Portable Antiquities Scheme

EDM number 566 in 2007-08, proposed by Tim Loughton on 12/12/2007.

That this House recognises the great contribution of the Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) to transforming the archaeological map of Britain by proactively recording archaeological finds made by the public; celebrates the fact that in 10 years the scheme has recorded on its public database more than 300,000 archaeological finds, which would not have otherwise been reported, for the benefit of all; expresses concern at the likely impact of funding cuts proposed for the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA), following the recent Comprehensive Spending Review, on the PAS; and urges the Government to ensure that the scheme is at least able to maintain its current levels of activity and to consider urgently whether MLA offers the best home for the PAS or whether another body, such as the British Museum, would not be better placed to provide PAS with a long-term sustainable future.

This motion has been signed by a total of 231 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Tim Loughton	12/12/2007	East Worthing & Shoreham	Conservative	Proposed
Mark Fisher	12/12/2007	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Seconded
Edward Vaizey	12/12/2007	Wantage	Conservative	Seconded
Don Foster	12/12/2007	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	12/12/2007	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Daniel Rogerson	12/12/2007	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Paul Holmes	12/12/2007	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Russell	12/12/2007	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Williams	13/12/2007	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Philip Davies	13/12/2007	Shipley	Conservative	Signed
Nicholas Winterton	13/12/2007	Macclesfield	Conservative	Signed
Ann Winterton	13/12/2007	Congleton	Conservative	Signed
David Taylor	13/12/2007	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	13/12/2007	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	13/12/2007	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	13/12/2007	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Moss	13/12/2007	North East Cambridgeshire	Conservative	Signed
John Pugh	13/12/2007	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Heyes	13/12/2007	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	13/12/2007	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	13/12/2007	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	13/12/2007	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Robert Key	13/12/2007	Salisbury	Conservative	Signed
John Baron	17/12/2007	Billericay	Conservative	Signed
Alan Beith	17/12/2007	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tim Boswell	17/12/2007	Daventry	Conservative	Signed
Nigel Waterson	17/12/2007	Eastbourne	Conservative	Signed
Angela Watkinson	17/12/2007	Upminster	Conservative	Signed
Steve Webb	17/12/2007	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Betty Williams	17/12/2007	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Roger Williams	17/12/2007	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Crabb	17/12/2007	Preseli Pembrokeshire	Conservative	Signed
Mark Harper	17/12/2007	Forest of Dean	Conservative	Signed
Nick Hurd	17/12/2007	Ruislip - Northwood	Conservative	Signed
Maria Miller	17/12/2007	Basingstoke	Conservative	Signed
Paul Rowen	17/12/2007	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Norman Baker	17/12/2007	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
James Gray	17/12/2007	North Wiltshire	Conservative	Signed
Ian Gibson	17/12/2007	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Andrew Selous	17/12/2007	South West Bedfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Clare Short	17/12/2007	Birmingham, Ladywood	Independent Labour	Signed
Bob Spink	17/12/2007	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	17/12/2007	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	17/12/2007	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
David Laws	17/12/2007	Yeovil	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gordon Marsden	17/12/2007	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Mark Oaten	17/12/2007	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Graham Brady	17/12/2007	Altrincham & Sale West	Conservative	Signed
Colin Breed	17/12/2007	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Clwyd	17/12/2007	Cynon Valley	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	17/12/2007	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Michael Fallon	17/12/2007	Sevenoaks	Conservative	Signed
Mike Hancock	18/12/2007	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Ancram	18/12/2007	Devizes	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Stunell	18/12/2007	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Phil Willis	18/12/2007	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nadine Dorries	18/12/2007	Mid Bedfordshire	Conservative	Signed
David Jones	18/12/2007	Clwyd West	Conservative	Signed
Virendra Sharma	18/12/2007	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed
Liam Fox	18/12/2007	Woodspring	Conservative	Signed
Martin Caton	18/12/2007	Gower	Labour	Signed
Gordon Prentice	18/12/2007	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Adrian Sanders	18/12/2007	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Phyllis Starkey	18/12/2007	Milton Keynes South West	Labour	Signed
Charles Hendry	18/12/2007	Wealden	Conservative	Signed
John Horam	18/12/2007	Orpington	Conservative	Signed
Charles Kennedy	18/12/2007	Ross, Skye & Lochaber	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	18/12/2007	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Greg Clark	07/01/2008	Tunbridge Wells	Conservative	Signed
Richard Benyon	07/01/2008	Newbury	Conservative	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	07/01/2008	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tim Yeo	07/01/2008	South Suffolk	Conservative	Signed
Robert Walter	07/01/2008	North Dorset	Conservative	Signed
Ben Wallace	07/01/2008	Lancaster & Wyre	Conservative	Signed
Adam Holloway	07/01/2008	Gravesham	Conservative	Signed
Philip Dunne	07/01/2008	Ludlow	Conservative	Signed
Stephen Hammond	07/01/2008	Wimbledon	Conservative	Signed
Daniel Kawczynski	07/01/2008	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Conservative	Signed
David Howarth	07/01/2008	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Graham Stuart	07/01/2008	Beverley & Holderness	Conservative	Signed
Jennifer Willott	07/01/2008	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Hunter	07/01/2008	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Neill	07/01/2008	Bromley & Chislehurst	Conservative	Signed
Matthew Taylor	07/01/2008	Truro & St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Berry	07/01/2008	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Hugh Bayley	07/01/2008	York, City of	Labour	Signed
Keith Simpson	07/01/2008	Mid Norfolk	Conservative	Signed
John Stanley	07/01/2008	Tonbridge & Malling	Conservative	Signed
Kate Hoey	07/01/2008	Vauxhall	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	07/01/2008	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Luff	07/01/2008	Mid Worcestershire	Conservative	Signed
Tom Brake	07/01/2008	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Burstow	07/01/2008	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Butterfill	07/01/2008	Bournemouth West	Conservative	Signed
Janet Dean	07/01/2008	Burton	Labour	Signed
Tony Baldry	07/01/2008	Banbury	Conservative	Signed
Fabian Hamilton	07/01/2008	Leeds North East	Labour	Signed
Patrick Hall	07/01/2008	Bedford	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	07/01/2008	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Durkan	07/01/2008	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Frank Dobson	07/01/2008	Holborn & St Pancras	Labour	Signed
Dai Davies	08/01/2008	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
John Leech	08/01/2008	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Widdecombe	08/01/2008	Maidstone & The Weald	Conservative	Signed
Gavin Strang	08/01/2008	Edinburgh East	Labour	Signed
Howard Stoate	08/01/2008	Dartford	Labour	Signed
Crispin Blunt	08/01/2008	Reigate	Conservative	Signed
Joan Humble	08/01/2008	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Laurence Robertson	08/01/2008	Tewkesbury	Conservative	Signed
Peter Soulsby	09/01/2008	Leicester South	Labour	Signed
Lynne Featherstone	09/01/2008	Hornsey & Wood Green	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tim Farron	09/01/2008	Westmorland & Lonsdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tobias Ellwood	09/01/2008	Bournemouth East	Conservative	Signed
Rudi Vis	09/01/2008	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Christopher Fraser	09/01/2008	South West Norfolk	Conservative	Signed
Doug Naysmith	09/01/2008	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
Andrew Murrison	09/01/2008	Westbury	Conservative	Signed
Willie Rennie	10/01/2008	Dunfermline & Fife West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Todd	10/01/2008	South Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Stephen Dorrell	10/01/2008	Charnwood	Conservative	Signed
Desmond Turner	14/01/2008	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
John Gummer	14/01/2008	Suffolk Coastal	Conservative	Signed
Claire Curtis-Thomas	14/01/2008	Crosby	Labour	Signed
Denis Murphy	14/01/2008	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Michael Mates	14/01/2008	East Hampshire	Conservative	Signed
Christopher Huhne	14/01/2008	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Heath	14/01/2008	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Bercow	15/01/2008	Buckingham	Conservative	Signed
Richard Ottaway	15/01/2008	Croydon South	Conservative	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	15/01/2008	Dover	Labour	Signed
Hugo Swire	16/01/2008	East Devon	Conservative	Signed
Edward Garnier	16/01/2008	Harborough	Conservative	Signed
Oliver Letwin	16/01/2008	West Dorset	Conservative	Signed
Norman Lamb	16/01/2008	North Norfolk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jacqui Lait	16/01/2008	Beckenham	Conservative	Signed
Martin Horwood	17/01/2008	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Hemming	17/01/2008	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	17/01/2008	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Louise Ellman	17/01/2008	Liverpool, Riverside	Labour	Signed
Lembit	17/01/2008	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Julian Lewis	17/01/2008	New Forest East	Conservative	Signed
Peter Kilfoyle	17/01/2008	Liverpool, Walton	Labour	Signed
Fraser Kemp	17/01/2008	Houghton & Washington East	Labour	Signed
Nicholas Soames	17/01/2008	Mid Sussex	Conservative	Signed
Keith Vaz	21/01/2008	Leicester East	Labour	Signed
Peter Lilley	21/01/2008	Hitchin & Harpenden	Conservative	Signed
John Heppell	21/01/2008	Nottingham East	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	21/01/2008	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Brian Binley	22/01/2008	Northampton South	Conservative	Signed
Ian Taylor	22/01/2008	Esher & Walton	Conservative	Signed
Frank Field	22/01/2008	Birkenhead	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	22/01/2008	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Laura Moffatt	22/01/2008	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Patrick Mercer	22/01/2008	Newark	Conservative	Signed
David Heathcoat-Amory	22/01/2008	Wells	Conservative	Signed
Michael Spicer	23/01/2008	West Worcestershire	Conservative	Signed
Chris McCafferty	23/01/2008	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Michael Meacher	23/01/2008	Oldham West & Royton	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	24/01/2008	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Sandra Gidley	24/01/2008	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Lansley	25/01/2008	South Cambridgeshire	Conservative	Signed
Sally Keeble	25/01/2008	Northampton North	Labour	Signed
John Maples	28/01/2008	Stratford-on-Avon	Conservative	Signed
Richard Taylor	28/01/2008	Wyre Forest	Independent	Signed
Nick Herbert	28/01/2008	Arundel & South Downs	Conservative	Signed
Mark Lancaster	29/01/2008	North East Milton Keynes	Conservative	Signed
Dari Taylor	29/01/2008	Stockton South	Labour	Signed
Linda Gilroy	29/01/2008	Plymouth, Sutton	Labour	Signed
David Drew	29/01/2008	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Elliot Morley	29/01/2008	Scunthorpe	Labour	Signed
Bob Laxton	29/01/2008	Derby North	Labour	Signed
Anne Main	30/01/2008	St Albans	Conservative	Signed
Susan Kramer	30/01/2008	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Julia Goldsworthy	30/01/2008	Falmouth & Camborne	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gary Streeter	30/01/2008	South West Devon	Conservative	Signed
John Grogan	30/01/2008	Selby	Labour	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	30/01/2008	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
David Maclean	30/01/2008	Penrith & The Border	Conservative	Signed
Michael Howard	30/01/2008	Folkestone & Hythe	Conservative	Signed
Geraldine Smith	30/01/2008	Morecambe & Lunesdale	Labour	Signed
Lorely Burt	31/01/2008	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Tredinnick	31/01/2008	Bosworth	Conservative	Signed
Jim Dobbin	31/01/2008	Heywood & Middleton	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	31/01/2008	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Shona McIsaac	31/01/2008	Cleethorpes	Labour	Signed
Dai Havard	31/01/2008	Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney	Labour	Signed
Alan Keen	01/02/2008	Feltham & Heston	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	04/02/2008	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Adrian Bailey	04/02/2008	West Bromwich West	Labour	Signed
John Penrose	05/02/2008	Weston-Super-Mare	Conservative	Signed
Greg Mulholland	05/02/2008	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eric Illsley	05/02/2008	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Martin Salter	05/02/2008	Reading West	Labour	Signed
Richard Shepherd	06/02/2008	Aldridge-Brownhills	Conservative	Signed
Menzies Campbell	06/02/2008	Fife North East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	06/02/2008	Hastings & Rye	Labour	Signed
Mark Williams	07/02/2008	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Damian Green	07/02/2008	Ashford	Conservative	Signed
Nick Harvey	07/02/2008	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Wood	18/02/2008	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Hywel Williams	18/02/2008	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
John Thurso	18/02/2008	Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Farrelly	18/02/2008	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	18/02/2008	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Julie Kirkbride	18/02/2008	Bromsgrove	Conservative	Signed
Eddie McGrady	19/02/2008	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Linda Riordan	19/02/2008	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Peter Robinson	20/02/2008	Belfast East	DUP	Signed
Joan Walley	21/02/2008	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Ian Cawsey	22/02/2008	Brigg & Goole	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	22/02/2008	North Down	UUP	Signed
John Whittingdale	25/02/2008	Maldon & East Chelmsford	Conservative	Signed
Eric Martlew	26/02/2008	Carlisle	Labour	Signed
Austin Mitchell	26/02/2008	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Jo Swinson	27/02/2008	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Henry Bellingham	04/03/2008	North West Norfolk	Conservative	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	04/03/2008	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Sammy Wilson	06/03/2008	East Antrim	DUP	Signed
Justine Greening	07/03/2008	Putney	Conservative	Signed
Edward Leigh	10/03/2008	Gainsborough	Conservative	Signed
Peter Atkinson	10/03/2008	Hexham	Conservative	Signed
William McCrea	21/04/2008	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Jeremy Browne	24/04/2008	Taunton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	30/04/2008	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	19/05/2008	Glasgow Central	Labour	Signed
Clive Efford	20/05/2008	Eltham	Labour	Signed
David Chaytor	27/10/2008	Bury North	Labour	Signed
John Barrett	04/11/2008	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John McDonnell	25/11/2008	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Gwyneth Dunwoody	Unknown			Withdrawn
Jon Trickett	Unknown			Withdrawn

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