COMMENTS BY MR ROBERT KILROY-SILK

Early day motion 383, tabled 8 January 2004 by Lynne Jones (Labour). Signed by 47 members.

That this House deplores the racist comments directed at Arab people, made in the 4th January edition of the Sunday Express by BBC presenter, Mr Robert Kilroy-Silk, branding over 200 million ordinary individuals as 'suicide bombers, limb amputators, women repressors'; views with contempt his abhorrent contention that Arab states and their populace 'murdered more than 3,000 civilians on 11th September and then danced in the hot, dusty streets to celebrate'; and calls upon the BBC to consider Mr Kilroy-Silk's position within the Corporation.

Signatures by party: Labour 41, Labour/Co-operative 3, Liberal Democrat 3.