Early Day Motion·EDM 2148
DR JAMES WATSON AND RACE
17 October 200725 Signatures
Primary sponsor
Ms Diane Abbott
Labour — Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Motion Text
That this House is alarmed by the alleged comments made by Dr James Watson during a newspaper interview concerning the relationship between race and intelligence; notes with concern that Dr. Watson is due to begin a series of talks throughout the UK on 24th October; notes that his alleged comments are altogether unscientific and unsophisticated; and further notes that scientific research in the past has proven that there are more genetic differences within races than there are between them.