National Memorial Slavery Day

EDM number 1010 in 2003-04, proposed by Louise Ellman on 20/04/2004.

That this House notes the leading role which Britain played in the transatlantic slave trade and that millions of enslaved persons passed through the ports of Bristol, Liverpool and London; further notes that a large proportion of Britain's black community are descendants of enslaved Africans; recognises that slavery is a crime against humanity; notes that many people of all communities in Britain want to learn about the history of slavery; calls on the Government to make the teaching of the slave trade and plantation slavery, mandatory as part of the national curriculum; commends the national museums and galleries on Merseyside for promoting National Memorial Slavery Day; and further calls upon the Government to initiate a National Memorial Slavery Day so that people throughout the country will learn about and remember the horrors of slavery.

This motion has been signed by a total of 121 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Louise Ellman	20/04/2004	Liverpool, Riverside	Labour Co-operative	Proposed
David Borrow	20/04/2004	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	20/04/2004	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Gwyneth Dunwoody	20/04/2004	Crewe & Nantwich	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	20/04/2004	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Andrew Dismore	20/04/2004	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Peter Kilfoyle	20/04/2004	Liverpool, Walton	Labour	Signed
Piara S Khabra	20/04/2004	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed
Helen Jones	20/04/2004	Warrington North	Labour	Signed
Mark Hendrick	20/04/2004	Preston	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Geraldine Smith	20/04/2004	Morecambe & Lunesdale	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	21/04/2004	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Hilton Dawson	21/04/2004	Lancaster & Wyre	Labour	Signed
David Drew	21/04/2004	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Hywel Francis	21/04/2004	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	21/04/2004	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Hancock	21/04/2004	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Harry Barnes	21/04/2004	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	21/04/2004	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	21/04/2004	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	21/04/2004	Gower	Labour	Signed
Linda Perham	21/04/2004	Ilford North	Labour	Signed
Jim Sheridan	21/04/2004	West Renfrewshire	Labour	Signed
Llew Smith	21/04/2004	Blaenau Gwent	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	21/04/2004	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Khalid Mahmood	21/04/2004	Birmingham, Perry Barr	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	21/04/2004	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Richard Burden	21/04/2004	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Gregory Campbell	21/04/2004	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Rudi Vis	22/04/2004	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	22/04/2004	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Huw Edwards	22/04/2004	Monmouth	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	22/04/2004	Burton	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	22/04/2004	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Alice Mahon	22/04/2004	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	22/04/2004	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	22/04/2004	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	22/04/2004	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	26/04/2004	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	27/04/2004	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Hywel Williams	27/04/2004	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Nigel Dodds	27/04/2004	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	27/04/2004	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	27/04/2004	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	28/04/2004	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Rob Marris	28/04/2004	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Adrian Bailey	28/04/2004	West Bromwich West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Jeff Ennis	29/04/2004	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
John Austin	30/04/2004	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Tony Colman	04/05/2004	Putney	Labour	Signed
Harold Best	04/05/2004	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Helen Clark	05/05/2004	Peterborough	Labour	Signed
Gerald Kaufman	06/05/2004	Manchester, Gorton	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	06/05/2004	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Karen Buck	13/05/2004			Signed
Andy Reed	13/05/2004	Loughborough	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Diane Abbott	25/05/2004	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
David Amess	17/06/2004	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
Jim Cousins	18/06/2004	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
Vera Baird	22/06/2004	Redcar	Labour	Signed
Chris Bryant	22/06/2004	Rhondda	Labour	Signed
Joan Humble	23/06/2004	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Wayne David	23/06/2004	Caerphilly	Labour	Signed
Candy Atherton	23/06/2004	Falmouth & Camborne	Labour	Signed
Alan Beith	23/06/2004	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Barbara Follett	24/06/2004	Stevenage	Labour	Signed
Mark Fisher	24/06/2004	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Signed
Valerie Davey	24/06/2004	Bristol West	Labour	Signed
Brian Cotter	24/06/2004	Weston-Super-Mare	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Keith Bradley	24/06/2004	Manchester, Withington	Labour	Signed
Kevin Hughes	24/06/2004	Doncaster North	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	28/06/2004	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Joe Benton	28/06/2004	Bootle	Labour	Signed
Angela Eagle	28/06/2004	Wallasey	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	28/06/2004	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Bill Olner	28/06/2004	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Laura Moffatt	28/06/2004	Crawley	Labour	Signed
George Howarth	28/06/2004	Knowsley North & Sefton East	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	28/06/2004	North Down	UUP	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	28/06/2004	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Bill Tynan	29/06/2004	Hamilton South	Labour	Signed
Patrick Hall	29/06/2004	Bedford	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	29/06/2004	Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Kevin Brennan	29/06/2004	Cardiff West	Labour	Signed
Michael Moore	29/06/2004	Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Marshall-Andrews	29/06/2004	Medway	Labour	Signed
Alan Hurst	29/06/2004	Braintree	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	29/06/2004	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Christine Russell	29/06/2004	Chester, City of	Labour	Signed
Peter Pike	29/06/2004	Burnley	Labour	Signed
Tony Lloyd	30/06/2004	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	30/06/2004	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Andy King	30/06/2004	Rugby & Kenilworth	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	30/06/2004	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
John McWilliam	01/07/2004	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	01/07/2004	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Anne Campbell	01/07/2004	Cambridge	Labour	Signed
Teddy Taylor	01/07/2004	Rochford & Southend East	Conservative	Signed
Roger Berry	05/07/2004	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Jane Griffiths	05/07/2004	Reading East	Labour	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	05/07/2004	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Diana Organ	05/07/2004	Forest of Dean	Labour	Signed
Chris Ruane	05/07/2004	Vale of Clwyd	Labour	Signed
Graham Stringer	06/07/2004	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	06/07/2004	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Jon Trickett	07/07/2004	Hemsworth	Labour	Signed
Jim Cunningham	07/07/2004	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
John Lyons	07/07/2004	Strathkelvin & Bearsden	Labour	Signed
Ian Lucas	07/07/2004	Wrexham	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	08/07/2004	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sarah Teather	08/07/2004	Brent East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Adam Price	12/07/2004	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Martin O'Neill	12/07/2004	Ochil	Labour	Signed
Evan Harris	14/07/2004	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Parmjit Dhanda	21/07/2004	Gloucester	Labour	Signed
Phil Sawford	22/07/2004	Kettering	Labour	Signed
Roy Beggs	22/07/2004	East Antrim	UUP	Signed
Joan Ruddock	07/09/2004	Lewisham, Deptford	Labour	Signed
Fabian Hamilton	25/10/2004	Leeds North East	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	Unknown			Withdrawn
Terry Davis	Unknown			Withdrawn

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