Press Complaints Commission And Giles Coren

EDM number 173 in 2008-09, proposed by Greg Hands on 08/12/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Press and Racial discrimination.

That this House notes with great sadness the decision of the Press Complaints Commission (PCC) to refuse to take action in the case of Giles Coren's article of 26 July 2008 published in The Times; supports the Federation of Poles in Great Britain in maintaining that the use of offensive words such as `polack' and the statement that Poles ` ... used to amuse themselves at Easter by locking Jews in the synagogue and setting fire to it' should most certainly be condemned and fall within the remit of the PCC; and, while saluting the dignified response of Her Excellency the Polish Ambassador, acknowledges the great pain and distress caused by this article to the Polish community in the UK and beyond.

This motion has been signed by a total of 37 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Greg Hands	08/12/2008	Hammersmith & Fulham	Conservative	Proposed
Stephen Pound	08/12/2008	Ealing North	Labour	Seconded
Parmjit Dhanda	08/12/2008	Gloucester	Labour	Seconded
Mark Lazarowicz	08/12/2008	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour	Seconded
Andrew Dismore	09/12/2008	Hendon	Labour	Seconded
Mark Durkan	09/12/2008	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Seconded
Jim Devine	09/12/2008	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Angus MacNeil	09/12/2008	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scottish National Party	Signed
John Leech	09/12/2008	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Taylor	09/12/2008	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	09/12/2008	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	09/12/2008	Islington North	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	09/12/2008	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Jim Sheridan	10/12/2008	Paisley & Renfrewshire North	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	10/12/2008	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	10/12/2008	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	11/12/2008	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	11/12/2008	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	15/12/2008	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	15/12/2008	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	16/12/2008	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	16/12/2008	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Andy Slaughter	17/12/2008			Signed
Michael Weir	18/12/2008	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Marsha Singh	12/01/2009	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Colin Burgon	12/01/2009	Elmet	Labour	Signed
David Hamilton	12/01/2009	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Greg Pope	14/01/2009	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Paul Truswell	15/01/2009	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	19/01/2009	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Phil Willis	19/01/2009	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Malcolm Moss	26/01/2009	North East Cambridgeshire	Conservative	Signed
Joan Ryan	28/01/2009	Enfield North	Labour	Signed
Tom Levitt	23/02/2009	High Peak	Labour	Signed
Nick Palmer	18/03/2009	Broxtowe	Labour	Signed
Martin Salter	01/06/2009	Reading West	Labour	Signed
George Mudie	Unknown			Withdrawn

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