James Watt (EDM1133)

James Watt

EDM number 1133 in 2001-02, proposed by David Cairns on 16/04/2002.

That this House acknowledges Greenock born James Watt as one of Scotland's greatest inventors, in particular his contribution to the development of steam power without which the Industrial Revolution would not have happened; regrets the derogatory tone of a new biography and submits that any entrepreneur of that time would have encountered the same business problems as Watt; and believes that whatever his failings he remains a towering and important figure in our nation's history.

This motion has been signed by a total of 39 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
David Cairns	16/04/2002	Greenock & Inverclyde	Labour	Proposed
Siobhain McDonagh	16/04/2002	Mitcham & Morden	Labour	Signed
Anne Begg	16/04/2002	Aberdeen South	Labour	Signed
David Hamilton	16/04/2002	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Win Griffiths	16/04/2002	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Barry Gardiner	16/04/2002	Brent North	Labour	Signed
Ian Davidson	16/04/2002	Glasgow, Pollok	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Tom Clarke	16/04/2002	Coatbridge & Chryston	Labour	Signed
Chris Bryant	16/04/2002	Rhondda	Labour	Signed
John Lyons	16/04/2002	Strathkelvin & Bearsden	Labour	Signed
Iain Luke	16/04/2002	Dundee East	Labour	Signed
Andrew Love	16/04/2002	Edmonton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Eric Joyce	16/04/2002	Falkirk West	Labour	Signed
Tom Harris	16/04/2002	Glasgow, Cathcart	Labour	Signed
Jim Sheridan	16/04/2002	West Renfrewshire	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Savidge	16/04/2002	Aberdeen North	Labour	Signed
Gordon Prentice	16/04/2002	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Russell Brown	17/04/2002	Dumfries	Labour	Signed
Derek Wyatt	17/04/2002	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Ernie Ross	17/04/2002	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	17/04/2002	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Gordon Marsden	18/04/2002	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	18/04/2002	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	18/04/2002	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	18/04/2002	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	19/04/2002	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	19/04/2002	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	22/04/2002	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	22/04/2002	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	22/04/2002	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	24/04/2002	Chorley	Labour	Signed
John Battle	25/04/2002	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Jeff Ennis	07/05/2002	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
Claire Curtis-Thomas	09/05/2002	Crosby	Labour	Signed
Bill Tynan	09/05/2002	Hamilton South	Labour	Signed
Michael Moore	22/05/2002	Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
George Galloway	10/06/2002	Glasgow, Kelvin	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	02/07/2002	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Hugo Swire	04/07/2002	East Devon	Conservative	Signed

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