Labour MP Paul Flynn has tabled an early day motion congratulating the Charity Commission on its decision to deny charitable status to the Exclusive Brethren.

Fellow Labour members Jeremy Corbyn and Kelvin Hopkins have also sponsored the motion.

The full motion is as follows: “That this House congratulates the Charity Commission for denying charitable status to the Exclusive Brethren sect; notes the sect’s doctrine of separation which has divided families and excludes Brethren from society to the extent that members refuse to live in semi-detached houses for fear of contamination from non-Brethren; and is appalled by the definition of their faith expressed by their leader Bruce Hales that the whole principles of the world have to be scorned, disdained and hated and that members of the sect have to develop an utter hatred of every feature of the world to avoid being sucked in and seduced by it.”

Flynn is Labour MP for Newport West and a member of the Public Administration Select Committee that is currently inquiring into regulation of the charity sector.

The motion was tabled on Wednesday, the same day that Conservative MP Peter Bone tabled a ten minute rule bill aimed at amending the Charities Act so that the Brethren – along with all other religious groups - would be guaranteed charitable status.

Bone’s proposal attracted support from 166 mainly Conservative MPs, with just seven voting against.

Also this week, more than 50 MPs signed a letter to The Daily Telegraph demanding that the Charity Commission to review its decision and stop the Brethren from having to appeal in the Charity Tribunal.