2010</ref> sometimes with their wives where they were reportedly given access to "senior members of the Israeli political and security establishments"<ref name=obornejones>Peter Oborne and James Jones, [http://www.opendemocracy.net/ourkingdom/peter-oborne-james-jones/pro-israel-lobby-in-britain-full-text "The pro-Israel lobby in Britain: full text"], OpenDemocracy, 13 November 2009, accessed on 15 December 2010</ref> as well as a meeting with a Palestinian businessman or politician.<br />
<br />
CFI publicizes this activity in the "Delegations" section of their website and under the statement that it is CFI's aim "that delegates should return, not with all the answers but with more informed questions"<ref name=dele>CFI, [http://www2.cfoi.co.uk/Delegations/AboutCFIDelegations/ "Delegations"], Conservative Friends of Israel, accessed on 17 December 2010</ref> includes statements of appreciation from several MPs, and a prospective parliamentary candidate, Phillip Allot (Halifax), who says:<br />
<br />
:The visit has transformed my views about the conflict and I now understand why the security of Israel is so important. Anyone involved in politics should be sent on a compulsory trip to Israel before they are allowed to comment to the media, because there are so many uninformed statements made by politicians, that seem to be little more than works of fiction.<ref name=dele>CFI, [http://www2.cfoi.co.uk/Delegations/AboutCFIDelegations/ "Delegations"], Conservative Friends of Israel, accessed on 17 December 2010</ref><br />
<br />
Mr. [[David Gauke]] (South-West Hertfordshire) also revealed in 2006 during a debate about Britain's Iran Policy that he had recently been flown to Israel by CFI.<ref>BPCIF, [http://iran-freedom.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=86&Itemid=1 "David Gauke MP: Iran has an appalling record of exporting terror"], British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom, 1 February 2006, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref><br />
<br />
===Meeting with American Jewish Committee===<br />
In 2006, the [[American Jewish Committee]] (AJC) reported on a meeting with the Conservative Friends of Israel in 'an effort to strengthen AJC’s ties to British Jewry'. <br />
<br />
The AJC report states that:<br />
: 'AJC President [[E Robert Goodkind]] led a leadership delegation to London to meet with the [[Board of Deputies of British Jews]], the main community organizing body for British Jews, as well as with the [[Community Service Trust]] and the newly formed [[Jewish Leadership Council]]. The group also met with British Chief Rabbi [[Jonathan Sacks]], longtime Jewish community leaders Lord [[Greville Janner]] and Sir [[Trevor Chinn]], and with leadership from the Reform, Liberal and [[Conservative Masorti]] movements. In addition, the group held meetings with those Members of Parliament who initiated a serious parliamentary investigation of anti-Semitism, and with younger leaders of [[Conservative Friends of Israel]] and [[Labour Friends of Israel]]. AJC Board members [[Stanley Bergman]] and [[Peter Rosenblatt]] joined Goodkind on the mission.<ref>American Jewish Committee. [http://www.ajc.org/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=ijITI2PHKoG&b=3121957&ct=4278125 London Jewish Community Greets AJC President] Update 236, 20th December 2006. Accessed 21st August 2008</ref><br />
<br />
===Donations===<br />
<br />
According to ''Inside Britain’s Israel Lobby'',<ref name=pg>People's Geography, [http://peoplesgeography.com/2009/11/17/inside-britains-israel-lobby-full-episode/ "Inside Britain’s Israel Lobby – Dispatches"], People's Geography, 17 November 2009</ref> CFI board members made personal donations totaling tens of thousands of pounds to [[William Hague]] after he was appointed shadow foreign secretary.<br />
<br />
Ian Black of the ''Guardian'' also notes that the film reveals £30,000 from CFI supporters went to the campaign funds of members of David Cameron's team who were first elected in 2005.<ref name=bankrolling>Ian Black, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/nov/16/pro-israel-lobby-conservatives-channel4-dispatches "Pro-Israel lobby group bankrolling Tories, film claims"], ''Guardian,'' 16 November 2009, accessed on 19 December 2010</ref><br />
<br />
==Conservative Friends of Israel/BICOM Links==<br />
<br />
According to Peter Oborne:<br />
<br />
:Despite the [[Conservative Friends of Israel]] and BICOM not formally merging there is a huge amount of co-ordination. Many of BICOM’s key figures also play roles in the CFI: [[Trevor Pears]], [[Michael Lewis]] and [[Poju Zabludowicz]] are driving forces behind both lobbies. [[David Cameron]] also accepted £20,000 from [[Trevor Pears]] in his leadership election.<ref>Peter Oborne & James Jones, [http://www.opendemocracy.net/ourkingdom/peter-oborne-james-jones/pro-israel-lobby-in-britain-full-text Inside Britain's Israel Lobby], 13-November-2009, Accessed 03-January-2009</ref><br />
<br />
==People==<br />
===Parliamentary Group===<br />
*[[James Arbuthnot]] MP, Chairman<br />
*[[Gillian Shephard]] MP, President<br />
*[[John Butterfill]] MP, co-Vice Chairman<br />
*[[James Clappison]] MP, co-Vice Chairman<br />
*[[Nick Hawkins]] MP, Treasurer<br />
*[[David Amess]] MP, Secretary<br />
*[[Timothy Kirkhope]] MEP, Chairman of CFI Europe<br />
*[[Liam Fox]]<ref>Nissan Ratzlav-Katz, [http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/112986 Conservative Friends of Israel at UK Political Conference], Arutz Sheva, 22 January 2008.</ref><br />
*[[Tobias Ellwood]]<ref>Nissan Ratzlav-Katz, ibid.</ref><br />
<br />
===Officers Of CFI=== <br />
====Vice Chairmen==== <br />
*[[Jeremy Galbraith]] | [[Betty Geller]] | [[John Taylor]] CBE | [[Alistair Burt]] MP, <ref> Etgar Lefkovits, [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1225910067025&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull UK MPs call for Europe-wide campaign to pressure Red Cross concerning Schalit], Jerusalem Post, 9 November 2008.</ref><br />
<br />
====Hon Secretaries====<br />
*[[Stanley Cohen]] | [[Michael Heller]]<br />
<br />
====Vice Presidents====<br />
*[[Lord Lane of Horsell]] | [[Michael Latham]] DL | [[Timothy Sainsbury]] | [[Lord Sanderson of Bowden]] | [[Lord Steinberg]] | [[Lord Thomas of Gwydir]] QC<br />
<br />
===CFI Executive Board===<br />
*Chairman: [[Richard Harrington]]<br />
*Hon Treasurer:[[Richard Harrington]]<br />
*[[Lance Anisfeld]]<br />
*[[Jonathan Gough]]<br />
*[[Alan Howard]] was listed as an executive board member in 2007<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20070808054621/http://www.cfoi.co.uk/articles.aspx?cid=1 About Us], CFI website, version dated 8 Aug 2007, accessed in web archive 7 Oct 2009</ref> and 2008<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20080506170446/http://www.cfoi.co.uk/articles.aspx?cid=1 About Us], CFI website, version dated 6 May 2008, accessed in web archive 7 Oct 2009</ref><br />
*[[Andrew Heller]]<br />
*[[Howard Leigh]]<br />
*[[Stephen Massey]]<br />
*[[David Meller]]<br />
*[[Jonathan Metliss]]<br />
*[[Barry Welck]]<br />
<br />
===CFI Staff 2010=== <br />
<br />
*Accessed December 2010<ref>CFI, [http://www2.cfoi.co.uk/AboutCFI/ "About CFI"], Conservative Friends of Israel, accessed on 15 December 2010</ref><br />
<br />
*[[Stuart Polak]] - Director, (1989 - )<ref name=jc>Jewish Chronicle, [http://www.thejc.com/jc-power-100/the-jc-power-100-numbers-81-90 "The JC Power 100: Numbers 81 - 90"], Jewish Chronicle, 5 September 2008, accessed on 16 December 2010</ref><br />
*[[Nathalie Tamam]] - Political Director<br />
*[[Stephanie Leven]] - Projects Director<br />
*[[James Gurd]] - Parliamentary Officer<br />
*[[Leetal Stark]] - Projects Assistant<br />
<br />
===CFI Staff=== <br />
*Director: [[Stuart Polak]] <br />
*Projects Director: [[Stephanie Leven]] <br />
*Political Director: [[Robert Halfon]] <br />
*Research Manager: [[Victoria Kluk]] <br />
*Secretary: [[Julie Tamir]] <br />
*Membership Secretary: [[Charlotte Polak]]<br />
<br />
==Contact==<br />
*'''Address:''' 45B Westbourne Terrace, London W2 3UR<br />
*'''Tel:''' 020-7262 2493<br />
*'''Fax:''' 020-7224 8941<br />
*'''E-mail:''' info@cfoi.co.uk<br />
*'''Website:''' http://www.cfoi.co.uk<br />
==Notes==<br />
<references/><br />
[[Category:Israel Lobby]][[Category:Conservative Party]]</div>Jasmin Ramseyhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Conservative_Friends_of_Israel&diff=144380Conservative Friends of Israel2010-12-22T22:13:54Z<p>Jasmin Ramsey: /* Flying Conservative parliamentary candidates to Israel */</p>
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<div>Conservative Friends of Israel (CFI) is one of the most active lobby groups in Westminster; 80 per cent of all Conservative MPs are members,<ref>Peter Oborne, Inside Britain’s Israel Lobby, ''Channel 4 Dispatches'', 16-November-2009, Viewed 02-January-2010</ref> though compared with other British lobbies the group has so far received little press coverage.<ref name=obornejones>Peter Oborne and James Jones, [http://www.opendemocracy.net/ourkingdom/peter-oborne-james-jones/pro-israel-lobby-in-britain-full-text "The pro-Israel lobby in Britain: full text"], OpenDemocracy, 13 November 2009, accessed on 15 December 2010</ref> According to a 2009 documentary on Channel Four’s Dispatches program called ''Inside Britain’s Israel Lobby'',<ref name=pg>People's Geography, [http://peoplesgeography.com/2009/11/17/inside-britains-israel-lobby-full-episode/ "Inside Britain’s Israel Lobby – Dispatches"], People's Geography, 17 November 2009</ref> donations to the Conservative party "from all CFI members and their businesses add up to well over £10m over the last eight years". CFI has disputed the figure and called the film "deeply flawed".<ref name=bankrolling>Ian Black, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/nov/16/pro-israel-lobby-conservatives-channel4-dispatches "Pro-Israel lobby group bankrolling Tories, film claims"], ''Guardian,'' 16 November 2009, accessed on 19 December 2010</ref><br />
<br />
==Parliamentary Donations==<br />
<br />
CFI operates as an "unincorporated association", which according to Peter Oborne means:<br />
<br />
:It is a collection of individuals who don’t need to open their books, it may be legal but it’s hardly transparent.<ref>Peter Oborne, Inside Britain's Israel Lobby, ''Channel 4 Dispatches'', Aired 16-November-2009, Viewed 03-January-2010</ref><br />
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Peter Oborne argues that there is a pattern of donations from CFI: <br />
<br />
:On studying donations to Conservative Constituency offices before the 2005 election a pattern emerges. A group of donors, all with strong connections to pro-Israel groups, (almost all are on the board of the CFI) made donations of between £2,000 and £5,000 either personally or through their companies to the constituency offices of certain Conservative candidates. The donors involved include [[Trevor Pears]], a property magnate, who has sat on the [[BICOM]] board, used to sit on the CFI board, and has donated to [[David Cameron]] in the past; Lord [[Leonard Steinberg]], vice- president of Conservative Friends of Israel and sponsor of [[Stuart Polak]] in parliament; [[Michael Lewis]], a South African businessman and deputy chairman of [[BICOM]] who was formerly on the Board of CFI; three or four other prominent members of the CFI. <br />
<br />
:The method of donation – medium-sized sums to constituency offices often through companies rather than personal names – means that connections to the CFI or other pro-Israel group are by no means obvious. These donors may never have met the candidates, nor stepped foot, let alone actually live, in the constituency, but were happy to make donations. All candidates in these constituencies either won the seat or came close. Interestingly, in constituencies where the Conservative candidate stood little chance, the CFI made the £2,000 donation themselves. <br />
<br />
:The Tory MPs fighting parliamentary seats in 2005 whose campaigns were funded by these donors included [[Ed Vaizey]], shadow minister for culture, media and sport; [[Greg Hands]], shadow treasury minister; [[Michael Gove]], shadow education secretary; [[Brooks Newmark]], opposition foreign affairs whip; [[Shailesh Vara]], shadow deputy leader of the Commons; [[Grant Shapps]], shadow minister for housing; [[Adam Holloway]] MP. <br />
<br />
:Many of them then went on a CFI trip to Israel in 2006, although [[Michael Gove]] - whose polemic Celsius 7/7 comes free with CFI membership - has never been to Israel. Most have been supportive of Israel in speeches to parliament and none have been overtly critical. There is also a suggestion that some members of the CFI target MPs who are critical of Israel. For instance [[Karen Buck]], the Labour MP for Regent’s Park and Kensington North, has been an outspoken critic. Her Conservative opponent [[Joanne Cash]], who works for the think tank [[Policy Exchange]], has received cheques cumulatively worth at least £20,000.<ref>Peter Oborne, [http://66.102.9.132/search?q=cache:QY1rlNdZlQ0J:www.channel4.com/culture/microsites/D/dispatches/israel/proisraellobbypamphlet.pdf+CFI+made+donations+to+%5B%5BEd+Vaizey%5D%5D,+%5B%5BShailesh+Vara%5D%5D,+%5B%5BMichael+Gove%5D%5D,+%5B%5BGreg+Hands%5D%5D,+%5B%5BGrant+Chaps%5D%5D,+%5B%5BBrooks+Newmark%5D%5D.&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk Pro Israel Lobby Pamphlet], Channel 4 Dispatches, 16-November-2009, Accessed 03-January-2009</ref><br />
<br />
==Relations with David Cameron==<br />
According to a report in the ''Jewish Chronicle'':<br />
:a small but influential group of Jewish Conservative officials and politicians were... key players in Mr Cameron’s campaign for the leadership. Among them was party treasurer [[Howard Leigh]]. Other senior figures around the leader include [[Oliver Letwin]], head of policy [and] former shadow Home Secretary and shadow Chancellor. Although he is popular with Jewish Tories, Mr Cameron’s criticism of Israel’s actions in Lebanon sparked doubts – voiced particularly by Tory donor and former party treasurer Lord Kalms. However, Conservative Friends of Israel chair [[Richard Harrington]] stressed that the leader had given CFI “every possible access” and had met CFI officials several times.<ref>Bernard Josephs and Leon Symons, [http://archive.thejc.com/search/pagedetail.jsp?origin=16&gofrom=null&goto=null&issue=OCTOBER%2013%202006&refno=/archive/output/2006/2006_1013_03C.gif&pgn=03 Special report: Team Cameron’s big Jewish backers], ''The Jewish Chronicle'', 13 October 2006, p. 3</ref><br />
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In July 2010, CFI took issue with Cameron, who during a visit to Turkey stressed that 'Gaza cannot and must not be allowed to remain a prison camp'.<ref>Ian Black and Nicholas Watt, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/27/david-cameron-israel-gaza-comments David Cameron draws fire over Gaza comments], ''The Guardian'', 27 July 2010</ref> <br />
<br />
===David Cameron CFI Speech 2009===<br />
<br />
[[David Cameron]] was the main speaker at the Conservative Friends of Israel annual lunch on the 18 June 2009.<ref>David Cameron, [http://66.102.9.132/search?q=cache:WTReLYCY-awJ:www.cfoi.co.uk/documents/200961914361_Cameron%2520speech%2520-%252018%2520June%25202009.doc+conservative+friends+of+israel+annual+lunch+david+cameron&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk SPEECH BY CONSERVATIVE PARTY LEADER DAVID CAMERON TO THE CONSERVATIVE FRIENDS OF ISRAEL ANNUAL LUNCH HELD IN LONDON ON THURSDAY 18TH JUNE 2009], Conservative Friends of Israel, 18-June-2009, Accessed 02-January-2009</ref> Cameron neglected to mention that six months prior to his speech, Israel began a 23-day bombardment of Gaza that led to the deaths of around 1,400 people including hundreds of children.<ref>Harriet Sherwood, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/dec/17/gaza-israel-invasion-children-traumatised Childhood in ruins], The Guardian, 17-December-2009, Accessed 02-January-2009</ref> Not only did David Cameron neglect to mention the “operation cast lead” bombardment of Gaza but he described how “Israel strives to protect innocent life – Hamas target innocent life”.<ref>David Cameron, [http://66.102.9.132/search?q=cache:WTReLYCY-awJ:www.cfoi.co.uk/documents/200961914361_Cameron%2520speech%2520-%252018%2520June%25202009.doc+conservative+friends+of+israel+annual+lunch+david+cameron&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk SPEECH BY CONSERVATIVE PARTY LEADER DAVID CAMERON TO THE CONSERVATIVE FRIENDS OF ISRAEL ANNUAL LUNCH HELD IN LONDON ON THURSDAY 18TH JUNE 2009], Conservative Friends of Israel, 18-June-2009, Accessed 02-January-2009</ref> The Conservative Party leader emphasised the need for the Palestinians to relinquish the use of violence arguing that:<br />
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:“for the Palestinians themselves, their obligations are clear: Prove you are a reliable negotiating partner. Bring order to your own society. And renounce violence completely”.<ref>David Cameron, [http://66.102.9.132/search?q=cache:WTReLYCY-awJ:www.cfoi.co.uk/documents/200961914361_Cameron%2520speech%2520-%252018%2520June%25202009.doc+conservative+friends+of+israel+annual+lunch+david+cameron&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk SPEECH BY CONSERVATIVE PARTY LEADER DAVID CAMERON TO THE CONSERVATIVE FRIENDS OF ISRAEL ANNUAL LUNCH HELD IN LONDON ON THURSDAY 18TH JUNE 2009], Conservative Friends of Israel, 18-June-2009, Accessed 02-January-2009</ref><br />
<br />
==Lobbying Activities==<br />
<br />
===Flying Conservative parliamentary candidates to Israel===<br />
<br />
From 2006 to 2009 shows that the CFI flew over 30 Conservative parliamentary candidates to Israel on free trips,<ref name=dele>CFI, [http://www2.cfoi.co.uk/Delegations/AboutCFIDelegations/ "Delegations"], Conservative Friends of Israel, accessed on 17 December 2010</ref> sometimes with their wives where they were reportedly given access to "senior members of the Israeli political and security establishments"<ref name=obornejones>Peter Oborne and James Jones, [http://www.opendemocracy.net/ourkingdom/peter-oborne-james-jones/pro-israel-lobby-in-britain-full-text "The pro-Israel lobby in Britain: full text"], OpenDemocracy, 13 November 2009, accessed on 15 December 2010</ref> as well as a meeting with a Palestinian businessman or politician.<br />
<br />
CFI publicizes this activity in the "Delegations" section of their website and under the statement that it is CFI's aim "that delegates should return, not with all the answers but with more informed questions"<ref name=dele>CFI, [http://www2.cfoi.co.uk/Delegations/AboutCFIDelegations/ "Delegations"], Conservative Friends of Israel, accessed on 17 December 2010</ref> includes statements of appreciation from several MPs, and a prospective parliamentary candidate, Phillip Allot (Halifax), who says:<br />
<br />
:The visit has transformed my views about the conflict and I now understand why the security of Israel is so important. Anyone involved in politics should be sent on a compulsory trip to Israel before they are allowed to comment to the media, because there are so many uninformed statements made by politicians, that seem to be little more than works of fiction.<ref name=dele>CFI, [http://www2.cfoi.co.uk/Delegations/AboutCFIDelegations/ "Delegations"], Conservative Friends of Israel, accessed on 17 December 2010</ref><br />
<br />
Mr. [[David Gauke]] (South-West Hertfordshire) also revealed in 2006 during a debate about Britain's Iran Policy that he had recently been flown to Israel by CFI.<br />
<br />
===Meeting with American Jewish Committee===<br />
In 2006, the [[American Jewish Committee]] (AJC) reported on a meeting with the Conservative Friends of Israel in 'an effort to strengthen AJC’s ties to British Jewry'. <br />
<br />
The AJC report states that:<br />
: 'AJC President [[E Robert Goodkind]] led a leadership delegation to London to meet with the [[Board of Deputies of British Jews]], the main community organizing body for British Jews, as well as with the [[Community Service Trust]] and the newly formed [[Jewish Leadership Council]]. The group also met with British Chief Rabbi [[Jonathan Sacks]], longtime Jewish community leaders Lord [[Greville Janner]] and Sir [[Trevor Chinn]], and with leadership from the Reform, Liberal and [[Conservative Masorti]] movements. In addition, the group held meetings with those Members of Parliament who initiated a serious parliamentary investigation of anti-Semitism, and with younger leaders of [[Conservative Friends of Israel]] and [[Labour Friends of Israel]]. AJC Board members [[Stanley Bergman]] and [[Peter Rosenblatt]] joined Goodkind on the mission.<ref>American Jewish Committee. [http://www.ajc.org/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=ijITI2PHKoG&b=3121957&ct=4278125 London Jewish Community Greets AJC President] Update 236, 20th December 2006. Accessed 21st August 2008</ref><br />
<br />
===Donations===<br />
<br />
According to ''Inside Britain’s Israel Lobby'',<ref name=pg>People's Geography, [http://peoplesgeography.com/2009/11/17/inside-britains-israel-lobby-full-episode/ "Inside Britain’s Israel Lobby – Dispatches"], People's Geography, 17 November 2009</ref> CFI board members made personal donations totaling tens of thousands of pounds to [[William Hague]] after he was appointed shadow foreign secretary.<br />
<br />
Ian Black of the ''Guardian'' also notes that the film reveals £30,000 from CFI supporters went to the campaign funds of members of David Cameron's team who were first elected in 2005.<ref name=bankrolling>Ian Black, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/nov/16/pro-israel-lobby-conservatives-channel4-dispatches "Pro-Israel lobby group bankrolling Tories, film claims"], ''Guardian,'' 16 November 2009, accessed on 19 December 2010</ref><br />
<br />
==Conservative Friends of Israel/BICOM Links==<br />
<br />
According to Peter Oborne:<br />
<br />
:Despite the [[Conservative Friends of Israel]] and BICOM not formally merging there is a huge amount of co-ordination. Many of BICOM’s key figures also play roles in the CFI: [[Trevor Pears]], [[Michael Lewis]] and [[Poju Zabludowicz]] are driving forces behind both lobbies. [[David Cameron]] also accepted £20,000 from [[Trevor Pears]] in his leadership election.<ref>Peter Oborne & James Jones, [http://www.opendemocracy.net/ourkingdom/peter-oborne-james-jones/pro-israel-lobby-in-britain-full-text Inside Britain's Israel Lobby], 13-November-2009, Accessed 03-January-2009</ref><br />
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==People==<br />
===Parliamentary Group===<br />
*[[James Arbuthnot]] MP, Chairman<br />
*[[Gillian Shephard]] MP, President<br />
*[[John Butterfill]] MP, co-Vice Chairman<br />
*[[James Clappison]] MP, co-Vice Chairman<br />
*[[Nick Hawkins]] MP, Treasurer<br />
*[[David Amess]] MP, Secretary<br />
*[[Timothy Kirkhope]] MEP, Chairman of CFI Europe<br />
*[[Liam Fox]]<ref>Nissan Ratzlav-Katz, [http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/112986 Conservative Friends of Israel at UK Political Conference], Arutz Sheva, 22 January 2008.</ref><br />
*[[Tobias Ellwood]]<ref>Nissan Ratzlav-Katz, ibid.</ref><br />
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===Officers Of CFI=== <br />
====Vice Chairmen==== <br />
*[[Jeremy Galbraith]] | [[Betty Geller]] | [[John Taylor]] CBE | [[Alistair Burt]] MP, <ref> Etgar Lefkovits, [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1225910067025&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull UK MPs call for Europe-wide campaign to pressure Red Cross concerning Schalit], Jerusalem Post, 9 November 2008.</ref><br />
<br />
====Hon Secretaries====<br />
*[[Stanley Cohen]] | [[Michael Heller]]<br />
<br />
====Vice Presidents====<br />
*[[Lord Lane of Horsell]] | [[Michael Latham]] DL | [[Timothy Sainsbury]] | [[Lord Sanderson of Bowden]] | [[Lord Steinberg]] | [[Lord Thomas of Gwydir]] QC<br />
<br />
===CFI Executive Board===<br />
*Chairman: [[Richard Harrington]]<br />
*Hon Treasurer:[[Richard Harrington]]<br />
*[[Lance Anisfeld]]<br />
*[[Jonathan Gough]]<br />
*[[Alan Howard]] was listed as an executive board member in 2007<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20070808054621/http://www.cfoi.co.uk/articles.aspx?cid=1 About Us], CFI website, version dated 8 Aug 2007, accessed in web archive 7 Oct 2009</ref> and 2008<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20080506170446/http://www.cfoi.co.uk/articles.aspx?cid=1 About Us], CFI website, version dated 6 May 2008, accessed in web archive 7 Oct 2009</ref><br />
*[[Andrew Heller]]<br />
*[[Howard Leigh]]<br />
*[[Stephen Massey]]<br />
*[[David Meller]]<br />
*[[Jonathan Metliss]]<br />
*[[Barry Welck]]<br />
<br />
===CFI Staff 2010=== <br />
<br />
*Accessed December 2010<ref>CFI, [http://www2.cfoi.co.uk/AboutCFI/ "About CFI"], Conservative Friends of Israel, accessed on 15 December 2010</ref><br />
<br />
*[[Stuart Polak]] - Director, (1989 - )<ref name=jc>Jewish Chronicle, [http://www.thejc.com/jc-power-100/the-jc-power-100-numbers-81-90 "The JC Power 100: Numbers 81 - 90"], Jewish Chronicle, 5 September 2008, accessed on 16 December 2010</ref><br />
*[[Nathalie Tamam]] - Political Director<br />
*[[Stephanie Leven]] - Projects Director<br />
*[[James Gurd]] - Parliamentary Officer<br />
*[[Leetal Stark]] - Projects Assistant<br />
<br />
===CFI Staff=== <br />
*Director: [[Stuart Polak]] <br />
*Projects Director: [[Stephanie Leven]] <br />
*Political Director: [[Robert Halfon]] <br />
*Research Manager: [[Victoria Kluk]] <br />
*Secretary: [[Julie Tamir]] <br />
*Membership Secretary: [[Charlotte Polak]]<br />
<br />
==Contact==<br />
*'''Address:''' 45B Westbourne Terrace, London W2 3UR<br />
*'''Tel:''' 020-7262 2493<br />
*'''Fax:''' 020-7224 8941<br />
*'''E-mail:''' info@cfoi.co.uk<br />
*'''Website:''' http://www.cfoi.co.uk<br />
==Notes==<br />
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[[Category:Israel Lobby]][[Category:Conservative Party]]</div>Jasmin Ramseyhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Ali_Safavi&diff=144379Ali Safavi2010-12-22T22:04:05Z<p>Jasmin Ramsey: /* Resources */</p>
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<div>Ali Safavi is an American-Iranian member of the [[National Council of Resistance of Iran]], the [[Mojahedeen-e Khalg]]'s "Parliament in Exile,"<ref name=hp>Huffington Post, [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ali-safavi "Ali Safavi"], Huffington Post, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref> an organization which is dedicated to overthrowing the Iranian government.<br />
<br />
==Affiliations==<br />
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*[[National Council of Resistance of Iran]]<br />
*Near East Policy - Safavi's own "consulting and policy analysis firm"<ref name=hp>Huffington Post, [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ali-safavi "Ali Safavi"], Huffington Post, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref> which mainly focuses on issues pertaining to the [[Mujahedin-e Khalq]]<br />
<br />
==Resources==<br />
<br />
Safavi's blog posts at the [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ali-safavi Huffington Post]<br />
<br />
==Contact==<br />
<br />
Safavi's website: http://neareastpolicy.com/<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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[[Category:Middle East Watch]] [[Category:Target Iran]]</div>Jasmin Ramseyhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Ali_Safavi&diff=144378Ali Safavi2010-12-22T22:03:01Z<p>Jasmin Ramsey: </p>
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<div>Ali Safavi is an American-Iranian member of the [[National Council of Resistance of Iran]], the [[Mojahedeen-e Khalg]]'s "Parliament in Exile,"<ref name=hp>Huffington Post, [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ali-safavi "Ali Safavi"], Huffington Post, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref> an organization which is dedicated to overthrowing the Iranian government.<br />
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==Affiliations==<br />
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*[[National Council of Resistance of Iran]]<br />
*Near East Policy - Safavi's own "consulting and policy analysis firm"<ref name=hp>Huffington Post, [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ali-safavi "Ali Safavi"], Huffington Post, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref> which mainly focuses on issues pertaining to the [[Mujahedin-e Khalq]]<br />
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==Resources==<br />
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Safavi's blog posts at the [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ali-safavi Huffington Post]<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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[[Category:Middle East Watch]] [[Category:Target Iran]]</div>Jasmin Ramseyhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Ali_Safavi&diff=144377Ali Safavi2010-12-22T21:56:17Z<p>Jasmin Ramsey: Created page with "==Affiliations== *National Council of Resistance of Iran *Near East Policy - Safavi's own "consulting and policy analysis firm" which mainly focuses on issues pertaining to ..."</p>
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<div>==Affiliations==<br />
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*[[National Council of Resistance of Iran]]<br />
*Near East Policy - Safavi's own "consulting and policy analysis firm" which mainly focuses on issues pertaining to the [[Mujahedin-e Khalq]]</div>Jasmin Ramseyhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=National_Council_of_Resistance_of_Iran&diff=144376National Council of Resistance of Iran2010-12-22T21:42:21Z<p>Jasmin Ramsey: /* People */</p>
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<div>According to its website, the '''National Council of Resistance of Iran''' (NCRI) is a "broad coalition of democratic Iranian organizations, groups and personalities."<ref name=NCRIW>NCRI, [http://ncr-iran.org/content/view/6046/ "Introduction to the National Council of Resistance of Iran "], NCRI Official Website, accessed on 24 September 2010</ref> Made up of Iranian exiles and minorities with pro-Israel, anti-Iranian views, several analysts<ref>Rostam Pourzal, [http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2006/pourzal120606.html "MEK Tricks US Progressives, Gains Legitimacy"], ''Monthly Review,'' 26 May 2006</ref> and US lawmakers<ref name=ftp>Department of State, [http://ftp.resource.org/courts.gov/c/F3/373/373.F3d.152.01-1480.html "Citation: 373 F.3d 152"], FTP Resource, accessed on 24 September 2010</ref> consider the NCRI a Paris-based front group of the '''[[Mujahideen-e Khalq]]'''.<br />
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==Mission: Overthrow the Iranian Government==<br />
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The NCRI claims to have created a "Parliament in Exile,"<ref name=NCRIW>NCRI, [http://ncr-iran.org/content/view/6046/ "Introduction to the National Council of Resistance of Iran "], NCRI Official Website, accessed on 24 September 2010</ref> with "500 members"<ref name=NCRIW>NCRI, [http://ncr-iran.org/content/view/6046/ "Introduction to the National Council of Resistance of Iran "], NCRI Official Website, accessed on 24 September 2010</ref> ready to replace the current Iranian government once it has been overthrown. "President-elect" [[Maryam Rajavi]] will head the parliament until the NCRI decides to hold "free" elections. <br />
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The NCRI openly advocates overthrowing the current Iranian government. In a section titled the "National Solidarity Front" on its website, the NCRI describes its hopes for the overthrow of the current Iranian government: <br />
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:In its two-day plenary session in November 2002, NCRI adopted a plan to form the "National Solidarity Front to Overthrow Religious Dictatorship in Iran." The front was designed as a platform to encompass all Iranian republicans who "are campaigning for a democratic, independent and secular regime."<br />
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:The Council noted that brightening prospects for overthrow of the regime necessitate ever-greater national solidarity among Iranians; a fact that prompted the NCRI to ratify the formation of the Front.<br />
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:Mrs. Maryam Rajavi described the Front as "a reflection of the most profound democratic yearnings of all the people of Iran, regardless of ideology, belief, religion and ethnicity that transcends all partisan and political interests." She said the Front "embodies the unshakable resolve of the Iranian people to overthrow the mullahs' inhuman regime."<ref name=NCRIW>NCRI, [http://ncr-iran.org/content/view/6046/ "Introduction to the National Council of Resistance of Iran "], NCRI Official Website, accessed on 24 September 2010</ref> <br />
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==MEK Alias/Terrorist Designation==<br />
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The US State Department has twice designated the NCRI as an "alias" of the MEK and thereby a "terrorist organization," once after an initial investigation and again after an appeal was brought forward for review by those that claimed to be representatives of the NCRI:<br />
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:Nearly a year later, the State Department provided for NCRI's review additional materials obtained by the FBI in the course of "its long-running investigation of the MEK and NCRI." Letter of Ambassador Francis X. Taylor, Coordinator for Counterterrorism, U.S. Dep't of State, at 1 (Sept. 4, 2002). Within two months, NCRI submitted its response. See Letter of Paul F. Enzinna, Esq. (Nov. 1, 2002). In May 2003, the State Department completed its review process and, on May 24, the Secretary decided to leave in place the 1999 and 2001 "designations of the National Council of Resistance (NCR) and the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) as foreign terrorist organization aliases of the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK)." Action Mem. from William Pope & William H. Taft, IV to the Secretary of State, at 3 (May 22, 2003) (Action Mem.).<ref name=ftp>Department of State, [http://ftp.resource.org/courts.gov/c/F3/373/373.F3d.152.01-1480.html "Citation: 373 F.3d 152"], FTP Resource, accessed on 24 September 2010</ref><br />
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==People==<br />
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*[[Maryam Rajavi]] - "President-elect" since 1993<ref name=NCRIW>NCRI, [http://ncr-iran.org/content/view/6046/ "Introduction to the National Council of Resistance of Iran "], NCRI Official Website, accessed on 24 September 2010</ref><br />
*[[Dowlat Nowrouzi]] - UK Representative,<ref>BPCIF, [http://iran-freedom.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=297&Itemid=28 "MPs and Peers launch international campaign to save Iranian dissidents in Iraq"], British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom, 23 November 2010, accessed on 21 December 2010</ref> Membber of NCRI Foreign Affairs Committee<ref name=ashrafpress>NCRI, [http://www.ncr-iran.org/en/news/ashraf/9503-british-mps-rights-activists-condemn-siege-of-camp-ashraf "British MPs, rights activists condemn siege of Camp Ashraf "], National Council of Resistance of Iran, 21 December 2010, accessed on 21 December 2010</ref><br />
*[[Christine Aziz]] - UK Representative<ref name=ashrafpress>NCRI, [http://www.ncr-iran.org/en/news/ashraf/9503-british-mps-rights-activists-condemn-siege-of-camp-ashraf "British MPs, rights activists condemn siege of Camp Ashraf "], National Council of Resistance of Iran, 21 December 2010, accessed on 21 December 2010</ref><br />
*[[Ali Safavi]] - Member<ref>Huffington Post, [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ali-safavi "Ali Safavi"], Huffington Post, accessed on 22 December 2010</ref><br />
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==Affiliations==<br />
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*[[Mujahideen-e Khalq]]<br />
*[[Iran Policy Committee]]<br />
*[[British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom]] - One of the NCRI's lobby groups<br />
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==Contact==<br />
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*Website: http://ncr-iran.org/index.php<br />
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==Related Links==<br />
*Chris Zambelis, [http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/JF05Ak01.html An Iranian voice in the wilderness], ''Asia Times'', June 5, 2008<br />
*[http://fanonite.org/2007/04/03/bbc-on-the-mujahedin-e-khalq/ Video report on MEK], ''BBC Newsnight'', January 2007<br />
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20060913005536/http://library.nps.navy.mil/home/tgp/mek.htm NPS Terrorist Group Profiles: MEK]<br />
*Bronwyn Adcock, "[http://web.archive.org/web/20070916124519/http://news.sbs.com.au/dateline/index.php?page=archive&daysum=2006-10-04 Gunning for Iran]", ''Dateline'', SBS , October 4, 2006.<br />
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20070328011952/http://www.iranpolicy.org/images/stories/pdfs/10-3-05+final+political+opposition+white+paper+.pdf US Policy Options for Iran and Iranian Political Opposition], Iran Policy Committee, September 13, 2005<br />
*Friends of a Free Iran, "[http://www.paulocasaca.net/PMOI-EN/index.htm People's Mojahedin of Iran - Mission Report], ''Friends of a Free Iran - European Parliament'', 2005.<br />
*Jorndorff "[http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2005/8/23/81037/3317 Who is the MEK?] Daily Kos, August 23, 2005.<br />
*"[http://forums.opendemocracy.net/mko_us_congresss_support_for_terrorism_mujahedin_e_khalq_u_s_congress_146_s_0 U.S. Congress's support for Mujahedin-e Khalq]", ''OpenDemocracy'', July 14, 2005.<br />
*[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/para/mek.htm Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization profile], Globalsecurity.org, updated March 2004.<br />
*Justin Raimondo, [http://antiwar.com/justin/?articleid=1798 Richard Perle Supports Terrorism], ''Antiwar.com'', January 28, 2004<br />
*Sam Dealy, [http://web.archive.org/web/20040129095859/http://www.hillnews.com/news/012104/terrorists.aspx Terrorists Plan D.C. Fundraiser.], ''The Hill'' January 21, 2004<br />
*Connie Bruck, [http://www.iran-interlink.org/files/News4/Mar06/NewYorker060306.htm Exiles: How Iran's Expatriates are Gaming the Nuclear Threat], ''New Yorker'', 6 March 2006<br />
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[[Category:Middle East Watch]] [[Category:Target Iran]]</div>Jasmin Ramseyhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Mujahideen-e_Khalq&diff=144375Mujahideen-e Khalq2010-12-22T21:37:23Z<p>Jasmin Ramsey: /* History */</p>
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<div>The '''Mujahedin-e-Khalq''' (translation: [[People's Mujahedin of Iran]] ([[PMOI]]) is an Iranian exile organization officially declared a 'terrorist' organization both in the United States and Iran. <ref>Global Security, [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/para/mek.htm GlobalSecurity.org "Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization"], Global Security.org, accessed on 24 September 2010</ref> Through its front group,<ref name=RP>Rostam Pourzal, [http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2006/pourzal120606.html "MEK Tricks US Progressives, Gains Legitimacy"], ''Monthly Review,'' 26 May 2006</ref><ref>Department of State, [http://ftp.resource.org/courts.gov/c/F3/373/373.F3d.152.01-1480.html "Citation: 373 F.3d 152"], FTP Resource, accessed on 24 September 2010</ref> [[National Council of Resistance of Iran]] (NCRI), it has been the main conduit for publicizing Israeli intelligence on Iran's nuclear program.<ref name=SRA>Scott Ritter, [http://www.alternet.org/world/93239/america_is_already_committing_acts_of_war_against_iran/ "America Is Already Committing Acts of War Against Iran"], Alternet, 30 July 2008</ref><ref>Claude Salhani, 'Analysis: Israel 'Can Destroy' Iran Nukes', [http://www.spacewar.com/news/Israel_Can_Destroy_Iranian_Nuclear_Arsenal.html ''Space War''], 11 January, 2006. (Accessed 3 April, 2009)</ref><br />
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Other Names for MEK include the [[National Liberation Army of Iran]] and the [[Muslim Iranian Student's Society]].<br />
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==History==<br />
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Beginning as an anti-Shah movement in the 1950s, the MEK became the most militaristic opposition movement in Iran during the Shah's regime and continues this policy with the current Iranian government. The MEK reportedly conducted attacks on US officials and civilians in Iran during the 1970s, and in 1981 claimed responsibility for the murders of more than 70 high-ranking Iranian officials in the "Hafte Tir bombing."<ref name=America>Scott Ritter, [http://www.alternet.org/world/93239/america_is_already_committing_acts_of_war_against_iran/ "America Is Already Committing Acts of War Against Iran"], Alternet, 30 July 2008</ref> This led to a widespread government crackdown on all opposition movements in Iran during the time, with thousands of people being tortured and executed, including thousands of MEK members. After this time surviving MEK members fled to Paris and Iraq where the MEK turned into what many analysts have called a reactionary movement, embracing the main goal of overthrowing the Islamic government in Iran through any means, including violence.<ref name=MIPT>MIPT, [http://web.archive.org/web/20080115114802/http://www.tkb.org/Group.jsp?groupID=3632 "Mujahedin-e-Khalq (MeK) Group Profile"], MIPT Terrorism Knowledgebase, accessed on 24 September 2010</ref> In Iraq the MEK assisted Saddam Hussein's government in suppressing Shias and Kurds and performed "security services" for the Iraqi government until Hussein's government was overthrown by the US. The MEK did not resist the US invasion of Iraq in 2003 even though the US government distanced itself from the group shortly after. At present the MEK is mainly supported by pro-Israel advocates and/or those who want regime change in Iran, including US neoconservatives.<ref name=MIPT>MIPT, [http://web.archive.org/web/20080115114802/http://www.tkb.org/Group.jsp?groupID=3632 "Mujahedin-e-Khalq (MeK) Group Profile"], MIPT Terrorism Knowledgebase, accessed on 24 September 2010</ref><ref name=America>Scott Ritter, [http://www.alternet.org/world/93239/america_is_already_committing_acts_of_war_against_iran/ "America Is Already Committing Acts of War Against Iran"], Alternet, 30 July 2008</ref><br />
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==Faulty Intelligence Source==<br />
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Even though intelligence provided by the MEK to the US government has been used, intelligence officials within the US and abroad have been doubting its veracity ever since the MEK claimed that it had information about a secret Iranian nuclear site in Natanz. While documenting years of such instances in an investigative report written for IPS News, Gareth Porter argues that the "laptop documents" provided by the MEK as evidence that the Iranian government planned to build a nuclear weapon may have actually originated from Israel's [[Mossad]]. Scott Ritter has written that the MEK's intelligence was relayed to the US government via prominent neoconservatives such as [[Michael Ledeen]].<ref name=SR>Scott Ritter, [http://www.zcommunications.org/iraq-iran-and-wmds-by-scott-ritter "Iraq, Iran, and WMDs"], Znet, 29 January 2007</ref><br />
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:Since 2002, new information has emerged indicating that the MEK did not obtain the 2002 data on Natanz itself but received it from the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad. Yossi Melman and Meier Javadanfar, who co-authored a book on the Iranian nuclear programme last year, write that they were told by "very senior Israeli Intelligence officials" in late 2006 that Israeli intelligence had known about Natanz for a full year before the Iranian group's press conference. They explained that they had chosen not to reveal it to the public "because of safety concerns for the sources that provided the information".<br />
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:Shahriar Ahy, an adviser to monarchist leader Reza Pahlavi, told journalist Connie Bruck that the detailed information on Natanz had not come from MEK but from "a friendly government, and it had come to more than one opposition group, not only the mujahideen."<br />
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:Bruck wrote in the New Yorker on Mar, 16, 2006 that when he was asked if the "friendly government" was Israel, Ahy smiled and said, "The friendly government did not want to be the source of it, publicly. If the friendly government gives it to the U.S. publicly, then it would be received differently. Better to come from an opposition group."<ref name=GPMEK>Gareth Porter, [http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=41416 "Iran Nuke Laptop Data Came from Terror Group"], IPS, 29 February 2008</ref><ref name=CB>Connie Bruck, [http://www.iran-interlink.org/files/News4/Mar06/NewYorker060306.htm "Exiles: How Iran's Expatriates are Gaming the Nuclear Threat"], Iran Inter-link, 6 March 2006</ref><br />
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==Support from Progressives==<br />
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Even though the MEK has carried out violent attacks on civilians, worked for Saddam Hussein's government for years,<ref name=AS>Anne Singleton, [http://www.iran-interlink.org/?mod=view&id=813 "Saddam's Private Army How Rajavi changed Iran's Mojahedin from armed revolutionaries to an armed cult"], Iran-Interlink, accessed on 24 September 2010</ref> and accepted various forms of support from the US government when it was intent on pushing for regime change in Iran through opposition movements,<ref name=SH>Seymour Hersh, [http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/07/07/080707fa_fact_hersh "Preparing the Battlefield"], ''New Yorker,'' 7 July 2008</ref> some progressives in North America and Europe have still embraced the MEK as a legitimate resistance movement.<br />
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Writes Rostam Pourzal:<br />
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:On May 26, 2006, a representative of the violent Iranian fugitives based in Iraq, known as MEK, addressed a forum -- an anti-war forum -- sponsored by the liberal Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists in Berkeley, California, as he had done the year before. Introduced as Ali Mirardal, the speaker lamented human rights abuses in Iran and offered the National Council of Resistance, a Paris-based front group for MEK, as the best hope for a democratic Iran.<ref name=RP>Rostam Pourzal, [http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2006/pourzal120606.html "MEK Tricks US Progressives, Gains Legitimacy"], ''Monthly Review,'' 26 May 2006</ref><br />
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Pourzal notes that the MEK's flag-waving for human rights is one reason why audiences invite MEK to events, an ironic result considering how the MEK is known as "Saddam's Private Army"<ref name=AS>Anne Singleton, [http://www.iran-interlink.org/?mod=view&id=813 "Saddam's Private Army How Rajavi changed Iran's Mojahedin from armed revolutionaries to an armed cult"], Iran-Interlink, accessed on 24 September 2010</ref> for its part in suppressing Iraqi Kurds and Shias. <br />
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:While MEK activists feign humanistic values before mainstream audiences, they work closely with some of the extremist Washington circles that push for preemptive US confrontation with Iran. (Other American unilateralist think tanks prefer to support the rival monarchist Iranian groups here.) For example, the Iranian "security expert" who regularly warns us about Iranian fundamentalism on Fox News television, Alireza Jafarzadeh, is none other than the terror group's former registered Washington representative.<ref name=RP>Rostam Pourzal, [http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2006/pourzal120606.html "MEK Tricks US Progressives, Gains Legitimacy"], ''Monthly Review,'' 26 May 2006</ref><br />
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==Israeli Support==<br />
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While conceding that the MEK has little support within Iran, Scott Ritter writes: "The MEK also has the support of the state of Israel. It has the support of the powerful pro-Israeli lobby here in the United States."<ref name=SR>Scott Ritter, [http://www.zcommunications.org/iraq-iran-and-wmds-by-scott-ritter "Iraq, Iran, and WMDs"], Znet, 29 January 2007</ref> Ritter argues that the MEK has been an "asset" for Israel.<ref name=America>Scott Ritter, [http://www.alternet.org/world/93239/america_is_already_committing_acts_of_war_against_iran/ "America Is Already Committing Acts of War Against Iran"], Alternet, 30 July 2008</ref><br />
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According to investigative journalist Connie Bruck, the MEK's "intelligence" on Iran which has been cited by US officials is likely to have been provided to the MEK by Israel. (Ritter also argues this)<ref name=America>Scott Ritter, [http://www.alternet.org/world/93239/america_is_already_committing_acts_of_war_against_iran/ "America Is Already Committing Acts of War Against Iran"], Alternet, 30 July 2008</ref>:<br />
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:An Iranian-American political activist told me, however, that the N.C.R.I.'s intelligence had actually come from Israel. This person said that Israel had earlier offered it to a monarchist group, but that that group's leaders had decided that "outing" the regime's nuclear program would be viewed negatively by Iranians, so they declined the offer. Shahriar Ahy, Reza Pahlavi's adviser, confirmed that account-up to a point. "That information came not from the M.E.K. but from a friendly government, and it had come to more than one opposition group, not only the mujahideen," he said. When I asked him if the "friendly government" was Israel, he smiled. "The friendly government did not want to be the source of it, publicly. If the friendly government gives it to the U.S. publicly, then it would be received differently. Better to come from an opposition group." Israel is said to have had a relationship with the M.E.K. at least since the late nineties, and to have supplied a satellite signal for N.C.R.I. broadcasts from Paris into Iran. When I asked an Israeli diplomat about Israel's relationship with the M.E.K., he said, "The M.E.K. is useful," but declined to elaborate.<ref name=CB>Connie Bruck, [http://www.iran-interlink.org/files/News4/Mar06/NewYorker060306.htm "Exiles: How Iran's Expatriates are Gaming the Nuclear Threat"], Iran Inter-link, 6 March 2006</ref><br />
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==Neoconservative Support==<br />
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According to Gareth Porter, the MEK was a favorite of neoconservatives in the Pentagon, who were proposing in 2003-2004 to use it as part of a policy to destabilise Iran.<ref name=GPMEK>Gareth Porter, [http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=41416 "Iran Nuke Laptop Data Came from Terror Group"], IPS, 29 February 2008</ref> Just months after the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, neoconservative commentator [[Daniel Pipes]] declared the MEK (which is currently on the US terror list) a US ally for its potential to provide intelligence on Iran. While Pipes stated that the MEK does not stand a chance of militarily overthrowing the Iranian government, he still recommended that the US government arm them:<br />
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:''Can the MeK be useful?'' Yes. Western spy agencies are short on "human intelligence" - meaning spies on the ground in Iran, as distinct from eyes in the sky. Coalition military commanders should seek out the MeK for information on the Iranian mullahs' agents in Iraq...<br />
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:Instead, as the U.S. Army recommends, MEK members should (after giving assurances not to attack Iranian territory) be permitted enough arms to protect themselves from their Iranian opponents. And in November, when the secretary of state next decides whether or not to re-certify the MEK as a terrorist group, he should come to the sensible conclusion that it poses no threat to the security of the United States or its citizens, and remove it from the list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations.<ref>Daniel Pipes and Patrick Clawson, [http://www.danielpipes.org/1100/mujahedeen-e-khalq-a-terrorist-us-ally "http://www.danielpipes.org/1100/mujahedeen-e-khalq-a-terrorist-us-ally"], Daniel Pipes Website, 20 May 2003 (accessed on 27 September 2010)</ref><br />
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==US Support==<br />
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According to Seymour Hersh, the CIA and Special Operations communities have long-standing ties to the MEK which have resulted in the US supporting the group with money and weapons, even while their lack of usefulness in achieving US foreign policy goals is known<ref name=America>Scott Ritter, [http://www.alternet.org/world/93239/america_is_already_committing_acts_of_war_against_iran/ "America Is Already Committing Acts of War Against Iran"], Alternet, 30 July 2008</ref>:<br />
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:The M.E.K. has been on the State Department’s terrorist list for more than a decade, yet in recent years the group has received arms and intelligence, directly or indirectly, from the United States. Some of the newly authorized covert funds, the Pentagon consultant told me, may well end up in M.E.K. coffers. “The new task force will work with the M.E.K. The Administration is desperate for results.” He added, “The M.E.K. has no C.P.A. auditing the books, and its leaders are thought to have been lining their pockets for years. If people only knew what the M.E.K. is getting, and how much is going to its bank accounts—and yet it is almost useless for the purposes the Administration intends.”<ref name=SH>Seymour Hersh, [http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/07/07/080707fa_fact_hersh "Preparing the Battlefield"], ''New Yorker,'' 7 July 2008</ref><br />
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Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki indirectly condemned the US's dealings with the MEK in 2008:<br />
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:Gardiner also mentioned a trip that the Iraqi Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, made to Tehran in June. After his return, Maliki announced that his government would ban any contact between foreigners and the M.E.K.—a slap at the U.S.’s dealings with the group. Maliki declared that Iraq was not willing to be a staging ground for covert operations against other countries.<ref name=SH>Seymour Hersh, [http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/07/07/080707fa_fact_hersh "Preparing the Battlefield"], ''New Yorker,'' 7 July 2008</ref><br />
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===US Politicians===<br />
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US politicians that openly advocate forced regime change in Iran endorse the MEK or individuals associated with the MEK, like Israel lobby favorite, [[Alireza Jafarzadeh]].<br />
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Although the Obama Administration has been careful to resist calls to war with Iran, US congress members like Rep. [[Bob Filner]] (D-CA) (who has been openly endorsing the MEK for years)<ref>Larisa Alexandrova, [http://www.rawstory.com/news/2007/Iran_timeline_0122.html "Iran Timeline"]), ''Raw Story,'' 22 January 2007</ref> introduce resolutions that advocate direct US support of the MEK and its activities:<br />
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:Members of Congress led by have introduced a resolution calling on the Secretary of State and the President to throw the support of the United States behind an exiled Iranian terrorist group seeking to overthrow the Iranian regime and install themselves in power. Calling the exiled organization “Iran’s main opposition,” Filner is urging the State Department to end the blacklisting of the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) — a group listed by the State Department as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO). The resolution currently has 83 cosponsors and is gaining significant ground.<ref name=Disney>Patrick Disney, [http://mideast.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2010/09/22/congressional_backers_look_to_exiled_iranian_group_for_regime_change "Congressional backers look to exiled Iranian group for regime change"], ''Foreign Policy,'' 22 September 2010</ref><br />
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==Activities==<br />
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When the [[Raymond Tanter]] run [[Iran Policy Committee]] held a press conference in Washington in September 2010 with MEK representatives to reveal what it called a previously undisclosed Iranian nuclear site near the Iranian city of Qazvin, officials and analysts expressed caution considering the group's unreliable record:<br />
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:But the source of the information — the MEK is listed as a terrorist organization by the State Department — and the group’s affiliation and promotion by U.S. neoconservatives pushing hard-line policies towards Iran are reasons for skepticism. Both the State Department and independent experts have raised several alarms about the reliability of the MEK’s claims.<br />
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:While in the past, official U.S. sources have been willing to confirm information made public by the MEK, the State Department today told Fox News it would “study” the information, which included satellite images, and noted the MEK’s mixed record. “The MEK has made pronouncements about Iranian facilities in the past — some accurate, some not,” State spokesman P.J. Crowley told Fox.<ref>Ali Gharib, [http://www.lobelog.com/skepticism-about-meks-new-iranian-nuke-revelations/ "Skepticism about MEK’s alleged Iranian nuke revelation"], Lobe Log, 9 September 2010</ref><br />
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==People==<br />
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*[[Fahimeh Arvani]] - Secretary General <br />
*[[Ali Safavi]] - MEK lobbyist in London<br />
*[[Maryam Rajavi]] - "President-elect" of the [[NCRI]] since 1993<br />
*[[Alireza Jafarzadeh]] - MEK Lobbyist and Fox News Commentator<br />
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==Affiliations==<br />
<br />
*[[National Council of Resistance of Iran]] - MEK's parliament in-waiting (comprised of Iranian exiles based in the West)<br />
*[[Iran Policy Committee]] - Neoconservative led Israel/MEK lobby group based in the US<br />
<br />
==Related Links==<br />
*Chris Zambelis, [http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/JF05Ak01.html An Iranian voice in the wilderness], ''Asia Times'', June 5, 2008<br />
*[http://fanonite.org/2007/04/03/bbc-on-the-mujahedin-e-khalq/ Video report on MEK], ''BBC Newsnight'', January 2007<br />
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20060913005536/http://library.nps.navy.mil/home/tgp/mek.htm NPS Terrorist Group Profiles: MEK]<br />
*Bronwyn Adcock, "[http://web.archive.org/web/20070916124519/http://news.sbs.com.au/dateline/index.php?page=archive&daysum=2006-10-04 Gunning for Iran]", ''Dateline'', SBS , October 4, 2006.<br />
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20070328011952/http://www.iranpolicy.org/images/stories/pdfs/10-3-05+final+political+opposition+white+paper+.pdf US Policy Options for Iran and Iranian Political Opposition], Iran Policy Committee, September 13, 2005<br />
*Friends of a Free Iran, "[http://www.paulocasaca.net/PMOI-EN/index.htm People's Mojahedin of Iran - Mission Report], ''Friends of a Free Iran - European Parliament'', 2005.<br />
*Jorndorff "[http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2005/8/23/81037/3317 Who is the MEK?] Daily Kos, August 23, 2005.<br />
*"[http://forums.opendemocracy.net/mko_us_congresss_support_for_terrorism_mujahedin_e_khalq_u_s_congress_146_s_0 U.S. Congress's support for Mujahedin-e Khalq]", ''OpenDemocracy'', July 14, 2005.<br />
*[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/para/mek.htm Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization profile], Globalsecurity.org, updated March 2004.<br />
*Justin Raimondo, [http://antiwar.com/justin/?articleid=1798 Richard Perle Supports Terrorism], ''Antiwar.com'', January 28, 2004<br />
*Sam Dealy, [http://web.archive.org/web/20040129095859/http://www.hillnews.com/news/012104/terrorists.aspx Terrorists Plan D.C. Fundraiser.], ''The Hill'' January 21, 2004<br />
*Connie Bruck, [http://www.iran-interlink.org/files/News4/Mar06/NewYorker060306.htm Exiles: How Iran's Expatriates are Gaming the Nuclear Threat], ''New Yorker'', 6 March 2006<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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[[Category:Middle East Watch]] [[Category:Target Iran]]</div>Jasmin Ramseyhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=David_Matas&diff=144350David Matas2010-12-21T22:57:19Z<p>Jasmin Ramsey: /* Affiliations */</p>
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<div>'''David Matas''' has worked as the legal counsel of [[B'nai B'rith]] Canada since 1989.<ref name=Rebeca>Rebeca Kuropatwa, [http://www.jewishtribune.ca/TribuneV2/index.php/20070815129/B-nai-Brith-senior-counsel-a-long-time-human-rights-advocate-gets-major-recognition.html "B’nai Brith senior counsel, a long-time human rights advocate, gets major recognition"], Jewish Tribune, 15 August 2007, accessed on 11 December 2010</ref> Matas has a "private refugee, immigration, and human rights law practice in Winnipeg and has authored eight books."<ref name=Rebeca>Rebeca Kuropatwa, [http://www.jewishtribune.ca/TribuneV2/index.php/20070815129/B-nai-Brith-senior-counsel-a-long-time-human-rights-advocate-gets-major-recognition.html "B’nai Brith senior counsel, a long-time human rights advocate, gets major recognition"], Jewish Tribune, 15 August 2007, accessed on 11 December 2010</ref> He has also served as a member of the United Nations General Assembly and of the Stockholm International Forum on the Holocaust in 2000.<ref name=Rebeca>Rebeca Kuropatwa, [http://www.jewishtribune.ca/TribuneV2/index.php/20070815129/B-nai-Brith-senior-counsel-a-long-time-human-rights-advocate-gets-major-recognition.html "B’nai Brith senior counsel, a long-time human rights advocate, gets major recognition"], Jewish Tribune, 15 August 2007, accessed on 11 December 2010</ref> He has also served as director of the [[International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development]]. Matas has spent most of his career advocating pro-Israel policy and has worked in the Canadian government as well as several NGOs both Canadian and international, including the [[Canadian Jewish Congress]] which is very similar to [[AIPAC]] in terms of its pro-Israel lobbying activities.<ref>Dan Freeman-maloy, [http://www.zcommunications.org/aipac-north-by-dan-freeman-maloy, "AIPAC North"], ZNet, 26 June 2006</ref><br />
<br />
==Affiliations==<br />
<br />
*[[B'nai B'rith]] Canada - Senior Legal Counsel (since 1989)<ref name=Rebeca>Rebeca Kuropatwa, [http://www.jewishtribune.ca/TribuneV2/index.php/20070815129/B-nai-Brith-senior-counsel-a-long-time-human-rights-advocate-gets-major-recognition.html "B’nai Brith senior counsel, a long-time human rights advocate, gets major recognition"], Jewish Tribune, 15 August 2007, accessed on 11 December 2010</ref><br />
*[[Amnesty International]]<br />
*[[Canadian Jewish Congress]] <br />
*[[International Commission of Jurists]] (ICJ)<br />
*[[Elie Wiesel]] - Wiesel was a Keynote Speaker at event honoring Matas with an award from the ICJ<ref name=Rebeca>Rebeca Kuropatwa, [http://www.jewishtribune.ca/TribuneV2/index.php/20070815129/B-nai-Brith-senior-counsel-a-long-time-human-rights-advocate-gets-major-recognition.html "B’nai Brith senior counsel, a long-time human rights advocate, gets major recognition"], Jewish Tribune, 15 August 2007, accessed on 11 December 2010</ref><br />
*[[National Council of Resistance of Iran]]<ref>NCRI, [http://www.ncr-iran.org/en/news/ashraf/9386-international-legal-symposium-in-defense-of-ashraf "International legal symposium in defense of Ashraf"], National Council of Resistance of Iran, 5 December 2010, accessed on 21 December 2010</ref><br />
<br />
==References==<br />
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[[category:Israel Lobby | Matas, David]]</div>Jasmin Ramseyhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=John_Bolton&diff=144349John Bolton2010-12-21T22:54:42Z<p>Jasmin Ramsey: /* Affiliations */</p>
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<div>John Bolton is a leading [[neocon]] and the current US ambassador to the UN. He is the winner of [[Zionist Organization of America]]'s 2006 Defender of Israel Award &ndash; given to him for the role he played in undermining the "Zionism is Racism" declaration at the United Nations Anti-Racism conference in Durban, South Africa.<br />
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==Affiliations==<br />
*[[Friends of Israel Initiative]] &ndash; founder member <ref>[[Media:Friends of Israel - The Founder Members.pdf|PDF Copy]] of The Friends of Israel Initiative > About > Founder Members <http://www.friendsofisraelinitiative.org/about-advisors.php> created 15 July 2010.</ref><br />
*[[Project for the New American Century]]<br />
*[[Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs]] (JINSA)<br />
*[[Manhattan Institute]]<br />
*[[MEMRI]] - Board of Advisors <br />
*[[National Policy Forum]]<br />
*[[New Atlantic Initiative]]<br />
*[[American Enterprise Institute]] &ndash; senior vice president for policy (2001)<br />
*[[Federalist Society]]<br />
*[[Pamela Geller]] - Bolton endorse Geller's blog "Atlas Shrugs"<ref name=about>Pamela Geller, [http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/about.html "About"], Atlas Shrugs, accessed on 23 November 2010</ref><br />
*[[National Council of Resistance of Iran]]<ref>NCRI, [http://www.ncr-iran.org/en/news/ashraf/9386-international-legal-symposium-in-defense-of-ashraf "International legal symposium in defense of Ashraf"], National Council of Resistance of Iran, 5 December 2010, accessed on 21 December 2010</ref><br />
<br />
==External Resources==<br />
*Tom Barry, [http://www.irc-online.org/content/3388 Israel's Man at the UN], International Relations Center, 26 July 2006. <br />
==Notes==<br />
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[[Category:Neocons|Bolton, John]]</div>Jasmin Ramseyhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=National_Council_of_Resistance_of_Iran&diff=144348National Council of Resistance of Iran2010-12-21T22:50:15Z<p>Jasmin Ramsey: /* People */</p>
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<div>According to its website, the '''National Council of Resistance of Iran''' (NCRI) is a "broad coalition of democratic Iranian organizations, groups and personalities."<ref name=NCRIW>NCRI, [http://ncr-iran.org/content/view/6046/ "Introduction to the National Council of Resistance of Iran "], NCRI Official Website, accessed on 24 September 2010</ref> Made up of Iranian exiles and minorities with pro-Israel, anti-Iranian views, several analysts<ref>Rostam Pourzal, [http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2006/pourzal120606.html "MEK Tricks US Progressives, Gains Legitimacy"], ''Monthly Review,'' 26 May 2006</ref> and US lawmakers<ref name=ftp>Department of State, [http://ftp.resource.org/courts.gov/c/F3/373/373.F3d.152.01-1480.html "Citation: 373 F.3d 152"], FTP Resource, accessed on 24 September 2010</ref> consider the NCRI a Paris-based front group of the '''[[Mujahideen-e Khalq]]'''.<br />
<br />
==Mission: Overthrow the Iranian Government==<br />
<br />
The NCRI claims to have created a "Parliament in Exile,"<ref name=NCRIW>NCRI, [http://ncr-iran.org/content/view/6046/ "Introduction to the National Council of Resistance of Iran "], NCRI Official Website, accessed on 24 September 2010</ref> with "500 members"<ref name=NCRIW>NCRI, [http://ncr-iran.org/content/view/6046/ "Introduction to the National Council of Resistance of Iran "], NCRI Official Website, accessed on 24 September 2010</ref> ready to replace the current Iranian government once it has been overthrown. "President-elect" [[Maryam Rajavi]] will head the parliament until the NCRI decides to hold "free" elections. <br />
<br />
The NCRI openly advocates overthrowing the current Iranian government. In a section titled the "National Solidarity Front" on its website, the NCRI describes its hopes for the overthrow of the current Iranian government: <br />
<br />
:In its two-day plenary session in November 2002, NCRI adopted a plan to form the "National Solidarity Front to Overthrow Religious Dictatorship in Iran." The front was designed as a platform to encompass all Iranian republicans who "are campaigning for a democratic, independent and secular regime."<br />
<br />
:The Council noted that brightening prospects for overthrow of the regime necessitate ever-greater national solidarity among Iranians; a fact that prompted the NCRI to ratify the formation of the Front.<br />
<br />
:Mrs. Maryam Rajavi described the Front as "a reflection of the most profound democratic yearnings of all the people of Iran, regardless of ideology, belief, religion and ethnicity that transcends all partisan and political interests." She said the Front "embodies the unshakable resolve of the Iranian people to overthrow the mullahs' inhuman regime."<ref name=NCRIW>NCRI, [http://ncr-iran.org/content/view/6046/ "Introduction to the National Council of Resistance of Iran "], NCRI Official Website, accessed on 24 September 2010</ref> <br />
<br />
==MEK Alias/Terrorist Designation==<br />
<br />
The US State Department has twice designated the NCRI as an "alias" of the MEK and thereby a "terrorist organization," once after an initial investigation and again after an appeal was brought forward for review by those that claimed to be representatives of the NCRI:<br />
<br />
:Nearly a year later, the State Department provided for NCRI's review additional materials obtained by the FBI in the course of "its long-running investigation of the MEK and NCRI." Letter of Ambassador Francis X. Taylor, Coordinator for Counterterrorism, U.S. Dep't of State, at 1 (Sept. 4, 2002). Within two months, NCRI submitted its response. See Letter of Paul F. Enzinna, Esq. (Nov. 1, 2002). In May 2003, the State Department completed its review process and, on May 24, the Secretary decided to leave in place the 1999 and 2001 "designations of the National Council of Resistance (NCR) and the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) as foreign terrorist organization aliases of the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK)." Action Mem. from William Pope & William H. Taft, IV to the Secretary of State, at 3 (May 22, 2003) (Action Mem.).<ref name=ftp>Department of State, [http://ftp.resource.org/courts.gov/c/F3/373/373.F3d.152.01-1480.html "Citation: 373 F.3d 152"], FTP Resource, accessed on 24 September 2010</ref><br />
<br />
==People==<br />
<br />
*[[Maryam Rajavi]] - "President-elect" since 1993<ref name=NCRIW>NCRI, [http://ncr-iran.org/content/view/6046/ "Introduction to the National Council of Resistance of Iran "], NCRI Official Website, accessed on 24 September 2010</ref><br />
*[[Dowlat Nowrouzi]] - UK Representative,<ref>BPCIF, [http://iran-freedom.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=297&Itemid=28 "MPs and Peers launch international campaign to save Iranian dissidents in Iraq"], British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom, 23 November 2010, accessed on 21 December 2010</ref> Membber of NCRI Foreign Affairs Committee<ref name=ashrafpress>NCRI, [http://www.ncr-iran.org/en/news/ashraf/9503-british-mps-rights-activists-condemn-siege-of-camp-ashraf "British MPs, rights activists condemn siege of Camp Ashraf "], National Council of Resistance of Iran, 21 December 2010, accessed on 21 December 2010</ref><br />
*[[Christine Aziz]] - UK Representative<ref name=ashrafpress>NCRI, [http://www.ncr-iran.org/en/news/ashraf/9503-british-mps-rights-activists-condemn-siege-of-camp-ashraf "British MPs, rights activists condemn siege of Camp Ashraf "], National Council of Resistance of Iran, 21 December 2010, accessed on 21 December 2010</ref><br />
<br />
==Affiliations==<br />
<br />
*[[Mujahideen-e Khalq]]<br />
*[[Iran Policy Committee]]<br />
*[[British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom]] - One of the NCRI's lobby groups<br />
<br />
==Contact==<br />
<br />
*Website: http://ncr-iran.org/index.php<br />
<br />
==Related Links==<br />
*Chris Zambelis, [http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/JF05Ak01.html An Iranian voice in the wilderness], ''Asia Times'', June 5, 2008<br />
*[http://fanonite.org/2007/04/03/bbc-on-the-mujahedin-e-khalq/ Video report on MEK], ''BBC Newsnight'', January 2007<br />
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20060913005536/http://library.nps.navy.mil/home/tgp/mek.htm NPS Terrorist Group Profiles: MEK]<br />
*Bronwyn Adcock, "[http://web.archive.org/web/20070916124519/http://news.sbs.com.au/dateline/index.php?page=archive&daysum=2006-10-04 Gunning for Iran]", ''Dateline'', SBS , October 4, 2006.<br />
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20070328011952/http://www.iranpolicy.org/images/stories/pdfs/10-3-05+final+political+opposition+white+paper+.pdf US Policy Options for Iran and Iranian Political Opposition], Iran Policy Committee, September 13, 2005<br />
*Friends of a Free Iran, "[http://www.paulocasaca.net/PMOI-EN/index.htm People's Mojahedin of Iran - Mission Report], ''Friends of a Free Iran - European Parliament'', 2005.<br />
*Jorndorff "[http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2005/8/23/81037/3317 Who is the MEK?] Daily Kos, August 23, 2005.<br />
*"[http://forums.opendemocracy.net/mko_us_congresss_support_for_terrorism_mujahedin_e_khalq_u_s_congress_146_s_0 U.S. Congress's support for Mujahedin-e Khalq]", ''OpenDemocracy'', July 14, 2005.<br />
*[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/para/mek.htm Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization profile], Globalsecurity.org, updated March 2004.<br />
*Justin Raimondo, [http://antiwar.com/justin/?articleid=1798 Richard Perle Supports Terrorism], ''Antiwar.com'', January 28, 2004<br />
*Sam Dealy, [http://web.archive.org/web/20040129095859/http://www.hillnews.com/news/012104/terrorists.aspx Terrorists Plan D.C. Fundraiser.], ''The Hill'' January 21, 2004<br />
*Connie Bruck, [http://www.iran-interlink.org/files/News4/Mar06/NewYorker060306.htm Exiles: How Iran's Expatriates are Gaming the Nuclear Threat], ''New Yorker'', 6 March 2006<br />
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==Notes==<br />
<references/><br />
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[[Category:Middle East Watch]] [[Category:Target Iran]]</div>Jasmin Ramseyhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=National_Council_of_Resistance_of_Iran&diff=144347National Council of Resistance of Iran2010-12-21T22:47:48Z<p>Jasmin Ramsey: /* People */</p>
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<div>According to its website, the '''National Council of Resistance of Iran''' (NCRI) is a "broad coalition of democratic Iranian organizations, groups and personalities."<ref name=NCRIW>NCRI, [http://ncr-iran.org/content/view/6046/ "Introduction to the National Council of Resistance of Iran "], NCRI Official Website, accessed on 24 September 2010</ref> Made up of Iranian exiles and minorities with pro-Israel, anti-Iranian views, several analysts<ref>Rostam Pourzal, [http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2006/pourzal120606.html "MEK Tricks US Progressives, Gains Legitimacy"], ''Monthly Review,'' 26 May 2006</ref> and US lawmakers<ref name=ftp>Department of State, [http://ftp.resource.org/courts.gov/c/F3/373/373.F3d.152.01-1480.html "Citation: 373 F.3d 152"], FTP Resource, accessed on 24 September 2010</ref> consider the NCRI a Paris-based front group of the '''[[Mujahideen-e Khalq]]'''.<br />
<br />
==Mission: Overthrow the Iranian Government==<br />
<br />
The NCRI claims to have created a "Parliament in Exile,"<ref name=NCRIW>NCRI, [http://ncr-iran.org/content/view/6046/ "Introduction to the National Council of Resistance of Iran "], NCRI Official Website, accessed on 24 September 2010</ref> with "500 members"<ref name=NCRIW>NCRI, [http://ncr-iran.org/content/view/6046/ "Introduction to the National Council of Resistance of Iran "], NCRI Official Website, accessed on 24 September 2010</ref> ready to replace the current Iranian government once it has been overthrown. "President-elect" [[Maryam Rajavi]] will head the parliament until the NCRI decides to hold "free" elections. <br />
<br />
The NCRI openly advocates overthrowing the current Iranian government. In a section titled the "National Solidarity Front" on its website, the NCRI describes its hopes for the overthrow of the current Iranian government: <br />
<br />
:In its two-day plenary session in November 2002, NCRI adopted a plan to form the "National Solidarity Front to Overthrow Religious Dictatorship in Iran." The front was designed as a platform to encompass all Iranian republicans who "are campaigning for a democratic, independent and secular regime."<br />
<br />
:The Council noted that brightening prospects for overthrow of the regime necessitate ever-greater national solidarity among Iranians; a fact that prompted the NCRI to ratify the formation of the Front.<br />
<br />
:Mrs. Maryam Rajavi described the Front as "a reflection of the most profound democratic yearnings of all the people of Iran, regardless of ideology, belief, religion and ethnicity that transcends all partisan and political interests." She said the Front "embodies the unshakable resolve of the Iranian people to overthrow the mullahs' inhuman regime."<ref name=NCRIW>NCRI, [http://ncr-iran.org/content/view/6046/ "Introduction to the National Council of Resistance of Iran "], NCRI Official Website, accessed on 24 September 2010</ref> <br />
<br />
==MEK Alias/Terrorist Designation==<br />
<br />
The US State Department has twice designated the NCRI as an "alias" of the MEK and thereby a "terrorist organization," once after an initial investigation and again after an appeal was brought forward for review by those that claimed to be representatives of the NCRI:<br />
<br />
:Nearly a year later, the State Department provided for NCRI's review additional materials obtained by the FBI in the course of "its long-running investigation of the MEK and NCRI." Letter of Ambassador Francis X. Taylor, Coordinator for Counterterrorism, U.S. Dep't of State, at 1 (Sept. 4, 2002). Within two months, NCRI submitted its response. See Letter of Paul F. Enzinna, Esq. (Nov. 1, 2002). In May 2003, the State Department completed its review process and, on May 24, the Secretary decided to leave in place the 1999 and 2001 "designations of the National Council of Resistance (NCR) and the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) as foreign terrorist organization aliases of the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK)." Action Mem. from William Pope & William H. Taft, IV to the Secretary of State, at 3 (May 22, 2003) (Action Mem.).<ref name=ftp>Department of State, [http://ftp.resource.org/courts.gov/c/F3/373/373.F3d.152.01-1480.html "Citation: 373 F.3d 152"], FTP Resource, accessed on 24 September 2010</ref><br />
<br />
==People==<br />
<br />
*[[Maryam Rajavi]] - "President-elect" since 1993<ref name=NCRIW>NCRI, [http://ncr-iran.org/content/view/6046/ "Introduction to the National Council of Resistance of Iran "], NCRI Official Website, accessed on 24 September 2010</ref><br />
*[[Dowlat Nowrouzi]] - NCRI UK Representative,<ref>BPCIF, [http://iran-freedom.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=297&Itemid=28 "MPs and Peers launch international campaign to save Iranian dissidents in Iraq"], British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom, 23 November 2010, accessed on 21 December 2010</ref> Membber of NCRI Foreign Affairs Committee<ref name=ashrafpress>NCRI, [http://www.ncr-iran.org/en/news/ashraf/9503-british-mps-rights-activists-condemn-siege-of-camp-ashraf "British MPs, rights activists condemn siege of Camp Ashraf "], National Council of Resistance of Iran, 21 December 2010, accessed on 21 December 2010</ref><br />
<br />
==Affiliations==<br />
<br />
*[[Mujahideen-e Khalq]]<br />
*[[Iran Policy Committee]]<br />
*[[British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom]] - One of the NCRI's lobby groups<br />
<br />
==Contact==<br />
<br />
*Website: http://ncr-iran.org/index.php<br />
<br />
==Related Links==<br />
*Chris Zambelis, [http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/JF05Ak01.html An Iranian voice in the wilderness], ''Asia Times'', June 5, 2008<br />
*[http://fanonite.org/2007/04/03/bbc-on-the-mujahedin-e-khalq/ Video report on MEK], ''BBC Newsnight'', January 2007<br />
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20060913005536/http://library.nps.navy.mil/home/tgp/mek.htm NPS Terrorist Group Profiles: MEK]<br />
*Bronwyn Adcock, "[http://web.archive.org/web/20070916124519/http://news.sbs.com.au/dateline/index.php?page=archive&daysum=2006-10-04 Gunning for Iran]", ''Dateline'', SBS , October 4, 2006.<br />
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20070328011952/http://www.iranpolicy.org/images/stories/pdfs/10-3-05+final+political+opposition+white+paper+.pdf US Policy Options for Iran and Iranian Political Opposition], Iran Policy Committee, September 13, 2005<br />
*Friends of a Free Iran, "[http://www.paulocasaca.net/PMOI-EN/index.htm People's Mojahedin of Iran - Mission Report], ''Friends of a Free Iran - European Parliament'', 2005.<br />
*Jorndorff "[http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2005/8/23/81037/3317 Who is the MEK?] Daily Kos, August 23, 2005.<br />
*"[http://forums.opendemocracy.net/mko_us_congresss_support_for_terrorism_mujahedin_e_khalq_u_s_congress_146_s_0 U.S. Congress's support for Mujahedin-e Khalq]", ''OpenDemocracy'', July 14, 2005.<br />
*[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/para/mek.htm Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization profile], Globalsecurity.org, updated March 2004.<br />
*Justin Raimondo, [http://antiwar.com/justin/?articleid=1798 Richard Perle Supports Terrorism], ''Antiwar.com'', January 28, 2004<br />
*Sam Dealy, [http://web.archive.org/web/20040129095859/http://www.hillnews.com/news/012104/terrorists.aspx Terrorists Plan D.C. Fundraiser.], ''The Hill'' January 21, 2004<br />
*Connie Bruck, [http://www.iran-interlink.org/files/News4/Mar06/NewYorker060306.htm Exiles: How Iran's Expatriates are Gaming the Nuclear Threat], ''New Yorker'', 6 March 2006<br />
<br />
==Notes==<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
[[Category:Middle East Watch]] [[Category:Target Iran]]</div>Jasmin Ramseyhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=British_Parliamentary_Committee_for_Iran_Freedom&diff=144346British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom2010-12-21T22:43:51Z<p>Jasmin Ramsey: </p>
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<div>According to its website, the '''British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom''' (BPCIF) "has a cross-party membership from both Houses of Parliament. Its membership comprises members of the Parliamentary Select Committees, spokespersons of the main political parties, shadow cabinet ministers, as well as former senior government Ministers."<ref>BPCIF, [http://iran-freedom.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15&Itemid=34 "About Us"], British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom, accessed on 20 December 2010</ref> Press releases and statements<ref>NCRI, [http://www.ncr-iran.org/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9104:irans-music-legend-passes-away&catid=155:iran-resistance&Itemid=130 "Iran's music legend passes away"], National Council of Resistance of Iran, 15 October 2010, accessed on 20 December 2010</ref><ref>BPCIF, [http://iran-freedom.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=297&Itemid=28 "MPs and Peers launch international campaign to save Iranian dissidents in Iraq"], British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom, 23 November 2010, accessed on 20 December 2010</ref><ref>BPCIF, [http://iran-freedom.org/index.php?option=com_search&Itemid=99999999&searchword=ncri&submit=Search&searchphrase=any&ordering=newest "NCRI Search"], British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom, accessed on 20 December 2010</ref> from BPCIF and the [[National Council of Resistance of Iran]] (the [[PMOI]]'s main front group) which regularly reference one another and place considerable attention on the [[PMOI]] suggest the BPCIF is part of the [[NCRI]]'s network of lobby groups. Chief among the BPCIF's stated goals is to "do all in its power" to persuade the British government "to end its policy of appeasement with the Iranian regime."<ref>BPCIF, [http://www.ncr-iran.org/en/ncri-statements/ashraf/9346-international-committee-in-support-of-ashraf-established-in-britains-house-of-lords- "International Committee in Support of Ashraf Established in Britain’s House of Lords"], British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom, 27 November 2010, accessed on 21 December 2010</ref> The BPCIF's website is registered to [[Robin Corbett]],<ref>Whois.net, [http://www.whois.net/whois/iran-freedom.org.org "WHOIS information for iran-freedom.org"], whois.net, accessed on 21 December 2010</ref> the BPCIF's Chairman and main representative.<br />
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==Goals==<br />
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===Overthrow the Iranian Government===<br />
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===Legitimize the PMOI===<br />
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==Affiliations==<br />
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*[[National Council of Resistance of Iran]]<br />
*[[PMOI]]<br />
*[[Iran Policy Committee]]<ref name=links>BPCIF, [http://iran-freedom.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=20&Itemid=35 "Links"], British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom, accessed on 21 December 2010</ref><br />
*[[Iran Focus]]<ref name=links>BPCIF, [http://iran-freedom.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=20&Itemid=35 "Links"], British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom, accessed on 21 December 2010</ref><br />
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==People==<br />
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===Key Members===<br />
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*[[Lord Corbett of Castle Vale]] (Robin Corbett) - Chair<ref>BPCIF, [http://www.ncr-iran.org/en/ncri-statements/ashraf/9346-international-committee-in-support-of-ashraf-established-in-britains-house-of-lords- "International Committee in Support of Ashraf Established in Britain’s House of Lords"], British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom, 27 November 2010, accessed on 21 December 2010</ref><br />
*The Rt. Hon [[Lord Archer of Sandwell]], QC - Chair<ref name=nov>BPCIF, [http://iran-freedom.org/pdf/november2005.pdf "1300 British Lawyers Call for Removal of Unjust Terror Tag from Iranian Mojahedin"], British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom, November 2005, accessed on 21 December 2010</ref><br />
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===Key Supporters===<br />
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Source<ref name=nov>BPCIF, [http://iran-freedom.org/pdf/november2005.pdf "1300 British Lawyers Call for Removal of Unjust Terror Tag from Iranian Mojahedin"], British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom, November 2005, accessed on 21 December 2010</ref><br />
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*[[Stephen Grosz]]<br />
*[[Lord Inglewood]], DL<br />
*[[Brian Binley]], MP Northampton<br />
*[[Baroness Harris of Richmond]] (Angela Harris)<br />
*[[Baroness Gould of Potternewton]] (Joyce Gould)<br />
*The Rt. Hon. The [[Lord Renton]], QC<br />
*[[Lord Clarke of Hampstead]] (Anthony Clarke)<br />
*[[Lord Alton of Liverpool]] (David Alton)<br />
*[[David Amess]] - Conservative MP <br />
*[[Lord King of West Bromwich]] (Tarsem King)<br />
*[[Baroness Gibson of Market Rasen]] (Anne Gibson)<br />
*[[Claire Miskin]]<br />
*[[Malcolm Fowler]]<br />
*[[Baroness Turner of Camden]] (Muriel Turner)<br />
*[[Lord Taverne]], QC (Dick Taverne)<br />
*[[Lord Fraser of Carmyllie]], QC (Peter Fraser)<br />
*[[Rudi Vis]]<br />
*[[David Drew]]<br />
*[[Lord Russell-Johnston of Minginish]] (Russell Johnston)<br />
*[[Lord Dholakia of Waltham Brooks]] (Navnit Dholakia)<br />
*[[Bill Bowring]]<br />
*[[Mark Muller]]<br />
*[[Edward Grieves]]<br />
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==Contact==<br />
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'''Website:''' http://iran-freedom.org/<br/><br />
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'''Address:''' B.M. Box 4448<br/><br />
London<br/><br />
United Kingdom<br/><br />
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==Notes==<br />
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[[Category:Middle East Watch]] [[Category:Target Iran]]</div>Jasmin Ramseyhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Robin_Corbett&diff=144345Robin Corbett2010-12-21T22:39:35Z<p>Jasmin Ramsey: </p>
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<div>'''Lord Corbett of Castle Vale (Robin Corbett)''' is a former British MP for the Labour Party.<ref>UK Parliament, [http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/robin-corbett/26725 "Lord Corbett of Castle Vale"], UK Parliament, accessed on 21 December 2010</ref> Corbett has strong ties with the [[PMOI]] and has spent a significant portion of his career advocating for the legitimization of the organization which has been categorized as a terrorist group by multiple world governments. Corbett is also chairman of the [[British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom]] and is listed as the official registrant of the BPCIF's website.<ref>Whois.net, [http://www.whois.net/whois/iran-freedom.org.org "WHOIS information for iran-freedom.org"], whois.net, accessed on 21 December 2010</ref><br />
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==Affiliations==<br />
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*[[British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom]] - Chairman<ref>BPCIF, [http://www.ncr-iran.org/en/ncri-statements/ashraf/9346-international-committee-in-support-of-ashraf-established-in-britains-house-of-lords- "International Committee in Support of Ashraf Established in Britain’s House of Lords"], British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom, 27 November 2010, accessed on 21 December 2010</ref><br />
*[[PMOI]]<ref name=state>BPCIF, [http://www.powerbase.info/images/b/bd/Corbett-statement.pdf "STATEMENT BY LORD CORBETT OF CASTLE VALE"], British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom, accessed on 21 December 2010</ref><br />
*[[Maryam Rajavi]]<ref name=state>BPCIF,[[Media:Corbett-Statement.pdf|STATEMENT BY LORD CORBETT OF CASTLE VALE]], British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom, accessed on 21 December 2010</ref><br />
*[[Wilton Park]] Academic Council - 1995-2005<br />
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==Resources==<br />
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Corbett's columns at the [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lord-corbett Huffington Post]<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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<div>'''Lord Corbett of Castle Vale (Robin Corbett)''' is a former British MP for the Labour Party.<ref>UK Parliament, [http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/robin-corbett/26725 "Lord Corbett of Castle Vale"], UK Parliament, accessed on 21 December 2010</ref> Corbett has strong ties with the [[PMOI]] and has spent a significant portion of his career advocating for the legitimization of the organization which has been categorized as a terrorist group by multiple world governments. Corbett is also chairman of the [[British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom]] and is listed as the official registrant of the BPCIF's website.<ref>Whois.net, [http://www.whois.net/whois/iran-freedom.org.org "WHOIS information for iran-freedom.org"], whois.net, accessed on 21 December 2010</ref><br />
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==Affiliations==<br />
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*[[British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom]] - Chairman<ref>BPCIF, [http://www.ncr-iran.org/en/ncri-statements/ashraf/9346-international-committee-in-support-of-ashraf-established-in-britains-house-of-lords- "International Committee in Support of Ashraf Established in Britain’s House of Lords"], British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom, 27 November 2010, accessed on 21 December 2010</ref><br />
*[[PMOI]]<ref name=state>BPCIF, [http://www.powerbase.info/images/b/bd/Corbett-statement.pdf "STATEMENT BY LORD CORBETT OF CASTLE VALE"], British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom, accessed on 21 December 2010</ref><br />
*[[Maryam Rajavi]]<ref name=state>BPCIF,[[Media:Corbett-Statement.pdf|STATEMENT BY LORD CORBETT OF CASTLE VALE]], British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom, accessed on 21 December 2010</ref><br />
*[[Wilton Park]] Academic Council - 1995-2005<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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[[Category:Middle East Watch]] [[Category:Target Iran]]</div>Jasmin Ramseyhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Robin_Corbett&diff=144343Robin Corbett2010-12-21T22:35:24Z<p>Jasmin Ramsey: </p>
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<div>Lord Corbett of Castle Vale (Robin Corbett) is a former British MP for the Labour Party.<ref>UK Parliament, [http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/robin-corbett/26725 "Lord Corbett of Castle Vale"], UK Parliament, accessed on 21 December 2010</ref> Corbett has strong ties with the [[PMOI]] and has spent a significant portion of his career advocating for the PMOI. Corbett is also chairman of the [[British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom]] and is listed as the official registrant of the BPCIF's website.<br />
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==Affiliations==<br />
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*[[British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom]] - Chairman<ref>BPCIF, [http://www.ncr-iran.org/en/ncri-statements/ashraf/9346-international-committee-in-support-of-ashraf-established-in-britains-house-of-lords- "International Committee in Support of Ashraf Established in Britain’s House of Lords"], British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom, 27 November 2010, accessed on 21 December 2010</ref><br />
*[[PMOI]]<ref name=state>BPCIF, [http://www.powerbase.info/images/b/bd/Corbett-statement.pdf "STATEMENT BY LORD CORBETT OF CASTLE VALE"], British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom, accessed on 21 December 2010</ref><br />
*[[Maryam Rajavi]]<ref name=state>BPCIF,[[Media:Corbett-Statement.pdf|STATEMENT BY LORD CORBETT OF CASTLE VALE]], British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom, accessed on 21 December 2010</ref><br />
*[[Wilton Park]] Academic Council - 1995-2005<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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[[Category:Middle East Watch]] [[Category:Target Iran]]</div>Jasmin Ramseyhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Iran_Policy_Committee&diff=144334Iran Policy Committee2010-12-21T22:08:06Z<p>Jasmin Ramsey: /* Affiliations */</p>
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<div>The '''Iran Policy Committee''' (IPC), formed in February 2005 by [[Raymond Tanter]], is a pressure group focused on influencing US government policy towards Iran. It is made up of former White House, State Department, Pentagon and CIA officials <ref name=MS>Iran Policy Committee, [http://www.iranpolicy.org/mission.php Mission Statement], Accessed 21-March-2009</ref>. IPC has been compared to the [[Iraqi National Congress]] and has even shared an address, accountants, and some staff with multiple organizations that either fronted for or had direct ties to the [[INC]] "even sharing staff members with those groups.<ref name=ABEC>Ali Gharib and Eli Clifton, [http://www.lobelog.com/neocon-iran-policy-committee-tied-to-disgraced-iraqi-national-congress/ "Neocon Iran Policy Committee Tied To Disgraced Iraqi National Congress"], ''LobeLog,'' 10 September 2010</ref> IPC openly endorses what it refers to "third alternative" for US policy towards Iran: "Keep open diplomatic and military options, while providing a central role for the Iranian opposition to facilitate democratic change."<ref name=MS>Iran Policy Committee, [http://www.iranpolicy.org/mission.php Mission Statement], Accessed 21-March-2009</ref>.<br />
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==Views and activities==<br />
On the grounds that Iran poses a threat to US National Security, the IPC advocates that the US should favor "regime change" through a process of "destabilization" and "coercive diplomacy", while keeping the full military option open. Suggested policies include economic blockades, military support of the [[People's Mojahedin Organisation of Iran]] (PMOI) or the MEK, and precision strikes of selected targets within Iran. They describe this as "providing a central role for the Iranian opposition to facilitate regime change". <ref>Iran Focus News [http://www.iranfocus.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=1475 Iran policy group outlines new approach in dealing with Tehran], ''Iran Focus'', 14-February-2005, Accessed 23-March-2009</ref> In a speech to a rally on 19 January 2006 organized by [[Council for Democratic Change in Iran]], an MeK front group, Tanter said the revolution in Iran will not be one of the nonviolent “color revolutions” likes those in central Europe. “To say that the only route in Iran is the non-violent route of Gandhi and King is to misunderstand the nature of the theocratic regime in Tehran.<ref>Iran Policy Committee[http://rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/3280 Profile], ''Rightweb'', Accessed 23-March-2009</ref>.” <br />
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According to Rightweb:<br />
:Launched in 2005, IPC's main modus operandi is to hold a press conference, typically at the National Press Club, at which it releases the findings of its latest “white paper.” On January 11, 2007, a day after President George W. Bush announced his “surge” strategy for Iraq, IPC held a press conference at the National Press Club to announce the release of its latest paper, “How to Make the Surge Work: A Complementary Political-Military Plan for Iraq.” ...Less than a week earlier, on January 5, 2007, IPC held a press conference at the National Press Club at which it claimed to provide convincing evidence of Tehran's role in fomenting violence in Iraq. Under the headline “New Intelligence Points to Iran Destabilizing Iraq,” the conference showcased the work of Alireza Jafarzadeh...IPC's Tanter followed up Jafarzadeh's remarks to push for the involvement of the MEK in U.S. operations in the region. <br />
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:Earlier IPC white papers on Iran have included: “U.S. Policy Options for Iran and Iranian Political Opposition,” September 13 2005; “U.S. Policy Options for Iran: Sham Elections, Disinformation Campaign, Human Rights Abuses, and Regime Change,” June 30, 2005; “U.S. Policy Options for Iran,” February 10, 2005; and “What Makes Iran Tick,” May 10, 2006.<ref>Iran Policy Committee[http://rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/3280 Profile], ''Rightweb'', Accessed 23-March-2009</ref><br />
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When the IPC held a press conference in Washington in September with MEK representatives to reveal what it called a previously undisclosed Iranian nuclear site near the Iranian city of Qazvin, US officials expressed caution considering the groups unreliable record:<br />
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:But the source of the information — the MEK is listed as a terrorist organization by the State Department — and the group’s affiliation and promotion by U.S. neoconservatives pushing hard-line policies towards Iran are reasons for skepticism. Both the State Department and independent experts have raised several alarms about the reliability of the MEK’s claims.<br />
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:While in the past, official U.S. sources have been willing to confirm information made public by the MEK, the State Department today told Fox News it would “study” the information, which included satellite images, and noted the MEK’s mixed record. “The MEK has made pronouncements about Iranian facilities in the past — some accurate, some not,” State spokesman P.J. Crowley told Fox.<ref>Ali Gharib, [http://www.lobelog.com/skepticism-about-meks-new-iranian-nuke-revelations/ "Skepticism about MEK’s alleged Iranian nuke revelation"], Lobe Log, 9 September 2010</ref><br />
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==A Neocon Dissent==<br />
While the organization does not shy away from endorsing violence to achieve regime change in Iran, they have been criticized by neocons for not being hardline enough. The neocon hawk Michael Rubin has criticized them for working with the “Monsters of the Left: The Mujahedin al-Khalq.” He was rebutted by the IPC's Clare Lopez for vilifying MEK: “While the MEK's wartime actions [attacking Iran during the Iran-Iraq war] undeniably alienated some Iranians, the group's survival and ability to organize itself, and collect and disseminate key intelligence about Iran's top-secret nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction programs clearly attest to an extensive base of support inside the country today. The MEK's broad level of support among the Iranian Diaspora is obvious in regular and large-scale demonstrations, for instance, in New York City to protest the September 2005 appearance of Iran's terrorist president [Mahmoud] Ahmadinejad at the United Nations and on January 19 in Washington, DC to urge referral of Iran to the UN Security Council, where seas of hundreds of waving placards with photos of Massoud and Maryam Rajavi are always prominent features..<ref>Iran Policy Committee[http://rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/3280 Profile], ''Rightweb'', Accessed 23-March-2009</ref>.”<br />
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==Beating the war drums: Iran Policy Committee advocating regime change in Iran==<br />
In 2005, AIPAC and related zionist organisations in the United States stepped up their lobbying efforts to obtain "regime change" in Iran and the dismantlement of the Iranian nuclear programme. As part of this effort, the Iran Policy Committee was created, and Raymond Tanter is listed as the organization's founder and co-chair. He is often the public face of IPC and has stated in public that: <br />
#the United States should pursue a policy of "regime change" in Iran; <br />
#the United States should remove select Iranian armed groups from its "terrorist organization list"; <br />
#the United States should neutralize or eliminate the Iranian nuclear program. <br />
The principal way IPC propagates its views is by:<br />
#appearing in endless US Congressional hearings;<br />
#generating a stream editorials that are placed in the Op-ed pages of mainstream newspapers;<br />
#giving interviews to news organizations that are sympathetic to IPC's objectives; and <br />
#endorsing Iranian groups opposed to the Iranian theocracy.<br />
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===Target Iran===<br />
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The majority of the content on IPC's website is written by founder [[Raymond Tanter]]. In March 2010 Tanter issued a "briefing" which reiterated IPC's standard "recommendations" for the US government with regard to Iran. According to Tanter, the US should support opposition groups in Iran along with continuing "tough" sanctions and providing "covert support" in order aid the "Iranian people" in deposing the Iranian government:<br />
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:Research indicates that it would be in the U.S.'s interest for Washington to remove restrictions on the Iranian opposition (e.g., by removing the [[MEK]] and [[NCRI]] from the list of terrorist organizations), while imposing tough, comprehensive, and targeted sanctions. As for America's part, Mr. Tanter affirmed that Washington can play a vital role in helping the Iranian people to depose the regime by providing rhetorical and covert support to the Iranian opposition movement without having to resort to external regime change as in the takedown on Saddam Hussein in Iraq.<ref>Raymond Tanter, [http://www.meforum.org/2611/people-power-iran-nuclear-threat "Can People-Power Defuse Iran's Nuclear Threat"], MEFORUM Website, 10 March 2010, accessed on 17 September 2010</ref><br />
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==Ties to Iraqi National Congress==<br />
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In September 2010, a LobeLog investigation revealed that IPC has shared an address, accountants, and some staff with multiple organizations that either fronted for or had direct ties to Iraqi conman [[Ahmad Chalabi]]'s<ref>Jane Mayer, [http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2004/06/07/040607fa_fact1?currentPage=all "THE MANIPULATOR"], ''New Yorker, 7 June 2004</ref> [[INC]] which furnished much of the bogus intelligence that neoconservatives used to garner support for the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003.<br />
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:It appears that many of the same people who misled the U.S. into a disastrous war with Iraq are now attempting to do the same in Iran. And they’re doing it with very much the same game plan, and even doing it from the same little town house at 911 Duke St. in Arlington, Virginia.<ref name=ABEC>Ali Gharib and Eli Clifton, [http://www.lobelog.com/neocon-iran-policy-committee-tied-to-disgraced-iraqi-national-congress/ "Neocon Iran Policy Committee Tied To Disgraced Iraqi National Congress"], ''LobeLog,'' 10 September 2010</ref><br />
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==Principals==<br />
*[[Raymond Tanter]] - Founder and co-chair<br />
*[[Clare M. Lopez]] - Executive Director (Also a senior intelligence analyst at Hawkeye Systems, and a former CIA operative)<ref>Claire M. Lopez, [http://www.analyst-network.com/profile.php?user_id=117 IAN biography], International Analyst Network, (Accessed: 9 December 2007)</ref><br />
*[[James Akins]]<br />
*[[Bill Cowan]] (CEO of private military corp the WVC3 Group, Inc.)<br />
*[[Ali Keshavarzi]]<br />
*[[Paul Leventhal]]<br />
*[[Neil Livingstone]]<br />
*[[R. Bruce McColm]]<br />
*[[Thomas McInerney]] - Chair of IPC's Advisory Committee<ref>Ali Gharib, [http://www.lobelog.com/skepticism-about-meks-new-iranian-nuke-revelations/ "Skepticism about MEK’s alleged Iranian nuke revelation"], Lobe Log, 9 September 2010</ref><br />
*[[Charles T. Nash]]<br />
*[[Edward Rowny]] (Lieutenant-General)<br />
*[[Paul E. Vallely]]<br />
<ref>U.S. Policy Options for Iran Document, [http://governmentdocs.org/docs/upl204/foi238/doc1105/pdfs/pdf000111.pdf Iran Policy Committee], ''New York Times'', 10-February-2005, Accessed 23-March-2009</ref><br />
<ref> Iran Policy Committee, [http://www.iranpolicy.org/scholarsandfellows.php IPC Scholars and Fellows], Accessed 23-March-2009</ref><br />
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=== US Congressmen/Senators promoting IPC===<br />
*[[Ileana Ros-Lehtinen]]<br />
*[[Bob Filner]] &ndash; (D, CA)<br />
*[[Tom Tancredo]] &ndash; (R, CO)<br />
*[[Dennis Moore]] &ndash; (R, KN) <br />
*[[Ted Poe]] &ndash; (R, TX)<br />
*[[Kay Bailey Hutchinson]] &ndash; (R, TX) <br />
*[[James Talent]] &ndash; (R, MS)<br />
*[[Rick Santorum]]<br />
*[[Joseph Lieberman]]<br />
=== European Parliamentarians promoting IPC===<br />
*[[Brian Binley]]<br />
*[[Struan Stevenson]]<br />
===Featured Iranians===<br />
*[[Alireza Jafarzadeh]] <ref>Iran Policy Committee[http://rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/3280 Profile], ''Rightweb'', Accessed 23-March-2009</ref><br />
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==Affiliations==<br />
*[[Mujahedeen-e Khalq]]<br />
*[[AIPAC]] - Tanter is a scholar at the Israel lobby group's thinktank [[WINEP]]<br />
*[[Committee on the Present Danger]] <br />
*[[Council on Foreign Relations]]<br />
*[[National Council of Resistance of Iran]]<br />
*[[Nuclear Control Institute]] (hosts the only web presence of IPC, and shares some principals).<br />
*[[Strategic Policy Consulting]]<br />
*[[Iraqi National Congress]]<br />
*[[British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom]]<ref name=links>BPCIF, [http://iran-freedom.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=20&Itemid=35 "Links"], British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom, accessed on 21 December 2010</ref><br />
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==Other resources==<br />
*[[Hawkeye Systems]]<br />
*[[WVC3 Group, Inc.]]<br />
*[[Freedom Support Act]] (HR 282) &ndash; IPC and its supporting Congressmen are pressing for HR 282, and it will likely have the same effect as the Syria Accountability Act, in essence, imposing a US embargo on the country.<br />
*[[Alliance for Democracy in Iran]] (ADI)<br />
*[[Iran Democracy Foundation]] (IDF)<br />
*[[Iran Freedom Foundation]] (IFF)<br />
*[[Iran Freedom Foundation (Maryland)]]<br />
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==External Links==<br />
*Jim Lobe, "[http://www.antiwar.com/lobe/?articleid=4805 Iran War Drums Beat Harder]", ''InterPress Service'', Feb. 11, 2005.<br />
*"[http://www.iranfocus.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=1475 Iran policy group outlines new approach in dealing with Tehran]", ''Iran Focus'', Feb. 13, 2005.<br />
*Press Release, "[http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=45532 Members of Congress, Iran Policy Committee Meet to Discuss U.S. Policy Options for Iran]", April 7, 2005.<br />
*Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich, "[http://www.payvand.com/news/05/apr/1091.html Let’s Rethink What We Wish For…]", ''Payvand News'', April 14, 2005. (discusses significance of the Congressional meeting and why the MEK has been removed from the list of terrorist organizations).<br />
*Barbara Slavin, "[http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2005-04-14-mek_x.htm Iran's 'terrorists' helped disclose nuke program]", ''USA Today'', April 14, 2005. Discusses another IPC rumination: "Ray Tanter, a Middle East expert on the National Security Council under President Reagan, said the United States should use the MEK to try to destabilize Iran's government before it acquires nuclear weapons".<br />
*Bill Samii, "[http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/GD26Ak03.html Iran opposes US moves]", ''AsiaTimes'', April 26, 2005.<br />
*Tom Barry, [http://rightweb.irc-online.org/rw/3277 Iran Freedom and Regime Change Politics], Right Web, 19 May 2006.<br />
*{{note|Keshavarzi}}Ali Keshavarzi, [http://www.mysanantonio.com/opinion/stories/MYSA052806.4H.keshavarzicomment.2073ccf5.html For progress in Iran, take groups off U.S. terror list], MySanAntonio.com, 28 May 2006.<br />
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[[Category:Middle East Watch]] [[Category:Target Iran]]</div>Jasmin Ramseyhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Iran_Policy_Committee&diff=144333Iran Policy Committee2010-12-21T22:07:22Z<p>Jasmin Ramsey: /* Affiliations */</p>
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<div>The '''Iran Policy Committee''' (IPC), formed in February 2005 by [[Raymond Tanter]], is a pressure group focused on influencing US government policy towards Iran. It is made up of former White House, State Department, Pentagon and CIA officials <ref name=MS>Iran Policy Committee, [http://www.iranpolicy.org/mission.php Mission Statement], Accessed 21-March-2009</ref>. IPC has been compared to the [[Iraqi National Congress]] and has even shared an address, accountants, and some staff with multiple organizations that either fronted for or had direct ties to the [[INC]] "even sharing staff members with those groups.<ref name=ABEC>Ali Gharib and Eli Clifton, [http://www.lobelog.com/neocon-iran-policy-committee-tied-to-disgraced-iraqi-national-congress/ "Neocon Iran Policy Committee Tied To Disgraced Iraqi National Congress"], ''LobeLog,'' 10 September 2010</ref> IPC openly endorses what it refers to "third alternative" for US policy towards Iran: "Keep open diplomatic and military options, while providing a central role for the Iranian opposition to facilitate democratic change."<ref name=MS>Iran Policy Committee, [http://www.iranpolicy.org/mission.php Mission Statement], Accessed 21-March-2009</ref>.<br />
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==Views and activities==<br />
On the grounds that Iran poses a threat to US National Security, the IPC advocates that the US should favor "regime change" through a process of "destabilization" and "coercive diplomacy", while keeping the full military option open. Suggested policies include economic blockades, military support of the [[People's Mojahedin Organisation of Iran]] (PMOI) or the MEK, and precision strikes of selected targets within Iran. They describe this as "providing a central role for the Iranian opposition to facilitate regime change". <ref>Iran Focus News [http://www.iranfocus.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=1475 Iran policy group outlines new approach in dealing with Tehran], ''Iran Focus'', 14-February-2005, Accessed 23-March-2009</ref> In a speech to a rally on 19 January 2006 organized by [[Council for Democratic Change in Iran]], an MeK front group, Tanter said the revolution in Iran will not be one of the nonviolent “color revolutions” likes those in central Europe. “To say that the only route in Iran is the non-violent route of Gandhi and King is to misunderstand the nature of the theocratic regime in Tehran.<ref>Iran Policy Committee[http://rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/3280 Profile], ''Rightweb'', Accessed 23-March-2009</ref>.” <br />
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According to Rightweb:<br />
:Launched in 2005, IPC's main modus operandi is to hold a press conference, typically at the National Press Club, at which it releases the findings of its latest “white paper.” On January 11, 2007, a day after President George W. Bush announced his “surge” strategy for Iraq, IPC held a press conference at the National Press Club to announce the release of its latest paper, “How to Make the Surge Work: A Complementary Political-Military Plan for Iraq.” ...Less than a week earlier, on January 5, 2007, IPC held a press conference at the National Press Club at which it claimed to provide convincing evidence of Tehran's role in fomenting violence in Iraq. Under the headline “New Intelligence Points to Iran Destabilizing Iraq,” the conference showcased the work of Alireza Jafarzadeh...IPC's Tanter followed up Jafarzadeh's remarks to push for the involvement of the MEK in U.S. operations in the region. <br />
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:Earlier IPC white papers on Iran have included: “U.S. Policy Options for Iran and Iranian Political Opposition,” September 13 2005; “U.S. Policy Options for Iran: Sham Elections, Disinformation Campaign, Human Rights Abuses, and Regime Change,” June 30, 2005; “U.S. Policy Options for Iran,” February 10, 2005; and “What Makes Iran Tick,” May 10, 2006.<ref>Iran Policy Committee[http://rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/3280 Profile], ''Rightweb'', Accessed 23-March-2009</ref><br />
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When the IPC held a press conference in Washington in September with MEK representatives to reveal what it called a previously undisclosed Iranian nuclear site near the Iranian city of Qazvin, US officials expressed caution considering the groups unreliable record:<br />
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:But the source of the information — the MEK is listed as a terrorist organization by the State Department — and the group’s affiliation and promotion by U.S. neoconservatives pushing hard-line policies towards Iran are reasons for skepticism. Both the State Department and independent experts have raised several alarms about the reliability of the MEK’s claims.<br />
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:While in the past, official U.S. sources have been willing to confirm information made public by the MEK, the State Department today told Fox News it would “study” the information, which included satellite images, and noted the MEK’s mixed record. “The MEK has made pronouncements about Iranian facilities in the past — some accurate, some not,” State spokesman P.J. Crowley told Fox.<ref>Ali Gharib, [http://www.lobelog.com/skepticism-about-meks-new-iranian-nuke-revelations/ "Skepticism about MEK’s alleged Iranian nuke revelation"], Lobe Log, 9 September 2010</ref><br />
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==A Neocon Dissent==<br />
While the organization does not shy away from endorsing violence to achieve regime change in Iran, they have been criticized by neocons for not being hardline enough. The neocon hawk Michael Rubin has criticized them for working with the “Monsters of the Left: The Mujahedin al-Khalq.” He was rebutted by the IPC's Clare Lopez for vilifying MEK: “While the MEK's wartime actions [attacking Iran during the Iran-Iraq war] undeniably alienated some Iranians, the group's survival and ability to organize itself, and collect and disseminate key intelligence about Iran's top-secret nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction programs clearly attest to an extensive base of support inside the country today. The MEK's broad level of support among the Iranian Diaspora is obvious in regular and large-scale demonstrations, for instance, in New York City to protest the September 2005 appearance of Iran's terrorist president [Mahmoud] Ahmadinejad at the United Nations and on January 19 in Washington, DC to urge referral of Iran to the UN Security Council, where seas of hundreds of waving placards with photos of Massoud and Maryam Rajavi are always prominent features..<ref>Iran Policy Committee[http://rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/3280 Profile], ''Rightweb'', Accessed 23-March-2009</ref>.”<br />
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==Beating the war drums: Iran Policy Committee advocating regime change in Iran==<br />
In 2005, AIPAC and related zionist organisations in the United States stepped up their lobbying efforts to obtain "regime change" in Iran and the dismantlement of the Iranian nuclear programme. As part of this effort, the Iran Policy Committee was created, and Raymond Tanter is listed as the organization's founder and co-chair. He is often the public face of IPC and has stated in public that: <br />
#the United States should pursue a policy of "regime change" in Iran; <br />
#the United States should remove select Iranian armed groups from its "terrorist organization list"; <br />
#the United States should neutralize or eliminate the Iranian nuclear program. <br />
The principal way IPC propagates its views is by:<br />
#appearing in endless US Congressional hearings;<br />
#generating a stream editorials that are placed in the Op-ed pages of mainstream newspapers;<br />
#giving interviews to news organizations that are sympathetic to IPC's objectives; and <br />
#endorsing Iranian groups opposed to the Iranian theocracy.<br />
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===Target Iran===<br />
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The majority of the content on IPC's website is written by founder [[Raymond Tanter]]. In March 2010 Tanter issued a "briefing" which reiterated IPC's standard "recommendations" for the US government with regard to Iran. According to Tanter, the US should support opposition groups in Iran along with continuing "tough" sanctions and providing "covert support" in order aid the "Iranian people" in deposing the Iranian government:<br />
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:Research indicates that it would be in the U.S.'s interest for Washington to remove restrictions on the Iranian opposition (e.g., by removing the [[MEK]] and [[NCRI]] from the list of terrorist organizations), while imposing tough, comprehensive, and targeted sanctions. As for America's part, Mr. Tanter affirmed that Washington can play a vital role in helping the Iranian people to depose the regime by providing rhetorical and covert support to the Iranian opposition movement without having to resort to external regime change as in the takedown on Saddam Hussein in Iraq.<ref>Raymond Tanter, [http://www.meforum.org/2611/people-power-iran-nuclear-threat "Can People-Power Defuse Iran's Nuclear Threat"], MEFORUM Website, 10 March 2010, accessed on 17 September 2010</ref><br />
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==Ties to Iraqi National Congress==<br />
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In September 2010, a LobeLog investigation revealed that IPC has shared an address, accountants, and some staff with multiple organizations that either fronted for or had direct ties to Iraqi conman [[Ahmad Chalabi]]'s<ref>Jane Mayer, [http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2004/06/07/040607fa_fact1?currentPage=all "THE MANIPULATOR"], ''New Yorker, 7 June 2004</ref> [[INC]] which furnished much of the bogus intelligence that neoconservatives used to garner support for the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003.<br />
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:It appears that many of the same people who misled the U.S. into a disastrous war with Iraq are now attempting to do the same in Iran. And they’re doing it with very much the same game plan, and even doing it from the same little town house at 911 Duke St. in Arlington, Virginia.<ref name=ABEC>Ali Gharib and Eli Clifton, [http://www.lobelog.com/neocon-iran-policy-committee-tied-to-disgraced-iraqi-national-congress/ "Neocon Iran Policy Committee Tied To Disgraced Iraqi National Congress"], ''LobeLog,'' 10 September 2010</ref><br />
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==Principals==<br />
*[[Raymond Tanter]] - Founder and co-chair<br />
*[[Clare M. Lopez]] - Executive Director (Also a senior intelligence analyst at Hawkeye Systems, and a former CIA operative)<ref>Claire M. Lopez, [http://www.analyst-network.com/profile.php?user_id=117 IAN biography], International Analyst Network, (Accessed: 9 December 2007)</ref><br />
*[[James Akins]]<br />
*[[Bill Cowan]] (CEO of private military corp the WVC3 Group, Inc.)<br />
*[[Ali Keshavarzi]]<br />
*[[Paul Leventhal]]<br />
*[[Neil Livingstone]]<br />
*[[R. Bruce McColm]]<br />
*[[Thomas McInerney]] - Chair of IPC's Advisory Committee<ref>Ali Gharib, [http://www.lobelog.com/skepticism-about-meks-new-iranian-nuke-revelations/ "Skepticism about MEK’s alleged Iranian nuke revelation"], Lobe Log, 9 September 2010</ref><br />
*[[Charles T. Nash]]<br />
*[[Edward Rowny]] (Lieutenant-General)<br />
*[[Paul E. Vallely]]<br />
<ref>U.S. Policy Options for Iran Document, [http://governmentdocs.org/docs/upl204/foi238/doc1105/pdfs/pdf000111.pdf Iran Policy Committee], ''New York Times'', 10-February-2005, Accessed 23-March-2009</ref><br />
<ref> Iran Policy Committee, [http://www.iranpolicy.org/scholarsandfellows.php IPC Scholars and Fellows], Accessed 23-March-2009</ref><br />
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=== US Congressmen/Senators promoting IPC===<br />
*[[Ileana Ros-Lehtinen]]<br />
*[[Bob Filner]] &ndash; (D, CA)<br />
*[[Tom Tancredo]] &ndash; (R, CO)<br />
*[[Dennis Moore]] &ndash; (R, KN) <br />
*[[Ted Poe]] &ndash; (R, TX)<br />
*[[Kay Bailey Hutchinson]] &ndash; (R, TX) <br />
*[[James Talent]] &ndash; (R, MS)<br />
*[[Rick Santorum]]<br />
*[[Joseph Lieberman]]<br />
=== European Parliamentarians promoting IPC===<br />
*[[Brian Binley]]<br />
*[[Struan Stevenson]]<br />
===Featured Iranians===<br />
*[[Alireza Jafarzadeh]] <ref>Iran Policy Committee[http://rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/3280 Profile], ''Rightweb'', Accessed 23-March-2009</ref><br />
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==Affiliations==<br />
*[[Mujahedeen-e Khalq]]<br />
*[[AIPAC]] - Tanter is a scholar at the Israel lobby group's thinktank [[WINEP]]<br />
*[[Committee on the Present Danger]] <br />
*[[Council on Foreign Relations]]<br />
*[[National Council of Resistance of Iran]]<br />
*[[Nuclear Control Institute]] (hosts the only web presence of IPC, and shares some principals).<br />
*[[Strategic Policy Consulting]]<br />
*[[Iraqi National Congress]]<br />
*[[British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom]]<br />
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==Other resources==<br />
*[[Hawkeye Systems]]<br />
*[[WVC3 Group, Inc.]]<br />
*[[Freedom Support Act]] (HR 282) &ndash; IPC and its supporting Congressmen are pressing for HR 282, and it will likely have the same effect as the Syria Accountability Act, in essence, imposing a US embargo on the country.<br />
*[[Alliance for Democracy in Iran]] (ADI)<br />
*[[Iran Democracy Foundation]] (IDF)<br />
*[[Iran Freedom Foundation]] (IFF)<br />
*[[Iran Freedom Foundation (Maryland)]]<br />
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==External Links==<br />
*Jim Lobe, "[http://www.antiwar.com/lobe/?articleid=4805 Iran War Drums Beat Harder]", ''InterPress Service'', Feb. 11, 2005.<br />
*"[http://www.iranfocus.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=1475 Iran policy group outlines new approach in dealing with Tehran]", ''Iran Focus'', Feb. 13, 2005.<br />
*Press Release, "[http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=45532 Members of Congress, Iran Policy Committee Meet to Discuss U.S. Policy Options for Iran]", April 7, 2005.<br />
*Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich, "[http://www.payvand.com/news/05/apr/1091.html Let’s Rethink What We Wish For…]", ''Payvand News'', April 14, 2005. (discusses significance of the Congressional meeting and why the MEK has been removed from the list of terrorist organizations).<br />
*Barbara Slavin, "[http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2005-04-14-mek_x.htm Iran's 'terrorists' helped disclose nuke program]", ''USA Today'', April 14, 2005. Discusses another IPC rumination: "Ray Tanter, a Middle East expert on the National Security Council under President Reagan, said the United States should use the MEK to try to destabilize Iran's government before it acquires nuclear weapons".<br />
*Bill Samii, "[http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/GD26Ak03.html Iran opposes US moves]", ''AsiaTimes'', April 26, 2005.<br />
*Tom Barry, [http://rightweb.irc-online.org/rw/3277 Iran Freedom and Regime Change Politics], Right Web, 19 May 2006.<br />
*{{note|Keshavarzi}}Ali Keshavarzi, [http://www.mysanantonio.com/opinion/stories/MYSA052806.4H.keshavarzicomment.2073ccf5.html For progress in Iran, take groups off U.S. terror list], MySanAntonio.com, 28 May 2006.<br />
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