Mr S. S. Virk Of Des Pardes Weekly
EDM number 277 in 2010-12, proposed by John McDonnell on 17/06/2010.
Categorised under the topics of Asia and Broadcasting.
That this House congratulates Mr S. S. Virk for being awarded the prestigious Global Punjabi Society Media Award, recently referred on him by the Indian Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Ambika Soni, for his services to the Punjabi community in his role as Group Editor of the journal Des Pardes Weekly UK, which was established 40 years ago in 1965 by the late Tarsem Singh Purewal and which has become the largest, most popular and widely circulated Punjabi weekly newspaper representing the Punjabi-speaking community throughout Britain, Europe and across the globe.
This motion has been signed by a total of 11 MPs.
| MP | Date | Constituency | Party | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John McDonnell | 17/06/2010 | Hayes and Harlington | Labour | Proposed |
| John Cryer | 17/06/2010 | Leyton and Wanstead | Labour | Seconded |
| Mike Gapes | 21/06/2010 | Ilford South | Labour | Seconded |
| Jeremy Corbyn | 21/06/2010 | Islington North | Labour | Seconded |
| Mike Hancock | 22/06/2010 | Portsmouth South | Liberal Democrat | Seconded |
| Peter Bottomley | 22/06/2010 | Worthing West | Conservative | Seconded |
| Kelvin Hopkins | 23/06/2010 | Luton North | Labour | Signed |
| Roger Godsiff | 28/06/2010 | Birmingham, Hall Green | Labour | Signed |
| John Hemming | 28/06/2010 | Birmingham, Yardley | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| David Anderson | 28/06/2010 | Blaydon | Labour | Signed |
| Alasdair McDonnell | 29/06/2010 | Belfast South | Social Democratic and Labour Party | Signed |
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