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Early Day Motion
Literacy and the criminal justice system (20 Signatures)
17 Nov 2025
Tabled by: Valerie Vaz (Labour - Walsall and Bloxwich)
That this House acknowledges the link between low literacy levels and crime rates; recognises the critical role of literacy enrichment programmes in the rehabilitation and wellbeing of people in prison; notes the National Literacy Trust’s work since 2012 in delivering reading and writing initiatives across 100 prisons and Young Offender …
Early Day Motion
Life of Pope Francis (10 Signatures)
23 Apr 2025
Tabled by: Valerie Vaz (Labour - Walsall and Bloxwich)
That this House celebrates the life of Pope Francis, the 265th Pope, Bishop of Rome and Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Church; recognises his historic role as the first Jesuit and Latin American Pope; acknowledges that the Holy Father was a champion of Church reform, advocating for the inherent worth …
Early Day Motion
World Book Day 2023 (42 Signatures)
24 Feb 2023
Tabled by: Valerie Vaz (Labour - Walsall and Bloxwich)
That this House supports World Book Day in its mission to promote reading for pleasure; commends tis success in distributing 50 million book tokens annually to children; with a further 101,000 books donated to children by publishers, the Arts Council and others; notes reading for pleasure is the single biggest …
Early Day Motion
150 year anniversary of the birth of Dr Ralph Vaughan Williams OM (14 Signatures)
11 Oct 2022
Tabled by: Valerie Vaz (Labour - Walsall and Bloxwich)
That this House commemorates the life and work of composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, 12 October 1872 – 26 August 1958; celebrates his outstanding contribution to music; recognises his work was innovative and daring whilst respecting of English musical tradition; acknowledges that he enriched most musical forms, including symphonies, choral works, …
Early Day Motion
World Book Day 2022 (38 Signatures)
8 Feb 2022
Tabled by: Valerie Vaz (Labour - Walsall and Bloxwich)
That this House congratulates World Book Day on celebrating its 25th Anniversary on 3 March 2022; commends its success in distributing 15 million book tokens annually in places of education; notes that reading for pleasure is the single biggest indicator of a child’s future success; further notes that the British …
Early Day Motion
HOUSE OF COMMONS LIBRARY (49 Signatures)
20 Apr 2016
Tabled by: Valerie Vaz (Labour - Walsall and Bloxwich)
That this House commends the work of the House of Commons Library; acknowledges that as servants of the House, the Library's work is held in the highest esteem by hon. Members on both sides of the House; praises the Library's independence and impartiality; further praises the professionalism and competence of …
Early Day Motion
BRITISH SCIENTISTS AND GRAVITATIONAL WAVES (35 Signatures)
22 Feb 2016
Tabled by: Valerie Vaz (Labour - Walsall and Bloxwich)
That this House acknowledges the discovery of gravitational waves as a triumph for humanity which confirms Albert Einstein's 100 year old theory of general relativity, and is expected to provide vital insights into the evolution of stars, supernovae, gamma-ray bursts, neutron stars and black holes; commends the decades of scientific …
Early Day Motion
BRITISH LIBRARY (No. 2) (8 Signatures)
22 Feb 2016
Tabled by: Valerie Vaz (Labour - Walsall and Bloxwich)
That this House acknowledges the British Library's visionary plan, Living Knowledge, which sets out the British Library's direction as it looks ahead to its 50th anniversary in 2023; commends the Save Our Sounds programme which seeks to preserve the recorded voice and stories from people's lives and currently consists of …
Early Day Motion
COMMONWEALTH HEADS OF GOVERNMENT MEETING WOMEN'S FORUM 2015 (14 Signatures)
2 Dec 2015
Tabled by: Valerie Vaz (Labour - Walsall and Bloxwich)
That this House commends the historical first meeting of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) Women's Forum; notes that there are approximately one billion women and young girls throughout the commonwealth; further notes the statement from the conference that our granddaughters will not achieve wage parity unless there is …
Early Day Motion
BURMA ELECTIONS 2015 (22 Signatures)
30 Nov 2015
Tabled by: Valerie Vaz (Labour - Walsall and Bloxwich)
That this House welcomes the result of the elections in Burma; congratulates the National League for Democracy party on gaining two-thirds of seats they needed to control both Houses; calls for the release of all political prisoners and journalists; recognises the rights of the Rohingya and that all internally displaced …