Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Ieuan Wyn Jones (Plaid Cymru), on Tuesday, 9 January 2001, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 143 members in total.

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ETHNIC MINORITIES AND POLITICAL PARTIES

That this House notes with concern that the Warwick University survey conducted in April 2000 found that 'Black youths stated their No. 1 political issue for not getting involved was the lack of Black politicians'; recommends that all mainstream political parties should demonstrate their willingness to tackle the lack of ethnic minorities both as members within their parties and as elected representatives; and further believes that all political parties should make an explicit commitment to recruit, retain and promote the abundance of talent from within the UK's ethnic minority communities.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

165 

Session

2000-01

Subjects

Ethnic groups Recruitment Political parties

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk