The Big Ride

EDM number 1158 in 2015-16, proposed by Gerald Kaufman on 26/02/2016.
Categorised under the topics of Charities, Cycling and Middle East.

That this House salutes The Big Ride, an initiative by supporters of the Palestinian people, for organising a series of three day rides in 2016 from Bristol, Manchester, Sheffield and London that will converge in Birmingham on Sunday 7 August for a major public event with speakers from the growing solidarity movement; and notes that on Monday 8 August, hundreds of cyclists and supporters will leave Birmingham in a convoy to the Elbit-owned factory in Shenstone, Staffordshire, for a peaceful demonstration to highlight the UK's unethical arms trade with Israel.

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