Harold Pinter (EDM476)

Harold Pinter

EDM number 476 in 2008-09, proposed by Diane Abbott on 15/01/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Arts.

That this House mourns the death of Nobel prize-winning playwright Harold Pinter on Christmas Eve; notes that he was Hackney born and bred; extends its sympathy to his widow, Lady Antonia Fraser, friends and family; recognises his immense contribution as a playwright, author, actor, screenplay writer and political thinker; and calls on the Government to do all it can to support the campaign by local residents to restore the cinema on Lower Clapton Road in Hackney in honour of this illustrious Hackney resident.

This motion has been signed by a total of 32 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Diane Abbott	15/01/2009	Hackney North and Stoke Newington	Labour	Proposed
Glenda Jackson	19/01/2009	Hampstead and Highgate	Labour	Seconded
Jeremy Corbyn	19/01/2009	Islington North	Labour	Seconded
Andrew Dismore	19/01/2009	Hendon	Labour	Seconded
Mike Hancock	19/01/2009	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Gordon Prentice	19/01/2009	Pendle	Labour	Seconded
Lynne Jones	19/01/2009	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	19/01/2009	Liverpool, West Derby	Independent	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	20/01/2009	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	20/01/2009	Gower	Labour	Signed
Mark Fisher	20/01/2009	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Signed
Jim Devine	20/01/2009	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Dai Davies	20/01/2009	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
Nigel Evans	21/01/2009	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Signed
Richard Burden	21/01/2009	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	21/01/2009	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Laura Moffatt	21/01/2009	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	22/01/2009	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Hamilton	22/01/2009	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Hugh Bayley	22/01/2009	City of York	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	22/01/2009	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	26/01/2009	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	26/01/2009	Leyton and Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	26/01/2009	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Brian Jenkins	27/01/2009	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	27/01/2009	Barnsley West and Penistone	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	28/01/2009	Burton	Labour	Signed
John Hemming	02/02/2009	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Godsiff	03/02/2009	Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	23/02/2009	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	27/02/2009	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed
Ian Gibson	Unknown			Withdrawn

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