Distribution Of National Lottery Awards
EDM number 151 in 1996-97, proposed by Harry Barnes on 06/11/1996.
That this House notes that in response to a parliamentary question for written answer by the honourable Member for North East Derbyshire, the Department of National Heritage has supplied a computer disc to the Library which details, by parliamentary constiuency, each National Lottery award made up to 30th September 1996; further notes that a list compiled by the Library from this disc shows the total amounts awarded in each United Kingdom parliamentary constituency listed in descending order with the top award of ú201,480,455 and in 651st place the bottom award of only ú12,000; is dismayed that there is such a massive maldistribution of awards with the bulk of awards being skewed towards a small group of constituencies and to certain parts of the United Kingdom, as illustrated by the fact that the three constituencies in north east Derbyshire all fall within the bottom 10 per cent. of places on the list with North East Derbyshire placed 587th, Bolsover 616th and Chesterfield 628th; further calls upon the Government to take immediate action to ensure that the National Lottery is obliged to correct this disgraceful state of affairs and to operate formulas based on equity and need, subject to regional, county and district democratic input; and regrets that the National Heritage Minister claimed it would be of disproportionate cost - defined as ú450 - to rank the awards per constituency when this operation only cost the Library ú15.
This motion has been signed by a total of 38 MPs.
MP | Date | Constituency | Party | Type |
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Harry Barnes | 06/11/1996 | North East Derbyshire | Proposed | |
Dennis Skinner | 06/11/1996 | Bolsover | Signed | |
Tony Benn | 06/11/1996 | Chesterfield | Signed | |
Lynne Jones | 07/11/1996 | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Signed | |
Alice Mahon | 07/11/1996 | Halifax | Signed | |
Bill Michie | 07/11/1996 | Sheffield, Heeley | Signed | |
Bryan Davies | 07/11/1996 | Oldham Central and Royton | Signed | |
Paul Flynn | 07/11/1996 | Newport West | Signed | |
Norman Godman | 07/11/1996 | Greenock and Port Glasgow | Signed | |
Hugh Bayley | 07/11/1996 | York, City of | Signed | |
Tony Banks | 11/11/1996 | Newham North West | Signed | |
Paddy Tipping | 11/11/1996 | Sherwood | Signed | |
Colin Pickthall | 12/11/1996 | West Lancashire | Signed | |
Audrey Wise | 12/11/1996 | Preston | Signed | |
Andrew Faulds | 12/11/1996 | Warley East | Signed | |
Bill Etherington | 12/11/1996 | Sunderland North | Signed | |
John Cummings | 12/11/1996 | Easington | Signed | |
Michael Connarty | 12/11/1996 | Falkirk East | Signed | |
Robert Parry | 12/11/1996 | Liverpool, Riverside | Signed | |
Eddie Loyden | 13/11/1996 | Liverpool, Garston | Signed | |
Mike Hall | 13/11/1996 | Warrington South | Signed | |
John Gunnell | 13/11/1996 | Leeds South and Morley | Signed | |
Maria Fyfe | 13/11/1996 | Glasgow, Maryhill | Signed | |
Tom Cox | 13/11/1996 | Tooting | Signed | |
Eric Clarke | 13/11/1996 | Midlothian | Signed | |
Michael Clapham | 13/11/1996 | Barnsley West & Penistone | Signed | |
James Callaghan | 13/11/1996 | Heywood & Middleton | Signed | |
Alan Meale | 13/11/1996 | Mansfield | Signed | |
Kevin McNamara | 13/11/1996 | Kingston upon Hull North | Signed | |
Martyn Jones | 14/11/1996 | Clwyd South West | Signed | |
Gerry Steinberg | 19/11/1996 | Durham, City of | Signed | |
Jack Thompson | 20/11/1996 | Wansbeck | Signed | |
Win Griffiths | 21/11/1996 | Bridgend | Signed | |
Eric Illsley | 28/11/1996 | Barnsley Central | Signed | |
Ken Livingstone | 06/12/1996 | Brent East | Signed | |
Mildred Gordon | 16/01/1997 | Bow and Poplar | Signed | |
Jeff Ennis | 23/01/1997 | Barnsley East | Signed | |
Tommy Graham | 05/02/1997 | Renfrew West and Inverclyde | Signed |
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