Jazz On A Shoestring

EDM number 508 in 1994-95, proposed by Ken Purchase on 30/01/1995.

That this House congratulates Jazz Services on its campaign, Jazz on a Shoestring, supported by leading British jazz musicians, aimed at informing the Arts Council that over 3,000,000 people in Britain enjoy world class British Jazz and that the audience for British jazz has grown by 20 per cent. over the past decade; draws a comparison with the measly subsidy of eight-and-a-half pence per person attending a jazz concert to the millions of pounds given to subsidise opera and symphony concerts; and calls on the Arts Council to recognise the enormous contribution to both enjoyment and national culture made by the many existing and aspiring British jazz musicians by substantially increasing financial support.

This motion has been signed by a total of 96 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.