Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Liam Byrne (Labour), on Monday, 26 October 2015, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 22 members in total.

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COMPASSION AND OFFICIAL BRITISH VALUES

That this House notes that the list of British values published in the Prevent Strategy 2011 includes democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance of different faiths and beliefs; believes that compassion is a fundamental British value which the Government shall affirm and schools seek actively to promote; and calls on the Government to add compassion to its definition of British values.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

592 

Session

2015-16

Other sponsors

Peter Bottomley

Kelvin Hopkins

Jim Shannon

Jess Phillips

Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent

Subjects

Administration of justice Cultural heritage Parliament Religion

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk