National Arts Day
EDM number 403 in 2000-01, proposed by Austin Mitchell on 06/03/2001.
That this House welcomes the proposal to celebrate a UK National Arts Day on Midsummer Day, 24th June, as an exciting opportunity to draw attention to artistic activity across the UK; believes that in the age of globalisation such an annual day of celebration will give wider publicity to the cultural achievements of the individuals and communities of the nations which make up the UK; considers that the arts reflect each country's traditions, value and multicultural way of life and have earned the admiration of the world as well as being a potent antidote to violence, hopelessness, social division and alienation; further believes that a National Arts Day would demonstrate that the arts belong not on the periphery of daily life but at its centre where they can contribute significantly to the well-being and quality of life of each of the nations of the UK; welcomes direct involvement from honourable Members in this cross party proposal, endorsed by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which is designed to promote the arts at a local level; and believes it is worthy of the widest possible public support.
This motion has been signed by a total of 142 MPs.
MP | Date | Constituency | Party | Type |
Austin Mitchell | 06/03/2001 | Great Grimsby | Labour | Proposed |
Robert Maclennan | 06/03/2001 | Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Patrick Cormack | 06/03/2001 | South Staffordshire | Conservative | Signed |
Virginia Bottomley | 06/03/2001 | South West Surrey | Conservative | Signed |
Dafydd Wigley | 06/03/2001 | Caernarfon | Plaid Cymru | Signed |
Kelvin Hopkins | 07/03/2001 | Luton North | Labour | Signed |
Paul Keetch | 07/03/2001 | Hereford | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Ashok Kumar | 07/03/2001 | Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland | Labour | Signed |
Bill Michie | 07/03/2001 | Sheffield, Heeley | Labour | Signed |
Frank Cook | 07/03/2001 | Stockton North | Labour | Signed |
Jim Dobbin | 07/03/2001 | Heywood & Middleton | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
Norman Godman | 07/03/2001 | Greenock & Inverclyde | Labour | Signed |
Mike Hancock | 07/03/2001 | Portsmouth South | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Peter Bottomley | 07/03/2001 | Worthing West | Conservative | Signed |
Derek Wyatt | 07/03/2001 | Sittingbourne & Sheppey | Labour | Signed |
Colin Breed | 08/03/2001 | South East Cornwall | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Jeremy Corbyn | 08/03/2001 | Islington North | Labour | Signed |
Huw Edwards | 08/03/2001 | Monmouth | Labour | Signed |
Andrew George | 08/03/2001 | St Ives | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Harry Barnes | 08/03/2001 | North East Derbyshire | Labour | Signed |
Ann Winterton | 08/03/2001 | Congleton | Conservative | Signed |
Kevin McNamara | 09/03/2001 | Kingston upon Hull North | Labour | Signed |
Ann Cryer | 12/03/2001 | Keighley | Labour | Signed |
John Cryer | 12/03/2001 | Hornchurch | Labour | Signed |
Betty Williams | 12/03/2001 | Conwy | Labour | Signed |
Bob Russell | 13/03/2001 | Colchester | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Barry Jones | 13/03/2001 | Alyn & Deeside | Labour | Signed |
Nigel Jones | 13/03/2001 | Cheltenham | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Elfyn Llwyd | 13/03/2001 | Meirionnydd Nant Conwy | Plaid Cymru | Signed |
Russell Brown | 13/03/2001 | Dumfries | Labour | Signed |
David Drew | 13/03/2001 | Stroud | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
Bill Etherington | 13/03/2001 | Sunderland North | Labour | Signed |
Donald Gorrie | 13/03/2001 | Edinburgh West | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Win Griffiths | 13/03/2001 | Bridgend | Labour | Signed |
Harold Best | 13/03/2001 | Leeds North West | Labour | Signed |
Rudi Vis | 13/03/2001 | Finchley & Golders Green | Labour | Signed |
Gordon Marsden | 14/03/2001 | Blackpool South | Labour | Signed |
Roy Beggs | 14/03/2001 | East Antrim | UUP | Signed |
Brian White | 14/03/2001 | North East Milton Keynes | Labour | Signed |
Alan Simpson | 15/03/2001 | Nottingham South | Labour | Signed |
Nick Harvey | 15/03/2001 | North Devon | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
John McWilliam | 15/03/2001 | Blaydon | Labour | Signed |
Ian Davidson | 15/03/2001 | Glasgow, Pollok | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
Paul Tyler | 15/03/2001 | North Cornwall | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Robert Sheldon | 16/03/2001 | Ashton-under-Lyne | Labour | Signed |
Donald Anderson | 16/03/2001 | Swansea East | Labour | Signed |
Marion Roe | 19/03/2001 | Broxbourne | Conservative | Signed |
Andrew Rowe | 19/03/2001 | Faversham & Mid Kent | Conservative | Signed |
Tim Loughton | 19/03/2001 | East Worthing & Shoreham | Conservative | Signed |
Laura Moffatt | 19/03/2001 | Crawley | Labour | Signed |
Lembit | 19/03/2001 | Montgomeryshire | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Peter Bradley | 19/03/2001 | Wrekin, The | Labour | Signed |
David Clark | 19/03/2001 | South Shields | Labour | Signed |
Andrew Stunell | 19/03/2001 | Hazel Grove | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Neil Turner | 19/03/2001 | Wigan | Labour | Signed |
Syd Rapson | 20/03/2001 | Portsmouth North | Labour | Signed |
Glenda Jackson | 20/03/2001 | Hampstead & Highgate | Labour | Signed |
Lynne Jones | 20/03/2001 | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Labour | Signed |
Fraser Kemp | 20/03/2001 | Houghton & Washington East | Labour | Signed |
David Lammy | 20/03/2001 | Tottenham | Labour | Signed |
Michael Mates | 20/03/2001 | East Hampshire | Conservative | Signed |
Andrew Miller | 20/03/2001 | Ellesmere Port & Neston | Labour | Signed |
Tom Brake | 20/03/2001 | Carshalton & Wallington | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Martin Caton | 20/03/2001 | Gower | Labour | Signed |
Janet Dean | 20/03/2001 | Burton | Labour | Signed |
Barbara Follett | 20/03/2001 | Stevenage | Labour | Signed |
Maria Fyfe | 20/03/2001 | Glasgow, Maryhill | Labour | Signed |
John Gunnell | 20/03/2001 | Morley & Rothwell | Labour | Signed |
Ian Taylor | 20/03/2001 | Esher & Walton | Conservative | Signed |
Nicholas Winterton | 20/03/2001 | Macclesfield | Conservative | Signed |
Edward Leigh | 21/03/2001 | Gainsborough | Conservative | Signed |
Ken Livingstone | 21/03/2001 | Brent East | Independent | Signed |
Christine Butler | 21/03/2001 | Castle Point | Labour | Signed |
Menzies Campbell | 21/03/2001 | Fife North East | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Terry Davis | 21/03/2001 | Birmingham, Hodge Hill | Labour | Signed |
Jeff Ennis | 21/03/2001 | Barnsley East & Mexborough | Labour | Signed |
Ronnie Fearn | 21/03/2001 | Southport | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Don Foster | 21/03/2001 | Bath | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Bruce George | 21/03/2001 | Walsall South | Labour | Signed |
Norman Baker | 21/03/2001 | Lewes | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Alan Beith | 21/03/2001 | Berwick-upon-Tweed | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Cecil Walker | 21/03/2001 | Belfast North | UUP | Signed |
Christine Russell | 22/03/2001 | Chester, City of | Labour | Signed |
Brian Cotter | 22/03/2001 | Weston-Super-Mare | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Tony Benn | 22/03/2001 | Chesterfield | Labour | Signed |
Teddy Taylor | 22/03/2001 | Rochford & Southend East | Conservative | Signed |
Mark Todd | 22/03/2001 | South Derbyshire | Labour | Signed |
Debra Shipley | 23/03/2001 | Stourbridge | Labour | Signed |
Brian Iddon | 23/03/2001 | Bolton South East | Labour | Signed |
Martin Linton | 23/03/2001 | Battersea | Labour | Signed |
Bill Olner | 23/03/2001 | Nuneaton | Labour | Signed |
Roger Casale | 23/03/2001 | Wimbledon | Labour | Signed |
Harry Cohen | 23/03/2001 | Leyton & Wanstead | Labour | Signed |
Howard Flight | 23/03/2001 | Arundel & South Downs | Conservative | Signed |
Linda Gilroy | 23/03/2001 | Plymouth, Sutton | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
Howard Stoate | 23/03/2001 | Dartford | Labour | Signed |
Phil Woolas | 23/03/2001 | Oldham East & Saddleworth | Labour | Signed |
Stephen O'Brien | 26/03/2001 | Eddisbury | Conservative | Signed |
Diana Organ | 26/03/2001 | Forest of Dean | Labour | Signed |
Claire Curtis-Thomas | 26/03/2001 | Crosby | Labour | Signed |
Charlotte Atkins | 26/03/2001 | Staffordshire Moorlands | Labour | Signed |
Gwyn Prosser | 27/03/2001 | Dover | Labour | Signed |
Geoffrey Robinson | 27/03/2001 | Coventry North West | Labour | Signed |
Judith Church | 27/03/2001 | Dagenham | Labour | Signed |
Jeffrey M Donaldson | 27/03/2001 | Lagan Valley | UUP | Signed |
Bill Tynan | 27/03/2001 | Hamilton South | Labour | Signed |
Mike Wood | 27/03/2001 | Batley & Spen | Labour | Signed |
David Rendel | 28/03/2001 | Newbury | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Ted Rowlands | 28/03/2001 | Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney | Labour | Signed |
Stephen Ladyman | 28/03/2001 | South Thanet | Labour | Signed |
David Lepper | 28/03/2001 | Brighton, Pavilion | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
Michael Connarty | 28/03/2001 | Falkirk East | Labour | Signed |
Tam Dalyell | 28/03/2001 | Linlithgow | Labour | Signed |
Mike Gapes | 28/03/2001 | Ilford South | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
Martin Smyth | 29/03/2001 | Belfast South | UUP | Signed |
Peter Snape | 29/03/2001 | West Bromwich East | Labour | Signed |
Joan Humble | 29/03/2001 | Blackpool North & Fleetwood | Labour | Signed |
Richard Livsey | 29/03/2001 | Brecon & Radnorshire | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Alan Campbell | 29/03/2001 | Tynemouth | Labour | Signed |
Anne Begg | 29/03/2001 | Aberdeen South | Labour | Signed |
David Stewart | 29/03/2001 | Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber | Labour | Signed |
Michael Trend | 29/03/2001 | Windsor | Conservative | Signed |
Angela Smith | 30/03/2001 | Basildon | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
Gordon Prentice | 02/04/2001 | Pendle | Labour | Signed |
Allan Rogers | 02/04/2001 | Rhondda | Labour | Signed |
Calum MacDonald | 02/04/2001 | Na h-Eileanan an Iar | Labour | Signed |
Lawrie Quinn | 03/04/2001 | Scarborough & Whitby | Labour | Signed |
Gwyneth Dunwoody | 03/04/2001 | Crewe & Nantwich | Labour | Signed |
Ian Stewart | 03/04/2001 | Eccles | Labour | Signed |
Valerie Davey | 04/04/2001 | Bristol West | Labour | Signed |
Phil Sawford | 05/04/2001 | Kettering | Labour | Signed |
David Chaytor | 05/04/2001 | Bury North | Labour | Signed |
Tom Clarke | 05/04/2001 | Coatbridge & Chryston | Labour | Signed |
Ann Clwyd | 05/04/2001 | Cynon Valley | Labour | Signed |
Sandra Gidley | 05/04/2001 | Romsey | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Tony Banks | 05/04/2001 | West Ham | Labour | Signed |
Geraint Davies | 06/04/2001 | Croydon Central | Labour | Signed |
David Amess | 09/04/2001 | Southend West | Conservative | Signed |
Martin O'Neill | 25/04/2001 | Ochil | Labour | Signed |
John Austin | 02/05/2001 | Erith & Thamesmead | Labour | Signed |
Barry Sheerman | 03/05/2001 | Huddersfield | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
Simon Hughes | 10/05/2001 | North Southwark & Bermondsey | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
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