Early Day Motions

TURNER BEQUEST

EDM (Early Day Motion) 1909: tabled on 28 March 2006

Tabled in the 2005-06 session.

This motion has been signed by 19 Members. It has not yet had any amendments submitted.

As this motion is using historical data, we may not have the record of the original ordering, in which case signatories are listed alphabetically.

Motion text

That this House is concerned that the trustees of the National Gallery continue to disregard JMW Turner's intentions for his first art bequest to the nation with the consequence that they deprive the people of Great Britain of the opportunity to make this bequest a Royal Tribute to HM Queen Elizabeth II on her 80th Birthday as Champion of Humanity's Progress in Peace; and therefore calls on the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport to intervene and require the National Gallery to display properly this crown jewel of Turner's output in time for HM the Queen's Birthday on 21st April and to review and reform the Trustee system of the National Gallery which is unaccountable to the British people who own the art therein.

The first 6 Members who have signed to support the motion are the sponsors. The primary sponsor is generally the person who tabled the motion and has responsibility for it. The date shown is when the Member signed the motion.

Mitchell, Mr Austin
Labour
Signed on 28 March 2006
Great Grimsby
Primary
Dismore, Mr Andrew
Labour
Signed on 29 March 2006
Hendon
Corbyn, Jeremy
Labour
Signed on 29 March 2006
Islington North
Spink, Bob
Conservative
Signed on 29 March 2006
Castle Point
Meale, Mr Alan
Labour
Signed on 30 March 2006
Mansfield
Cryer, Mrs Ann
Labour
Signed on 30 March 2006
Keighley

In addition to the sponsors, the following Members have signed to support the motion.

Anderson, Janet
Labour
Signed on 3 May 2006
Rossendale and Darwen
Campbell, Mr Ronnie
Labour
Signed on 19 April 2006
Blyth Valley
Dodds, Mr Nigel
Democratic Unionist Party
Signed on 24 April 2006
Belfast North
Goodman, Helen
Labour
Signed on 25 April 2006
Bishop Auckland
Hancock, Mr Mike
Liberal Democrat
Signed on 18 April 2006
Portsmouth South
Hemming, John
Liberal Democrat
Signed on 27 April 2006
Birmingham, Yardley
Hopkins, Kelvin
Labour
Signed on 30 March 2006
Luton North
Jenkins, Mr Brian
Labour
Signed on 20 April 2006
Tamworth
Keetch, Mr Paul
Liberal Democrat
Signed on 20 April 2006
Hereford
McDonnell, John
Labour
Signed on 6 November 2006
Hayes and Harlington
Simpson, Alan
Labour
Signed on 18 April 2006
Nottingham South
Wallace, Mr Ben
Conservative
Signed on 24 April 2006
Lancaster and Wyre
Winterton, Sir Nicholas
Conservative
Signed on 19 April 2006
Macclesfield

There are no withdrawn signatures for this motion.