Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Tim Farron (Liberal Democrat), on Friday, 21 January 2022, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 7 members in total.

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Witchcraft Act 1563

That this House acknowledges the brutal torture and execution of innocent people tried by the Witchcraft Act from the 16th to 18th centuries; condemns the Act, which contributed to the deaths of between 500 to 1,000 people in England, ninety per cent. of whom were women; notes the Scottish Government’s decision to pardon those accused of witchcraft; and calls on the Government to apologise and pardon those accused and convicted as witches under the Witchcraft Act 1563.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

879 

Session

2021-22

Other sponsors

Peter Bottomley

Jim Shannon

Wera Hobhouse

Paula Barker

Apsana Begum

Subjects

Prerogative of mercy Superstition

Link

View this Early day motion on edm.parliament.uk