National Arts Day

EDM number 403 in 2000-01, proposed by Austin Mitchell on 06/03/2001.

That this House welcomes the proposal to celebrate a UK National Arts Day on Midsummer Day, 24th June, as an exciting opportunity to draw attention to artistic activity across the UK; believes that in the age of globalisation such an annual day of celebration will give wider publicity to the cultural achievements of the individuals and communities of the nations which make up the UK; considers that the arts reflect each country's traditions, value and multicultural way of life and have earned the admiration of the world as well as being a potent antidote to violence, hopelessness, social division and alienation; further believes that a National Arts Day would demonstrate that the arts belong not on the periphery of daily life but at its centre where they can contribute significantly to the well-being and quality of life of each of the nations of the UK; welcomes direct involvement from honourable Members in this cross party proposal, endorsed by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which is designed to promote the arts at a local level; and believes it is worthy of the widest possible public support.

This motion has been signed by a total of 142 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Austin Mitchell	06/03/2001	Great Grimsby	Labour	Proposed
Robert Maclennan	06/03/2001	Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Patrick Cormack	06/03/2001	South Staffordshire	Conservative	Signed
Virginia Bottomley	06/03/2001	South West Surrey	Conservative	Signed
Dafydd Wigley	06/03/2001	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Norman Godman	07/03/2001	Greenock & Inverclyde	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	07/03/2001	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Bottomley	07/03/2001	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Derek Wyatt	07/03/2001	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	07/03/2001	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Frank Cook	07/03/2001	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Bill Michie	07/03/2001	Sheffield, Heeley	Labour	Signed
Ashok Kumar	07/03/2001	Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	07/03/2001	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	07/03/2001	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Ann Winterton	08/03/2001	Congleton	Conservative	Signed
Harry Barnes	08/03/2001	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	08/03/2001	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Huw Edwards	08/03/2001	Monmouth	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	08/03/2001	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	08/03/2001	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kevin McNamara	09/03/2001	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	12/03/2001	Conwy	Labour	Signed
John Cryer	12/03/2001	Hornchurch	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	12/03/2001	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	13/03/2001	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Harold Best	13/03/2001	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Win Griffiths	13/03/2001	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Donald Gorrie	13/03/2001	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	13/03/2001	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
David Drew	13/03/2001	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Russell Brown	13/03/2001	Dumfries	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	13/03/2001	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Nigel Jones	13/03/2001	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Barry Jones	13/03/2001	Alyn & Deeside	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	13/03/2001	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian White	14/03/2001	North East Milton Keynes	Labour	Signed
Roy Beggs	14/03/2001	East Antrim	UUP	Signed
Gordon Marsden	14/03/2001	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	15/03/2001	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	15/03/2001	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John McWilliam	15/03/2001	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Ian Davidson	15/03/2001	Glasgow, Pollok	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Paul Tyler	15/03/2001	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Donald Anderson	16/03/2001	Swansea East	Labour	Signed
Robert Sheldon	16/03/2001	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Neil Turner	19/03/2001	Wigan	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	19/03/2001	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Clark	19/03/2001	South Shields	Labour	Signed
Peter Bradley	19/03/2001	Wrekin, The	Labour	Signed
Lembit	19/03/2001	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Laura Moffatt	19/03/2001	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Tim Loughton	19/03/2001	East Worthing & Shoreham	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Rowe	19/03/2001	Faversham & Mid Kent	Conservative	Signed
Marion Roe	19/03/2001	Broxbourne	Conservative	Signed
Janet Dean	20/03/2001	Burton	Labour	Signed
Barbara Follett	20/03/2001	Stevenage	Labour	Signed
Maria Fyfe	20/03/2001	Glasgow, Maryhill	Labour	Signed
John Gunnell	20/03/2001	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Ian Taylor	20/03/2001	Esher & Walton	Conservative	Signed
Nicholas Winterton	20/03/2001	Macclesfield	Conservative	Signed
Martin Caton	20/03/2001	Gower	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	20/03/2001	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Miller	20/03/2001	Ellesmere Port & Neston	Labour	Signed
Syd Rapson	20/03/2001	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	20/03/2001	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	20/03/2001	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Fraser Kemp	20/03/2001	Houghton & Washington East	Labour	Signed
David Lammy	20/03/2001	Tottenham	Labour	Signed
Michael Mates	20/03/2001	East Hampshire	Conservative	Signed
Cecil Walker	21/03/2001	Belfast North	UUP	Signed
Alan Beith	21/03/2001	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Norman Baker	21/03/2001	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bruce George	21/03/2001	Walsall South	Labour	Signed
Don Foster	21/03/2001	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ronnie Fearn	21/03/2001	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeff Ennis	21/03/2001	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
Terry Davis	21/03/2001	Birmingham, Hodge Hill	Labour	Signed
Menzies Campbell	21/03/2001	Fife North East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Christine Butler	21/03/2001	Castle Point	Labour	Signed
Ken Livingstone	21/03/2001	Brent East	Independent	Signed
Edward Leigh	21/03/2001	Gainsborough	Conservative	Signed
Mark Todd	22/03/2001	South Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Teddy Taylor	22/03/2001	Rochford & Southend East	Conservative	Signed
Tony Benn	22/03/2001	Chesterfield	Labour	Signed
Brian Cotter	22/03/2001	Weston-Super-Mare	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Christine Russell	22/03/2001	Chester, City of	Labour	Signed
Phil Woolas	23/03/2001	Oldham East & Saddleworth	Labour	Signed
Howard Stoate	23/03/2001	Dartford	Labour	Signed
Linda Gilroy	23/03/2001	Plymouth, Sutton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Howard Flight	23/03/2001	Arundel & South Downs	Conservative	Signed
Harry Cohen	23/03/2001	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Roger Casale	23/03/2001	Wimbledon	Labour	Signed
Bill Olner	23/03/2001	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Martin Linton	23/03/2001	Battersea	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	23/03/2001	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Debra Shipley	23/03/2001	Stourbridge	Labour	Signed
Charlotte Atkins	26/03/2001	Staffordshire Moorlands	Labour	Signed
Claire Curtis-Thomas	26/03/2001	Crosby	Labour	Signed
Diana Organ	26/03/2001	Forest of Dean	Labour	Signed
Stephen O'Brien	26/03/2001	Eddisbury	Conservative	Signed
Mike Wood	27/03/2001	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Bill Tynan	27/03/2001	Hamilton South	Labour	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	27/03/2001	Lagan Valley	UUP	Signed
Judith Church	27/03/2001	Dagenham	Labour	Signed
Geoffrey Robinson	27/03/2001	Coventry North West	Labour	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	27/03/2001	Dover	Labour	Signed
Mike Gapes	28/03/2001	Ilford South	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Tam Dalyell	28/03/2001	Linlithgow	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	28/03/2001	Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	28/03/2001	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Stephen Ladyman	28/03/2001	South Thanet	Labour	Signed
Ted Rowlands	28/03/2001	Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney	Labour	Signed
David Rendel	28/03/2001	Newbury	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Trend	29/03/2001	Windsor	Conservative	Signed
David Stewart	29/03/2001	Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber	Labour	Signed
Anne Begg	29/03/2001	Aberdeen South	Labour	Signed
Alan Campbell	29/03/2001	Tynemouth	Labour	Signed
Richard Livsey	29/03/2001	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Joan Humble	29/03/2001	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Peter Snape	29/03/2001	West Bromwich East	Labour	Signed
Martin Smyth	29/03/2001	Belfast South	UUP	Signed
Angela Smith	30/03/2001	Basildon	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Gordon Prentice	02/04/2001	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Allan Rogers	02/04/2001	Rhondda	Labour	Signed
Calum MacDonald	02/04/2001	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Labour	Signed
Ian Stewart	03/04/2001	Eccles	Labour	Signed
Gwyneth Dunwoody	03/04/2001	Crewe & Nantwich	Labour	Signed
Lawrie Quinn	03/04/2001	Scarborough & Whitby	Labour	Signed
Valerie Davey	04/04/2001	Bristol West	Labour	Signed
Tony Banks	05/04/2001	West Ham	Labour	Signed
Sandra Gidley	05/04/2001	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Clwyd	05/04/2001	Cynon Valley	Labour	Signed
Tom Clarke	05/04/2001	Coatbridge & Chryston	Labour	Signed
David Chaytor	05/04/2001	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Phil Sawford	05/04/2001	Kettering	Labour	Signed
Geraint Davies	06/04/2001	Croydon Central	Labour	Signed
David Amess	09/04/2001	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
Martin O'Neill	25/04/2001	Ochil	Labour	Signed
John Austin	02/05/2001	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Barry Sheerman	03/05/2001	Huddersfield	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Simon Hughes	10/05/2001	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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