Minority Ethnic Employment (EDM1706)

Minority Ethnic Employment

EDM number 1706 in 2003-04, proposed by Harry Cohen on 11/10/2004.

That this House notes the data from the annual Labour Force Survey recently published by the Office for National Statistics which shows that for the period March 2002 to February 2003 just 57.3 per cent. of ethnic minorities were in employment compared with 75.5 per cent. of whites in the UK's working age population, and that in all regions employment rates were lower for ethnic minorities than whites, the difference being greater than 20 percentage points in the North West, Yorkshire and Humberside and the West Midlands; considers this disparity unfair and unreasonable and believes that it gives the lie to racists pretending the opposite; and calls upon the Government to take steps to further improve ethnic minority employment opportunities.

This motion has been signed by a total of 52 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Harry Cohen	11/10/2004	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Proposed
Lynne Jones	12/10/2004	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	12/10/2004	Gower	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	12/10/2004	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jane Griffiths	12/10/2004	Reading East	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	12/10/2004	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Keith Vaz	12/10/2004	Leicester East	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	13/10/2004	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	13/10/2004	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	13/10/2004	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Harold Best	13/10/2004	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
John Austin	13/10/2004	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	13/10/2004	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
David Drew	13/10/2004	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Tony Clarke	13/10/2004	Northampton South	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	13/10/2004	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Marsden	13/10/2004	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alice Mahon	13/10/2004	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Tony Lloyd	13/10/2004	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	13/10/2004	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	14/10/2004	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Paul Tyler	14/10/2004	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Dismore	14/10/2004	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	14/10/2004	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	14/10/2004	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	14/10/2004	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Andy Reed	14/10/2004	Loughborough	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Michael Clapham	14/10/2004	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	15/10/2004	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Valerie Davey	18/10/2004	Bristol West	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	18/10/2004	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Terry Lewis	19/10/2004	Worsley	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	19/10/2004	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Jenny Tonge	19/10/2004	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	20/10/2004	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Angela Eagle	20/10/2004	Wallasey	Labour	Signed
Mark Hendrick	20/10/2004	Preston	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Marsha Singh	20/10/2004	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Syd Rapson	20/10/2004	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Richard Burden	21/10/2004	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	21/10/2004	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	21/10/2004	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Simon Hughes	25/10/2004	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Harry Barnes	25/10/2004	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Win Griffiths	26/10/2004	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	27/10/2004	North Down	UUP	Signed
Roger Williams	27/10/2004	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	01/11/2004	Glasgow, Govan	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	01/11/2004	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Kevin Barron	02/11/2004	Rother Valley	Labour	Signed
John Barrett	09/11/2004	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Matthew Green	15/11/2004	Ludlow	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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