Lewis Chessmen
EDM number 892 in 2009-10, proposed by Angus MacNeil on 22/02/2010.
Categorised under the topic of Cultural heritage.
That this House deplores the historical airbrushing of the Lewis Chessmen by the British Museum in a poster campaign advertising the Museum which shows a picture of a Lewis Chessman with a date caption AD 1150-1200 and the word Norway below; further deplores the fact that references to Lewis or the Hebrides are nowhere to be seen; notes that the only thing certain about the chessmen, from the expansive European Norse society, is that they are made from walrus ivory or whale teeth and that they were found on the Isle of Lewis in 1831.
This motion has been signed by a total of 16 MPs.
| MP | Date | Constituency | Party | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angus MacNeil | 22/02/2010 | Na h-Eileanan an Iar | Scottish National Party | Proposed |
| Jeremy Corbyn | 23/02/2010 | Islington North | Labour | Seconded |
| Graham Stuart | 23/02/2010 | Beverley and Holderness | Conservative | Seconded |
| Stewart Hosie | 23/02/2010 | Dundee East | Scottish National Party | Seconded |
| Angus Robertson | 23/02/2010 | Moray | Scottish National Party | Seconded |
| Alan Simpson | 24/02/2010 | Nottingham South | Labour | Seconded |
| John McDonnell | 24/02/2010 | Hayes and Harlington | Labour | Signed |
| James Gray | 24/02/2010 | North Wiltshire | Conservative | Signed |
| Mike Hancock | 24/02/2010 | Portsmouth South | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| John Mason | 24/02/2010 | Glasgow East | Scottish National Party | Signed |
| Brian Jenkins | 25/02/2010 | Tamworth | Labour | Signed |
| John Hemming | 25/02/2010 | Birmingham, Yardley | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Alasdair McDonnell | 03/03/2010 | Belfast South | Social Democratic and Labour Party | Signed |
| Elfyn Llwyd | 04/03/2010 | Meirionnydd Nant Conwy | Plaid Cymru | Signed |
| Michael Weir | 04/03/2010 | Angus | Scottish National Party | Signed |
| Andrew George | 05/03/2010 | St Ives | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
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