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Hillsborough disaster and the National Curriculum

EDM (Early Day Motion) 649: tabled on 15 November 2021

Tabled in the 2021-22 session.

This motion has been signed by 37 Members. It has not yet had any amendments submitted.

Motion text

That this House acknowledges that, 32 years after the Hillsborough disaster, criminal trials collapsed in May 2021 and nobody has been held to account for the unlawful killings of 97 innocent people; acknowledges that it took 23 years of campaigning for the truth about the disaster to be finally acknowledged at the Hillsborough Independent Panel and for lies and smears about victims and survivors to be corrected; further acknowledges that it took 27 years for the true inquest verdicts of unlawful killing to be recorded; recognises the important work of the hon. Member for Garston and Halewood in getting Parliament to learn lessons from the disaster and her work to introduce legislation that would ensure that bereaved families and survivors of future disasters never go through the injustices faced by the Hillsborough families and survivors; furthermore recognises the important role of education in learning the lessons from the disaster; and calls on the Government to include the Hillsborough disaster in the National Curriculum, a programme of education which should cover the events of the past 32 years, the continuing campaign for justice and how we ensure the events of that fateful day are not forgotten and that the ensuing miscarriage of justice is never repeated.

The first 6 Members who have signed to support the motion are the sponsors. The primary sponsor is generally the person who tabled the motion and has responsibility for it. The date shown is when the Member signed the motion.

In addition to the sponsors, the following Members have signed to support the motion.

Dowd, Peter
Labour
Signed on 15 November 2021
Bootle
Eagle, Dame Angela
Labour
Signed on 15 November 2021
Wallasey
Greenwood, Margaret
Labour
Signed on 15 November 2021
Wirral West
Howarth, Sir George
Labour
Signed on 15 November 2021
Knowsley
Whitley, Mick
Labour
Signed on 15 November 2021
Birkenhead
Esterson, Bill
Labour
Signed on 15 November 2021
Sefton Central
Amesbury, Mike
Labour
Signed on 15 November 2021
Weaver Vale
Mearns, Ian
Labour
Signed on 15 November 2021
Gateshead
Lavery, Ian
Labour
Signed on 15 November 2021
Wansbeck
Corbyn, Jeremy
Independent
Signed on 15 November 2021
Islington North
Trickett, Jon
Labour
Signed on 15 November 2021
Hemsworth
McDonald, Andy
Labour
Signed on 15 November 2021
Middlesbrough
Lewis, Clive
Labour
Signed on 15 November 2021
Norwich South
Burgon, Richard
Labour
Signed on 15 November 2021
Leeds East
Morris, Grahame
Labour
Signed on 15 November 2021
Easington
Foy, Mary Kelly
Labour
Signed on 15 November 2021
City of Durham
Sultana, Zarah
Labour
Signed on 15 November 2021
Coventry South
Gardiner, Barry
Labour
Signed on 15 November 2021
Brent North
Osborne, Kate
Labour
Signed on 15 November 2021
Jarrow
Mishra, Navendu
Labour
Signed on 15 November 2021
Stockport
Begum, Apsana
Labour
Signed on 15 November 2021
Poplar and Limehouse
Whittome, Nadia
Labour
Signed on 15 November 2021
Nottingham East
Ribeiro-Addy, Bell
Labour
Signed on 15 November 2021
Streatham
Winter, Beth
Labour
Signed on 15 November 2021
Cynon Valley
Shannon, Jim
Democratic Unionist Party
Signed on 16 November 2021
Strangford
Hobhouse, Wera
Liberal Democrat
Signed on 17 November 2021
Bath
Long Bailey, Rebecca
Labour
Signed on 17 November 2021
Salford and Eccles
Thewliss, Alison
Scottish National Party
Signed on 17 November 2021
Glasgow Central
Stephens, Chris
Scottish National Party
Signed on 17 November 2021
Glasgow South West
Yasin, Mohammad
Labour
Signed on 23 November 2021
Bedford
Maskell, Rachael
Labour
Signed on 24 January 2022
York Central

There are no withdrawn signatures for this motion.