EASTERN EUROPEAN MIGRANTS AND THE DUTCH GOVERNMENT

Early day motion 2741, tabled 20 February 2012 by Andrew Slaughter (Labour). Signed by 21 members.

That this House condemns the targeting of Central and Eastern European nationals resident in the Netherlands by the far-right Freedom Party (PVV); notes that the PVV website asks Dutch nationals: `Do you have problems with people from Central and Eastern Europe? Have you lost your job to a Pole, Romanian or other Eastern European? We want to know', and asks them to choose problems including drunkenness, double parking and noise pollution that they associate with Eastern Europeans; further notes that the PVV supports the minority government of Mark Rutte, who has remained silent on the issue; and calls on the Dutch Prime Minister to disassociate the Dutch government from the PVV campaign and demand the website is discontinued.

Signatures by party: Labour 14, DUP 3, Social Democratic and Labour Party 2, Conservative 1, Liberal Democrat 1.