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Early Day Motion
Right to trial by jury (25 Signatures)
15 Dec 2025
Tabled by: Kim Johnson (Labour - Liverpool Riverside)
This House notes the findings from the Lammy Review of 2018 that shows that Black and Chinese women are found guilty at much higher rates than White women by magistrates, but not by juries; further notes the 2022 Racial Bias and the Bench report, which finds institutional racism amongst the …
Early Day Motion
Peace and sovereignty in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (24 Signatures)
14 Jul 2025
Tabled by: Kim Johnson (Labour - Liverpool Riverside)
That this House expresses deep concerns about the devastating violence in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and the humanitarian crisis that’s caused over 15 million civilian deaths since 1996; notes that Amnesty International and UN experts have reported that the Rwandan-backed M-23 militia is committing war crimes through arbitrary …
Early Day Motion
Democracy and human rights in eSwatini (11 Signatures)
7 Jul 2025
Tabled by: Kim Johnson (Labour - Liverpool Riverside)
That this House recognises the widespread human rights abuses committed under the autocratic Tinkhundla system of government in eSwatini since the dissolution of the constitution in 1973; notes erosion of democratic institutions, trade union rights, and civil liberties, including the banning of all political parties such as the People's United …
Early Day Motion
Prison education insourcing (31 Signatures)
23 Jun 2025
Tabled by: Kim Johnson (Labour - Liverpool Riverside)
That this House notes the worrying state of prison education, with 82 percent of prison and young offender institutions judged by Ofsted as requiring improvement or inadequate for overall effectiveness of education, skills and work provision; further notes that contracts for the new Prison Education Service (PES) have recently been …
Early Day Motion
Better Jobs, Better Services campaign (41 Signatures)
6 May 2025
Tabled by: Kim Johnson (Labour - Liverpool Riverside)
That this House notes that the Government has committed to oversee the biggest wave of insourcing for a generation; welcomes the RMT’s new Better Jobs, Better Services campaign, calling for an end to outsourcing of essential rail services such as cleaning, station staffing, catering, security, infrastructure and engineering across the …
Early Day Motion
Fee waivers for ILR applications (44 Signatures)
24 Mar 2025
Tabled by: Kim Johnson (Labour - Liverpool Riverside)
That this House supports the Refugee and Migrant Forum of Essex and London’s call for a fee waiver to be introduced for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) applications for those on family and private life visas; notes that ILR provides security and stability, yet the £2,885 fee is unaffordable for …
Early Day Motion
Educationally subnormal schools in the 1960s and 1970s (28 Signatures)
27 Feb 2025
Tabled by: Kim Johnson (Labour - Liverpool Riverside)
That this House acknowledges the historical injustice suffered by Black children who were wrongly classified as educationally subnormal and placed in schooling for those with severely physical and mental disabilities under racist policies; notes the findings of Subnormal: A British Scandal and the exceptional work of educational campaigners starting with …
Early Day Motion
Striking workers at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts sixth form (20 Signatures)
24 Feb 2025
Tabled by: Kim Johnson (Labour - Liverpool Riverside)
That this House stands in solidarity with staff at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA), who are embarking on a two-week strike demanding union recognition; recognises the dedication and hard work of the teaching staff at LIPA Sixth Form and their vital role in providing high-quality education to students; …
Early Day Motion
Metropolitan Police’s Gangs Violence Matrix (17 Signatures)
29 Jan 2025
Tabled by: Kim Johnson (Labour - Liverpool Riverside)
That this House notes the imminent deadline of 13 February 2025 for the permanent deletion of the Metropolitan Police’s Gangs Violence Matrix (GVM) database following a successful legal challenge that highlighted its racist application and breaches of the European Convention on Human Rights; further notes that this database has unlawfully …
Early Day Motion
Prison maintenance insourcing (38 Signatures)
16 Dec 2024
Tabled by: Kim Johnson (Labour - Liverpool Riverside)
That this House notes with alarm the rising levels of squalor and disrepair in prisons, with the National Audit Office estimating the maintenance backlog has doubled to £1.8 billion in the past four years; further notes with alarm recent reports by the Independent Monitoring Boards highlighting how broken and outdated …