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Right to protest outside the BBC

EDM (Early Day Motion) 633: tabled on 13 January 2025

Tabled in the 2024-25 session.

This motion has been signed by 45 Members. It has not yet had any amendments submitted.

Motion text

That this House is alarmed by attempts by the Metropolitan Police to prevent an agreed march for Palestine from protesting at the BBC on 18 January 2025; notes the route for the march was confirmed with the police nearly two months ago and as agreed with them was publicly announced on 30 November 2024; believes that the BBC is rightly accountable to the public and that police powers should not be used to shield it from democratic scrutiny; rejects the Metropolitan Police’s claim the march could cause disruption to a nearby synagogue noting that the nearest synagogue to the BBC is not even on the march route; further notes that the Metropolitan Police themselves have acknowledged that there has not been a single incident of any threat to a synagogue attached to any of the previous marches for Palestine, and that thousands of Jewish people have been joining the protests, many of them part of an organised Jewish bloc; notes that since these restrictions were announced nearly 200 MPs, trade union and civil society leaders and groups including Amnesty International UK and Liberty, Holocaust survivors and their descendants, lawyers, journalists and prominent cultural figures as well as over 700 members of the British Jewish community have spoken out in support of the right to protest; and, therefore, calls on the Government to urge the Metropolitan Police to drop these repressive restrictions and allow the planned protest to take place at the BBC.

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.

Johnson, Kim
Labour
Signed on 14 January 2025
Liverpool Riverside
McDonald, Andy
Labour
Signed on 14 January 2025
Middlesbrough and Thornaby East
Ribeiro-Addy, Bell
Labour
Signed on 14 January 2025
Clapham and Brixton Hill
Butler, Dawn
Labour
Signed on 14 January 2025
Brent East
Begum, Apsana
Independent
Signed on 14 January 2025
Poplar and Limehouse
Whittome, Nadia
Labour
Signed on 14 January 2025
Nottingham East
Trickett, Jon
Labour
Signed on 14 January 2025
Normanton and Hemsworth
Witherden, Steve
Labour
Signed on 14 January 2025
Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr
Sultana, Zarah
Independent
Signed on 14 January 2025
Coventry South
Burgon, Richard
Independent
Signed on 14 January 2025
Leeds East
Abbott, Ms Diane
Labour
Signed on 14 January 2025
Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Lavery, Ian
Labour
Signed on 14 January 2025
Blyth and Ashington
Khan, Ayoub
Independent
Signed on 14 January 2025
Birmingham Perry Barr
Duncan-Jordan, Neil
Labour
Signed on 14 January 2025
Poole
Adam, Shockat
Independent
Signed on 14 January 2025
Leicester South
Mohamed, Iqbal
Independent
Signed on 14 January 2025
Dewsbury and Batley
Law, Chris
Scottish National Party
Signed on 14 January 2025
Dundee Central
Opher, Dr Simon
Labour
Signed on 14 January 2025
Stroud
Mohamed, Abtisam
Labour
Signed on 14 January 2025
Sheffield Central
Smith, Cat
Labour
Signed on 14 January 2025
Lancaster and Wyre
Logan, Seamus
Scottish National Party
Signed on 14 January 2025
Aberdeenshire North and Moray East
Chowns, Ellie
Green Party
Signed on 14 January 2025
North Herefordshire
Ali, Tahir
Labour
Signed on 14 January 2025
Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley
Stainbank, Euan
Labour
Signed on 15 January 2025
Falkirk
Doogan, Dave
Scottish National Party
Signed on 15 January 2025
Angus and Perthshire Glens
Leadbitter, Graham
Scottish National Party
Signed on 15 January 2025
Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey
Lewis, Clive
Labour
Signed on 15 January 2025
Norwich South
Osborne, Kate
Labour
Signed on 16 January 2025
Jarrow and Gateshead East
Eastwood, Colum
Social Democratic & Labour Party
Signed on 16 January 2025
Foyle
Denyer, Carla
Green Party
Signed on 16 January 2025
Bristol Central
Medi, Llinos
Plaid Cymru
Signed on 16 January 2025
Ynys Môn
Hussain, Mr Adnan
Independent
Signed on 16 January 2025
Blackburn
Lake, Ben
Plaid Cymru
Signed on 16 January 2025
Ceredigion Preseli
Berry, Siân
Green Party
Signed on 16 January 2025
Brighton Pavilion
Foy, Mary Kelly
Labour
Signed on 20 January 2025
City of Durham
Gilbert, Tracy
Labour
Signed on 27 January 2025
Edinburgh North and Leith
Glindon, Mary
Labour
Signed on 30 January 2025
Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend
Mullane, Margaret
Labour
Signed on 5 February 2025
Dagenham and Rainham

These members had previously signed the motion, but have now withdrawn their support. The date shown is when the Member withdrew their signature from the motion.