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2001 Census And Minority Indigenous Languages

EDM number 660 in 1995-96, proposed by Calum Macdonald on 26/03/1996.

That this House calls for the inclusion in the forthcoming population census in 2001 of a question on ability in the various indigenous minority languages of the United Kingdom and Ireland outwith, their home countries of origin so that an accurate assessment can be made of the full extent of knowledge of these languages across the whole of the United Kingdom.

This motion has been signed by a total of 41 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Calum MacDonald26/03/1996Na h-Eileanan an IarProposed
Charles Kennedy26/03/1996Ross and Cromarty and SkyeSigned
Brian Wilson26/03/1996Cunninghame NorthSigned
Ray Michie26/03/1996Argyll & ButeSigned
Michael Connarty26/03/1996Falkirk EastSigned
Ken Purchase27/03/1996Wolverhampton North EastSigned
Rachel Squire27/03/1996Dunfermline WestSigned
John Cummings27/03/1996EasingtonSigned
Andrew Faulds27/03/1996Warley EastSigned
John Gunnell27/03/1996Leeds South and MorleySigned
Mike Hall27/03/1996Warrington SouthSigned
Mike Watson27/03/1996Glasgow CentralSigned
Peter Hardy28/03/1996WentworthSigned
Norman Godman28/03/1996Greenock and Port GlasgowSigned
John Evans28/03/1996St Helens NorthSigned
Alex Carlile28/03/1996MontgomerySigned
Richard Burden28/03/1996Birmingham, NorthfieldSigned
Nick Harvey28/03/1996North DevonSigned
Ken Livingstone29/03/1996Brent EastSigned
Tony Banks01/04/1996Newham North WestSigned
Kevin McNamara01/04/1996Kingston upon Hull NorthSigned
Barry Jones01/04/1996Alyn & DeesideSigned
Michael Clapham01/04/1996Barnsley West & PenistoneSigned
Bridget Prentice02/04/1996Lewisham EastSigned
Russell Johnston02/04/1996Inverness, Nairn and LochaberSigned
Alice Mahon02/04/1996HalifaxSigned
Alan Meale02/04/1996MansfieldSigned
Eric Clarke02/04/1996MidlothianSigned
Dafydd Wigley02/04/1996CaernarfonSigned
Ieuan Wyn Jones03/04/1996Ynys MSigned
Win Griffiths03/04/1996BridgendSigned
Roland Boyes16/04/1996Houghton and WashingtonSigned
Janet Anderson16/04/1996Rossendale & DarwenSigned
Jim Wallace17/04/1996Orkney & ShetlandSigned
Robert Parry18/04/1996Liverpool, RiversideSigned
Ian McCartney19/04/1996MakerfieldSigned
Martyn Jones23/04/1996Clwyd South WestSigned
Jean Corston24/04/1996Bristol EastSigned
Elfyn Llwyd25/04/1996Meirionnydd Nant ConwySigned
Diane Abbott25/04/1996Hackney North & Stoke NewingtonSigned
Dale Campbell-Savours02/05/1996WorkingtonSigned

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