LONDON DECLARATION ON COMBATING ANTI-SEMITISM

Early day motion 829, tabled 23 February 2009 by Lord Mann (Labour). Signed by 67 members.

That this House notes the inaugural conference of the Inter-Parliamentary Coalition on Combating Anti-Semitism, the attendance of 125 parliamentarians from 40 different countries and the resulting London Declaration on Combating Anti-Semitism; believes that anti-Semitism is on the rise, and at the highest levels since records began in the 1980s; supports the recommendation that every country should have comprehensive hate crime legislation where anti-Semitism is treated equally as a racially or religiously motivated crime, incitement to hate laws and prosecutions of those hosting, unloading or commissioning hate on the internet within their jurisdiction; agrees that more should be done to tackle anti-Semitism on university campuses, ensure better reporting and to secure more convictions for the anti-Semitic hate crimes that take place; calls on all politicians to sign the London Declaration on Combating Anti-Semitism and for the Government working group to consider how Britain can best implement the Declaration; and calls for a Council of Ministers meeting on the issue of anti-Semitism.

Signatures by party: Labour 33, Liberal Democrat 17, Conservative 6, DUP 5, Independent 2, Scottish National Party 2, Social Democratic and Labour Party 1, UUP 1.