Year Of The Blues (EDM802)

Year Of The Blues

EDM number 802 in 2002-03, proposed by Parmjit Dhanda on 03/03/2003.

That this House welcomes the start of the Year of the Blues on 1st February, which marks 100 years since W.C. Handy, the 'Father of the Blues', first picked up the music in a train station in Mississippi; and looks forward to the 3rd International Gloucester Blues and Heritage Festival between 28th July and 3rd August.

This motion has been signed by a total of 23 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Parmjit Dhanda	03/03/2003	Gloucester	Labour	Proposed
Stephen Pound	04/03/2003	Ealing North	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	04/03/2003	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	04/03/2003	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Graham Stringer	04/03/2003	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Signed
Simon Thomas	04/03/2003	Ceredigion	Plaid Cymru	Signed
John Battle	05/03/2003	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	05/03/2003	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jane Griffiths	05/03/2003	Reading East	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	05/03/2003	Gower	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	05/03/2003	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Paul Keetch	05/03/2003	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Greg Pope	06/03/2003	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	06/03/2003	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour Co-operative	Signed
David Drew	06/03/2003	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Harold Best	06/03/2003	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	12/03/2003	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	14/03/2003	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Rob Marris	18/03/2003	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Paul Marsden	18/03/2003	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	20/03/2003	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	02/04/2003	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Crausby	09/04/2003	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed

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