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EDM number 721 in 1998-99, proposed by Ken Livingstone on 14/06/1999.

That this House commends the Labour Party for its timely action in seeking a court injunction to ban the circulation of British National Party election material that constituted an incitement to racial hatred; concurs with the National Assembly against Racism, Jewish Council for Racial Equality, Stonewall and others which argued that the British National Party should not have been given free election broadcasts during the European elections, particularly in the light of the links between that party and the person alleged to have carried out the nail bomb attacks in London; believes that parties whose programmes incite racial hatred and violence should not be entitled to free election broadcasts, free circulation of their election material through the mail, or any other advantage of Britain's democratic electoral laws; and calls upon the Royal Mail to drop all disciplinary action immediately against postal workers who have refused to deliver BNP election material.

This motion has been signed by a total of 31 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Ken Livingstone14/06/1999Brent EastLabourProposed
Alan Simpson15/06/1999Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Lynne Jones15/06/1999Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Ashok Kumar15/06/1999Middlesbrough South & East ClevelandLabourSigned
Bill Michie15/06/1999Sheffield, HeeleyLabourSigned
Eric Clarke15/06/1999MidlothianLabourSigned
Frank Cook15/06/1999Stockton NorthLabourSigned
Dennis Skinner16/06/1999BolsoverLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn16/06/1999Islington NorthLabourSigned
John Cummings16/06/1999EasingtonLabourSigned
Norman Godman16/06/1999Greenock & InverclydeLabourSigned
Harry Barnes16/06/1999North East DerbyshireLabourSigned
Michael Clapham17/06/1999Barnsley West & PenistoneLabourSigned
Andrew Dismore17/06/1999HendonLabourSigned
John McDonnell17/06/1999Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Alice Mahon17/06/1999HalifaxLabourSigned
Christine Butler17/06/1999Castle PointLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins18/06/1999Luton NorthLabourSigned
Tom Cox18/06/1999TootingLabourSigned
Andrew George22/06/1999St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Nigel Jones23/06/1999CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Russell Brown23/06/1999DumfriesLabourSigned
Laura Moffatt24/06/1999CrawleyLabourSigned
Ann Cryer24/06/1999KeighleyLabourSigned
Bill Etherington30/06/1999Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Piara S Khabra01/07/1999Ealing, SouthallLabourSigned
David Lepper07/07/1999Brighton, PavilionLabour Co-operativeSigned
John Gunnell07/07/1999Morley & RothwellLabourSigned
Rudi Vis12/07/1999Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
Richard Allan21/07/1999Sheffield, HallamLiberal DemocratSigned
Tony Clarke27/07/1999Northampton SouthLabourSigned

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