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Distribution Of National Lottery Awards

EDM number 151 in 1996-97, proposed by Harry Barnes on 06/11/1996.

That this House notes that in response to a parliamentary question for written answer by the honourable Member for North East Derbyshire, the Department of National Heritage has supplied a computer disc to the Library which details, by parliamentary constiuency, each National Lottery award made up to 30th September 1996; further notes that a list compiled by the Library from this disc shows the total amounts awarded in each United Kingdom parliamentary constituency listed in descending order with the top award of ú201,480,455 and in 651st place the bottom award of only ú12,000; is dismayed that there is such a massive maldistribution of awards with the bulk of awards being skewed towards a small group of constituencies and to certain parts of the United Kingdom, as illustrated by the fact that the three constituencies in north east Derbyshire all fall within the bottom 10 per cent. of places on the list with North East Derbyshire placed 587th, Bolsover 616th and Chesterfield 628th; further calls upon the Government to take immediate action to ensure that the National Lottery is obliged to correct this disgraceful state of affairs and to operate formulas based on equity and need, subject to regional, county and district democratic input; and regrets that the National Heritage Minister claimed it would be of disproportionate cost - defined as ú450 - to rank the awards per constituency when this operation only cost the Library ú15.

This motion has been signed by a total of 38 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Harry Barnes06/11/1996North East DerbyshireProposed
Dennis Skinner06/11/1996BolsoverSigned
Tony Benn06/11/1996ChesterfieldSigned
Lynne Jones07/11/1996Birmingham, Selly OakSigned
Alice Mahon07/11/1996HalifaxSigned
Bill Michie07/11/1996Sheffield, HeeleySigned
Bryan Davies07/11/1996Oldham Central and RoytonSigned
Paul Flynn07/11/1996Newport WestSigned
Norman Godman07/11/1996Greenock and Port GlasgowSigned
Hugh Bayley07/11/1996York, City ofSigned
Tony Banks11/11/1996Newham North WestSigned
Paddy Tipping11/11/1996SherwoodSigned
Colin Pickthall12/11/1996West LancashireSigned
Audrey Wise12/11/1996PrestonSigned
Andrew Faulds12/11/1996Warley EastSigned
Bill Etherington12/11/1996Sunderland NorthSigned
John Cummings12/11/1996EasingtonSigned
Michael Connarty12/11/1996Falkirk EastSigned
Robert Parry12/11/1996Liverpool, RiversideSigned
Eddie Loyden13/11/1996Liverpool, GarstonSigned
Mike Hall13/11/1996Warrington SouthSigned
John Gunnell13/11/1996Leeds South and MorleySigned
Maria Fyfe13/11/1996Glasgow, MaryhillSigned
Tom Cox13/11/1996TootingSigned
Eric Clarke13/11/1996MidlothianSigned
Michael Clapham13/11/1996Barnsley West & PenistoneSigned
James Callaghan13/11/1996Heywood & MiddletonSigned
Alan Meale13/11/1996MansfieldSigned
Kevin McNamara13/11/1996Kingston upon Hull NorthSigned
Martyn Jones14/11/1996Clwyd South WestSigned
Gerry Steinberg19/11/1996Durham, City ofSigned
Jack Thompson20/11/1996WansbeckSigned
Win Griffiths21/11/1996BridgendSigned
Eric Illsley28/11/1996Barnsley CentralSigned
Ken Livingstone06/12/1996Brent EastSigned
Mildred Gordon16/01/1997Bow and PoplarSigned
Jeff Ennis23/01/1997Barnsley EastSigned
Tommy Graham05/02/1997Renfrew West and InverclydeSigned

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