OPEN UNIVERSITY'S BEAGLE 2 PROJECT (EDM290)

OPEN UNIVERSITY'S BEAGLE 2 PROJECT

EDM number 290 in 2003-04, proposed by Brian White on 15/12/2003.

That this House congratulates the research team at The Open University led by Professor Colin Pillinger for their outstanding work on the Beagle 2 project which is scheduled to touch down on Mars on Christmas Day; notes that because this work was conducted in an open access institution, the research underpinning this project will bring benefit to far more students from a wider spectrum of backgrounds and in far quicker time than if it was conducted in a traditional selective-entry university; and calls on the Government to ensure that the special nature of The Open University and the unique access to excellence it provides should be recognised when considering research funding allocation in the future.

This motion has been signed by a total of 82 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Brian White	15/12/2003	North East Milton Keynes	Labour	Proposed
Vera Baird	15/12/2003	Redcar	Labour	Signed
David Wright	15/12/2003	Telford	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	15/12/2003	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	15/12/2003	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Simon Thomas	15/12/2003	Ceredigion	Plaid Cymru	Signed
David Taylor	15/12/2003	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
John Grogan	15/12/2003	Selby	Labour	Signed
Richard Allan	15/12/2003	Sheffield, Hallam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jane Griffiths	15/12/2003	Reading East	Labour	Signed
Mike Gapes	15/12/2003	Ilford South	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Paul Flynn	15/12/2003	Newport West	Labour	Signed
David Drew	15/12/2003	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Hilton Dawson	15/12/2003	Lancaster & Wyre	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	15/12/2003	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Pound	15/12/2003	Ealing North	Labour	Signed
Gordon Prentice	15/12/2003	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	15/12/2003	Dover	Labour	Signed
Syd Rapson	15/12/2003	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Savidge	15/12/2003	Aberdeen North	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	15/12/2003	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	15/12/2003	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Colin Burgon	15/12/2003	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Kevin Brennan	15/12/2003	Cardiff West	Labour	Signed
John Mann	15/12/2003	Bassetlaw	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	15/12/2003	Chorley	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	15/12/2003	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour Co-operative	Signed
David Chaytor	16/12/2003	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	16/12/2003	Islington North	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	16/12/2003	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	16/12/2003	Burton	Labour	Signed
Huw Edwards	16/12/2003	Monmouth	Labour	Signed
Paul Farrelly	16/12/2003	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
Hywel Francis	16/12/2003	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	16/12/2003	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian Gibson	16/12/2003	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	16/12/2003	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Adrian Bailey	16/12/2003	West Bromwich West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Harry Barnes	16/12/2003	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	16/12/2003	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Graham Stringer	16/12/2003	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Signed
Derek Wyatt	16/12/2003	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	16/12/2003	Gower	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	16/12/2003	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Geraldine Smith	16/12/2003	Morecambe & Lunesdale	Labour	Signed
Bob Spink	16/12/2003	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
Dai Havard	16/12/2003	Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	16/12/2003	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Helen Jones	16/12/2003	Warrington North	Labour	Signed
Kevan Jones	16/12/2003	North Durham	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	16/12/2003	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	16/12/2003	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ashok Kumar	16/12/2003	Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland	Labour	Signed
Eric Martlew	16/12/2003	Carlisle	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	16/12/2003	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
John McWilliam	16/12/2003	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Lembit	16/12/2003	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Battle	17/12/2003	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Michael Fabricant	17/12/2003	Lichfield	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Dismore	17/12/2003	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Tony Colman	17/12/2003	Putney	Labour	Signed
Terry Lewis	17/12/2003	Worsley	Labour	Signed
Robert Key	17/12/2003	Salisbury	Conservative	Signed
Martin Smyth	17/12/2003	Belfast South	Independent Ulster Unionist	Signed
John McDonnell	17/12/2003	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Valerie Davey	18/12/2003	Bristol West	Labour	Signed
Jon Trickett	18/12/2003	Hemsworth	Labour	Signed
Clive Efford	18/12/2003	Eltham	Labour	Signed
Sue Doughty	18/12/2003	Guildford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tony Clarke	18/12/2003	Northampton South	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	18/12/2003	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Rob Marris	18/12/2003	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	18/12/2003	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Llew Smith	18/12/2003	Blaenau Gwent	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	18/12/2003	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Andrew Rosindell	05/01/2004	Romford	Conservative	Signed
Sandra Gidley	05/01/2004	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Keith Vaz	05/01/2004	Leicester East	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	05/01/2004	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Patsy Calton	13/01/2004	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Barrett	13/01/2004	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	19/01/2004	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed

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