Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Ken Livingstone (Labour), on Monday, 14 June 1999, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 31 members in total.

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BNP ELECTION BROADCASTS

That this House commends the Labour Party for its timely action in seeking a court injunction to ban the circulation of British National Party election material that constituted an incitement to racial hatred; concurs with the National Assembly against Racism, Jewish Council for Racial Equality, Stonewall and others which argued that the British National Party should not have been given free election broadcasts during the European elections, particularly in the light of the links between that party and the person alleged to have carried out the nail bomb attacks in London; believes that parties whose programmes incite racial hatred and violence should not be entitled to free election broadcasts, free circulation of their election material through the mail, or any other advantage of Britain's democratic electoral laws; and calls upon the Royal Mail to drop all disciplinary action immediately against postal workers who have refused to deliver BNP election material.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

721 

Session

1998-99

Subjects

Elections European Parliament Racial discrimination British National Party Party political broadcasts Election addresses

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk