Early Day Motion·EDM 832
ALBERT EDWARD BOOTH
9 February 201042 Signatures
Primary sponsor
John McDonnell
Labour — Hayes and Harlington
Motion Text
That this House mourns the passing of Albert Edward Booth, former Labour Member of Parliament for Barrow-in-Furness and Secretary of State for Employment from 1976 to 1979; pays tribute to his outstanding lifetime contribution to the British labour and trades union movement, as a principled and hardworking socialist; and sends messages of solidarity and condolences to his friends and family at this difficult time.