Remembrance Day Poppies

EDM number 376 in 1997-98, proposed by William Ross on 30/10/1997.

That this House deplores the decision of the management of the Coates Viyella shirt factory in Londonderry to send home four employees for wearing Remembrance Day poppies; regards the acceptance of this decision by Mr Bob Cooper, Chairman of the Fair Employment Commission, as an abuse of this influence and an attempt to deprive the people of Northern Ireland of the right to express their grief at the loss the nation suffered in the defence of freedom and democracy and their pride in those who made the supreme sacrifice; recalls that the sums raised are used for the relief of hardship of dependants and the easing of suffering of those who were maimed, crippled and blinded in the dreadful conflicts of the two World Wars; and urges the Government to urgently consider legislative changes to prevent further abuse.

This motion has been signed by a total of 20 MPs.