Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Stephen Pound (Labour), on Wednesday, 19 November 2008, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 23 members in total.

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PRESS COMPLAINTS COMMISSION AND GILES COREN

That this House notes with great sadness the decision of the Press Complaints Commission (PCC) to refuse to take action in the case of Giles Coren's article of 26th July 2008 published in The Times and supports the Association of the Foundation of Poles in Great Britain that the use of offensive words such as `polack' and the statement that Poles `...used to amuse themselves at Easter by locking Jews in the synagogue and setting fire to it' should most certainly be condemned and fall within the remit of the PCC; and, while saluting the dignified response of Her Excellency the Polish Ambassador, acknowledges the great pain and distress caused by this article to the Polish community in the UK and beyond.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

2529 

Session

2007-08

Other sponsors

Parmjit Dhanda

Mark Lazarowicz

Lord Whitehead

Greg Hands

Virendra Sharma

Subjects

Press

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk