MR S. S. VIRK OF DES PARDES WEEKLY

Early day motion 277, tabled 17 June 2010 by John McDonnell (Labour). Signed by 11 members.

That this House congratulates Mr S. S. Virk for being awarded the prestigious Global Punjabi Society Media Award, recently referred on him by the Indian Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Ambika Soni, for his services to the Punjabi community in his role as Group Editor of the journal Des Pardes Weekly UK, which was established 40 years ago in 1965 by the late Tarsem Singh Purewal and which has become the largest, most popular and widely circulated Punjabi weekly newspaper representing the Punjabi-speaking community throughout Britain, Europe and across the globe.

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