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Holocaust Memorial Day 2023

EDM (Early Day Motion) 748: tabled on 11 January 2023

Tabled in the 2022-23 session.

This motion has been signed by 46 Members. It has received 1 amendment.

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Motion text

That this House notes that, on 27 January 2023, the UK will observe Holocaust Memorial Day, marking the 78th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, where more than 1.1 million people died, including nearly one million Jewish men, women and children; commemorates the six million victims of the Holocaust and the millions of other victims of Nazi persecution; further notes that the House pays tribute to the commitment of Holocaust survivors and Kindertransport refugees who share their experiences with young people across the country; acknowledges the importance of the Holocaust Educational Trust's work in schools across the UK and in particular the Lessons from Auschwitz Project, which has so far given tens of thousands of students and teachers the opportunity to visit Auschwitz-Birkenau; welcomes the establishment of a permanent National Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre adjacent to Parliament; pays tribute to the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust for organising the national Holocaust Memorial Day event; and urges all Right hon. and hon. Members to observe this day so that the appalling events of the Holocaust are always understood by future generations.

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.

Penning, Sir Mike
Conservative
Signed on 16 January 2023
Hemel Hempstead
Edwards, Jonathan
Independent
Signed on 16 January 2023
Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
Lockhart, Carla
Democratic Unionist Party
Signed on 16 January 2023
Upper Bann
Farry, Stephen
Alliance
Signed on 16 January 2023
North Down
McKinnell, Catherine
Labour
Signed on 16 January 2023
Newcastle upon Tyne North
Shannon, Jim
Democratic Unionist Party
Signed on 16 January 2023
Strangford
Maskell, Rachael
Labour
Signed on 17 January 2023
York Central
Sheerman, Mr Barry
Labour
Signed on 18 January 2023
Huddersfield
Chamberlain, Wendy
Liberal Democrat
Signed on 18 January 2023
North East Fife
Dorans, Allan
Scottish National Party
Signed on 18 January 2023
Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
Oswald, Kirsten
Scottish National Party
Signed on 18 January 2023
East Renfrewshire
Stone, Jamie
Liberal Democrat
Signed on 18 January 2023
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
Huq, Dr Rupa
Independent
Signed on 18 January 2023
Ealing Central and Acton
Cherry, Joanna
Scottish National Party
Signed on 18 January 2023
Edinburgh South West
De Cordova, Marsha
Labour
Signed on 18 January 2023
Battersea
Sharma, Mr Virendra
Labour
Signed on 18 January 2023
Ealing, Southall
Fellows, Marion
Scottish National Party
Signed on 18 January 2023
Motherwell and Wishaw
Whittingdale, Sir John
Conservative
Signed on 18 January 2023
Maldon
Cameron, Dr Lisa
Scottish National Party
Signed on 18 January 2023
East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
Brock, Deidre
Scottish National Party
Signed on 18 January 2023
Edinburgh North and Leith
Chapman, Douglas
Scottish National Party
Signed on 18 January 2023
Dunfermline and West Fife
Metcalfe, Stephen
Conservative
Signed on 18 January 2023
South Basildon and East Thurrock
Whitford, Dr Philippa
Scottish National Party
Signed on 18 January 2023
Central Ayrshire
Stephens, Chris
Scottish National Party
Signed on 18 January 2023
Glasgow South West
McDonald, Stuart C
Scottish National Party
Signed on 19 January 2023
Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
Hobhouse, Wera
Liberal Democrat
Signed on 19 January 2023
Bath
Gibson, Patricia
Scottish National Party
Signed on 19 January 2023
North Ayrshire and Arran
Hodge, Dame Margaret
Labour
Signed on 19 January 2023
Barking
Carden, Dan
Labour
Signed on 19 January 2023
Liverpool, Walton
Ferrier, Margaret
Independent
Signed on 20 January 2023
Rutherglen and Hamilton West
Foord, Richard
Liberal Democrat
Signed on 20 January 2023
Tiverton and Honiton
Vaz, Valerie
Labour
Signed on 23 January 2023
Walsall South
Jones, Mr Kevan
Labour
Signed on 23 January 2023
North Durham
Mundell, David
Conservative
Signed on 23 January 2023
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
Blomfield, Paul
Labour
Signed on 23 January 2023
Sheffield Central
Nicolson, John
Scottish National Party
Signed on 24 January 2023
Ochil and South Perthshire
Robinson, Gavin
Democratic Unionist Party
Signed on 25 January 2023
Belfast East
Lewis, Clive
Labour
Signed on 25 January 2023
Norwich South
McDonnell, John
Labour
Signed on 6 February 2023
Hayes and Harlington
Thompson, Owen
Scottish National Party
Signed on 7 February 2023
Midlothian

There are no withdrawn signatures for this motion.

After a motion has been tabled, other Members can table amendments to it. Amendments to this motion are shown below.

Holocaust Memorial Day 2023 (Amendment 1)
Line 10, leave out from 'Centre' to 'pays' and insert ‘in a place and manner consistent with the features and facilities listed by the United Kingdom Holocaust Memorial Foundation’s ‘Search for a Central London site’ in September 2015 on page 6 and in the area illustrated and considered to be sufficiently central to meet the visions set out by the Holocaust Commission on page 10'.
Conservative, Worthing West
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EDM 748A1: tabled on 24 January 2023