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Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party), on Wednesday, 25 January 2006, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 10 members in total.

UNIVERSITY CHRISTIAN UNION

That this House notes recent developments concerning Birmingham Christian Union where the Birmingham Guild of Students has taken action against the Union including derecognition and suspension of the Union insisting that it must alter its constitution specifically to include people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender; and expresses its support for the Christian Union in its attempts to overturn this outrageous and unacceptable action by the Guild.

Amendments

The Early day motion has received an amendment.

UNIVERSITY CHRISTIAN UNION (1475A1)
The Early day motion has received an amendment sponsored by Lynne Jones (primary, Labour) and tabled on Wednesday, 1 February 2006. It has been signed by 8 members in total.
leave out from 'union' to end and add 'further notes that the Guild of Students(BUGS) currently has 158 societies, thirteen are faith based and include 6 Christian based groups and Hindu, Jewish and Islamic societies; further notes the Guild recognised a new Christian society, the Adventist Christian Society, on 12th January; further notes that all societies of the Guild of Students are funded and supported by students, the organisation's membership; believes all 158 societies should be open to all members and their funders; further notes under the Education Act 1944, the Guild and its affiliates must ensure 'the procedure for allocating resources to groups or clubs should be fair' and that the organisation `operates in a fair and democratic manner'; further notes the Guild entered discussions with all of these societies to ensure that they had adequate numbers of members, that committees had been elected and that the societies were fully compliant both with the Guild constitution and with the Education Act 1944 and that, after a lengthy dialogue starting in September 2005, the Evangelical Christian Union were 'de-recognised' on 8th December 2005 because they do not guarantee that their officers and committee are democratically elected and because their membership is not open to all students, specifically lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students; and supports the action taken by BUGS against discriminatory practices within its affiliates.'.

Secondary information

Type
Early day motion
Reference
1475 
1475A1 
Session
2005-06
Other sponsors
Gerald Howarth
Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown
Jeffrey M Donaldson
Philip Davies
David Simpson
Subjects
Student unions University of Birmingham LGBT+ people
Link
View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk