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Staffordshire Hoard And The Potteries Museum And Art Gallery

EDM number 2006 in 2008-09, proposed by Mark Fisher on 12/10/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Cultural heritage.

That this House congratulates those responsible for finding the Staffordshire Hoard; notes the huge public interest in this historic find; welcomes the statement by the Minister for Culture, Creative Industries and Tourism that the West Midlands should be the permanent home for the Hoard; further notes that the Potteries Museum and Art Gallery in Stoke-on-Trent is designated as the repository for Staffordshire finds; and urges all concerned to work in partnership with the Minister for the Region to secure the necessary funding to bring the Staffordshire Hoard to the Potteries Museum and Art Gallery in order that the public can have the opportunity to view this precious find in Staffordshire.

This motion has been signed by a total of 22 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Mark Fisher12/10/2009Stoke-on-Trent CentralLabourProposed
Joan Walley12/10/2009Stoke-on-Trent NorthLabourSeconded
Robert Flello12/10/2009Stoke-on-Trent SouthLabourSeconded
John Austin13/10/2009Erith and ThamesmeadLabourSeconded
Joan Humble13/10/2009Blackpool North and FleetwoodLabourSeconded
Iris Robinson13/10/2009StrangfordDUPSeconded
John McDonnell13/10/2009Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn13/10/2009Islington NorthLabourSigned
Rudi Vis14/10/2009Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Dai Davies14/10/2009Blaenau GwentIndependentSigned
Paul Flynn14/10/2009Newport WestLabourSigned
Janet Dean14/10/2009BurtonLabourSigned
Alan Simpson14/10/2009Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Edward O'Hara15/10/2009Knowsley SouthLabourSigned
David Anderson15/10/2009BlaydonLabourSigned
John Cummings16/10/2009EasingtonLabourSigned
Robert Key19/10/2009SalisburyConservativeSigned
Gordon Marsden19/10/2009Blackpool SouthLabourSigned
Michael Clapham19/10/2009Barnsley West and PenistoneLabourSigned
Ann Cryer19/10/2009KeighleyLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins20/10/2009Luton NorthLabourSigned
Nicholas Winterton20/10/2009MacclesfieldConservativeSigned

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