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Vionnet Dresses

EDM number 913 in 2008-09, proposed by Richard Younger-Ross on 26/02/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Cultural heritage.

That this House welcomes efforts by the Government to retain the 11 rare dresses designed by French couturier Madeleine Vionnet by placing a bar on their export; notes the recommendation of the Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art and Objects of Cultural Interest that they are of outstanding aesthetic importance and of significance for the study of the history of fashion; and urges the Victoria and Albert Museum and other fashion museums to make every effort to ensure that the asking price of £450,000 is raised by a UK buyer in time for the decision to be made on the export licence application on 22 April 2009.

This motion has been signed by a total of 7 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Richard Younger-Ross26/02/2009TeignbridgeLiberal DemocratProposed
John McDonnell27/02/2009Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSeconded
Ann Cryer02/03/2009KeighleyLabourSeconded
Mike Hancock03/03/2009Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSeconded
Jeremy Corbyn03/03/2009Islington NorthLabourSeconded
Alan Simpson04/03/2009Nottingham SouthLabourSeconded
Eric Illsley10/03/2009Barnsley CentralLabourSigned

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