Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Colin Challen (Labour), on Thursday, 18 March 2010, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 8 members in total.

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STATE FUNDING FOR FAITH AND SECULAR ORGANISATIONS

That this House notes that the Government has announced a ??50,000 fund for a prize to uncover and reward the best examples of faith projects and a ??1 million fund which national representative faith bodies can bid for to support them in developing their capacity to engage with Government and to play their part in delivering public services; further notes that a majority of the population in the UK neither practices nor adheres to any religion; and therefore calls upon the Government to fund secular groups for similar purposes to at least a matching level, or withdraw taxpayer funding for these projects altogether.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1134 

Session

2009-10

Other sponsors

Lynne Jones

Martin Caton

Mark Durkan

Stephen Williams

Alan Simpson

Subjects

Religion

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk