Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Greg Hands (Conservative), on Monday, 8 December 2008, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 36 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 26 July 2008 published in The Times; supports the Federation of Poles in Great Britain in maintaining 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

173 

Session

2008-09

Other sponsors

Parmjit Dhanda

Mark Lazarowicz

Stephen Pound

Andrew Dismore

Mark Durkan

Subjects

Press Racial discrimination

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk