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Return Of The Lindisfarne Gospels To Durham Cathedral

EDM number 1437 in 2005-06, proposed by Roberta Blackman-Woods on 20/01/2006.

That this House seeks the return of the Lindisfarne Gospels to their original home in Durham Cathedral; notes that the Gospels date from 698 AD and represent the first great religious and cultural achievement which combines the Roman, Celtic and Saxon traditions; further notes that they were prepared for the shrine of St. Cuthbert on the island of Lindisfarne, now known as Holy Island, off the North East coast and that the permanent home of the shrine of St. Cuthbert and the Gospels was, from 995 AD to the Reformation, the great Cathedral of Durham; further notes that the brief 1987 and 1996 return of the Gospels to Durham and Newcastle resulted in large attendances of local people; and therefore calls upon the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport and the trustees of the British Library to arrange for the permanent return of the Gospels to Durham Cathedral.

This motion has been signed by a total of 44 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Roberta Blackman-Woods20/01/2006City of DurhamLabourProposed
Kevan Jones20/01/2006North DurhamLabourSeconded
David Anderson20/01/2006BlaydonLabourSeconded
John Cummings20/01/2006EasingtonLabourSeconded
Helen Goodman20/01/2006Bishop AucklandLabourSeconded
Sharon Hodgson20/01/2006Gateshead East and Washington WestLabourSeconded
Angus MacNeil23/01/2006Na h-Eileanan an IarScottish National PartySigned
Ann Cryer23/01/2006KeighleyLabourSigned
Lynne Jones23/01/2006Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Lindsay Hoyle23/01/2006ChorleyLabourSigned
Iris Robinson24/01/2006StrangfordDUPSigned
Martin Caton24/01/2006GowerLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn24/01/2006Islington NorthLabourSigned
David Simpson25/01/2006Upper BannDUPSigned
Derek Wyatt25/01/2006Sittingbourne and SheppeyLabourSigned
Keith Vaz26/01/2006Leicester EastLabourSigned
Roger Williams26/01/2006Brecon and RadnorshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Hugh Bayley26/01/2006City of YorkLabourSigned
Janet Anderson26/01/2006Rossendale and DarwenLabourSigned
David Drew26/01/2006StroudLabourSigned
Janet Dean26/01/2006BurtonLabourSigned
Derek Conway26/01/2006Old Bexley & SidcupConservativeSigned
Michael Clapham26/01/2006Barnsley West and PenistoneLabourSigned
Jeff Ennis26/01/2006Barnsley East and MexboroughLabourSigned
Lady Hermon31/01/2006North DownUUPSigned
Brian Jenkins31/01/2006TamworthLabourSigned
John Pugh01/02/2006SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Bill Etherington01/02/2006Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Rudi Vis01/02/2006Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Stephen Williams01/02/2006Bristol WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Simpson07/02/2006Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Ronnie Campbell08/02/2006Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
David Crausby08/02/2006Bolton North EastLabourSigned
Fraser Kemp09/02/2006Houghton and Washington EastLabourSigned
Peter Atkinson09/02/2006HexhamConservativeSigned
John Hemming09/02/2006Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Ashok Kumar13/02/2006Middlesbrough South and East ClevelandLabourSigned
Chris Mullin13/02/2006Sunderland SouthLabourSigned
Dari Taylor16/02/2006Stockton SouthLabourSigned
Denis Murphy03/03/2006WansbeckLabourSigned
Peter Soulsby14/03/2006Leicester SouthLabourSigned
Joan Walley15/03/2006Stoke-on-Trent NorthLabourSigned
John McDonnell06/11/2006Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Phil WillisUnknownWithdrawn

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