Pipe Organs
EDM number 1827 in 2005-06, proposed by Tony Baldry on 16/03/2006.
That this House is concerned at the threat to church pipe organs from the EU Directive on the Restriction of Hazardous Substances which will ban the use of lead in pipe organs and as from July will make it illegal to build new organ pipes or to move old ones from one church to another unless they are blown by hand; believes that such a ban will have a serious impact on England's cultural and liturgical life and will mean an end to English organ building; and calls on the Government to negotiate with the European Commission to find a way to protect traditional pipe organs for cathedrals, concert halls, colleges and churches.
This motion has been signed by a total of 78 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.
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