Parliamentary Oath And Affirmation

EDM number 755 in 2010-12, proposed by Peter Bottomley on 16/09/2010.
Categorised under the topic of Parliamentary procedure.

That this House believes it is right to use participation in parliamentary elections and in parliamentary debates to preserve or to alter the union; recognises that the wordings established in the Promissory Oaths Act 1868 and the Oaths Act 1978 give an excuse to Sinn Fein MPs not to take their seats; welcomes their ability and decisions to take their seats in the Irish Parliament and the Northern Ireland Assembly; and is prepared to consider appropriate alternative affirmations or procedures that end the present stand-off.

This motion has been signed by a total of 3 MPs.