National Libraries Day (EDM2684)

National Libraries Day

EDM number 2684 in 2010-12, proposed by Michael Crockart on 02/02/2012.

That this House welcomes this year's National Libraries Day which will take place on 4 February 2012; notes that the day celebrates all types of libraries, library users, staff and supporters across the UK; recognises the positive impact that libraries have on communities throughout the UK through the provision of book groups and storytelling events; urges people to get involved in National Libraries Day by visiting their local library, organising an event or contributing to online forums by tweeting #NLD12hashtag; applauds the work of librarians and library staff in centres across the UK; and further welcomes new libraries such as Edinburgh's Drumbrae Library and Hub which has opened just in time for this year's celebration.

This motion has been signed by a total of 28 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Michael Crockart	02/02/2012	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Andrew George	02/02/2012	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	02/02/2012	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Mark Durkan	02/02/2012	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Seconded
Alan Meale	06/02/2012	Mansfield	Labour	Seconded
Jim Dobbin	06/02/2012	Heywood and Middleton	Labour	Seconded
Jeremy Corbyn	06/02/2012	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	06/02/2012	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Stephenson	07/02/2012	Pendle	Conservative	Signed
John Leech	07/02/2012	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tom Brake	07/02/2012	Carshalton and Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
William McCrea	07/02/2012	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
David Simpson	07/02/2012	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Jim Shannon	07/02/2012	Strangford	DUP	Signed
John McDonnell	07/02/2012	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	08/02/2012	Gower	Labour	Signed
David Anderson	08/02/2012	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Sandra Osborne	08/02/2012	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock	Labour	Signed
Gordon Marsden	08/02/2012	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	08/02/2012	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	08/02/2012	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Lorely Burt	20/02/2012	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Katy Clark	20/02/2012	North Ayrshire and Arran	Labour	Signed
Valerie Vaz	20/02/2012	Walsall South	Labour	Signed
Menzies Campbell	27/02/2012	North East Fife	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Margaret Ritchie	28/02/2012	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
John Hemming	28/02/2012	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nigel Dodds	29/02/2012	Belfast North	DUP	Signed

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