Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Kenny MacAskill (Scottish National Party), on Tuesday, 8 September 2020, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 11 members in total.

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Commemorating the 200th anniversary of the death of Hardie & Baird of the 1820 Radicals

That this House commemorates the deaths of Andrew Hardie and John Baird, who died on 8 September 1820; recalls that they were the last people hanged and beheaded in the UK and were executed on charges of high treason; recognises the various events across Scotland that have been postponed due to the pandemic; and recalls the foresight of them, and of all the 1820 Radicals, in their campaign for democracy, universal suffrage and the rights of working people.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

862 

Session

2019-21

Other sponsors

John McDonnell

Joanna Cherry

Patrick Grady

Chris Stephens

Marion Fellows

Subjects

Death Anniversaries Industrial relations Scotland Treason

Link

View this Early day motion on edm.parliament.uk