Diwali 2011 (EDM2309)

Diwali 2011

EDM number 2309 in 2010-12, proposed by Keith Vaz on 26/10/2011.
Categorised under the topic of Religion and faith communities.

That this House joins with the rest of the UK in celebrating Diwali, the festival of lights; notes that in Leicester 40,000 attended the switching on of Diwalilights ceremony; congratulates the Prime Minister for his continued support of the tradition of Diwali at Number 10 for the third consecutive year and the Hindu Forum of Britain for its help in celebrating Diwali in the House; and considers that this demonstrates the diversity and multiculturalism that makes the UK the envy of the world.

This motion has been signed by a total of 21 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Keith Vaz	26/10/2011	Leicester East	Labour	Proposed
Andrew George	26/10/2011	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Alan Meale	27/10/2011	Mansfield	Labour	Seconded
Mike Hancock	27/10/2011	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Adrian Sanders	27/10/2011	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Tony Lloyd	31/10/2011	Manchester Central	Labour	Seconded
Kelvin Hopkins	31/10/2011	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	31/10/2011	Islington North	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	31/10/2011	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
John Leech	31/10/2011	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Caton	01/11/2011	Gower	Labour	Signed
David Tredinnick	01/11/2011	Bosworth	Conservative	Signed
Mark Durkan	01/11/2011	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Margaret Ritchie	02/11/2011	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Sandra Osborne	02/11/2011	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock	Labour	Signed
Stephen Williams	02/11/2011	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Naomi Long	03/11/2011	Belfast East	Alliance	Signed
Ian Lavery	03/11/2011	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Katy Clark	07/11/2011	North Ayrshire and Arran	Labour	Signed
Caroline Lucas	09/11/2011	Brighton, Pavilion	Green	Signed
Mark Williams	12/12/2011	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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