Award Of Honorary Degree To Amitabh Bachchan (EDM2595)

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.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Keith Vaz	18/07/2006	Leicester East	Labour	Proposed
Michael Fabricant	18/07/2006	Lichfield	Conservative	Seconded
Mike Hancock	18/07/2006	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Michael Penning	18/07/2006	Hemel Hempstead	Conservative	Seconded
Geraldine Smith	18/07/2006	Morecambe and Lunesdale	Labour	Seconded
Sadiq Khan	18/07/2006	Tooting	Labour	Seconded
Paul Farrelly	18/07/2006	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
Jim Devine	18/07/2006	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Mike Gapes	18/07/2006	Ilford South	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	18/07/2006	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Grogan	18/07/2006	Selby	Labour	Signed
Patrick Hall	18/07/2006	Bedford	Labour	Signed
Adrian Bailey	18/07/2006	West Bromwich West	Labour	Signed
Ian Stewart	18/07/2006	Eccles	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	18/07/2006	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Alan Whitehead	18/07/2006	Southampton, Test	Labour	Signed
Roberta Blackman-Woods	18/07/2006	City of Durham	Labour	Signed
Lyn Brown	18/07/2006	West Ham	Labour	Signed
Dawn Butler	18/07/2006	Brent South	Labour	Signed
Diana Johnson	18/07/2006	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Barbara Keeley	18/07/2006	Worsley	Labour	Signed
Kitty Ussher	18/07/2006	Burnley	Labour	Signed
Alan Duncan	18/07/2006	Rutland and Melton	Conservative	Signed
Jeff Ennis	18/07/2006	Barnsley East and Mexborough	Labour	Signed
Gordon Prentice	18/07/2006	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Jimmy Hood	18/07/2006	Lanark and Hamilton East	Labour	Signed
Piara S Khabra	18/07/2006	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed
Bob Laxton	18/07/2006	Derby North	Labour	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	18/07/2006	Edinburgh North and Leith	Labour	Signed
Tony Lloyd	18/07/2006	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	18/07/2006	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Ian Lucas	18/07/2006	Wrexham	Labour	Signed
Khalid Mahmood	18/07/2006	Birmingham, Perry Barr	Labour	Signed
Andrew Miller	18/07/2006	Ellesmere Port and Neston	Labour	Signed
Albert Owen	18/07/2006	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Chris Bryant	18/07/2006	Rhondda	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	18/07/2006	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Jim Cunningham	18/07/2006	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	18/07/2006	Hendon	Labour	Signed
John Leech	19/07/2006	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	19/07/2006	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	19/07/2006	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
David Borrow	19/07/2006	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	19/07/2006	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	19/07/2006	Heywood and Middleton	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	19/07/2006	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	19/07/2006	Gower	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	19/07/2006	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	19/07/2006	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	19/07/2006	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	19/07/2006	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Spink	19/07/2006	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
Derek Conway	19/07/2006	Old Bexley & Sidcup	Conservative	Signed
John Hemming	20/07/2006	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Edward Garnier	20/07/2006	Harborough	Conservative	Signed
Hywel Francis	20/07/2006	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	20/07/2006	Burton	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	20/07/2006	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Chris McCafferty	20/07/2006	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Rob Marris	20/07/2006	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	20/07/2006	Glasgow Central	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	20/07/2006	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	24/07/2006	Hackney North and Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Clive Efford	24/07/2006	Eltham	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	24/07/2006	Carshalton and Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John McDonnell	24/07/2006	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	24/07/2006	North Down	UUP	Signed
Mark Hendrick	24/07/2006	Preston	Labour	Signed
Phil Willis	25/07/2006	Harrogate and Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Derek Wyatt	25/07/2006	Sittingbourne and Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Simon Hughes	09/10/2006	North Southwark and Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	09/10/2006	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	12/10/2006	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	19/10/2006	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	23/10/2006	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Andrew Pelling	01/11/2006	Croydon Central	Conservative	Signed
Martin Horwood	06/11/2006	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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