PAINA KHABARA REGISTRATION

^ 'Slaughter will stand in new constituency'.Archived from the original on 2 July 2007.

^ 'Autism Campaign's tribute to Piara Khabra MP'.

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^ 'House of Commons Hansard Debates for (pt 0004)'.

He was survived by his second wife, Beulah Marian, and his son from his first marriage. His first wife died in 1985 in Canada where she was living with his son, and he remarried in 1990.

PAINA KHABARA REGISTRATION

He customarily gave his year of birth as 1924 birth registration was not compulsory in the Indian state of Punjab until 1970 and so no birth certificate exists, but on his marriage certificate his year of birth was recorded as 1921. Khabra died as a result of liver problems on the night of 19 June 2007 at Hammersmith Hospital in White City within Shepherd's Bush, West London where he had been being treated for abscesses on the liver since April. In late 2006, Khabra announced that he would stand down at the next general election. Ealing Police also indicated that they did not believe Somali youths were responsible for the string of street robberies in question. Somali activists responded to these criticisms by suggesting that their community was being targeted by some Asians who were attempting to drive them out of the area. In 2002, Khabra also claimed that the local Somali population was behind a recent crime wave in Southall. In the run-up to the 2001 general election, he suggested that Avtar Lit, chairman of Sunrise Radio and an independent challenger for his seat, should be 'sent back to India'. Khabra was known to have made several controversial statements.

Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq War.

Voted moderately against a wholly elected House of Lords.

Voted a mixture of for and against greater autonomy for schools.

Voted moderately for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords.

Voted moderately for introducing foundation hospitals.

Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change.

Voted strongly for a stricter asylum system.

Voted very strongly for the hunting ban.

Voted very strongly for replacing Trident.

Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards.

Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws.

Voted very strongly for university tuition fees.

How Khabra voted on key issues from 2001 to 2007:

Khabra backed the work of the Autism Awareness Campaign UK. He sponsored one of the most successful early day motions on autism in the 2002 Autism Awareness Year it was supported by 153 parliamentarians of all parties. Khabra was a strong supporter of people with autism spectrum disorders. He said he was proud to speak on the report into the murder of Stephen Lawrence, and on the Race Relations Amendment Act 2000.

He maintained good attendance and voting records, but very rarely spoke in Parliament. He claimed to have the largest caseload of immigration and asylum cases of any MP. He entered Parliament aged 70 at the 1992 election, the fifth Asian MP and inherited a large majority in the safe Labour seat of Ealing Southall, following Labour's de-selection of the long-serving sitting MP Sydney Bidwell. He briefly joined the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in 1981, leaving two years later and returning to Labour in 1988. He became a justice of the peace in 1977, and was elected as a member of Ealing Council in 1978. He left the Communist Party of Great Britain in the 1960s, and joined the Labour Party in 1972. He also became the President of the Indian Workers' Association, which assisted Indian immigrants to establish themselves and find jobs, and was active in opposition to the far right. He requalified in 1964, becoming an elementary teacher and then a social worker. He joined the Communist Party of India, and became a teacher in an elementary school. Khabra gave his year of birth as 1924, but his marriage certificate dated it as 1921. Piara Singh Khabra was born into a Punjabi Sikh farming family of the Khabra clan in the Punjab Province of British India.

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