Growth Of Racism In Tower Hamlets

EDM number 639 in 1993-94, proposed by Peter Shore on 17/02/1994.

That this House unreservedly condemns the brutal racist attack on a 19 year old Bengali youth, Muktar Ahmed, late on the evening of Tuesday 8th February in Whitechapel, East London; calls for swift action to apprehend those responsible for this vicious assault; notes that this is only the latest in an escalating pattern of racist violence in the Tower Hamlets area, which is believed to be the result of intense racist attitudes encouraged by some leading members of the ruling Liberal Democrat Party and by organised fascist activity; expresses its concern about the prospects for a growth in racist violence in the lead in to the local government elections in May; condemns the evils of racism and racist violence; notes with approval that the Opposition Front Bench has tabled an amendment to the Criminal Justice and Public Order Bill which would create new penalties for racial harassment and racially motivated violence; and further notes that such a measure has the support of a wide range of organisations, including the Anti-Racist Alliance and the Commission for Racial Equality.

This motion has been signed by a total of 85 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Peter Shore	17/02/1994	Bethnal Green and Stepney		Proposed
Tony Worthington	17/02/1994	Clydebank & Milngavie		Signed
David Winnick	17/02/1994	Walsall North		Signed
Harry Barnes	17/02/1994	North East Derbyshire		Signed
Peter Hain	17/02/1994	Neath		Signed
Mildred Gordon	17/02/1994	Bow and Poplar		Signed
Derek Enright	17/02/1994	Hemsworth		Signed
Angela Eagle	17/02/1994	Wallasey		Signed
Jane Kennedy	17/02/1994	Liverpool Broadgreen		Signed
Barry Jones	17/02/1994	Alyn & Deeside		Signed
Clive Soley	17/02/1994	Hammersmith		Signed
Barbara Roche	17/02/1994	Hornsey & Wood Green		Signed
Max Madden	17/02/1994	Bradford West		Signed
Audrey Wise	18/02/1994	Preston		Signed
Win Griffiths	18/02/1994	Bridgend		Signed
Dawn Primarolo	18/02/1994	Bristol South		Signed
Eric Clarke	21/02/1994	Midlothian		Signed
Michael Connarty	21/02/1994	Falkirk East		Signed
John Cummings	21/02/1994	Easington		Signed
Bryan Davies	21/02/1994	Oldham Central and Royton		Signed
Terry Davis	21/02/1994	Birmingham, Hodge Hill		Signed
Jim Dowd	21/02/1994	Lewisham West		Signed
Jimmy Dunnachie	21/02/1994	Glasgow, Pollok		Signed
John Evans	21/02/1994	St Helens North		Signed
Norman Godman	21/02/1994	Greenock and Port Glasgow		Signed
Robert Wareing	21/02/1994	Liverpool, West Derby		Signed
Bill Michie	21/02/1994	Sheffield, Heeley		Signed
Alan Meale	21/02/1994	Mansfield		Signed
William McKelvey	21/02/1994	Kilmarnock & Loudoun		Signed
Bridget Prentice	21/02/1994	Lewisham East		Signed
Jeff Rooker	21/02/1994	Birmingham, Perry Barr		Signed
Ernie Ross	21/02/1994	Dundee West		Signed
Joan Ruddock	21/02/1994	Lewisham, Deptford		Signed
Dennis Skinner	21/02/1994	Bolsover		Signed
Peter Hardy	21/02/1994	Wentworth		Signed
Keith Hill	21/02/1994	Streatham		Signed
Lynne Jones	21/02/1994	Birmingham, Selly Oak		Signed
Eddie Loyden	21/02/1994	Liverpool, Garston		Signed
John McAllion	21/02/1994	Dundee East		Signed
Maria Fyfe	22/02/1994	Glasgow, Maryhill		Signed
John Battle	22/02/1994	Leeds West		Signed
Gerry Steinberg	22/02/1994	Durham, City of		Signed
Mike Watson	22/02/1994	Glasgow Central		Signed
John Denham	22/02/1994	Southampton, Itchen		Signed
Tom Cox	22/02/1994	Tooting		Signed
David Clelland	22/02/1994	Tyne Bridge		Signed
Greville Janner	22/02/1994	Leicester West		Signed
John Heppell	22/02/1994	Nottingham East		Signed
Colin Pickthall	22/02/1994	West Lancashire		Signed
Jean Corston	23/02/1994	Bristol East		Signed
Ian Davidson	23/02/1994	Glasgow, Govan		Signed
Andrew Faulds	23/02/1994	Warley East		Signed
Llin Golding	23/02/1994	Newcastle-under-Lyme		Signed
Janet Anderson	23/02/1994	Rossendale & Darwen		Signed
Dennis Turner	23/02/1994	Wolverhampton South East		Signed
Keith Vaz	23/02/1994	Leicester East		Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	23/02/1994	Islington North		Signed
Harry Cohen	23/02/1994	Leyton		Signed
Keith Bradley	23/02/1994	Manchester, Withington		Signed
Robert Parry	23/02/1994	Liverpool, Riverside		Signed
Nick Raynsford	23/02/1994	Greenwich		Signed
Robert Hughes	23/02/1994	Aberdeen North		Signed
John Hutton	23/02/1994	Barrow & Furness		Signed
Eric Illsley	23/02/1994	Barnsley Central		Signed
Helen Jackson	23/02/1994	Sheffield, Hillsborough		Signed
Robert Litherland	23/02/1994	Manchester Central		Signed
John Gunnell	24/02/1994	Leeds South and Morley		Signed
Bill Etherington	24/02/1994	Sunderland North		Signed
Rhodri Morgan	24/02/1994	Cardiff West		Signed
Eric Martlew	24/02/1994	Carlisle		Signed
Brian Sedgemore	24/02/1994	Hackney South & Shoreditch		Signed
Nigel Griffiths	24/02/1994	Edinburgh South		Signed
Ken Livingstone	25/02/1994	Brent East		Signed
John Garrett	28/02/1994	Norwich South		Signed
Mike Hall	28/02/1994	Warrington South		Signed
Paddy Tipping	01/03/1994	Sherwood		Signed
Neil Gerrard	03/03/1994	Walthamstow		Signed
Michael Clapham	03/03/1994	Barnsley West & Penistone		Signed
Calum MacDonald	03/03/1994	Na h-Eileanan an Iar		Signed
Allan Rogers	03/03/1994	Rhondda		Signed
Geoffrey Robinson	03/03/1994	Coventry North West		Signed
Martyn Jones	04/03/1994	Clwyd South West		Signed
George Howarth	10/03/1994	Knowsley North		Signed
Terry Rooney	15/03/1994	Bradford North		Signed
Ron Leighton	Unknown			Withdrawn

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