Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Ashok Kumar (Labour), on Monday, 12 January 2009, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 79 members in total.
200th ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF CHARLES DARWIN
That this House notes the extraordinary achievements of Charles Darwin; notes that 2009 marks both the 200th anniversary of Darwin's birth and the 150th anniversary of the publication of On the Origin of Species; welcomes proposals for the creation of a Darwin Day in recognition of the ground-breaking work of the British scientist responsible for the theory of evolution by natural selection; and calls for Darwin's birthday, 12 February, to be designated a public holiday in honour of one of the fathers of modern science and one of Britain's greatest, if not the greatest, scientific minds.
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- Early day motion
- Reference
- 377
- Session
- 2008-09
- Other sponsors
- Peter Bottomley
- Kelvin Hopkins
- Brian Iddon
- Andrew George
- Ian Stewart
- Subjects
- Science
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