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Sue Townsend

EDM number 1298 in 2013-14, proposed by Keith Vaz on 28/04/2014.
Categorised under the topics of Art works and Cultural heritage.

That this House is saddened to hear of the death of Sue Townsend; acknowledges her valuable contribution to literature not only in the UK but worldwide; admires her achievement in the sale of over 10 million books translated into around 48 languages worldwide; commends her for her creation of the character Adrian Mole which has come to be ingrained in the country's psyche; recognises the fact that she received an Honorary Master of Arts from Leicester University, was made a Distinguished Honorary Fellow of Leicester University and was awarded the Honorary Freedom of Leicester; and calls on the Government to do all it can to promote creative writing in the UK in honour of Sue Townsend.

This motion has been signed by a total of 19 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Keith Vaz28/04/2014Leicester EastLabourProposed
Alan Meale29/04/2014MansfieldLabourSeconded
Jim Dobbin29/04/2014Heywood and MiddletonLabourSeconded
Kelvin Hopkins29/04/2014Luton NorthLabourSeconded
John McDonnell29/04/2014Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSeconded
Martin Caton29/04/2014GowerLabourSeconded
John Leech29/04/2014Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Nigel Evans30/04/2014Ribble ValleyConservativeSigned
Dennis Skinner30/04/2014BolsoverLabourSigned
Andrew George30/04/2014St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Glenda Jackson01/05/2014Hampstead and KilburnLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn06/05/2014Islington NorthLabourSigned
Lady Hermon06/05/2014North DownIndependentSigned
Virendra Sharma07/05/2014Ealing, SouthallLabourSigned
Jim Shannon07/05/2014StrangfordDUPSigned
Mike Hancock08/05/2014Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Jim McGovern08/05/2014Dundee WestLabourSigned
David Crausby13/05/2014Bolton North EastLabourSigned
Naomi Long13/05/2014Belfast EastAllianceSigned

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