Early Day Motion·EDM 2148

DR JAMES WATSON AND RACE

17 October 200725 Signatures

Primary sponsor

Ms Diane Abbott

LabourHackney 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.