Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Lord Cormack (Conservative), on Monday, 1 May 1995, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 3 members in total.

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NATION'S DEBT TO SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL

That this House, recognising that previous Parliaments, speaking for a grateful nation, bestowed munificent gifts upon the first Dukes of Marlborough and Wellington, believing that the services to the nation of the late Sir Winston Churchill were even greater than those of these illustrious predecessors and that Parliament's presentation of an address and a portrait to mark his 80th Birthday was a less tangible asset to him and his heirs than Blenheim Palace or Stratfield Saye, and acknowledging that Sir Winston was entirely justified in seeking to make provision for his heirs by bequeathing his papers, warmly congratulates the Chairman and Trustees of the National Heritage Memorial Fund for acquiring those papers for the nation without having recourse to the public purse; and suggests that those who have derided the decision should recognise the inestimable debt the nation owes to Sir Winston Churchill's leadership, without which they might have neither the opportunity to celebrate the defeat of fascism not the democratic freedom to express their unjustified indignation.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1052 

Session

1994-95

Subjects

Archives National Heritage Memorial Fund Churchill, Winston LS

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk