Black History Month

EDM number 110 in 2009-10, proposed by Diane Abbott on 19/11/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Ethnic groups.

That this House celebrates the success of Black History Month 2009; recognises that black people have played a vital role in the history of the country and that everybody benefits by learning more about it; further believes that black and ethnic minority history should be fully integrated into the curriculum to this end; and calls on the Government to look at how the history learnt by everybody all year round might be broadened.

This motion has been signed by a total of 49 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Diane Abbott	19/11/2009	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Proposed
Andrew George	19/11/2009	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	19/11/2009	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Stephen Williams	23/11/2009	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Glenda Jackson	23/11/2009	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Seconded
Brian Iddon	23/11/2009	Bolton South East	Labour	Seconded
Jeremy Corbyn	23/11/2009	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Hywel Williams	24/11/2009	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
John Battle	24/11/2009	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	24/11/2009	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Alan Meale	24/11/2009	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	24/11/2009	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	24/11/2009	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Signed
Dai Davies	25/11/2009	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
James McGovern	25/11/2009	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
John Leech	25/11/2009	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Katy Clark	25/11/2009	Ayrshire North & Arran	Labour	Signed
Keith Vaz	25/11/2009	Leicester East	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	25/11/2009	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Drew	25/11/2009	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	25/11/2009	Burton	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	25/11/2009	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	25/11/2009	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
John Hemming	26/11/2009	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	26/11/2009	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	26/11/2009	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	26/11/2009	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	26/11/2009	Gower	Labour	Signed
Ian McCartney	26/11/2009	Makerfield	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	26/11/2009	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Bill Etherington	30/11/2009	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Andy Slaughter	30/11/2009			Signed
Paul Truswell	01/12/2009	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Richard Taylor	01/12/2009	Wyre Forest	Independent	Signed
John Austin	01/12/2009	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
David Heyes	01/12/2009	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
David Anderson	07/12/2009	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	07/12/2009	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eric Illsley	07/12/2009	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	07/12/2009	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Adam Price	09/12/2009	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Daniel Rogerson	10/12/2009	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Pelling	10/12/2009	Croydon Central	Independent	Signed
George Howarth	10/12/2009	Knowsley North & Sefton East	Labour	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	14/12/2009	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
John Mason	15/12/2009	Glasgow East	Scottish National Party	Signed
Evan Harris	16/12/2009	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	05/01/2010	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Andy Reed	07/01/2010	Loughborough	Labour	Signed

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