Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Linda Riordan (Labour and Co-operative Party), on Tuesday, 16 December 2008, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 60 members in total.

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RECOGNITION OF KASHMIRI COMMUNITY IN CENSUS RETURNS

That this House recognises there is a considerable Kashmir community in the UK and praises the contribution it makes to the fabric of British life; notes that in previous census returns there has not been a separate Kashmiri ethnic group category; calls on the Government to give recognition to the 600,000 Kashmiri people estimated to be living in the UK by ensuring that the 2011 Census return has a separate section for Kashmiri people to identify themselves; and looks forward to Kashmiri people living in the UK being able to register their identity as the many other ethnic groups that live in the UK are able to do.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

312 

Session

2008-09

Other sponsors

Ian Gibson

Bob Spink

John McDonnell

Kelvin Hopkins

Baroness Clark of Kilwinning

Subjects

Census Ethnic groups

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk