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BICENTENARY OF JOHN DALTON'S LECTURE ON THE ATOMIC THEORY TO THE MANCHESTER LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY

EDM number 1718 in 2002-03, proposed by Brian Iddon on 18/09/2003.

That this House records the 200th Anniversary of John Dalton's greatest achievement which was his Atomic Theory; notes that this first established clear and quantitative principles to determine the composition of all materials; further notes that his scientific theory was first advanced in an historic address to the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society in 1803; further notes that Dalton's scientific theory marked the end of alchemy and laid 'the great foundation stone of chemical science'; notes that the scientific understanding provided by Dalton paved the way for the discovery and development in the 19th century of the Periodic Table; further notes that chemists still specify the mass of a molecule in 'Daltons' as a unit of measurement; further notes the various events being held to commemorate Dalton's Atomic Theory and the variety of organisations supporting the Dalton Bicentenary including the Royal Society of Chemistry, UMIST, Manchester United FC, the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society, and Manchester City Council; further notes the plaque of John Dalton which will be unveiled on 14th October by the Lord Mayor of Manchester; and further notes the unrivalled contribution that the study of chemistry and the chemical sciences have made and continue to make to our understanding of nature, to the quality of life, and to the knowledge economy of the 21st century.

This motion has been signed by a total of 41 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Brian Iddon18/09/2003Bolton South EastLabourProposed
David Chaytor18/09/2003Bury NorthLabourSigned
Betty Williams18/09/2003ConwyLabourSigned
Robert Wareing18/09/2003Liverpool, West DerbyLabourSigned
Neil Turner18/09/2003WiganLabourSigned
Desmond Turner18/09/2003Brighton, KemptownLabourSigned
Graham Stringer18/09/2003Manchester, BlackleyLabourSigned
Ian Gibson18/09/2003Norwich NorthLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin18/09/2003Heywood & MiddletonLabour Co-operativeSigned
Claire Curtis-Thomas18/09/2003CrosbyLabourSigned
Anne Campbell18/09/2003CambridgeLabourSigned
Andy Burnham18/09/2003LeighLabourSigned
Tony McWalter18/09/2003Hemel HempsteadLabour Co-operativeSigned
Tony Lloyd18/09/2003Manchester CentralLabourSigned
Tom Levitt18/09/2003High PeakLabourSigned
Ashok Kumar18/09/2003Middlesbrough South & East ClevelandLabourSigned
David Kidney18/09/2003StaffordLabourSigned
Gerald Kaufman18/09/2003Manchester, GortonLabourSigned
Joan Humble18/09/2003Blackpool North & FleetwoodLabourSigned
Kevin McNamara14/10/2003Kingston upon Hull NorthLabourSigned
Rudi Vis14/10/2003Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
Lynne Jones14/10/2003Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Terry Davis14/10/2003Birmingham, Hodge HillLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins15/10/2003Luton NorthLabourSigned
Keith Bradley15/10/2003Manchester, WithingtonLabourSigned
Martin Caton15/10/2003GowerLabourSigned
Ann Cryer15/10/2003KeighleyLabourSigned
Peter Bottomley15/10/2003Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Jenny Tonge15/10/2003Richmond ParkLiberal DemocratSigned
Eric Illsley16/10/2003Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Vincent Cable16/10/2003TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Lindsay Hoyle20/10/2003ChorleyLabourSigned
Derek Wyatt20/10/2003Sittingbourne & SheppeyLabourSigned
Nigel Beard20/10/2003Bexleyheath & CrayfordLabourSigned
Patsy Calton20/10/2003CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Keetch20/10/2003HerefordLiberal DemocratSigned
Rob Marris21/10/2003Wolverhampton South WestLabourSigned
Andrew George23/10/2003St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Bill Etherington30/10/2003Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Alan Simpson03/11/2003Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Nigel Jones03/11/2003CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned

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