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Adoption Of A Formal Definition Of Anti-Semitism

EDM number 870 in 2016-17, proposed by John Mann on 18/01/2017.
Categorised under the topics of Ethnic groups, Racial discrimination and Religious discrimination.

That this House welcomes the Prime Minister's announcement of 12 December 2016 that Britain will adopt a formal definition of anti-Semitism in response to the work of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA); recognises that a recommendation formally to adopt a definition was first made in the All-Party Parliamentary Inquiry into Anti-Semitism report of 2006; further welcomes the stated cross-party support for the definition, including from the Leader of the Opposition; congratulates the IHRA and its 31 member countries for adopting the definition; supports efforts to ensure wider adoption of the definition across the continent at the Organisation for Security and Co-Operation in Europe and elsewhere; believes that a single definition will help identification of anti-Semitism; further recognises that police forces have for some time already used the definition for training purposes; welcomes the Government's update report on progress made in addressing the recommendations of the All-Party Parliamentary Inquiry into Anti-Semitism report of 2015; and calls on all political parties and other organisations formally to adopt the definition and use it to take action against anti-Semitism.

This motion has been signed by a total of 59 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
John Mann18/01/2017BassetlawLabourProposed
Jim Shannon19/01/2017StrangfordDUPSeconded
Kelvin Hopkins19/01/2017Luton NorthLabourSeconded
Bob Blackman19/01/2017Harrow EastConservativeSeconded
Alex Salmond20/01/2017Seconded
Marion Fellows20/01/2017Motherwell and WishawScottish National PartySeconded
Margaret Hodge20/01/2017BarkingLabourSigned
Drew Hendry20/01/2017Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and StrathspeyScottish National PartySigned
Chris Matheson20/01/2017City of ChesterLabourSigned
Alan Brown23/01/2017Kilmarnock and LoudounScottish National PartySigned
Gavin Robinson23/01/2017Belfast EastDUPSigned
Natalie McGarry23/01/2017Glasgow EastScottish National PartySigned
Chris Stephens23/01/2017Glasgow South WestScottish National PartySigned
Mark Durkan23/01/2017FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Peter Bottomley24/01/2017Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Margaret Ritchie24/01/2017South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Liz Saville Roberts24/01/2017Dwyfor MeirionnyddPlaid CymruSigned
Chris Law24/01/2017Dundee WestScottish National PartySigned
Mike Gapes24/01/2017Ilford SouthLabourSigned
John Nicolson25/01/2017East DunbartonshireScottish National PartySigned
Ian Paisley Jnr25/01/2017North AntrimDUPSigned
Rosie Cooper25/01/2017West LancashireLabourSigned
David Simpson25/01/2017Upper BannDUPSigned
Patricia Gibson25/01/2017North Ayrshire and ArranScottish National PartySigned
Alasdair McDonnell25/01/2017Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Roger Mullin25/01/2017Kirkcaldy and CowdenbeathScottish National PartySigned
John McNally25/01/2017FalkirkScottish National PartySigned
George Howarth25/01/2017KnowsleyLabourSigned
Martyn Day25/01/2017Linlithgow and East FalkirkScottish National PartySigned
Caroline Lucas26/01/2017Brighton, PavilionGreenSigned
Kirsten Oswald26/01/2017East RenfrewshireScottish National PartySigned
George Kerevan26/01/2017East LothianScottish National PartySigned
Tom Elliott26/01/2017Fermanagh and South TyroneUUPSigned
Danny Kinahan26/01/2017South AntrimUUPSigned
Keith Vaz27/01/2017Leicester EastLabourSigned
Conor McGinn30/01/2017St Helens NorthLabourSigned
Alan Meale30/01/2017MansfieldLabourSigned
Lady Hermon30/01/2017North DownIndependentSigned
Julian Lewis30/01/2017New Forest EastConservativeSigned
David Crausby31/01/2017Bolton North EastLabourSigned
Lisa Cameron02/02/2017East Kilbride, Strathaven and LesmahagowScottish National PartySigned
Geoffrey Robinson02/02/2017Coventry North WestLabourSigned
Marie Rimmer02/02/2017St Helens South and WhistonLabourSigned
Lisa Nandy02/02/2017WiganLabourSigned
Ruth Smeeth02/02/2017Stoke-on-Trent NorthLabourSigned
Joan Ryan02/02/2017Signed
Tom Brake02/02/2017Carshalton and WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Wes Streeting02/02/2017Ilford NorthLabourSigned
Eric Pickles02/02/2017Brentwood and OngarConservativeSigned
Nigel Dodds02/02/2017Belfast NorthDUPSigned
Louise Ellman03/02/2017Liverpool, RiversideLabourSigned
Stephen Twigg03/02/2017Liverpool, West DerbyLabourSigned
Caroline Flint03/02/2017Don ValleyLabourSigned
Kate Green03/02/2017Stretford and UrmstonLabourSigned
Angus Robertson08/02/2017MorayScottish National PartySigned
Douglas Carswell08/02/2017ClactonConservativeSigned
Graham Stringer22/02/2017Blackley and BroughtonLabourSigned
Stephen Gethins02/03/2017North East FifeScottish National PartySigned
Rachael Maskell30/03/2017York CentralLabour/Co-operativeSigned

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