KURDISH LANGUAGE

Early day motion 1481, tabled 28 February 2011 by Tom Brake (Liberal Democrat). Signed by 16 members.

That this House notes that the Kurdish community currently forms a significant part of the population of Iraq, Iran, Syria and Turkey; applauds the fact that since the adoption of a new constitution in 2005 Kurdish has been recognised alongside Arabic as an official language in Iraq; and calls on the governments of Iran, Syria and Turkey to recognise Kurdish as an official language and to permit its teaching in schools as a step towards improving the integration of Kurdish communities in society.

Signatures by party: Liberal Democrat 5, Labour 4, Social Democratic and Labour Party 3, Scottish National Party 2, Conservative 1, DUP 1.