Early day motion 892

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LEWIS CHESSMEN

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; and 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.

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Name Party Constituency Date Signed
Corbyn, Jeremy Labour Party Islington North 23.02.2010
George, Andrew Liberal Democrats St Ives 05.03.2010
Gray, James Conservative Party North Wiltshire 24.02.2010
Hancock, Mike Liberal Democrats Portsmouth South 24.02.2010
Hemming, John Liberal Democrats Birmingham Yardley 25.02.2010
Hosie, Stewart Scottish National Party Dundee East 23.02.2010
Jenkins, Brian Labour Party Tamworth 25.02.2010
Llwyd, Elfyn Plaid Cymru Meirionnydd Nant Conwy 04.03.2010
MacNeil, Angus Scottish National Party Na h-Eileanan an Iar 22.02.2010
Mason, John Scottish National Party Glasgow East 24.02.2010
McDonnell, Alasdair Social Democratic and Labour Party Belfast South 03.03.2010
McDonnell, John Labour Party Hayes and Harlington 24.02.2010
Robertson, Angus Scottish National Party Moray 23.02.2010
Simpson, Alan Labour Party Nottingham South 24.02.2010
Stuart, Graham Conservative Party Beverley and Holderness 23.02.2010
Weir, Mike Scottish National Party Angus 04.03.2010