Aravind Adiga, Winner Of The 2008 Man Booker Prize (EDM2291)

Aravind Adiga, Winner Of The 2008 Man Booker Prize

EDM number 2291 in 2007-08, proposed by Keith Vaz on 20/10/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Art works and Arts.

That this House congratulates the 2008 Man Booker Prize winner Aravind Adiga for his winning novel, The White Tiger; recognises he is the fifth Indian author to win this honour; and hopes this achievement will inspire other young authors in the UK and abroad to produce world class literature.

This motion has been signed by a total of 31 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Keith Vaz	20/10/2008	Leicester East	Labour	Proposed
Andrew Dismore	21/10/2008	Hendon	Labour	Seconded
Mike Hancock	21/10/2008	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Martin Caton	21/10/2008	Gower	Labour	Seconded
Jeremy Corbyn	21/10/2008	Islington North	Labour	Seconded
Rudi Vis	21/10/2008	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Seconded
Alan Meale	21/10/2008	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Sandra Osborne	21/10/2008	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock	Labour	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	22/10/2008	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	22/10/2008	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Ian Gibson	22/10/2008	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Jim Devine	22/10/2008	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	23/10/2008	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	27/10/2008	Luton North	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	28/10/2008	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed
John Leech	28/10/2008	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	28/10/2008	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	29/10/2008	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Phil Willis	29/10/2008	Harrogate and Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jo Swinson	29/10/2008	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Simon Hughes	30/10/2008	North Southwark and Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	30/10/2008	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Bill Etherington	30/10/2008	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
John Battle	30/10/2008	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Denis Murphy	03/11/2008	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	03/11/2008	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Virendra Sharma	03/11/2008	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	04/11/2008	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Harry Cohen	06/11/2008	Leyton and Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Andrew Pelling	10/11/2008	Croydon Central	Independent	Signed
Mark Williams	13/11/2008	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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