William Wilberforce And The Abolition Of Slavery (EDM2469)

William Wilberforce And The Abolition Of Slavery

EDM number 2469 in 2005-06, proposed by Don Foster on 29/06/2006.

That this House regrets that between 1782 and 1807 alone the UK traded in over 1,000,000 human lives; notes that 25th March 2007 marks the 200th anniversary of Royal Assent being granted to the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act; recalls that the passing of this Bill by Parliament was the first step towards the abolition of slavery; upholds the comments made during the Bill's debates by the then Prime Minister, Lord Grenville, that the slave trade was `contrary to the principles of justice, humanity and sound policy'; deplores the fact that slavery and human trafficking still persist illegally in the world; celebrates the significant contribution made to the cause by many former hon. Members but especially William Wilberforce; and calls upon the Bank of England to design a new bank note bearing his image and celebrating the abolition of slavery.

This motion has been signed by a total of 60 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Don Foster	29/06/2006	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Paul Holmes	29/06/2006	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Bob Russell	29/06/2006	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Christopher Huhne	29/06/2006	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Annette Brooke	29/06/2006	Mid Dorset and North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Michael Moore	29/06/2006	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Andrew George	29/06/2006	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Bottomley	29/06/2006	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Gregory Campbell	03/07/2006	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Martin Caton	03/07/2006	Gower	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	03/07/2006	Leyton and Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	03/07/2006	Hendon	Labour	Signed
David Drew	03/07/2006	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Angus MacNeil	03/07/2006	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scottish National Party	Signed
Glenda Jackson	04/07/2006	Hampstead and Highgate	Labour	Signed
Dai Davies	04/07/2006	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
Stephen Williams	04/07/2006	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	04/07/2006	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Hancock	04/07/2006	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Durkan	04/07/2006	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
John Cummings	04/07/2006	Easington	Labour	Signed
Derek Conway	04/07/2006	Old Bexley & Sidcup	Conservative	Signed
Colin Breed	04/07/2006	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Iddon	04/07/2006	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Bob Spink	04/07/2006	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
Mark Hunter	05/07/2006	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dan Rogerson	05/07/2006	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim McGovern	05/07/2006	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
Norman Baker	05/07/2006	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nigel Dodds	05/07/2006	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
John McDonnell	05/07/2006	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	05/07/2006	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Ken Purchase	05/07/2006	Wolverhampton North East	Labour	Signed
Gwyneth Dunwoody	05/07/2006	Crewe & Nantwich	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	06/07/2006	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	06/07/2006	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Don Touhig	06/07/2006	Islwyn	Labour	Signed
Keith Vaz	06/07/2006	Leicester East	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	06/07/2006	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Andrew Pelling	06/07/2006	Croydon Central	Conservative	Signed
Jim Devine	06/07/2006	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Phil Willis	10/07/2006	Harrogate and Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Edward Vaizey	10/07/2006	Wantage	Conservative	Signed
Sammy Wilson	10/07/2006	East Antrim	DUP	Signed
Andrew Stunell	10/07/2006	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Karen Buck	10/07/2006	Regent's Park and Kensington North	Labour	Signed
Rob Marris	10/07/2006	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	11/07/2006	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	12/07/2006	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	13/07/2006	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
John Hemming	13/07/2006	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Diana Johnson	13/07/2006	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Mark Williams	13/07/2006	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	14/07/2006	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Williams	17/07/2006	Brecon and Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Neil Gerrard	18/07/2006	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Richard Burden	20/07/2006	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	25/07/2006	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Jo Swinson	25/07/2006	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John McFall	10/10/2006	West Dunbartonshire	Labour	Signed

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