French Ban On Religious Symbols (EDM480)

French Ban On Religious Symbols

EDM number 480 in 2003-04, proposed by Alex Salmond on 26/01/2004.

That this House registers its concern about the French Government's proposed law to ban the wearing of religious symbols in state schools and other public buildings, including the Muslim hijab, the Jewish skullcap and Christian crosses; expresses its further concern about the remarks of French Education Minister, M. Luc Ferry, that bandanas and even beards in schools could be prohibited under this law, if worn as a religious symbol; believes that such a decision constitutes a breach of human rights and a contravention of the notions of secularism which uphold personal freedoms and liberties, including the right to religious expression; is worried that other parts of Europe may be encouraged to follow the French example; and supports the peaceful demonstrations that took place in many European cities on 17th January to protest against this breach of civil liberties.

This motion has been signed by a total of 28 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Alex Salmond	26/01/2004	Banff & Buchan	Scottish National Party	Proposed
Annabelle Ewing	26/01/2004	Perth	Scottish National Party	Signed
Angus Robertson	27/01/2004	Moray	Scottish National Party	Signed
Harry Cohen	27/01/2004	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	27/01/2004	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Simon Thomas	27/01/2004	Ceredigion	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Michael Weir	27/01/2004	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Pete Wishart	27/01/2004	North Tayside	Scottish National Party	Signed
Rudi Vis	28/01/2004	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Harry Barnes	29/01/2004	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	30/01/2004	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Keith Vaz	02/02/2004	Leicester East	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	03/02/2004	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Patrick Hall	03/02/2004	Bedford	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	03/02/2004	Gower	Labour	Signed
Patsy Calton	03/02/2004	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	04/02/2004	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Tom Brake	04/02/2004	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gregory Campbell	04/02/2004	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Frank Cook	04/02/2004	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	05/02/2004	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	05/02/2004	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rob Marris	05/02/2004	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	05/02/2004	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
David Drew	05/02/2004	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Bill Etherington	05/02/2004	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Clare Short	24/02/2004	Birmingham, Ladywood	Labour	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	02/03/2004	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour Co-operative	Signed

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