Banning Christian Symbols (EDM1245)

Banning Christian Symbols

EDM number 1245 in 2005-06, proposed by Andrew Rosindell on 12/12/2005.

That this House believes that the banning of Christian symbols is a thoroughly unwelcome sign of political correctness which undermines age-old British traditions and values; notes with regret that some councils are banning references to Christmas, referring to Christmas lights as winter lights instead; further notes with concern that a survey carried out by employment law firm, Peninsula, highlighted that more than two out of three companies had banned Christmas decorations from offices because of fears that they will offend people from different faiths; and welcomes the comments made by the Rt. Rev. Dr. Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, highlighting the fact that the absence of Christian symbols does nothing at all for community relations and the upholding of Christmas traditions in this country.

This motion has been signed by a total of 38 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Andrew Rosindell	12/12/2005	Romford	Conservative	Proposed
Peter Bottomley	13/12/2005	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Angus MacNeil	13/12/2005	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scottish National Party	Seconded
Philip Davies	13/12/2005	Shipley	Conservative	Seconded
David Drew	13/12/2005	Stroud	Labour	Seconded
Stewart Jackson	14/12/2005	Peterborough	Conservative	Seconded
Sammy Wilson	14/12/2005	East Antrim	DUP	Signed
Nicholas Winterton	14/12/2005	Macclesfield	Conservative	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	14/12/2005	Lagan Valley	DUP	Signed
Gregory Campbell	14/12/2005	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Tim Loughton	14/12/2005	East Worthing and Shoreham	Conservative	Signed
Bob Spink	14/12/2005	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
Iris Robinson	14/12/2005	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Edward Leigh	15/12/2005	Gainsborough	Conservative	Signed
Vincent Cable	15/12/2005	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Cryer	15/12/2005	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	15/12/2005	Heywood and Middleton	Labour	Signed
Ben Wallace	15/12/2005	Lancaster and Wyre	Conservative	Signed
Colin Breed	19/12/2005	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Penning	19/12/2005	Hemel Hempstead	Conservative	Signed
John Leech	19/12/2005	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Gauke	19/12/2005	South West Hertfordshire	Conservative	Signed
David Wilshire	19/12/2005	Spelthorne	Conservative	Signed
Nigel Dodds	19/12/2005	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Andrew Dismore	19/12/2005	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	19/12/2005	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	20/12/2005	Conwy	Labour	Signed
David Burrowes	20/12/2005	Enfield, Southgate	Conservative	Signed
Stephen Williams	20/12/2005	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Williams	09/01/2006	Brecon and Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Jones	09/01/2006	Clwyd West	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Pelling	09/01/2006	Croydon Central	Conservative	Signed
John Hemming	12/01/2006	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tony Lloyd	16/01/2006	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Mark Pritchard	16/01/2006	The Wrekin	Conservative	Signed
Mark Williams	19/01/2006	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Daniel Kawczynski	24/01/2006	Shrewsbury and Atcham	Conservative	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	30/01/2006	Glasgow Central	Labour	Signed

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