UK SCOUT ASSOCIATION AND UGANDAN MP DAVID BAHATI

Early day motion 1146, tabled 22 March 2010 by Lindsay Hoyle (Labour). Signed by 26 members.

That this House acknowledges the action taken by the UK Scout Association in response to a Private Members' Bill tabled in the Ugandan Parliament by David Bahati MP; notes the immediate response of the UK Scouts to raise the matter with the World Organisation of the Scout Movement which has responsibility for co-ordinating scouting on a global level; recognises the clear and unequivocal equal opportunities policy and practices maintained by the UK Scout Association; and supports UK Scouts in the action they take on the matter.

Signatures by party: Labour 15, Liberal Democrat 7, Conservative 2, Independent 1, Social Democratic and Labour Party 1.