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BBC Breathing Sculptures And Memorial Poem

EDM number 1804 in 2007-08, proposed by Peter Bottomley on 16/06/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Media and Military operations.

That this House notes with approval the BBC commission by former Westminster political correspondent James Fenton of the poem Memorial remembering the bravery and self-sacrifice made by news journalists and their crews and of the sculpture Breathing by Jaume Plensa dedicated to news journalists killed on location; commends the work of www.newssafety.com and the International News Safety Institute dedicated to the safety of journalists and media staff; remembers that at least 200 media deaths have been recorded from those of Ahmed Hadi Naji, in Iraq and Lan Chengzhang in China in January 2007 to Nasteh Dahir Farah in Somalia and Abdul Samad Rohani in Afghanistan; and commends UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon for attending the inauguration on 16th June 2008.

This motion has been signed by a total of 27 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Peter Bottomley16/06/2008Worthing WestConservativeProposed
Rudi Vis17/06/2008Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSeconded
David Drew17/06/2008StroudLabourSeconded
Lynne Jones17/06/2008Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSeconded
Andrew Dismore17/06/2008HendonLabourSeconded
Andrew George17/06/2008St IvesLiberal DemocratSeconded
Stephen Williams17/06/2008Bristol WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Willie Rennie17/06/2008Dunfermline and West FifeLiberal DemocratSigned
Brian Jenkins18/06/2008TamworthLabourSigned
Dai Davies18/06/2008Blaenau GwentIndependentSigned
Clive Efford19/06/2008ElthamLabourSigned
Vincent Cable19/06/2008TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Alasdair McDonnell19/06/2008Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Kelvin Hopkins19/06/2008Luton NorthLabourSigned
Ann Cryer20/06/2008KeighleyLabourSigned
Nigel Evans23/06/2008Ribble ValleyConservativeSigned
Mark Durkan24/06/2008FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Don Foster24/06/2008BathLiberal DemocratSigned
Hywel Francis24/06/2008AberavonLabourSigned
Janet Anderson24/06/2008Rossendale and DarwenLabourSigned
Lady Hermon25/06/2008North DownUUPSigned
Janet Dean25/06/2008BurtonLabourSigned
John Battle25/06/2008Leeds WestLabourSigned
Eric Illsley26/06/2008Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Alan Simpson02/07/2008Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Bill Etherington02/07/2008Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Jo Swinson22/07/2008East DunbartonshireLiberal DemocratSigned

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