PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
FOURTEENTH CENTENARY OF ARRIVAL OF ST AUGUSTINE (3 July 1994)

Motion Details

That this House believes that the arrival of St. Augustine and his fellow monks to convert the English to Christianity can be seen as one of the most significant events in the history of the nation, since there derives from it much of the origins of the national religion, literature, learning, art, music, architecture, agriculture and horticulture, and the monuments of these activities; and calls for the Post Office to issue a set of stamps to commemorate and give prominence to the fourteenth centenary of the arrival of St. Augustine in Kent in AD 597.

Sponsored by:
Sir Edward Leigh (Conservative)

EDMS Sponsor By Party

Party
Votes
%
 
Liberal Democrat
4
36%
 
 
Conservative
3
27%
 
 
Labour
3
27%
 
 
Independent
1
9%
 
Sponsor List (11 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
LD
Lord Beith
Lab
Mr Joe Benton
Con
Lord Cormack
Lab
John Cummings
Lab
Peter Hardy
LD
Simon Hughes
LD
Lord Jones of Cheltenham
Con
Sir Edward Leigh (Sponsor)
Gainsborough
Ind
Mr Ken Livingstone
Con
Patrick Thompson
LD
Lord Wallace of Tankerness

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