Official Recognition Of The Irish In Britain (EDM398)

Official Recognition Of The Irish In Britain

EDM number 398 in 1998-99, proposed by John McDonnell on 05/03/1999.

That this House congratulates the Government on its proposal to include the Irish as an ethnic group in the 2001 Census, which will be the first time the Irish in Britain have been officially recognised and awarded this status.

This motion has been signed by a total of 47 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
John McDonnell	05/03/1999	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Proposed
Angela Smith	08/03/1999	Basildon	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Ashok Kumar	08/03/1999	Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	08/03/1999	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	08/03/1999	Hendon	Labour	Signed
John Austin	08/03/1999	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	08/03/1999	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Iain Coleman	09/03/1999	Hammersmith & Fulham	Labour	Signed
Norman Godman	09/03/1999	Greenock & Inverclyde	Labour	Signed
Maria Fyfe	09/03/1999	Glasgow, Maryhill	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	09/03/1999	Easington	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	09/03/1999	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	09/03/1999	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	09/03/1999	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	09/03/1999	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Lawrence Cunliffe	10/03/1999	Leigh	Labour	Signed
Derek Wyatt	10/03/1999	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	10/03/1999	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Gerry Bermingham	10/03/1999	St Helens South	Labour	Signed
Harry Barnes	10/03/1999	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Tom Cox	10/03/1999	Tooting	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	10/03/1999	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Margaret Moran	10/03/1999	Luton South	Labour	Signed
Bill Michie	10/03/1999	Sheffield, Heeley	Labour	Signed
John McWilliam	10/03/1999	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	10/03/1999	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dennis Skinner	10/03/1999	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Michael Colvin	10/03/1999	Romsey	Conservative	Signed
Gordon Prentice	11/03/1999	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	11/03/1999	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Evan Harris	11/03/1999	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tom Brake	11/03/1999	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Christine Butler	11/03/1999	Castle Point	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	12/03/1999	Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	15/03/1999	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	15/03/1999	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alice Mahon	15/03/1999	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	16/03/1999	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	16/03/1999	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Bill Etherington	16/03/1999	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	17/03/1999	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	18/03/1999	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Jim Fitzpatrick	19/03/1999	Poplar & Canning Town	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	22/03/1999	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Marsha Singh	25/03/1999	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	25/03/1999	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ken Livingstone	05/05/1999	Brent East	Labour	Signed

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