Film Council (EDM1242)

Film Council

EDM number 1242 in 2001-02, proposed by HELEN CLARK on 07/05/2002.

That this House congratulates Gurinder Chadha, the writer, director and producer of Bend it Like Beckham for her insightful and amusing film on modern British life; congratulates Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightley and all of the cast for their enjoyable and positive portrayal of young British women; welcomes the Film Council's support for Bend it Like Beckham; notes that the film took over Ãº2 million at its first weekend, making it one of the most successful British funded films ever; welcomes the benefits which Britain's film industry adds to the economic, social and cultural well-being of the United Kingdom; and believes that all honourable Members should take the opportunity to see the film.

This motion has been signed by a total of 29 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Helen Clark	07/05/2002	Peterborough	Labour	Proposed
Alice Mahon	07/05/2002	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	08/05/2002	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ashok Kumar	08/05/2002	Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	08/05/2002	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jane Griffiths	08/05/2002	Reading East	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	09/05/2002	North Down	UUP	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	09/05/2002	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Russell Brown	09/05/2002	Dumfries	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	09/05/2002	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Matthew Green	10/05/2002	Ludlow	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	10/05/2002	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	10/05/2002	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	10/05/2002	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	10/05/2002	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Anne Begg	13/05/2002	Aberdeen South	Labour	Signed
Harold Best	13/05/2002	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
John Barrett	14/05/2002	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	14/05/2002	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	14/05/2002	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	14/05/2002	Gower	Labour	Signed
David Stewart	16/05/2002	Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	16/05/2002	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Syd Rapson	20/05/2002	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Piara S Khabra	20/05/2002	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed
Rob Marris	21/05/2002	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Lembit	21/05/2002	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
George Galloway	10/06/2002	Glasgow, Kelvin	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	02/07/2002	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed

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