SHREWSBURY PICKETS (No. 2)

Early day motion 1267, tabled 1 April 2009 by Gerald Howarth (Conservative). Signed by 3 members.

That this House notes that the so-called Shrewsbury Pickets were jailed not for exercising the right to protest but for acts of violence; notes that the trial judge, Mr Justice Mais, said of one of the convicted, `you took part in violence and encouraged violence' and of all six before him the judge concluded that `some. . .were. . .determined to strike terror in the hearts of those continuing to go to work'; notes with concern that Old Labour attitudes towards violence on the picket line have not changed; and commends the letter in The Times of 14 January 1975 from the hon. Member for Aldershot which sets out the position prevailing at the time.

Signatures by party: Conservative 3.