BAPS CENTENARY

Early day motion 2049, tabled 8 October 2007 by Dawn Butler (Labour). Signed by 20 members.

That this House congratulates BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Brent South, the largest such temple outside India, on the anniversary of their centenary; further congratulates them on the amazing event held in a packed Wembley Arena in the presence of his Holiness Pramukh Swami Maharaj and broadcast around the world; welcomes their commitment to charity work and their recent successful fundraising for breast cancer awareness charities, £12,000 thus far; notes that BAPS believe that a social commitment is central to their spiritual activities; and congratulates BAPS on a centenary of commitment to social justice and co-operation, a year after the Labour Party celebrated a centenary of working to deliver these values in Government.

Signatures by party: Labour 19, Social Democratic and Labour Party 1.