22nd February 2022
Florence Eshalomi signed this EDM on Friday 25th February 2022
Jamal Edwards MBE
Tabled by:
Rupa Huq (Labour - Ealing Central and Acton)
That this House remembers the life and achievements of Jamal Edwards MBE, a musical pioneer, entrepreneur, author and philanthropist born in Luton, raised in Acton, who never forgot his roots; recognises that Jamal’s work had a tremendous impact on music in the UK, notably launching SBTV, a ground-breaking platform that …
38 signatures
(Most recent: 8 Mar 2022)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 25
Independent: 4
Scottish National Party: 4
Conservative: 3
Democratic Unionist Party: 1
Liberal Democrat: 1
23rd September 2021
Florence Eshalomi signed this EDM on Monday 18th October 2021
Campaign to secure the future of the Covid Memorial Wall
Tabled by:
Afzal Khan (Labour - Manchester Rusholme)
That this House welcomes the creation of the Covid Memorial Wall on Albert Embankment by Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice; notes that this memorial now includes over 150,000 hand-painted hearts to symbolise all those who lost their lives during the coronavirus pandemic; praises the work of Covid-19 Bereaved Families for …
139 signatures
(Most recent: 21 Feb 2022)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 92
Scottish National Party: 15
Liberal Democrat: 10
Independent: 9
Conservative: 5
Democratic Unionist Party: 4
Plaid Cymru: 3
Green Party: 1
Social Democratic & Labour Party: 1
17th June 2021
Florence Eshalomi signed this EDM as a sponsor on Thursday 17th June 2021
Windrush Day 2021
Tabled by:
Helen Hayes (Labour - Dulwich and West Norwood)
That this House notes that 22 June 2021 will be the 73rd anniversary of the arrival of HMT Empire Windrush at Tilbury Dock and the fourth annual Windrush Day; supports the commemorations across the country recognising the immense impact that the Windrush generation has had on the UK's society and …
43 signatures
(Most recent: 24 Jan 2022)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 21
Scottish National Party: 7
Independent: 6
Plaid Cymru: 3
Liberal Democrat: 3
Social Democratic & Labour Party: 2
Conservative: 1
Green Party: 1
Alba Party: 1
12th April 2021
Florence Eshalomi signed this EDM on Wednesday 14th April 2021
Black maternal health
Tabled by:
Bell Ribeiro-Addy (Labour - Clapham and Brixton Hill)
That this House recognises the existing racial inequalities in maternal health; notes with great sadness that Black women in the UK are four times more likely to die in pregnancy and childbirth, that women of mixed heritage are three times more, and Asian women are two times more likely to …
28 signatures
(Most recent: 29 Apr 2021)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 15
Independent: 5
Scottish National Party: 3
Plaid Cymru: 3
Social Democratic & Labour Party: 1
Green Party: 1
Liberal Democrat: 1
12th April 2021
Florence Eshalomi signed this EDM on Wednesday 14th April 2021
Conflict in Tigray, Ethiopia
Tabled by:
Helen Hayes (Labour - Dulwich and West Norwood)
That this House condemns the massacre at Axum in Ethiopia, documented by both Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, that may amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity; further condemns the reported wider pattern of violence throughout the Tigray region, including the use of rape and sexual violence, and …
26 signatures
(Most recent: 11 May 2021)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 10
Scottish National Party: 6
Democratic Unionist Party: 3
Independent: 3
Alba Party: 1
Green Party: 1
Alliance: 1
Liberal Democrat: 1
12th March 2021
Florence Eshalomi signed this EDM as a sponsor on Friday 12th March 2021
Sarah Everard and women's safety
Tabled by:
Bell Ribeiro-Addy (Labour - Clapham and Brixton Hill)
That this House expresses deep concern for the disappearance of Sarah Everard, a young woman who went missing in Clapham as she was walking home on the 3rd March; extends thoughts and prayers to Sarah’s family and friends at this difficult time; notes with great sadness that women’s safety remains …
29 signatures
(Most recent: 13 Apr 2021)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 12
Scottish National Party: 4
Independent: 4
Plaid Cymru: 3
Liberal Democrat: 1
Alba Party: 1
Conservative: 1
Democratic Unionist Party: 1
Green Party: 1
Alliance: 1
10th February 2021
Florence Eshalomi signed this EDM as a sponsor on Thursday 11th February 2021
School breakfast
Tabled by:
Emma Lewell-Buck (Labour - South Shields)
That this House notes that school breakfasts tackle classroom hunger and improve children’s energy, behaviour, and concentration, leading to improved academic attainment; further notes that improved attainment enables children to leave school ready to secure highly paid work, contributing to economic growth; notes that the Government’s current National Breakfast Programme …
50 signatures
(Most recent: 11 May 2021)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 31
Liberal Democrat: 6
Independent: 5
Plaid Cymru: 3
Scottish National Party: 2
Green Party: 1
Social Democratic & Labour Party: 1
Conservative: 1
Democratic Unionist Party: 1
27th January 2021
Florence Eshalomi signed this EDM on Monday 8th February 2021
Visas for musicians in the EU
Tabled by:
Baroness Harman (Labour - Camberwell and Peckham)
That this House applauds the over 100 musicians who wrote to The Times on 20 January 2021 and agrees that the UK Government must immediately seek supplementary agreement with the EU to secure the ability of all creative workers including musicians, performers, their equipment and others such as technicians to …
81 signatures
(Most recent: 11 May 2021)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 40
Scottish National Party: 14
Liberal Democrat: 10
Independent: 9
Plaid Cymru: 3
Social Democratic & Labour Party: 2
Alba Party: 2
Green Party: 1
Alliance: 1
Conservative: 1
27th January 2021
Florence Eshalomi signed this EDM as the primary signatory on Wednesday 27th January 2021
Covid-19 vaccine prioritisation for police staff
Tabled by:
Florence Eshalomi (Labour (Co-op) - Vauxhall and Camberwell Green)
That this House pays tribute to the role key workers have played throughout the covid-19 pandemic; notes that in addition to health and social workers and other key workers, frontline police officers have an increased risk of exposure to covid-19, with the Metropolitan Police recently telling the London Assembly’s Police …
13 signatures
(Most recent: 11 May 2021)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 8
Independent: 2
Conservative: 1
Green Party: 1
Democratic Unionist Party: 1
18th March 2020
70 signatures
(Most recent: 5 May 2020)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 28
Scottish National Party: 14
Liberal Democrat: 9
Independent: 6
Democratic Unionist Party: 4
Conservative: 4
Plaid Cymru: 3
Green Party: 1
Alliance: 1
Social Democratic & Labour Party: 1
6th February 2020
Florence Eshalomi signed this EDM on Tuesday 3rd March 2020
Department of Work and Pensions Review of food bank use
Tabled by:
Chris Stephens (Scottish National Party - Glasgow South West)
That this House acknowledges that the Department for Work and Pensions commissioned an evidence review on the drivers of food bank use in 2018; notes the Government's commitment to this House to publish the findings of the review; further notes the Government's failure to date to publish those findings; and …
76 signatures
(Most recent: 15 Sep 2020)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 34
Scottish National Party: 25
Independent: 5
Liberal Democrat: 5
Democratic Unionist Party: 3
Plaid Cymru: 2
Alba Party: 2
24th February 2020
Florence Eshalomi signed this EDM as a sponsor on Monday 24th February 2020
Assaults on shopworkers
Tabled by:
Gareth Thomas (Labour (Co-op) - Harrow West)
That this House deplores the rise in verbal and physical abuse of shopworkers, notes that according to research conducted by USDAW, over 400 retail workers were assaulted each day last year and that 62 per cent of retail staff have been the victim of either verbal or physical abuse; further …
69 signatures
(Most recent: 15 Sep 2020)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 52
Independent: 5
Scottish National Party: 4
Democratic Unionist Party: 3
Conservative: 3
Social Democratic & Labour Party: 1
Liberal Democrat: 1
Green Party: 1
20th December 2019
Florence Eshalomi signed this EDM on Monday 24th February 2020
Committee on arms export controls
Tabled by:
Lloyd Russell-Moyle (Labour (Co-op) - Brighton, Kemptown)
That this House notes that in 1998 members of the Foreign Affairs, Trade, Defence and International Development Committees met together to scrutinise the Government's annual report on arms exports; further notes that this arrangement has been repeated annually and gradually became more formalised as the Committees on Arms Exports Controls …
74 signatures
(Most recent: 13 Apr 2021)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 28
Scottish National Party: 23
Liberal Democrat: 10
Independent: 5
Plaid Cymru: 3
Green Party: 1
Democratic Unionist Party: 1
Alba Party: 1
Alliance: 1
Conservative: 1
Social Democratic & Labour Party: 1
9th January 2020
Florence Eshalomi signed this EDM on Monday 24th February 2020
Ban on trophy hunting imports
Tabled by:
Tracey Crouch (Conservative - Chatham and Aylesford)
That this House welcomes the Government's public consultation on controls on the import and export of hunting trophies; notes the strong cross-party support for EDM 1829, Session 2017-19 and that 86 per cent of the British public support an end to trophy hunting; further notes that most UK trophy imports …
168 signatures
(Most recent: 12 Apr 2021)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 75
Scottish National Party: 42
Conservative: 16
Independent: 13
Liberal Democrat: 11
Democratic Unionist Party: 5
Alba Party: 2
Plaid Cymru: 2
Social Democratic & Labour Party: 2
Green Party: 1
Alliance: 1
13th January 2020
Florence Eshalomi signed this EDM on Monday 24th February 2020
Tackling online harm to children with a duty of care regulator
Tabled by:
Jo Stevens (Labour - Cardiff East)
That this House notes the publication of the Online Harms White Paper in April 2019 and subsequent assurances by the Government that they will introduce a robust regulator to safeguard children online; further notes that over 45,000 people signed the NSPCC’s Wild West Web petition calling for statutory regulation so …
68 signatures
(Most recent: 19 Nov 2020)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 53
Independent: 4
Scottish National Party: 4
Conservative: 3
Democratic Unionist Party: 1
Plaid Cymru: 1
Social Democratic & Labour Party: 1
Alliance: 1
Alba Party: 1
4th February 2020
Florence Eshalomi signed this EDM on Monday 24th February 2020
Use of the whip in British horseracing
Tabled by:
Chris Evans (Labour (Co-op) - Caerphilly)
That this House notes that racehorses are routinely beaten with a whip under rules set by the industry's regulatory body, the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) which sanctions this violent treatment in order that jockeys may, as it is claimed, encourage racehorses to improve their chances of winning, even though evidence …
96 signatures
(Most recent: 13 Apr 2021)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 34
Scottish National Party: 29
Liberal Democrat: 10
Independent: 8
Conservative: 5
Plaid Cymru: 3
Democratic Unionist Party: 3
Alba Party: 2
Social Democratic & Labour Party: 2
Green Party: 1
Alliance: 1
12th February 2020
Florence Eshalomi signed this EDM on Monday 24th February 2020
Deportations ahead of the Windrush Lessons Learned Review Publication
Tabled by:
Nadia Whittome (Labour - Nottingham East)
This House deplores the Government's ongoing use of deportation flights to Commonwealth countries against the recommendations of the Windrush Lessons Learned Review; notes that while the publication of the Review has been much delayed without explanation, it is expected to recommend the cessation of all deportations of people who have …
69 signatures
(Most recent: 5 Nov 2020)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 34
Scottish National Party: 15
Independent: 7
Liberal Democrat: 6
Democratic Unionist Party: 3
Alba Party: 1
Alliance: 1
Green Party: 1
Plaid Cymru: 1
13th February 2020
Florence Eshalomi signed this EDM as a sponsor on Thursday 13th February 2020
Environment Bill: air quality enforcement
Tabled by:
Geraint Davies (Independent - Swansea West)
That this House notes that, according to the Royal College of Physicians, air pollution accounts for 64,000 premature deaths at a cost of £20 billion each year; further notes that enforceable EU air pollution targets will no longer apply after 1 January 2021, that the Government has accepted World Health …
30 signatures
(Most recent: 27 Feb 2020)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 21
Independent: 5
Liberal Democrat: 3
Democratic Unionist Party: 1
13th February 2020
Florence Eshalomi signed this EDM as a sponsor on Thursday 13th February 2020
Indoor air quality in the Environment Bill
Tabled by:
Geraint Davies (Independent - Swansea West)
That this House notes the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health report, entitled The inside story: health effects of indoor air quality on children and young people; recognises that children spend 95 per cent of their time indoors; further notes they are exposed to indoor air pollution from construction …
33 signatures
(Most recent: 15 Sep 2020)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 23
Independent: 5
Liberal Democrat: 3
Alba Party: 1
Democratic Unionist Party: 1
11th February 2020
Florence Eshalomi signed this EDM on Tuesday 11th February 2020
St Clare's Hospice Jarrow
Tabled by:
Kate Osborne (Labour - Jarrow and Gateshead East)
That this House recognises the desperate need for palliative care provision in the Jarrow constituency after the sudden closure of St Clare's Hospice in 2019 after 30 years of service; believes there is a need to maintain, improve and fully fund all health services across South Tyneside; notes that St …
28 signatures
(Most recent: 24 Feb 2020)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 20
Independent: 4
Scottish National Party: 3
Democratic Unionist Party: 1
20th December 2019
Florence Eshalomi signed this EDM on Wednesday 5th February 2020
Unsafe cladding
Tabled by:
Hilary Benn (Labour - Leeds South)
That this House notes with concern the number of people living in blocks with cladding (both ACM and HPL) which has either been identified as unsafe or has yet to be inspected; is aware that a growing number of people are currently unable to sell their homes because of this …
35 signatures
(Most recent: 12 Oct 2020)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 20
Conservative: 4
Scottish National Party: 3
Democratic Unionist Party: 2
Independent: 2
Plaid Cymru: 2
Green Party: 1
Liberal Democrat: 1
13th January 2020
Florence Eshalomi signed this EDM on Monday 13th January 2020
Suspension of NHS charges for maternity care
Tabled by:
Kate Green (Labour - Stretford and Urmston)
That this House is deeply concerned by the growing body of evidence, including research reports by Doctors of the World, Maternity Action and the British Medical Association, that the NHS England overseas visitors charging regime is deterring vulnerable migrant women living in the UK from seeking essential maternity care; is …
101 signatures
(Most recent: 3 Dec 2020)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 50
Scottish National Party: 24
Liberal Democrat: 10
Independent: 6
Plaid Cymru: 3
Democratic Unionist Party: 3
Conservative: 2
Alba Party: 2
Green Party: 1