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English Defence League March In Tower Hamlets

EDM number 462 in 2013-14, proposed by George Galloway on 02/09/2013.
Categorised under the topics of Ethnic groups and Racial discrimination.

That this House notes that the English Defence League (EDL) intends to march in Tower Hamlets on 7 September 2013; further notes that previous attempts by EDL members to march in Tower Hamlets over the last couple of years have been stopped either through bans or police arrests; further notes that the intention of the EDL is to whip up racial tension, division and violence directed particularly against the large Muslim community in Tower Hamlets; further notes that Tower Hamlets Council has voted to support a ban on the EDL marching and the directly elected Mayor of Tower Hamlets has called for such a ban; and calls on the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police to recommend to the Home Secretary that the EDL should be banned, and that the Home Secretary should then ban the EDL from marching in Tower Hamlets on 7 September 2013.

This motion has been signed by a total of 12 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
George Galloway02/09/2013Bradford WestRespectProposed
John McDonnell03/09/2013Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSeconded
Alan Meale03/09/2013MansfieldLabourSeconded
Jim Dobbin03/09/2013Heywood and MiddletonLabourSeconded
Mike Hancock03/09/2013Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSeconded
Peter Bottomley03/09/2013Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Kelvin Hopkins04/09/2013Luton NorthLabourSigned
Alasdair McDonnell04/09/2013Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Jeremy Corbyn04/09/2013Islington NorthLabourSigned
Martin Caton05/09/2013GowerLabourSigned
Lindsay Roy11/09/2013GlenrothesLabourSigned
Roger Godsiff08/10/2013Birmingham, Hall GreenLabourSigned

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