Harold Wilson Centenary In 2016

EDM number 670 in 2015-16, proposed by Barry Sheerman on 09/11/2015.
Categorised under the topics of Art works, Members of Parliament and Ministers.

That this House notes that 11 March 2016 marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Harold Wilson; further notes that Harold Wilson won four general elections, kept the UK out of Vietnam but in NATO and successfully delivered a referendum on the EU; considers that Mr Wilson introduced vast swathes of reforms to the UK's educational and social institutions and deserves to be recognised as one of the 20th Century's great prime ministers; expresses its dismay that Mr Wilson, unlike other great prime ministers, is not honoured with a statue in Westminster; and calls for a full-length statue to be commissioned on the parliamentary estate for next year as part of the centenary celebrations as an appropriate tribute to his life and legacy.

This motion has been signed by a total of 29 MPs.