Early Day Motions

Belly Mujinga

That this House stands in solidarity with the friends, family and community of Belly Mujinga, a key worker at London Victoria station who tragically died after contracting covid-19; notes that a number of transport workers on the frontline have contracted covid-19 and some have consequently died; ca

Teaching of British colonial history in schools

That this House calls for the teaching of British colonial history in school curricula across the UK; recognises that much of Britain's wealth was built upon brutal suppression and the embedding of racism and division across the world; that great cities such as Glasgow, Liverpool and Bristol were bu

Covid-19 global ceasefire

That this House notes United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ recent call for a global ceasefire to combat the rapid spread of COVID-19; futher notes that Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab endorsed this call for peace; is concerned that little action has been taken by the UK government to ma

George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter campaign

That this House stands in solidarity with the friends, family and community of George Floyd in Minneapolis; recognises that George Floyd is tragically another name on the long list of unarmed Black men that have died in police custody in the United States of America (USA); notes that state-sanctione

LGBTQ+ conversion therapy in the UK

That this House recognises the need to make LGBTQ+ conversion therapy illegal in the United Kingdom; believes that Her Majesty’s Government must act to ensure all citizens of the LGBTQ+ community feel protected from harm; is concerned at the continuing of such archaic practices in the United Kingdom

Carers Week 2020

That this House recognises the importance of unpaid carers, the compassion and dedication that they show in their vital work in our society at all times, but especially during the Coronavirus Pandemic; commends the work of Carers Week (8-14 June 2020) in offering support to, and advocating for, unpa

US civil protests and UK supply of police equipment

That this House condemns the violent rhetoric used by US President Donald Trump in response to protests over the killing of George Floyd and racial injustice; urges the Government to express this strength of feeling in the strongest terms publicly and to their US counterparts; and calls on the Gover

School children's access to online learning

That this House recognises that teachers are working hard to ensure that children are sufficiently supplied with resources for home learning; notes that a large majority of these resources are online; is concerned that school children from disadvantaged social-economic backgrounds may not have acces

Support for local and regional newspapers during the covid-19 outbreak

That this House calls on the Government to extend the business rates holiday to local and regional newspapers in the UK; notes that business rates relief has been extended to the news media sector in Scotland by the Scottish Government; recognises that the media industry is under severe financial pr

Fuel poverty

That this House commends the Minister for Business, Energy, and Clean Growth’s decision to spread the distribution costs of electric energy to Shetland across the whole of the UK; acknowledges that both the telecoms and gas networks have dominant suppliers yet the distribution costs are shared equal

Local access to energy grid

That this House notes that SSE is the incumbent energy supplier to the far north; further notes that communities are unable to sell clean, renewable energy that they generate to local people; acknowledges that this is blocking the remarkable potential for new community energy companies to emerge acr

World Environment Day 2020

That this House celebrates World Environment Day on 5 June 2020; notes that it is time to recognise the nature emergency; calls for the UK to become carbon negative not neutral; notes that young people, given that they will have to carry the main burden, should be involved in the decision-making pro

Reading tax on audiobooks

That this House welcomes the Government action on axing the reading tax on e-books to bring the rate of VAT in line with print books; notes with concern that audiobooks still carry the full rate of VAT; believes that audiobooks are vital for millions of people in the UK with visual impairments, dysl

East Renfrewshire community volunteer effort

That this House notes during Volunteers Week 2020, the outstanding work of community volunteers all over East Renfrewshire, acting with imagination and kindness to support their neighbours through the Corinavirus pandemic; notes the enthusiasm and good heart with which people signed up to volunteer

Eighth anniversary of the Istanbul Convention

That this House notes that 8 June 2020 marks the eighth anniversary of the UK Government signing the Istanbul Convention on the protection of women and girls from violence; welcomes the Convention’s ratification by 33 of the original signatories including the UK's friends and neighbours in Ireland;

Sales of teargas, riot shields and rubber bullets to the United States

That this House calls on the Government to ensure the immediate suspension of sales of teargas, riot shields and rubber bullets to the United States.

UK law on disability-selective abortion

That this House notes with concern the discrimination inherent in current UK abortion law that allows abortion up to birth for children diagnosed with cleft lip, cleft palate and clubfoot; that such disability-selective abortion up to birth is underreported according to the Department for Health and

Carers Week and Lanarkshire Carers Centre

That this House praises the 6.5 million people in the UK who are carers; recognises the importance of Carers Week, which takes place from 8 June 2020 to 14 June 2020 in celebrating and raising awareness of the work and dedication of carers; notes the challenges that unpaid carers face; stresses the

Continued detention of Bahai in Yemen

That this House notes that over two months have passed since the President of the Houthi Supreme Political Council in Yemen ordered the release of six Baha’is, who have been in long term detention in Sana’a; further notes that this includes Mr Hamed bin Haydara who was under sentence of death and th

East Renfrewshire Citizens Advice Bureau

That this House applauds the support and efforts of East Renfrewshire Citizens Advice Bureau; commends the staff team and volunteers who provide vital support to communities across East Renfrewshire; recognises that flexible and innovative ways of working have enabled this vital support service to c

The Black Lives Matter campaign

That this House supports the Black Lives Matter campaign.

Green recovery

That this House notes the need for Government action to support economic renewal as covid-19 restrictions are lifted; believes that this recovery must be a green recovery, designed to deliver the urgent objectives of restoring wildlife and the natural environment on land and at sea, averting dangero

National Commission for Minority Rights

That this House is concerned that the recently established National Commission for Minorities Rights by the Government of Pakistan does not fulfil the Supreme Court of Pakistan’s order of June 2014 to set up a Minorities Rights Council and so ensure that the religious minorities’ rights are guarante

Avondale community support

That this House recognises the exceptional community support work undertaken by selfless groups of volunteers and organisations throughout Avondale; commends those volunteers from Strathaven Foodbank run by the Strathaven Evangelical Church which continues providing essential food bank services dist

Eviction of Palestinian family from East Jerusalem

That this House strongly condemns the ongoing attempts of the Jewish National Fund (KKL-JNF) to evict the Sumarin family from their home in East Jerusalem; recognises this within a broader context of the Israeli government’s efforts to demographically alter the population of Jerusalem, and the contr