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Security Of National Art Collections

EDM number 1154 in 2005-06, proposed by Don Foster on 30/11/2005.

That this House regrets the decision of the Swiss canton of Valais to seize paintings belonging to the Pushkin Museum of Moscow; affirms that national cultural goods are public property and should not be confiscated as collateral against government debts; notes that Russian museums are now considering a moratorium on overseas loans; is concerned that this may jeopardise future exhibitions in the UK including the Road to Byzantium exhibition at Somerset House and the Kandinsky exhibition at the Tate Modern; and calls on the Government to adopt anti-seizure legislation to guarantee the security of cultural goods on loan from other countries.

This motion has been signed by a total of 31 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Don Foster30/11/2005BathLiberal DemocratProposed
Jo Swinson30/11/2005East DunbartonshireLiberal DemocratSeconded
Bob Spink30/11/2005Castle PointConservativeSeconded
David Heath30/11/2005Somerton & FromeLiberal DemocratSeconded
Michael Penning30/11/2005Hemel HempsteadConservativeSeconded
Alan Meale01/12/2005MansfieldLabourSeconded
Kelvin Hopkins01/12/2005Luton NorthLabourSigned
Lynne Jones01/12/2005Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Harry Cohen01/12/2005Leyton and WansteadLabourSigned
Derek Conway01/12/2005Old Bexley & SidcupConservativeSigned
Jeremy Corbyn01/12/2005Islington NorthLabourSigned
Andrew Dismore01/12/2005HendonLabourSigned
Mike Hancock01/12/2005Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Rudi Vis01/12/2005Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Stephen Williams01/12/2005Bristol WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Vincent Cable02/12/2005TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Ann Cryer05/12/2005KeighleyLabourSigned
Gregory Campbell06/12/2005East LondonderryDUPSigned
David Simpson07/12/2005Upper BannDUPSigned
Lindsay Hoyle07/12/2005ChorleyLabourSigned
William McCrea07/12/2005South AntrimDUPSigned
Andrew George07/12/2005St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Martin Horwood13/12/2005CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Edward O'Hara15/12/2005Knowsley SouthLabourSigned
Christopher Huhne20/12/2005EastleighLiberal DemocratSigned
Norman Lamb09/01/2006North NorfolkLiberal DemocratSigned
Lynne Featherstone09/01/2006Hornsey and Wood GreenLiberal DemocratSigned
John Hemming12/01/2006Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Matthew Taylor30/01/2006Truro and St AustellLiberal DemocratSigned
Evan Harris27/02/2006Oxford West and AbingdonLiberal DemocratSigned
John McDonnell06/11/2006Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned

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