Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Alan Meale (Labour), on Thursday, 19 December 1991, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 117 members in total.
PAUPERS' MASS GRAVES
That this House congratulates the Daily Mirror newspaper for its expose of the scandal concerning the burials of many of the nation's homeless in mass graves in numbers of up to 15 bodies at a time in thin plywood boxes; sees such Dickensian practices as being both symptomatic and symbolic of the present Government's complete lack of concern for the country's unsheltered poor; and has thereby shamed the whole of British society by its failure to act against such disgraceful practices.
Amendments
The Early day motion has received an amendment.
- PAUPERS' MASS GRAVES (453A1)
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The Early day motion has received an amendment
sponsored by
Dennis Skinner
(primary, Labour) and tabled on Friday, 20 December 1991.
It has been signed by
11 members in total.
- after 'practices' insert 'bearing in mind that it was this P.M. who, as Minister of State for Social Security, abolished the Death Grant in 1985.'.
Secondary information
- Type
- Early day motion
- Reference
- 453
- 453A1
- Session
- 1991-92
- Subjects
- Cemeteries Funerals Homelessness Poverty
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