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Anniversary Of The Death Of Alan Turing

EDM number 1634 in 2006-07, proposed by Lorely Burt on 06/06/2007.

That this House notes the vital contribution Alan Turing made to the British war effort during the 1940s, in particular his work decoding the Enigma machine; further notes Alan Turing's achievements in the fields of computing and mathematical biology; regrets that following his years of national service he received a criminal conviction for having a sexual relationship with another man; further regrets that he was forced to take oestrogen therapy or be sent to prison if he did not comply; finally regrets that he went on to take his own life on 8th June 1954 at the age of just 41 years; acknowledges the huge and unnecessary suffering that he and so many other lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people have had to endure over the years due to legislation; further acknowledges that the suicide rate amongst LGBT teens remains unacceptably high due to informal societal pressure; and calls on the Government to introduce new measures to address these societal pressures, especially through attention to the issue of homophobic bullying in schools.

This motion has been signed by a total of 52 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Lorely Burt06/06/2007SolihullLiberal DemocratProposed
Andrew Stunell06/06/2007Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSeconded
John Hemming07/06/2007Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSeconded
Stephen Williams07/06/2007Bristol WestLiberal DemocratSeconded
Lynne Jones07/06/2007Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSeconded
Andrew Dismore07/06/2007HendonLabourSeconded
Paul Burstow07/06/2007Sutton and CheamLiberal DemocratSigned
Martin Caton07/06/2007GowerLabourSigned
Alan Meale11/06/2007MansfieldLabourSigned
Angus MacNeil11/06/2007Na h-Eileanan an IarScottish National PartySigned
Derek Wyatt11/06/2007Sittingbourne and SheppeyLabourSigned
David Taylor11/06/2007North West LeicestershireLabourSigned
Mike Hancock11/06/2007Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Ann Cryer11/06/2007KeighleyLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn11/06/2007Islington NorthLabourSigned
Derek Conway11/06/2007Old Bexley & SidcupConservativeSigned
Rob Marris11/06/2007Wolverhampton South WestLabourSigned
Brian Iddon11/06/2007Bolton South EastLabourSigned
Nick Harvey11/06/2007North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
John Pugh11/06/2007SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Weir12/06/2007AngusScottish National PartySigned
Mark Hunter12/06/2007CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
John Leech12/06/2007Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
David Borrow12/06/2007South RibbleLabourSigned
David Drew12/06/2007StroudLabourSigned
Mark Lazarowicz12/06/2007Edinburgh North and LeithLabourSigned
Glenda Jackson12/06/2007Hampstead and HighgateLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins12/06/2007Luton NorthLabourSigned
Michael Jabez Foster12/06/2007Hastings and RyeLabourSigned
Rudi Vis13/06/2007Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Dai Davies13/06/2007Blaenau GwentIndependentSigned
Graham Stringer13/06/2007Manchester, BlackleyLabourSigned
George Galloway13/06/2007Bethnal Green and BowRespectSigned
Janet Dean13/06/2007BurtonLabourSigned
Harry Cohen13/06/2007Leyton and WansteadLabourSigned
John McDonnell13/06/2007Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Lady Hermon13/06/2007North DownUUPSigned
Alan Simpson13/06/2007Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Greg Pope13/06/2007HyndburnLabourSigned
Edward Davey13/06/2007Kingston and SurbitonLiberal DemocratSigned
Jo Swinson14/06/2007East DunbartonshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Janet Anderson14/06/2007Rossendale and DarwenLabourSigned
Paul Flynn14/06/2007Newport WestLabourSigned
Vincent Cable14/06/2007TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Doug Naysmith19/06/2007Bristol North WestLabourSigned
Mark Williams19/06/2007CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
Eric Illsley20/06/2007Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Brian Jenkins25/06/2007TamworthLabourSigned
Nigel Dodds26/06/2007Belfast NorthDUPSigned
Neil Gerrard26/06/2007WalthamstowLabourSigned
Bill Etherington28/06/2007Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Tony Lloyd12/07/2007Manchester CentralLabourSigned

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