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This motion has been signed by a total of 25 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Alex Salmond	14/05/2004	Banff & Buchan	Scottish National Party	Proposed
Lynne Jones	17/05/2004	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	17/05/2004	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	17/05/2004	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	17/05/2004	Keighley	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	17/05/2004	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Derek Wyatt	18/05/2004	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	18/05/2004	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	18/05/2004	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Dismore	18/05/2004	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Iris Robinson	18/05/2004	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Adam Price	18/05/2004	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Rudi Vis	19/05/2004	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	19/05/2004	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Caton	19/05/2004	Gower	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	19/05/2004	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
David Hamilton	20/05/2004	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	20/05/2004	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	20/05/2004	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Alice Mahon	20/05/2004	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	20/05/2004	North Down	UUP	Signed
Alan Simpson	21/05/2004	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	21/05/2004	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Annabelle Ewing	25/05/2004	Perth	Scottish National Party	Signed
Terry Davis	Unknown			Withdrawn

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