Recognition Of Mary Seacole

EDM number 919 in 2012-13, proposed by Alan Meale on 15/01/2013.
Categorised under the topics of Ethnic groups and Health staff and professions.

That this House is aware of history which records the many heroic and compassionate acts carried out unselfishly by renowned war nursing heroine Mary Seacolefor innumerable wounded soldiers injured on the Crimean War's bloody battlefields; notes her efforts have rightly become part of the nation's schools educational curriculum with further recognition of her contribution shortly to be revealed by the unveiling of a large bronze statue in her memory to be erected in the grounds of St Thomas' Hospital facing the Houses of Parliament; is therefore greatly alarmed by reports that the Secretary of State for Education has announced plans to overhaul the core history content taught to our nation's schoolchildren which won't include the story of her exploits on behalf of others; reminds the Minister that at the age of 50 years she paid her own way to the front to help establish a centre to administer the sick andtended to the wounded on the battlefield throughout the war much of the time under bombardment, brave and caring acts which led to her being little rewarded for all of her distinguished service in the field as she returned to Britain impoverished and had to declare bankruptcy; and believes the nation and its childrenare best served by being reminded of such unselfishness and hopes the Secretary of State will desist in his attempt to undermine her memory.

This motion has been signed by a total of 89 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Alan Meale	15/01/2013	Mansfield	Labour	Proposed
Diane Abbott	15/01/2013	Hackney North and Stoke Newington	Labour	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	15/01/2013	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Jim Shannon	16/01/2013	Strangford	DUP	Seconded
Lady Hermon	16/01/2013	North Down	Independent	Seconded
Kelvin Hopkins	16/01/2013	Luton North	Labour	Seconded
Steve Rotheram	16/01/2013	Liverpool, Walton	Labour	Signed
Virendra Sharma	16/01/2013	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed
Stephen Williams	16/01/2013	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Hugh Bayley	16/01/2013	York Central	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	16/01/2013	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	17/01/2013	Gower	Labour	Signed
George Galloway	17/01/2013	Bradford West	Respect	Signed
John Leech	17/01/2013	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim McGovern	18/01/2013	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	18/01/2013	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Valerie Vaz	21/01/2013	Walsall South	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	21/01/2013	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Gapes	21/01/2013	Ilford South	Labour	Signed
Tony Cunningham	21/01/2013	Workington	Labour	Signed
Sandra Osborne	21/01/2013	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	21/01/2013	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	21/01/2013	Edinburgh North and Leith	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	21/01/2013	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Steve Reed	22/01/2013	Croydon North	Labour	Signed
Mary Glindon	22/01/2013	North Tyneside	Labour	Signed
David Wright	22/01/2013	Telford	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	22/01/2013	Newport West	Labour	Signed
David Lammy	22/01/2013	Tottenham	Labour	Signed
David Simpson	22/01/2013	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Joan Ruddock	22/01/2013	Lewisham, Deptford	Labour	Signed
Ian Lavery	23/01/2013	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Alex Cunningham	23/01/2013	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Keith Vaz	23/01/2013	Leicester East	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	23/01/2013	Birmingham, Hall Green	Labour	Signed
Ann Clwyd	23/01/2013	Cynon Valley	Labour	Signed
George Mudie	23/01/2013	Leeds East	Labour	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	23/01/2013	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Andrew Love	23/01/2013	Edmonton	Labour	Signed
Frank Doran	24/01/2013	Aberdeen North	Labour	Signed
David Ward	24/01/2013	Bradford East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Horwood	25/01/2013	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Percy	28/01/2013	Brigg and Goole	Conservative	Signed
David Anderson	28/01/2013	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	28/01/2013	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Hywel Francis	28/01/2013	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Ian Davidson	28/01/2013	Glasgow South West	Labour	Signed
Gerald Kaufman	28/01/2013	Manchester, Gorton	Labour	Signed
Jimmy Hood	28/01/2013	Lanark and Hamilton East	Labour	Signed
Yasmin Qureshi	29/01/2013	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Roy	29/01/2013	Glenrothes	Labour	Signed
Tim Farron	29/01/2013	Westmorland and Lonsdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Joan Walley	29/01/2013	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Tom Clarke	29/01/2013	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill	Labour	Signed
Albert Owen	29/01/2013	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Dai Havard	29/01/2013	Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney	Labour	Signed
Fiona O'Donnell	30/01/2013	East Lothian	Labour	Signed
Mark Williams	30/01/2013	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Katy Clark	30/01/2013	North Ayrshire and Arran	Labour	Signed
Alan Reid	30/01/2013	Argyll and Bute	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Hywel Williams	31/01/2013	Arfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
John Thurso	31/01/2013	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kevin Barron	31/01/2013	Rother Valley	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	31/01/2013	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Harvey	04/02/2013	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Menzies Campbell	04/02/2013	North East Fife	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Pat Glass	04/02/2013	North West Durham	Labour	Signed
Ian Mearns	05/02/2013	Gateshead	Labour	Signed
Paul Goggins	05/02/2013	Wythenshawe and Sale East	Labour	Signed
Mark Hendrick	05/02/2013	Preston	Labour	Signed
John Robertson	07/02/2013	Glasgow North West	Labour	Signed
Joe Benton	07/02/2013	Bootle	Labour	Signed
Barry Sheerman	11/02/2013	Huddersfield	Labour	Signed
Fabian Hamilton	11/02/2013	Leeds North East	Labour	Signed
Sarah Champion	11/02/2013	Rotherham	Labour	Signed
Grahame Morris	12/02/2013	Easington	Labour	Signed
Nigel Dodds	13/02/2013	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Linda Riordan	14/02/2013	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Tessa Jowell	14/02/2013	Dulwich and West Norwood	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	14/02/2013	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Siobhain McDonagh	25/02/2013	Mitcham and Morden	Labour	Signed
Paul Burstow	25/02/2013	Sutton and Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Hemming	25/02/2013	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sheila Gilmore	26/02/2013	Edinburgh East	Labour	Signed
Caroline Lucas	05/03/2013	Brighton, Pavilion	Green	Signed
Paul Blomfield	06/03/2013	Sheffield Central	Labour	Signed
Roger Williams	07/03/2013	Brecon and Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Natascha Engel	25/03/2013	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Lucy Powell	16/04/2013	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed

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