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This motion has been signed by a total of 85 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.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 |
Max Madden | 17/02/1994 | Bradford West | | Signed |
Barbara Roche | 17/02/1994 | Hornsey & Wood Green | | Signed |
Clive Soley | 17/02/1994 | Hammersmith | | Signed |
Barry Jones | 17/02/1994 | Alyn & Deeside | | Signed |
Jane Kennedy | 17/02/1994 | Liverpool Broadgreen | | Signed |
Angela Eagle | 17/02/1994 | Wallasey | | Signed |
Derek Enright | 17/02/1994 | Hemsworth | | Signed |
Mildred Gordon | 17/02/1994 | Bow and Poplar | | Signed |
Peter Hain | 17/02/1994 | Neath | | Signed |
Harry Barnes | 17/02/1994 | North East Derbyshire | | Signed |
David Winnick | 17/02/1994 | Walsall North | | Signed |
Tony Worthington | 17/02/1994 | Clydebank & Milngavie | | Signed |
Win Griffiths | 18/02/1994 | Bridgend | | Signed |
Audrey Wise | 18/02/1994 | Preston | | Signed |
Dawn Primarolo | 18/02/1994 | Bristol South | | Signed |
Keith Hill | 21/02/1994 | Streatham | | Signed |
Robert Wareing | 21/02/1994 | Liverpool, West Derby | | Signed |
Norman Godman | 21/02/1994 | Greenock and Port Glasgow | | Signed |
John Evans | 21/02/1994 | St Helens North | | Signed |
Jimmy Dunnachie | 21/02/1994 | Glasgow, Pollok | | Signed |
Jim Dowd | 21/02/1994 | Lewisham West | | Signed |
Terry Davis | 21/02/1994 | Birmingham, Hodge Hill | | Signed |
Bryan Davies | 21/02/1994 | Oldham Central and Royton | | Signed |
John Cummings | 21/02/1994 | Easington | | Signed |
Michael Connarty | 21/02/1994 | Falkirk East | | Signed |
Eric Clarke | 21/02/1994 | Midlothian | | Signed |
Bill Michie | 21/02/1994 | Sheffield, Heeley | | Signed |
Alan Meale | 21/02/1994 | Mansfield | | Signed |
William McKelvey | 21/02/1994 | Kilmarnock & Loudoun | | Signed |
John McAllion | 21/02/1994 | Dundee East | | Signed |
Eddie Loyden | 21/02/1994 | Liverpool, Garston | | Signed |
Lynne Jones | 21/02/1994 | Birmingham, Selly Oak | | Signed |
Peter Hardy | 21/02/1994 | Wentworth | | Signed |
Dennis Skinner | 21/02/1994 | Bolsover | | Signed |
Joan Ruddock | 21/02/1994 | Lewisham, Deptford | | Signed |
Ernie Ross | 21/02/1994 | Dundee West | | Signed |
Jeff Rooker | 21/02/1994 | Birmingham, Perry Barr | | Signed |
Bridget Prentice | 21/02/1994 | Lewisham East | | Signed |
David Clelland | 22/02/1994 | Tyne Bridge | | Signed |
Mike Watson | 22/02/1994 | Glasgow Central | | Signed |
Gerry Steinberg | 22/02/1994 | Durham, City of | | Signed |
John Battle | 22/02/1994 | Leeds West | | Signed |
Maria Fyfe | 22/02/1994 | Glasgow, Maryhill | | Signed |
Tom Cox | 22/02/1994 | Tooting | | 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 |
John Denham | 22/02/1994 | Southampton, Itchen | | Signed |
Dennis Turner | 23/02/1994 | Wolverhampton South East | | Signed |
Keith Vaz | 23/02/1994 | Leicester East | | Signed |
Janet Anderson | 23/02/1994 | Rossendale & Darwen | | Signed |
Llin Golding | 23/02/1994 | Newcastle-under-Lyme | | Signed |
Andrew Faulds | 23/02/1994 | Warley East | | Signed |
Ian Davidson | 23/02/1994 | Glasgow, Govan | | Signed |
Jean Corston | 23/02/1994 | Bristol East | | Signed |
Jeremy Corbyn | 23/02/1994 | Islington North | | Signed |
Keith Bradley | 23/02/1994 | Manchester, Withington | | Signed |
Robert Litherland | 23/02/1994 | Manchester Central | | Signed |
Helen Jackson | 23/02/1994 | Sheffield, Hillsborough | | Signed |
Eric Illsley | 23/02/1994 | Barnsley Central | | Signed |
John Hutton | 23/02/1994 | Barrow & Furness | | Signed |
Robert Hughes | 23/02/1994 | Aberdeen North | | Signed |
Nick Raynsford | 23/02/1994 | Greenwich | | Signed |
Robert Parry | 23/02/1994 | Liverpool, Riverside | | Signed |
Harry Cohen | 23/02/1994 | Leyton | | 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 |
Geoffrey Robinson | 03/03/1994 | Coventry North West | | Signed |
Allan Rogers | 03/03/1994 | Rhondda | | Signed |
Calum MacDonald | 03/03/1994 | Na h-Eileanan an Iar | | Signed |
Michael Clapham | 03/03/1994 | Barnsley West & Penistone | | Signed |
Neil Gerrard | 03/03/1994 | Walthamstow | | 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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