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Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Anne Begg (Labour), on Wednesday, 21 March 2001, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 50 members in total.


10TH ANNIVERSARY OF ABOLITION OF THE POLL TAX

That this House notes that the poll tax, which brought such misery to so many, was finally ended 10 years ago today, 21st March; celebrate the anniversary of its demise; but warns that many of the architects of the tax are now in the Shadow Cabinet and are prospective parliamentary candidates and that the Chairman of the Scottish Tory Party was also an architect of the tax, and that they represent a threat to the progress that has been made over the past four years.


Secondary information

Type
Early day motion
Reference
475 
Session
2000-01
Subjects
Community charge Politics and government
Link
View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk