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Planned Auction Of The Papers Of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

EDM number 1199 in 2003-04, proposed by Alex Salmond on 14/05/2004.

That this House objects to the planned sale and break-up of the papers of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle by private auction at Christie's on 19th May; calls on the Minister of State for the Arts to intervene in this case and delay the sale until she can report back to the House regarding the dispute that all of these papers should have been lodged with the British Library rather than be auctioned; and in the disappointing event that the sale does go ahead, urges that public resources, such as Lottery funding, be used to save this extraordinary and invaluable collection for the public and academic scholarship.

This motion has been signed by a total of 25 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Alex Salmond14/05/2004Banff & BuchanScottish National PartyProposed
Lynne Jones17/05/2004Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Kevin McNamara17/05/2004Kingston upon Hull NorthLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn17/05/2004Islington NorthLabourSigned
Ann Cryer17/05/2004KeighleyLabourSigned
David Taylor17/05/2004North West LeicestershireLabour Co-operativeSigned
Adam Price18/05/2004Carmarthen East & DinefwrPlaid CymruSigned
Iris Robinson18/05/2004StrangfordDUPSigned
Andrew Dismore18/05/2004HendonLabourSigned
Peter Bottomley18/05/2004Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Robert Wareing18/05/2004Liverpool, West DerbyLabourSigned
Derek Wyatt18/05/2004Sittingbourne & SheppeyLabourSigned
Elfyn Llwyd19/05/2004Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Rudi Vis19/05/2004Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
Mike Hancock19/05/2004Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Martin Caton19/05/2004GowerLabourSigned
Lady Hermon20/05/2004North DownUUPSigned
Alice Mahon20/05/2004HalifaxLabourSigned
Bill Etherington20/05/2004Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Neil Gerrard20/05/2004WalthamstowLabourSigned
David Hamilton20/05/2004MidlothianLabourSigned
Alan Simpson21/05/2004Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins21/05/2004Luton NorthLabourSigned
Annabelle Ewing25/05/2004PerthScottish National PartySigned
Terry DavisUnknownWithdrawn

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