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Jodrell Bank Observatory

EDM number 1165 in 1999-00, proposed by Nicholas Winterton on 21/11/2000.

That this House notes with concern and disappointment the recent decision of the North West Science Review Committee not to grant funding for the Jodrell Bank Observatory's e-MERLIN project; welcomes the Observatory's excellent ratings given by an International Review comprising of a panel of distinguished astronomers; recognises that the Jodrell Bank Observatory is the only major astronomy centre in the United Kingdom and is of international importance; and calls upon the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, in his capacity as Chairman of the North West Science & Daresbury Development Group, to look favourably on Jodrell Bank Observatory's bid for ú7 million funding for the e-MERLIN project, in order to keep the Jodrell Bank Observatory and the Sir Bernard Lovell radio telescope at the forefront of the world's astronomical research.

This motion has been signed by a total of 12 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Nicholas Winterton21/11/2000MacclesfieldConservativeProposed
Stephen O'Brien21/11/2000EddisburyConservativeSigned
Ann Winterton21/11/2000CongletonConservativeSigned
Brian Iddon22/11/2000Bolton South EastLabourSigned
Andrew Stunell23/11/2000Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Jeremy Corbyn28/11/2000Islington NorthLabourSigned
Ann Cryer28/11/2000KeighleyLabourSigned
Rudi Vis28/11/2000Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
Paul Keetch29/11/2000HerefordLiberal DemocratSigned
Julian Lewis29/11/2000New Forest EastConservativeSigned
Edward O'Hara29/11/2000Knowsley SouthLabourSigned
Martin Bell29/11/2000TattonIndependentSigned

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