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Award Of Honorary Degree To Amitabh Bachchan

EDM number 2595 in 2005-06, proposed by Keith Vaz on 18/07/2006.

That this House congratulates Amitabh Bachchan on being awarded an honorary degree from De Montfort University, Leicester; notes his towering contribution to Indian cinema having received 10 Filmfare awards and being named BBC Star of the Millennium; recognises his work as a goodwill ambassador for UNICEF and as a former member of the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian Parliament; and hopes that the award will continue to strengthen ties between the UK and India.

This motion has been signed by a total of 77 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Keith Vaz18/07/2006Leicester EastLabourProposed
Michael Fabricant18/07/2006LichfieldConservativeSeconded
Mike Hancock18/07/2006Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSeconded
Michael Penning18/07/2006Hemel HempsteadConservativeSeconded
Geraldine Smith18/07/2006Morecambe and LunesdaleLabourSeconded
Sadiq Khan18/07/2006TootingLabourSeconded
Paul Farrelly18/07/2006Newcastle-under-LymeLabourSigned
Jim Devine18/07/2006LivingstonLabourSigned
Mike Gapes18/07/2006Ilford SouthLabourSigned
Andrew George18/07/2006St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
John Grogan18/07/2006SelbyLabourSigned
Patrick Hall18/07/2006BedfordLabourSigned
Adrian Bailey18/07/2006West Bromwich WestLabourSigned
Ian Stewart18/07/2006EcclesLabourSigned
David Taylor18/07/2006North West LeicestershireLabourSigned
Alan Whitehead18/07/2006Southampton, TestLabourSigned
Roberta Blackman-Woods18/07/2006City of DurhamLabourSigned
Lyn Brown18/07/2006West HamLabourSigned
Dawn Butler18/07/2006Brent SouthLabourSigned
Diana Johnson18/07/2006Kingston upon Hull NorthLabourSigned
Barbara Keeley18/07/2006WorsleyLabourSigned
Kitty Ussher18/07/2006BurnleyLabourSigned
Alan Duncan18/07/2006Rutland and MeltonConservativeSigned
Jeff Ennis18/07/2006Barnsley East and MexboroughLabourSigned
Gordon Prentice18/07/2006PendleLabourSigned
Jimmy Hood18/07/2006Lanark and Hamilton EastLabourSigned
Piara S Khabra18/07/2006Ealing, SouthallLabourSigned
Bob Laxton18/07/2006Derby NorthLabourSigned
Mark Lazarowicz18/07/2006Edinburgh North and LeithLabourSigned
Tony Lloyd18/07/2006Manchester CentralLabourSigned
Elfyn Llwyd18/07/2006Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Ian Lucas18/07/2006WrexhamLabourSigned
Khalid Mahmood18/07/2006Birmingham, Perry BarrLabourSigned
Andrew Miller18/07/2006Ellesmere Port and NestonLabourSigned
Albert Owen18/07/2006Ynys MLabourSigned
Chris Bryant18/07/2006RhonddaLabourSigned
Ronnie Campbell18/07/2006Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Jim Cunningham18/07/2006Coventry SouthLabourSigned
Andrew Dismore18/07/2006HendonLabourSigned
John Leech19/07/2006Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Rudi Vis19/07/2006Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Peter Bottomley19/07/2006Worthing WestConservativeSigned
David Borrow19/07/2006South RibbleLabourSigned
Paul Flynn19/07/2006Newport WestLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin19/07/2006Heywood and MiddletonLabourSigned
Ann Cryer19/07/2006KeighleyLabourSigned
Martin Caton19/07/2006GowerLabourSigned
Alan Meale19/07/2006MansfieldLabourSigned
Alasdair McDonnell19/07/2006Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Kelvin Hopkins19/07/2006Luton NorthLabourSigned
Paul Holmes19/07/2006ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
Bob Spink19/07/2006Castle PointConservativeSigned
Derek Conway19/07/2006Old Bexley & SidcupConservativeSigned
John Hemming20/07/2006Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Edward Garnier20/07/2006HarboroughConservativeSigned
Hywel Francis20/07/2006AberavonLabourSigned
Janet Dean20/07/2006BurtonLabourSigned
Vincent Cable20/07/2006TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Chris McCafferty20/07/2006Calder ValleyLabourSigned
Rob Marris20/07/2006Wolverhampton South WestLabourSigned
Mohammad Sarwar20/07/2006Glasgow CentralLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn20/07/2006Islington NorthLabourSigned
Diane Abbott24/07/2006Hackney North and Stoke NewingtonLabourSigned
Clive Efford24/07/2006ElthamLabourSigned
Tom Brake24/07/2006Carshalton and WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
John McDonnell24/07/2006Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Lady Hermon24/07/2006North DownUUPSigned
Mark Hendrick24/07/2006PrestonLabourSigned
Phil Willis25/07/2006Harrogate and KnaresboroughLiberal DemocratSigned
Derek Wyatt25/07/2006Sittingbourne and SheppeyLabourSigned
Simon Hughes09/10/2006North Southwark and BermondseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Bill Etherington09/10/2006Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Alan Simpson12/10/2006Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Brian Jenkins19/10/2006TamworthLabourSigned
Stephen Hepburn23/10/2006JarrowLabourSigned
Andrew Pelling01/11/2006Croydon CentralConservativeSigned
Martin Horwood06/11/2006CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned

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