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Plain English Campaign

EDM number 620 in 2009-10, proposed by Greg Mulholland on 18/01/2010.
Categorised under the topics of Food, Service industries and Standards.

That this House supports the Plain English Campaign on its attempts to prohibit the use of the word regular in coffee shops and cafés; notes that this term is a meaningless description creating confusion; regrets the Americanisation of the English language in this country; commends the Plain English Campaign for its efforts to promote clear language in public life; and calls on all coffee shops and similar establishments to use English terms and one standardised and universally understood system of measurement, such as small, medium and large.

This motion has been signed by a total of 28 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Greg Mulholland18/01/2010Leeds North WestLiberal DemocratProposed
Lindsay Hoyle18/01/2010ChorleyLabourSeconded
Andrew Pelling18/01/2010Croydon CentralIndependentSeconded
Mark Hunter19/01/2010CheadleLiberal DemocratSeconded
Andrew Dismore19/01/2010HendonLabourSeconded
Gregory Campbell19/01/2010East LondonderryDUPSeconded
Stephen Hepburn19/01/2010JarrowLabourSigned
Lynne Jones19/01/2010Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn19/01/2010Islington NorthLabourSigned
Mike Hancock19/01/2010Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
John McDonnell20/01/2010Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
David Drew20/01/2010StroudLabourSigned
John Leech20/01/2010Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Stephen Williams20/01/2010Bristol WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Philip Davies21/01/2010ShipleyConservativeSigned
Bill Etherington25/01/2010Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Betty Williams25/01/2010ConwyLabourSigned
Ann Cryer26/01/2010KeighleyLabourSigned
David Tredinnick26/01/2010BosworthConservativeSigned
Eric Illsley27/01/2010Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
William McCrea27/01/2010South AntrimDUPSigned
Jeffrey M Donaldson27/01/2010Lagan ValleyDUPSigned
Lorely Burt28/01/2010SolihullLiberal DemocratSigned
Nick Harvey01/02/2010North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Stunell01/02/2010Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Greg Pope02/02/2010HyndburnLabourSigned
Richard Younger-Ross03/02/2010TeignbridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
Nigel Dodds09/02/2010Belfast NorthDUPSigned

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