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Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Keith Vaz (Labour), on Wednesday, 4 March 2015, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 21 members in total.


MAHATMA GANDHI STATUE IN PARLIAMENT SQUARE

That this House is delighted that the Mahatma Gandhi statue in Parliament Square will be unveiled on 14 March 2015 by the Prime Minister and Indian Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley; congratulates the various stakeholders, including the Gandhi Statue Memorial Trust, Councillor Robert Davies, Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for the Built Environment of Westminster City Council and the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, who chairs the Gandhi Statue Special Advisory Board; applauds the hundreds of generous donors from the UK, India and around the world; notes that this is the third Mahatma Gandhi statue in the UK, the others being in Tavistock Square, London and Belgrave Road, Leicester; and believes the statue is an important testimony to Gandhi's powerful legacy and a very positive step for the relationship between the UK and India.


Secondary information

Type
Early day motion
Reference
841 
Session
2014-15
Other sponsors
Peter Bottomley
Alan Meale
Hugh Bayley
Virendra Sharma
Valerie Vaz
Subjects
Artworks Politics and government Asia
Link
View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk