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Black History Month

EDM number 2780 in 2005-06, proposed by Dawn Butler on 17/10/2006.

That this House notes that there has been a continuous black presence in Great Britain since as early as 1772; welcomes Black History Month as part of efforts to raise awareness about the contribution of black and ethnic minorities to Great Britain's cultural, scientific and many other achievements; expresses concern that the teaching of black history is often confined to topics about slavery or post-war immigration; further notes that mainstreaming black history would allow schools to challenge stereotypes, ignorance and racism; further notes that fully integrating black and ethnic minority history into the curriculum could be an effective tool for challenging the underachievement of ethnic minority students; and urges the Government to integrate fully black and ethnic minority history into the education curriculum and include, for example, `When We Ruled' by Robin Walker as part of the teaching of world history.

This motion has been signed by a total of 52 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Dawn Butler17/10/2006Brent SouthLabourProposed
Sadiq Khan17/10/2006TootingLabourSeconded
Chris Mole17/10/2006IpswichLabourSeconded
Diane Abbott17/10/2006Hackney North and Stoke NewingtonLabourSeconded
Khalid Mahmood17/10/2006Birmingham, Perry BarrLabourSeconded
Mark Durkan17/10/2006FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySeconded
Andrew Dismore18/10/2006HendonLabourSigned
Stephen Williams18/10/2006Bristol WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Rudi Vis18/10/2006Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Peter Bottomley18/10/2006Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Andrew George18/10/2006St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Hywel Francis18/10/2006AberavonLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn18/10/2006Islington NorthLabourSigned
Harry Cohen18/10/2006Leyton and WansteadLabourSigned
Alan Meale18/10/2006MansfieldLabourSigned
Elfyn Llwyd18/10/2006Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Mark Lazarowicz18/10/2006Edinburgh North and LeithLabourSigned
Lindsay Hoyle18/10/2006ChorleyLabourSigned
Hugh Bayley19/10/2006City of YorkLabourSigned
John Leech19/10/2006Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
John Hemming19/10/2006Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
David Borrow19/10/2006South RibbleLabourSigned
David Drew19/10/2006StroudLabourSigned
Martin Caton19/10/2006GowerLabourSigned
Rob Marris19/10/2006Wolverhampton South WestLabourSigned
Lynne Jones19/10/2006Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins19/10/2006Luton NorthLabourSigned
Alan Simpson19/10/2006Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Julie Morgan19/10/2006Cardiff NorthLabourSigned
Vincent Cable19/10/2006TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Ann Cryer20/10/2006KeighleyLabourSigned
Stephen Hepburn23/10/2006JarrowLabourSigned
Janet Anderson23/10/2006Rossendale and DarwenLabourSigned
Katy Clark23/10/2006North Ayrshire and ArranLabourSigned
David Anderson24/10/2006BlaydonLabourSigned
Hywel Williams24/10/2006CaernarfonPlaid CymruSigned
Keith Vaz24/10/2006Leicester EastLabourSigned
Bill Etherington24/10/2006Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Brian Jenkins24/10/2006TamworthLabourSigned
Karen Buck25/10/2006Regent's Park and Kensington NorthLabourSigned
John Austin25/10/2006Erith and ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Paul Rowen25/10/2006RochdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
Laura Moffatt26/10/2006CrawleyLabourSigned
Michael Clapham26/10/2006Barnsley West and PenistoneLabourSigned
Janet Dean26/10/2006BurtonLabourSigned
Marsha Singh31/10/2006Bradford WestLabourSigned
Neil Gerrard31/10/2006WalthamstowLabourSigned
Sarah McCarthy-Fry01/11/2006Portsmouth NorthLabourSigned
Alasdair McDonnell02/11/2006Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Eric Illsley06/11/2006Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
John McDonnell06/11/2006Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Martin Horwood06/11/2006CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned

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