Early day motions

Early day motions are formal statements MPs table to draw attention to an issue and gather support from colleagues. Most are never debated. There have been 60,655 this Parliament. What is an EDM?

Motion	Tabled by	Date	Signatures
UNIVERSITIES WEEK 2011	Dr Julian Huppert	24 May 2011	45
ENGLISH FOR SPEAKERS OF OTHER LANGUAGES IN LEICESTER	Keith Vaz	24 May 2011	7
MIKHAIL KHODORKOVSKY AND POLITICAL PRISONERS IN RUSSIA	Lord Bruce of Bennachie	24 May 2011	18
WORK OF H.H. PUJYA SWAMI CHIDANAND SARASWATIJI	Bob Blackman	24 May 2011	5
PASSIVE SMOKING IN CARS	Alex Cunningham	24 May 2011	54
HOMEOPATHY RESEARCH INSTITUTE CAMPAIGN	Dr Julian Huppert	23 May 2011	1
GARRET FITZGERALD	Mark Durkan	23 May 2011	22
DETENTION OF CHINESE ARTIST AI WEIWEI	Jeremy Corbyn	23 May 2011	99
SEAFARERS' PAY DISCRIMINATION REGULATIONS	John McDonnell	23 May 2011	26
CHILDREN'S HEART UNIT AT THE FREEMAN HOSPITAL, NEWCASTLE	Mr Nicholas Brown	23 May 2011	58
SLAVERY AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING	Sir Mark Hendrick	23 May 2011	73
PROMOTION OF ALBION ROVERS FOOTBALL CLUB	Mr Tom Clarke	23 May 2011	10
DIABETIC SPECIALIST NURSING POSTS	Mr Adrian Sanders	23 May 2011	36
PRESIDENT OBAMA'S STATE VISIT 2011	Tom Blenkinsop	23 May 2011	34
EU DIRECTIVE 2010/63 ON ANIMAL TESTING	Sir Alan Meale	23 May 2011	47
RED GROUSE AND A UK NATIONAL BIRD	Patrick Mercer	23 May 2011	6
BBC RADIO LEEDS, RADIO SHEFFIELD AND RADIO YORK	Paul Blomfield	23 May 2011	15
FUTURE OF HEALTH SURVEYS	Valerie Vaz	23 May 2011	18
MANTRA FILMS	Ian Mearns	23 May 2011	43
HUMAN RIGHTS IN BAHRAIN	Baroness Clark of Kilwinning	19 May 2011	31
EMPLOYMENT OF DISABLED PEOPLE	Jeremy Corbyn	19 May 2011	24
FUTURE OF CAMBRIDGESHIRE FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICE	Dr Julian Huppert	19 May 2011	5
HEALTH AND SAFETY OFFENCES: COMPANIES ENTERING ADMINISTRATION	Steve Rotheram	19 May 2011	36
SPEECH AND LANGUAGE ASSESSMENTS FOR PRISON INMATES	Geraint Davies	18 May 2011	53
PROPOSALS FOR THE FUTURE OF NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT SERVICE	Sandra Osborne	18 May 2011	36
NICE REVIEW OF CANCER DRUGS FOR THE TREATMENT OF CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKAEMIA	Sir Alan Meale	18 May 2011	43
90th BIRTHDAY OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE PHILIP THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH	Andrew Rosindell	18 May 2011	19
IMPRISONMENT OF BAHÁ'Í COMMUNITY LEADERS IN IRAN	Mr Mark Williams	18 May 2011	30
DRAFT NATIONAL POLICY STATEMENT ON WASTE WATER	Mr Andrew Love	18 May 2011	11
NATIONAL EPILEPSY WEEK, 15 TO 21 MAY 2011	Valerie Vaz	18 May 2011	28