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400th Anniversary Of The King James Bible

EDM number 330 in 2009-10, proposed by David Simpson on 02/12/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Religion and faith communities.

That this House recognises the very significant religious, spiritual, social, political and literary contribution to the United Kingdom that the King James or Authorised Version (AV) of the Bible has had on its people; further recognises the positive impact the AV has had across the world; notes that 2011 will mark the 400th anniversary of the authorised version; congratulates the 2011 Trust in the plans it is making to celebrate this anniversary; welcomes the advance commitment of the BBC to mark it on radio, television and online; and calls on the Department for Culture, Media and Sport officially to mark this highly important anniversary.

This motion has been signed by a total of 53 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Iris Robinson02/12/2009StrangfordDUPWithdrawn
David Simpson02/12/2009Upper BannDUPProposed
William McCrea02/12/2009South AntrimDUPSeconded
Nigel Dodds02/12/2009Belfast NorthDUPSeconded
Peter Robinson02/12/2009Belfast EastDUPSeconded
Gregory Campbell02/12/2009East LondonderryDUPSeconded
Jeffrey M Donaldson02/12/2009Lagan ValleyDUPSeconded
Andrew George02/12/2009St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Peter Bottomley02/12/2009Worthing WestConservativeSigned
David Taylor03/12/2009North West LeicestershireLabourWithdrawn
Ann Winterton03/12/2009CongletonConservativeSigned
Stephen Williams03/12/2009Bristol WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Derek Wyatt03/12/2009Sittingbourne and SheppeyLabourSigned
Nicholas Winterton03/12/2009MacclesfieldConservativeSigned
Mike Gapes03/12/2009Ilford SouthLabourSigned
David Drew03/12/2009StroudLabourSigned
Andrew Dismore03/12/2009HendonLabourSigned
Tim Loughton03/12/2009East Worthing and ShorehamConservativeSigned
Lynne Jones03/12/2009Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Kate Hoey07/12/2009VauxhallLabourSigned
Ann Cryer07/12/2009KeighleyLabourSigned
James Gray07/12/2009North WiltshireConservativeSigned
Betty Williams07/12/2009ConwyLabourSigned
Philip Davies07/12/2009ShipleyConservativeSigned
Jim Cousins08/12/2009Newcastle upon Tyne CentralLabourSigned
Greg Pope08/12/2009HyndburnLabourSigned
Colin Breed08/12/2009South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Gordon Marsden09/12/2009Blackpool SouthLabourSigned
Janet Dean09/12/2009BurtonLabourSigned
Paul Flynn09/12/2009Newport WestLabourSigned
Phil Willis09/12/2009Harrogate and KnaresboroughLiberal DemocratSigned
John Leech09/12/2009Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Brian Jenkins10/12/2009TamworthLabourSigned
Nick Harvey14/12/2009North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
David Chaytor14/12/2009Bury NorthLabourSigned
Mark Fisher15/12/2009Stoke-on-Trent CentralLabourSigned
John Mason15/12/2009Glasgow EastScottish National PartySigned
Sammy Wilson16/12/2009East AntrimDUPSigned
Stephen Crabb05/01/2010Preseli PembrokeshireConservativeSigned
Michael Fabricant12/01/2010LichfieldConservativeSigned
Andrew Selous13/01/2010South West BedfordshireConservativeSigned
David Jones13/01/2010Clwyd WestConservativeSigned
Mark Lancaster19/01/2010North East Milton KeynesConservativeSigned
Eleanor Laing20/01/2010Epping ForestConservativeSigned
Oliver Heald21/01/2010North East HertfordshireConservativeSigned
Michael Penning25/01/2010Hemel HempsteadConservativeSigned
David Mundell26/01/2010Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and TweeddaleConservativeSigned
Angela Watkinson28/01/2010UpminsterConservativeSigned
Andrew Rosindell02/02/2010RomfordConservativeSigned
Cheryl Gillan09/02/2010Chesham and AmershamConservativeSigned
Stephen O'Brien17/03/2010EddisburyConservativeSigned
Hugo Swire06/04/2010East DevonConservativeSigned
Bob Neill06/04/2010Bromley and ChislehurstConservativeSigned

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