<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><edm>
<id>34478</id>
<session>2007-08</session>
<number>358</number>
<title>Oxford Union And British National Party</title>
<proposer id="10526">Martin Salter</proposer>
<date>2007-11-21</date>
<text>That this House supports the call by the right hon. Member for Oxford East for the Oxford Union to retract its invitation to Nick Griffin, the British National Party leader, and the Holocaust denier, David Irving, to address the Union; applauds the decision of the hon. Members for the Rhondda, Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Rotherham, Ealing North and others to withdraw from speaking engagements in protest at the decision of the Union President and former Conservative future Chairman, Luke Tryl, to provide a platform for racists and anti-Semites despite widespread objections from present and former members of the Oxford Union and calls on other hon. Members, including the hon. Member for Oxford West and Abingdon, to do the same; notes the threats from far-right groups to target any anti-racist demonstrators; and calls upon the Conservative Party leader and the acting Liberal Democrat leader to make their views known on the issue.</text>
<topics>
	<topic>Equality</topic>
	<topic>Higher education</topic>
	<topic>Human rights</topic>
</topics>
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	<signature>
		<mp id="10526">Martin Salter</mp>
		<date>2007-11-21</date>
		<type>Proposed</type>
		<constituency>Reading West</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10828">Jon Cruddas</mp>
		<date>2007-11-21</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Dagenham</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10171">Frank Dobson</mp>
		<date>2007-11-21</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Holborn &amp; St Pancras</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10142">Ann Cryer</mp>
		<date>2007-11-21</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Keighley</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10288">Kelvin Hopkins</mp>
		<date>2007-11-21</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Luton North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11087">Khalid Mahmood</mp>
		<date>2007-11-21</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Birmingham, Perry Barr</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11692">Nia Griffith</mp>
		<date>2007-11-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Llanelli</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10186">Louise Ellman</mp>
		<date>2007-11-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Liverpool, Riverside</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10177">David Drew</mp>
		<date>2007-11-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Stroud</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11656">Emily Thornberry</mp>
		<date>2007-11-22</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Islington South &amp; Finsbury</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11427">David Anderson</mp>
		<date>2007-11-22</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Blaydon</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10645">David Winnick</mp>
		<date>2007-11-22</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Walsall North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10189">Bill Etherington</mp>
		<date>2007-11-22</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Sunderland North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10166">Janet Dean</mp>
		<date>2007-11-22</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Burton</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10133">Jeremy Corbyn</mp>
		<date>2007-11-22</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Islington North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10105">Michael Clapham</mp>
		<date>2007-11-22</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Barnsley West &amp; Penistone</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10428">Alan Meale</mp>
		<date>2007-11-22</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Mansfield</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10323">Lynne Jones</mp>
		<date>2007-11-22</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Birmingham, Selly Oak</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10313">Brian Jenkins</mp>
		<date>2007-11-22</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Tamworth</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10564">Phyllis Starkey</mp>
		<date>2007-11-22</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Milton Keynes South West</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10229">Linda Gilroy</mp>
		<date>2007-11-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Plymouth, Sutton</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10001">Diane Abbott</mp>
		<date>2007-11-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hackney North &amp; Stoke Newington</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10040">John Bercow</mp>
		<date>2007-11-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Buckingham</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10608">Desmond Turner</mp>
		<date>2007-11-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Brighton, Kemptown</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10616">Rudi Vis</mp>
		<date>2007-11-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Finchley &amp; Golders Green</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10623">Robert Wareing</mp>
		<date>2007-11-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Liverpool, West Derby</constituency>
		<party>Independent</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11963">Katy Clark</mp>
		<date>2007-11-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Ayrshire North &amp; Arran</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11559">Andy Slaughter</mp>
		<date>2007-11-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency></constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10226">Ian Gibson</mp>
		<date>2007-11-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Norwich North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10218">George Galloway</mp>
		<date>2007-11-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bethnal Green &amp; Bow</constituency>
		<party>Respect</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10096">Martin Caton</mp>
		<date>2007-11-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Gower</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10491">Gwyn Prosser</mp>
		<date>2007-11-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Dover</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10512">Terry Rooney</mp>
		<date>2007-11-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bradford North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10544">Dennis Skinner</mp>
		<date>2007-11-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bolsover</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10961">David Heyes</mp>
		<date>2007-11-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Ashton-under-Lyne</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10324">Martyn Jones</mp>
		<date>2007-11-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Clwyd South</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10444">Elliot Morley</mp>
		<date>2007-11-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Scunthorpe</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10463">Bill Olner</mp>
		<date>2007-11-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Nuneaton</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10467">Sandra Osborne</mp>
		<date>2007-11-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Ayr, Carrick &amp; Cumnock</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="12834">Jim Devine</mp>
		<date>2007-11-27</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Livingston</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11845">Lynda Waltho</mp>
		<date>2007-11-27</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Stourbridge</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10169">Andrew Dismore</mp>
		<date>2007-11-27</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hendon</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10123">Harry Cohen</mp>
		<date>2007-11-27</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Leyton &amp; Wanstead</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10431">Alun Michael</mp>
		<date>2007-11-27</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Cardiff South &amp; Penarth</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10170">Jim Dobbin</mp>
		<date>2007-11-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Heywood &amp; Middleton</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10383">John McDonnell</mp>
		<date>2007-11-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hayes &amp; Harlington</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11402">Alasdair McDonnell</mp>
		<date>2007-11-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Belfast South</constituency>
		<party>Social Democratic and Labour Party</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10379">Ian McCartney</mp>
		<date>2007-11-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Makerfield</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10372">Andrew Love</mp>
		<date>2007-11-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Edmonton</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10442">Julie Morgan</mp>
		<date>2007-11-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Cardiff North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10614">Keith Vaz</mp>
		<date>2007-11-29</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Leicester East</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11420">John Hemming</mp>
		<date>2007-11-29</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Birmingham, Yardley</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11455">Kerry McCarthy</mp>
		<date>2007-12-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bristol East</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10934">David Hamilton</mp>
		<date>2007-12-04</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Midlothian</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10543">Marsha Singh</mp>
		<date>2007-12-05</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bradford West</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10210">Michael Jabez Foster</mp>
		<date>2007-12-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hastings &amp; Rye</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10541">Alan Simpson</mp>
		<date>2007-12-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Nottingham South</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11148">Albert Owen</mp>
		<date>2007-12-11</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Ynys M</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10021">John Austin</mp>
		<date>2007-12-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Erith &amp; Thamesmead</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10528">Mohammad Sarwar</mp>
		<date>2008-05-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Glasgow Central</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11003">Kevan Jones</mp>
		<date></date>
		<type>Withdrawn</type>
		<constituency></constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10761">Chris Bryant</mp>
		<date></date>
		<type>Withdrawn</type>
		<constituency></constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11447">Dawn Butler</mp>
		<date></date>
		<type>Withdrawn</type>
		<constituency></constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
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