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Irish Ethnicity Question In Census Field Trials

EDM number 208 in 1996-97, proposed by Kevin McNamara on 18/11/1996.

That this House, understanding the need for adequate data for effective social and economic planning within Great Britain, noting that the Commission for Racial Equality has urged all statutory and non-statutory bodies to include an Irish category in all employment monitoring and other returns, and that the Office of National Statistics in its own published evidence points to significant concerns for the health of the Irish community in Great Britain and its children amongst other matters, urges upon the Office of National Statistics to accept the call of the Federation of Irish Societies and other representatives of Irish organisations in Great Britain and to follow the example of those local authorities, housing associations and other bodies which include an Irish category within the ethnic classifications and to have such a classification in the forthcoming field tests for the next census and ultimately for the census of 2001.

This motion has been signed by a total of 43 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Kevin McNamara18/11/1996Kingston upon Hull NorthProposed
Max Madden18/11/1996Bradford WestSigned
David Winnick18/11/1996Walsall NorthSigned
Gerry Bermingham18/11/1996St Helens SouthSigned
Harry Cohen18/11/1996LeytonSigned
Bill O'Brien18/11/1996NormantonSigned
John McWilliam18/11/1996BlaydonSigned
Seamus Mallon18/11/1996Newry & ArmaghSigned
Eddie Loyden18/11/1996Liverpool, GarstonSigned
John Hume18/11/1996FoyleSigned
Joseph Hendron18/11/1996Belfast WestSigned
Clive Soley18/11/1996HammersmithSigned
Tony Banks19/11/1996Newham North WestSigned
Norman Godman19/11/1996Greenock and Port GlasgowSigned
Lawrence Cunliffe19/11/1996LeighSigned
Tom Cox19/11/1996TootingSigned
Jeremy Corbyn19/11/1996Islington NorthSigned
Eric Clarke19/11/1996MidlothianSigned
Edward O'Hara19/11/1996Knowsley SouthSigned
Alan Meale19/11/1996MansfieldSigned
William McKelvey19/11/1996Kilmarnock & LoudounSigned
John McAllion19/11/1996Dundee EastSigned
Peter Hardy19/11/1996WentworthSigned
Ernie Ross19/11/1996Dundee WestSigned
Robert Parry19/11/1996Liverpool, RiversideSigned
Bill Michie19/11/1996Sheffield, HeeleySigned
Tommy Graham20/11/1996Renfrew West and InverclydeSigned
Jack Thompson20/11/1996WansbeckSigned
Paul Flynn20/11/1996Newport WestSigned
John Cummings20/11/1996EasingtonSigned
Michael Clapham20/11/1996Barnsley West & PenistoneSigned
Richard Burden20/11/1996Birmingham, NorthfieldSigned
Ken Livingstone20/11/1996Brent EastSigned
Terry Rooney21/11/1996Bradford NorthSigned
Lynne Jones21/11/1996Birmingham, Selly OakSigned
Joan Lestor21/11/1996EcclesSigned
Roland Boyes21/11/1996Houghton and WashingtonSigned
Dennis Turner21/11/1996Wolverhampton South EastSigned
Mike Watson21/11/1996Glasgow CentralSigned
John Heppell26/11/1996Nottingham EastSigned
Eddie McGrady26/11/1996South DownSigned
Alex Salmond29/11/1996Banff & BuchanSigned
Jim Cunningham03/12/1996Coventry South EastSigned

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