NATIONAL MEMORIAL SLAVERY DAY

Early day motion 1010A1, tabled 22 April 2004 by Kevin McNamara (Labour). Signed by 29 members.

at end add 'and recognises the part played by William Wilberforce, the honourable Member for Hull and later for Yorkshire in both ending the slave trade and the abolition of slavery in the British Empire; and calls upon honourable Members and others to take the opportunity to visit the William Wilberforce Museum in Hull and to honour his work and that of the Clapham Sect in honouring the individual dignity of every person made in the usage and likeness of God.'.

Signatures by party: Labour 19, Liberal Democrat 8, Conservative 1, Social Democratic and Labour Party 1.