Transfer Of Responsibilities For Tourism (EDM1869)

Transfer Of Responsibilities For Tourism

EDM number 1869 in 2008-09, proposed by Adrian Sanders on 13/07/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Tourism.

That this House congratulates all those engaged in the British tourist industry for their hard work; notes the potential for the industry to contribute significantly to the recovery of the British economy; further notes with concern recent cuts in the Visit Britain budget; further notes the low priority the Government currently places on the tourist industry; and calls for the Government to increase the Visit Britain budget and either encourage the Department for Culture, Media and Sport to dedicate greater resources to tourism or to transfer responsibility for the sector to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.

This motion has been signed by a total of 33 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Adrian Sanders	13/07/2009	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Mark Hunter	14/07/2009	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Michael Weir	14/07/2009	Angus	Scottish National Party	Seconded
Alan Simpson	14/07/2009	Nottingham South	Labour	Seconded
Jeremy Corbyn	14/07/2009	Islington North	Labour	Seconded
Gregory Campbell	14/07/2009	East Londonderry	DUP	Seconded
Paul Holmes	14/07/2009	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew George	14/07/2009	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Hancock	14/07/2009	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	15/07/2009	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Colin Breed	15/07/2009	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Bottomley	15/07/2009	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Ann Cryer	16/07/2009	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Stephen Williams	16/07/2009	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Jenkins	16/07/2009	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Iris Robinson	16/07/2009	Strangford	DUP	Signed
John Pugh	16/07/2009	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Harvey	16/07/2009	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nigel Dodds	20/07/2009	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
John Thurso	20/07/2009	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lorely Burt	20/07/2009	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Annette Brooke	21/07/2009	Mid Dorset and North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Williams	21/07/2009	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	21/07/2009	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Drew	21/07/2009	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	21/07/2009	Burton	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Moss	21/07/2009	North East Cambridgeshire	Conservative	Signed
Simon Hughes	21/07/2009	North Southwark and Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Angus Robertson	21/07/2009	Moray	Scottish National Party	Signed
Frank Cook	13/10/2009	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	22/10/2009	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Janet Anderson	26/10/2009	Rossendale and Darwen	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	09/11/2009	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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