Tolpuddle Martyrs' Festival (EDM2084)

Tolpuddle Martyrs' Festival

EDM number 2084 in 2010-12, proposed by Tony Lloyd on 13/07/2011.
Categorised under the topics of Australasia, Employment and Industrial relations.

That this House looks forward to the TUC Tolpuddle Martyrs' Festival on 15 to 17 July 2011; is shocked to learn that Maureen Lum, a grandmother and trade unionist from Australia, has been deported because her long-planned holiday in the UK included an hour's singing with the amateur Tasmanian Grass Roots choir at the Tolpuddle Festival; notes the irony that the choir sing songs re-telling the story of the six martyrs whose decision to form a union led to their transportation to Australia; believes this shameful incident highlights the ridiculous rules that require amateur performers to have a formal entertainment visa to enter the UK; and calls for an urgent review by the Home Office into these regulations.

This motion has been signed by a total of 53 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Tony Lloyd	13/07/2011	Manchester Central	Labour	Proposed
Frank Doran	13/07/2011	Aberdeen North	Labour	Seconded
Dave Watts	13/07/2011	St Helens North	Labour	Seconded
Jim McGovern	13/07/2011	Dundee West	Labour	Seconded
Pat Glass	13/07/2011	North West Durham	Labour	Seconded
Sheila Gilmore	13/07/2011	Edinburgh East	Labour	Seconded
Mike Gapes	13/07/2011	Ilford South	Labour	Signed
Graeme Morrice	13/07/2011	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Grahame Morris	13/07/2011	Easington	Labour	Signed
Ian Mearns	13/07/2011	Gateshead	Labour	Signed
Ian Lavery	13/07/2011	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Paul Blomfield	13/07/2011	Sheffield Central	Labour	Signed
Tom Blenkinsop	13/07/2011	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland	Labour	Signed
Katy Clark	13/07/2011	North Ayrshire and Arran	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	13/07/2011	Batley and Spen	Labour	Signed
Joan Walley	13/07/2011	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Kevin Barron	13/07/2011	Rother Valley	Labour	Signed
Hywel Francis	13/07/2011	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Jon Cruddas	13/07/2011	Dagenham and Rainham	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	13/07/2011	Gower	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	13/07/2011	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed
Andrew Love	13/07/2011	Edmonton	Labour	Signed
Cathy Jamieson	13/07/2011	Kilmarnock and Loudoun	Labour	Signed
Dai Havard	13/07/2011	Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	13/07/2011	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Joan Ruddock	13/07/2011	Lewisham, Deptford	Labour	Signed
Jim Sheridan	14/07/2011	Paisley and Renfrewshire North	Labour	Signed
Jonathan Ashworth	14/07/2011	Leicester South	Labour	Signed
Alex Cunningham	14/07/2011	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Mary Glindon	14/07/2011	North Tyneside	Labour	Signed
Tony Cunningham	14/07/2011	Workington	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	14/07/2011	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	14/07/2011	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Ian Davidson	14/07/2011	Glasgow South West	Labour	Signed
Graham Stringer	18/07/2011	Blackley and Broughton	Labour	Signed
Valerie Vaz	18/07/2011	Walsall South	Labour	Signed
John Leech	18/07/2011	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Bottomley	18/07/2011	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Mike Hancock	18/07/2011	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew George	18/07/2011	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Durkan	18/07/2011	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
David Crausby	18/07/2011	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	18/07/2011	Luton North	Labour	Signed
David Heyes	18/07/2011	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Hugh Bayley	19/07/2011	York Central	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	20/07/2011	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Dobbin	20/07/2011	Heywood and Middleton	Labour	Signed
Frank Dobson	20/07/2011	Holborn and St Pancras	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	20/07/2011	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Kerry McCarthy	20/07/2011	Bristol East	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Roy	11/08/2011	Glenrothes	Labour	Signed
Bill Esterson	11/08/2011	Sefton Central	Labour	Signed
Linda Riordan	11/10/2011	Halifax	Labour	Signed

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