RACIAL SEGREGATION IN BARNSLEY

Early day motion 1837, tabled 16 March 2006 by Eric Illsley (Labour). Signed by 6 members.

That this House rejects the findings of the State of the English Cities report commissioned by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister which labels the town of Barnsley the most racially segregated place in England; notes that the ethnic minority population of Barnsley is less than two per cent., about 4,000 people, the vast majority of whom live in the same area as the hon. Member for Barnsley Central in close proximity to Barnsley District General Hospital where many work; and calls upon the Government to reject this sensationalist, over-simplistic and statistically-flawed piece of work as an insult to the people of Barnsley and, in particular, to those there who work tirelessly to oppose racism and racial segregation.

Signatures by party: Labour 5, Liberal Democrat 1.