Julian Knight's 7 Early Day Motions
18th September 2023
Julian Knight signed this EDM on Monday 16th October 2023

Financial education

Tabled by: Marion Fellows (Scottish National Party - Motherwell and Wishaw)
That this House is concerned that research undertaken by Compare the Market and MyBnk shows that only 2 in 5 young adults are financially literate in the UK; recognises that the same research showed that 70% of young adults support the regular provision of financial education lessons for students at …
10 signatures
(Most recent: 25 Oct 2023)
Signatures by party:
Scottish National Party: 5
Independent: 2
Democratic Unionist Party: 1
Green Party: 1
Alba Party: 1
11th December 2018
Julian Knight signed this EDM as a sponsor on Wednesday 12th December 2018

TEMPORARY COMMONS CHAMBER DURING RENOVATIONS TO THE PALACE OF WESTMINSTER

Tabled by: Edward Leigh (Conservative - Gainsborough)
That this House notes that the proposal to demolish Richmond House is an environmentally unsound and financially wasteful destruction of a perfectly usable office building; recognises that the recommendation of the Joint Committee of the Palace of Westminster to build a temporary Commons chamber in the courtyard of Richmond House …
8 signatures
(Most recent: 7 Jan 2019)
Signatures by party:
Conservative: 5
Labour: 2
Independent: 1
10th December 2018
Julian Knight signed this EDM as a sponsor on Wednesday 12th December 2018

PAROLE BOARD DECISION ON DAVID MCGREAVY

Tabled by: Mike Penning (Conservative - Hemel Hempstead)
That this House notes the Parole Board has recently granted release to David McGreavy, who in 1973 murdered three small children he was babysitting and impaled their bodies on garden railings; further notes that the murders have had a devastating life-long impact on the life of their mother; notes that …
6 signatures
(Most recent: 29 Mar 2019)
Signatures by party:
Conservative: 2
Labour: 2
Independent: 1
Democratic Unionist Party: 1
11th December 2018
Julian Knight signed this EDM on Wednesday 12th December 2018

SERVICES OF ROYAL MAIL AND POST OFFICE

Tabled by: Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party - Strangford)
That this House thanks the Royal Mail and Post Office staff for all their hard work to sort and deliver millions of letters, cards and parcels each week of the year; notes the exceptional pressure upon them over the Christmas period and New Year period; further notes that there will …
33 signatures
(Most recent: 6 Mar 2019)
Signatures by party:
Democratic Unionist Party: 10
Labour: 8
Scottish National Party: 6
Conservative: 4
Independent: 3
Liberal Democrat: 1
Green Party: 1
10th December 2018
Julian Knight signed this EDM on Wednesday 12th December 2018

Guide Dogs in Taxis

Tabled by: Christine Jardine (Liberal Democrat - Edinburgh West)
That this House expresses concern that guide dog owners are being refused access to taxis; recognises that there should be no barriers to blind and disabled people accessing services, forms of transport and buildings; further recognises that guide dogs play an invaluable role in assisting people with sight difficulties in …
39 signatures
(Most recent: 29 Mar 2019)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 15
Scottish National Party: 8
Conservative: 5
Independent: 4
Liberal Democrat: 3
Democratic Unionist Party: 2
Green Party: 1
Plaid Cymru: 1
6th December 2018
Julian Knight signed this EDM on Wednesday 12th December 2018

PROTECTING ELDERLY PEOPLE FROM EXPLOITATION

Tabled by: Norman Lamb (Liberal Democrat - North Norfolk)
That this House is concerned that many vulnerable older people are at risk of exploitation including financial abuse; notes that at least 130,000 older people have suffered some form of financial abuse by somebody known to them, with elderly women who are living on their own at greatest risk, according …
27 signatures
(Most recent: 29 Mar 2019)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 12
Independent: 4
Conservative: 4
Scottish National Party: 4
Democratic Unionist Party: 1
Liberal Democrat: 1
Green Party: 1
9th June 2015
Julian Knight signed this EDM as a sponsor on Tuesday 9th June 2015

CAFFÈ NERO AND CORPORATION TAX

Tabled by: David T C Davies (Conservative - Monmouth)
That this House is dismayed that despite making over £20 million of profit last year, Caffè Nero has not paid a penny in corporation tax; and calls on the directors of Caffè Nero to remedy this situation urgently.
63 signatures
(Most recent: 11 May 2016)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 18
Scottish National Party: 15
Conservative: 8
Democratic Unionist Party: 4
Independent: 3
Liberal Democrat: 1
Green Party: 1
Plaid Cymru: 1