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Bangla Language Campaign

EDM number 903 in 2009-10, proposed by Mike Hancock on 23/02/2010.
Categorised under the topic of United Nations.

That this House welcomes the campaign initiated by the Bangladeshi community in the Greater Portsmouth area to recognise Bangla, which is the fifth most spoken language in the world, as an official language of the United Nations; and calls on the Government to give its support to this proposal.

This motion has been signed by a total of 20 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Mike Hancock23/02/2010Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratProposed
Simon Hughes23/02/2010North Southwark and BermondseyLiberal DemocratSeconded
Bob Russell23/02/2010ColchesterLiberal DemocratSeconded
Stephen Williams24/02/2010Bristol WestLiberal DemocratSeconded
Lorely Burt24/02/2010SolihullLiberal DemocratSeconded
Ronnie Campbell24/02/2010Blyth ValleyLabourSeconded
John Leech24/02/2010Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Jeremy Corbyn24/02/2010Islington NorthLabourSigned
Harry Cohen24/02/2010Leyton and WansteadLabourSigned
John McDonnell24/02/2010Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins24/02/2010Luton NorthLabourSigned
Tom Brake25/02/2010Carshalton and WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
John Hemming25/02/2010Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Dai Davies25/02/2010Blaenau GwentIndependentSigned
Derek Wyatt26/02/2010Sittingbourne and SheppeyLabourSigned
George Galloway01/03/2010Bethnal Green and BowRespectSigned
Alasdair McDonnell03/03/2010Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Andrew George05/03/2010St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Colin Challen08/03/2010Morley and RothwellLabourSigned
Roger Godsiff09/03/2010Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small HeathLabourSigned

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