25th Anniversary Of The Arrival Of The Ugandan Asians (EDM533)

25th Anniversary Of The Arrival Of The Ugandan Asians

EDM number 533 in 1997-98, proposed by Keith Vaz on 01/12/1997.

That this House notes that 1997 marks the 25th anniversary of the arrival of Ugandan Asians in Britain following their expulsion from Uganda by Idi Amin in 1972; further notes that most of them arrived from Uganda with no possessions; congratulates them in light of this on their achievement in building up a thriving and successful community that has become a great asset to Britain in economic, social and cultural terms; and welcomes their contribution towards the creation of an enriched multicultural Britain.

This motion has been signed by a total of 36 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Keith Vaz	01/12/1997	Leicester East	Labour	Proposed
Martin Smyth	02/12/1997	Belfast South	UUP	Signed
Robert Wareing	02/12/1997	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Jim Wallace	02/12/1997	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Tyler	02/12/1997	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Austin	02/12/1997	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Bill Michie	02/12/1997	Sheffield, Heeley	Labour	Signed
Ashok Kumar	02/12/1997	Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	02/12/1997	Luton North	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	03/12/1997	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
John Cryer	03/12/1997	Hornchurch	Labour	Signed
Norman Godman	03/12/1997	Greenock & Inverclyde	Labour	Signed
Jenny Tonge	03/12/1997	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Palmer	04/12/1997	Broxtowe	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	04/12/1997	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Harry Barnes	04/12/1997	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Roy Beggs	04/12/1997	East Antrim	UUP	Signed
Tom Cox	05/12/1997	Tooting	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	05/12/1997	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Dismore	08/12/1997	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Alan Williams	08/12/1997	Swansea West	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	09/12/1997	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Richard Allan	09/12/1997	Sheffield, Hallam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ken Livingstone	10/12/1997	Brent East	Labour	Signed
Gordon Marsden	10/12/1997	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	10/12/1997	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	11/12/1997	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	11/12/1997	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Gapes	15/12/1997	Ilford South	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Bill Etherington	16/12/1997	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Maria Fyfe	16/12/1997	Glasgow, Maryhill	Labour	Signed
Denzil Davies	14/01/1998	Llanelli	Labour	Signed
Piara S Khabra	15/01/1998	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	15/01/1998	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Andy King	29/01/1998	Rugby & Kenilworth	Labour	Signed
Patricia Hewitt	Unknown			Withdrawn

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