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Dolly Parton

EDM number 453 in 2007-08, proposed by John Barrett on 03/12/2007.
Categorised under the topic of Pre-school education.

That this House congratulates Dolly Parton on her Imagination Library which provides free books for pre-school children; notes that this scheme has encouraged reading and helped tackle illiteracy in the US by providing 12 million gifts of books to children in the past 12 years; welcomes the launch of the Imagination Library of the United Kingdom; and calls on the Government to work closely with this worthy initiative to ensure similar successful outcomes across the UK.

This motion has been signed by a total of 38 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
John Barrett03/12/2007Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratProposed
Paul Holmes03/12/2007ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSeconded
Peter Bottomley04/12/2007Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Keith Vaz05/12/2007Leicester EastLabourSeconded
Dai Davies05/12/2007Blaenau GwentIndependentSeconded
Tim Loughton05/12/2007East Worthing and ShorehamConservativeSeconded
David Simpson05/12/2007Upper BannDUPSigned
Gregory Campbell05/12/2007East LondonderryDUPSigned
Mike Hancock05/12/2007Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Angus MacNeil05/12/2007Na h-Eileanan an IarScottish National PartySigned
Alistair Carmichael06/12/2007Orkney and ShetlandLiberal DemocratSigned
Willie Rennie06/12/2007Dunfermline and West FifeLiberal DemocratSigned
Rudi Vis06/12/2007Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Nigel Evans06/12/2007Ribble ValleyConservativeSigned
Edward O'Hara06/12/2007Knowsley SouthLabourSigned
John Leech10/12/2007Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
John Hemming10/12/2007Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Betty Williams10/12/2007ConwyLabourSigned
Hywel Francis10/12/2007AberavonLabourSigned
Alasdair McDonnell10/12/2007Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
John Horam10/12/2007OrpingtonConservativeSigned
Alan Simpson10/12/2007Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Greg Pope10/12/2007HyndburnLabourSigned
Brian Jenkins10/12/2007TamworthLabourSigned
Ian McCartney11/12/2007MakerfieldLabourSigned
John McDonnell11/12/2007Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
David Anderson11/12/2007BlaydonLabourSigned
Paul Rowen11/12/2007RochdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Jabez Foster12/12/2007Hastings and RyeLabourSigned
Jennifer Willott12/12/2007Cardiff CentralLiberal DemocratSigned
Sammy Wilson12/12/2007East AntrimDUPSigned
Ann Cryer12/12/2007KeighleyLabourSigned
Laura Moffatt13/12/2007CrawleyLabourSigned
Jo Swinson30/01/2008East DunbartonshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Eric Illsley05/02/2008Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
David Crausby05/02/2008Bolton North EastLabourSigned
Joe Benton19/02/2008BootleLabourSigned
Derek Conway22/02/2008Old Bexley and SidcupIndependentSigned

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