Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Lord Soley (Labour), on Monday, 18 November 1996, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 41 members in total.

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FLANAGAN'S BAR, UXBRIDGE ROAD

That this House rejects the offensive comments made in the Evening Standard magazine section of 25th October about the Irish community and Flanagans Bar in referring to the opening of 'Flanagan's, a modern, Irish-themed bar in the Uxbridge Road. W12 has, after all, more Irish boozers than you can shake an Armalite at. Presumably the new genteel, scrubbed-wood Flanagan's is where upwardly mobile bombers can now take the lady wife after a hard day with the Semtex'; and calls upon the Evening Standard to apologise unreservedly, recognising that the vast majority of Irish people do not support the bombers and that this type of thoughtless comment encourages hostility and division between the British and Irish people as well as damaging the reputation of Flanagan's and their customers and takes no account of the determination of the British and Irish people to reject the violence of paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland.

Amendments

The Early day motion has received an amendment.

FLANAGAN'S BAR, UXBRIDGE ROAD (210A1)

The Early day motion has received an amendment sponsored by George Gardiner (primary, Conservative) and tabled on Wednesday, 20 November 1996. It has been signed by 1 members in total.

leave out from 'House' to end and add 'congratulates the Evening Standard on bringing some humour to the grey environs of Uxbridge Road ,W12, and is confident that its magazine's review of 25th October, combined with this proposed motion, will ensure far more publicity and trade for Flanagan's bar than could ever have been achieved by other means'.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

210 

210A1 

Session

1996-97

Subjects

Ethnic groups Public houses Republic of Ireland

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk