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Bangla Language Campaign

EDM number 131 in 2010-12, proposed by Mike Hancock on 02/06/2010.
Categorised under the topic of Ethnic groups.

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 18 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Mike Hancock02/06/2010Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratProposed
Andrew George02/06/2010St IvesLiberal DemocratSeconded
Alan Meale03/06/2010MansfieldLabourSeconded
Roger Godsiff07/06/2010Birmingham, Hall GreenLabourSeconded
Keith Vaz07/06/2010Leicester EastLabourSeconded
Angus MacNeil07/06/2010Na h-Eileanan an IarScottish National PartySeconded
Jeremy Corbyn07/06/2010Islington NorthLabourSigned
Hywel Williams08/06/2010ArfonPlaid CymruSigned
Anne Main08/06/2010St AlbansConservativeSigned
John Leech08/06/2010Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Elfyn Llwyd08/06/2010Dwyfor MeirionnyddPlaid CymruSigned
Kelvin Hopkins08/06/2010Luton NorthLabourSigned
Stephen Hepburn09/06/2010JarrowLabourSigned
John Hemming10/06/2010Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Rushanara Ali10/06/2010Bethnal Green and BowLabourSigned
Alasdair McDonnell29/06/2010Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
John McDonnell30/06/2010Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Simon Danczuk30/06/2010RochdaleLabourSigned

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