FUNDING OF LONDON'S ORCHESTRAS

EDM number 118 in 1993-94, proposed by Bridget Prentice on 29/11/1993.

That this House is concerned that the cuts in the future funding of the Arts Council will perpetuate the crises in arts funding as a whole and will have dire consequences for the high standards of British classical musicians and cultural life; believes financial investment in the Arts to be an essential prerequisite for the continuation of high cultural standards in Britain; recognises the importance of eliminating waste and increasing efficiency within the Arts Council but believes the present Government initiated reviews to be motivated by a desire to cut Treasury costs rather than a commitment to maximising public funds to support art forms at their highest level of excellence; condemns the situation where three of the four internationally renowned London orchestras are forced to compete for one Arts Council grant and the subsequent threat this poses to programmes, performances and jobs as well as the future of two of the losers; and deems such a withdrawal of Arts Council funding to be contrary to the Council's stated commitment to maintain quality, access to the widest audience and cultural diversity and contrary to the Government's own commitment to maintain support for the Arts at the last General Election.

This motion has been signed by a total of 46 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Bridget Prentice	29/11/1993	Lewisham East		Proposed
John Gunnell	29/11/1993	Leeds South and Morley		Signed
Neil Gerrard	29/11/1993	Walthamstow		Signed
Jim Dowd	29/11/1993	Lewisham West		Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	29/11/1993	Islington North		Signed
Alan Keen	29/11/1993	Feltham & Heston		Signed
Tessa Jowell	29/11/1993	Dulwich		Signed
Glenda Jackson	29/11/1993	Hampstead & Highgate		Signed
Simon Hughes	29/11/1993	Southwark and Bermondsey		Signed
Barbara Roche	29/11/1993	Hornsey & Wood Green		Signed
Nick Raynsford	29/11/1993	Greenwich		Signed
Mike Hall	30/11/1993	Warrington South		Signed
Jean Corston	30/11/1993	Bristol East		Signed
Eric Clarke	30/11/1993	Midlothian		Signed
Alan Meale	30/11/1993	Mansfield		Signed
William McKelvey	30/11/1993	Kilmarnock & Loudoun		Signed
John McAllion	30/11/1993	Dundee East		Signed
Ken Livingstone	30/11/1993	Brent East		Signed
Ernie Ross	30/11/1993	Dundee West		Signed
Colin Pickthall	30/11/1993	West Lancashire		Signed
Andrew Faulds	01/12/1993	Warley East		Signed
Norman Godman	01/12/1993	Greenock and Port Glasgow		Signed
Janet Anderson	01/12/1993	Rossendale & Darwen		Signed
Tony Banks	01/12/1993	Newham North West		Signed
Audrey Wise	01/12/1993	Preston		Signed
Tom Cox	01/12/1993	Tooting		Signed
Michael Clapham	01/12/1993	Barnsley West & Penistone		Signed
Eddie Loyden	01/12/1993	Liverpool, Garston		Signed
Eric Illsley	01/12/1993	Barnsley Central		Signed
Roy Hughes	01/12/1993	Newport East		Signed
Dennis Skinner	01/12/1993	Bolsover		Signed
Robert Parry	01/12/1993	Liverpool, Riverside		Signed
Peter Pike	01/12/1993	Burnley		Signed
Dennis Turner	02/12/1993	Wolverhampton South East		Signed
Alex Carlile	02/12/1993	Montgomery		Signed
Nigel Jones	02/12/1993	Cheltenham		Signed
Kate Hoey	02/12/1993	Vauxhall		Signed
Alan Simpson	02/12/1993	Nottingham South		Signed
Edward O'Hara	06/12/1993	Knowsley South		Signed
Harry Barnes	06/12/1993	North East Derbyshire		Signed
Roland Boyes	08/12/1993	Houghton and Washington		Signed
Andrew MacKinlay	08/12/1993	Thurrock		Signed
Martyn Jones	14/12/1993	Clwyd South West		Signed
Joan Ruddock	16/12/1993	Lewisham, Deptford		Signed
Keith Hill	17/12/1993	Streatham		Signed
Mike Gapes	17/12/1993	Ilford South		Signed

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