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Recognition Of Bangla As An Official Language Of The United Nations

EDM number 1344 in 2007-08, proposed by Roger Godsiff on 21/04/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Asia and United Nations.

That this House welcomes the campaign initiated by Bangladeshis in the United Kingdom to get Bangla, which is the fifth most spoken mother language in the world, recognised as an official language of the United Nations; and calls upon the Government to give its support to this proposal.

This motion has been signed by a total of 27 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Roger Godsiff21/04/2008Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small HeathLabourProposed
Kelvin Hopkins21/04/2008Luton NorthLabourSeconded
Ann Cryer21/04/2008KeighleyLabourSeconded
Mark Durkan21/04/2008FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySeconded
Andrew Dismore22/04/2008HendonLabourSeconded
Alan Meale22/04/2008MansfieldLabourSeconded
Karen Buck22/04/2008Regent's Park and Kensington NorthLabourSigned
Martin Caton22/04/2008GowerLabourSigned
Mike Hancock22/04/2008Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Robert Wareing22/04/2008Liverpool, West DerbyIndependentSigned
Angus MacNeil22/04/2008Na h-Eileanan an IarScottish National PartySigned
Harry Cohen23/04/2008Leyton and WansteadLabourSigned
John Leech23/04/2008Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Rudi Vis23/04/2008Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Peter Bottomley23/04/2008Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Ronnie Campbell23/04/2008Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Marsha Singh23/04/2008Bradford WestLabourSigned
Janet Dean24/04/2008BurtonLabourSigned
David Drew24/04/2008StroudLabourSigned
Betty Williams25/04/2008ConwyLabourSigned
Alasdair McDonnell28/04/2008Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
John McDonnell29/04/2008Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Brian Jenkins30/04/2008TamworthLabourSigned
Paul Flynn30/04/2008Newport WestLabourSigned
Bill Etherington01/05/2008Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Hywel Williams20/05/2008CaernarfonPlaid CymruSigned
Jim Dobbin24/06/2008Heywood and MiddletonLabourSigned

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