<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><edm>
<id>18723</id>
<session>1999-00</session>
<number>284</number>
<title>Bournemouth Sinfonietta</title>
<proposer id="10064">Peter Brand</proposer>
<date>2000-01-18</date>
<text>That this House recognizes the vital role played by regional orchestras; believes that the Bournemouth Orchestra's disbanding of the Bournemouth Sinfonietta much diminishes the cultural life of the South and the South-West; and calls on the Department of Culture, Media and Sport to restore access to high-quality music in smaller venues in the South and South-West.</text>
<topics>
</topics>
<signatures>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10064">Peter Brand</mp>
		<date>2000-01-18</date>
		<type>Proposed</type>
		<constituency>Isle of Wight</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10527">Adrian Sanders</mp>
		<date>2000-01-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Torbay</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10101">David Chidgey</mp>
		<date>2000-01-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Eastleigh</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10258">Mike Hancock</mp>
		<date>2000-01-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Portsmouth South</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10612">Paul Tyler</mp>
		<date>2000-01-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North Cornwall</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10497">Syd Rapson</mp>
		<date>2000-01-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Portsmouth North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10196">Ronnie Fearn</mp>
		<date>2000-01-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Southport</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10142">Ann Cryer</mp>
		<date>2000-01-25</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Keighley</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10063">Tom Brake</mp>
		<date>2000-01-27</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Carshalton &amp; Wallington</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10580">Desmond Swayne</mp>
		<date>2000-02-01</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>New Forest West</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10269">David Heath</mp>
		<date>2000-02-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Somerton &amp; Frome</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10383">John McDonnell</mp>
		<date>2000-02-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hayes &amp; Harlington</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10019">David Atkinson</mp>
		<date>2000-02-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bournemouth East</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10659">George Young</mp>
		<date>2000-02-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North West Hampshire</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10615">Peter Viggers</mp>
		<date>2000-02-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Gosport</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10136">Brian Cotter</mp>
		<date>2000-02-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Weston-Super-Mare</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10422">Michael Mates</mp>
		<date>2000-02-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>East Hampshire</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10355">Oliver Letwin</mp>
		<date>2000-02-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>West Dorset</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10358">Julian Lewis</mp>
		<date>2000-02-07</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>New Forest East</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10082">John Butterfill</mp>
		<date>2000-02-07</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bournemouth West</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10620">Robert Walter</mp>
		<date>2000-02-07</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North Dorset</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10582">Robert Syms</mp>
		<date>2000-02-08</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Poole</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10342">Tom King</mp>
		<date>2000-02-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bridgwater</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10015">Paddy Ashdown</mp>
		<date>2000-02-15</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Yeovil</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10240">James Gray</mp>
		<date>2000-02-15</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North Wiltshire</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10541">Alan Simpson</mp>
		<date>2000-03-07</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Nottingham South</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10021">John Austin</mp>
		<date>2000-03-08</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Erith &amp; Thamesmead</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10244">Jane Griffiths</mp>
		<date>2000-03-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Reading East</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10325">Nigel Jones</mp>
		<date>2000-03-14</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Cheltenham</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10301">Andrew Hunter</mp>
		<date>2000-07-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Basingstoke</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10127">Michael Colvin</mp>
		<date></date>
		<type>Withdrawn</type>
		<constituency></constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10649">Audrey Wise</mp>
		<date></date>
		<type>Withdrawn</type>
		<constituency></constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
</signatures>
</edm>
