Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Jackie Ballard (Liberal Democrat), on Tuesday, 7 July 1998, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 11 members in total.
COUNTY TOWN OF SOMERSET
That this House deplores remarks made by Jonathan Meades in The Times Magazine of Saturday 4th July regarding the people and town of Taunton; knows that Taunton is the county town of Somerset and it has many natural and man-made assets including the River Tone and the recently enhanced, thriving town centre; recognises that Taunton is at the heart of a rural community and is also the home of Somerset county cricket, the Charity Commissioners, the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office, The Castle Hotel and many other nationally known organisations and businesses; and calls on Mr Meades to apologise specifically to the people of the Somerset levels and the Blackdown Hills for his obscene and offensive comments and to the people of Somerset for his unwarranted slur on their county town.
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- Early day motion
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- 1524
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- 1997-98
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- Somerset
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