PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
ALAN TURING (23 November 2004)

That this House welcomes the commemoration of the life and achievements of Alan Turing, brought up in Guildford and a one-time academic at Cambridge University, Princeton University, the National Physical Laboratory and Manchester University, by the unveiling of a sculpture by John W. Mills at the University of Surrey; also welcomes the establishment of the Alan Turing Institute at the University of Manchester in 2004; expresses its admiration for his achievements as inventor of the machine which cracked the Enigma code and the founder of computer science; acknowledges his vital contribution to the Battle of the Atlantic in particular and to Britain's war effort in general through his work at Bletchley Park; notes his untimely death by suicide two years after being prosecuted for his homosexuality and prevented from continuing his work at Bletchley Park; and supports efforts by the Government and campaigners to further the progress that has taken place in Britain since Turing's tragic death towards understanding and acceptance of homosexuality.

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Sue Doughty (Liberal Democrat)