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Just fired off an email to my MP Howard Stoate, as he wasn't on the list..

Hi everyone This is a copy from the Campaign for the eatly release of the 1911 census. Please read it then send a copy to YOUR M.P. and get him to sign the Early Day Motion 871 as soon as possible. Any more info is on Denis McCready's web page (see below) ************************************************ From Denis McCready - I am writing to you because it seems from our records that your MP has NOT signed our very important petition for MPs on the 1911 Census. We still have a good chance of winning if we can interest at least 350 MPs in our 1911 Census campaign and persuade them to give us their backing within the next few days. We have heard that there are some MPs, like Martin Salter (Lab, Reading West), who seem to think the census should be closed for 100 years. And we’ve discovered that an MP who is a Minister is not allowed to sign any EDMs. Other MPs, like Kenneth Clarke (Con, Rushcliffe), consider most EDMs a complete waste of time because they don’t lead to a debate. But this issue is so important that the House of Commons has already found time for a debate. It seems that there could be lots of very sensible and reasonable MPs who believe that the 1911 census closure period is far too long. So, if your MP has not signed our petition, please spare a few minutes to remind him/her about Early Day Motion 871 which reads as follows. That this House notes that the average closure period for pre-1911 UK decennial population census records is 80 years; that informants were not guaranteed that the 1911 census records would be closed for 100 years; that the release of the 1911 Census Online for England & Wales in 2004/5 would be likely to generate between £10m and £40m in revenue before the scheduled release date of 2012; and urges the Lord Chancellor and the Registrar General to use their existing powers, under section 5(1) of the Public Records Act 1958, to arrange for the early release of the 1911 Census Online, thus making the most of a golden opportunity to generate very substantial income between 2004 and 2012 from those records and facilitating genealogical research worldwide. Good luck Denis McCready Campaign Co-ordinator UK Census Associates (Freedom of Information) 10 Clifton Crescent Solihull B91 3LG England Tel: 0121-705 8434 Email [email protected] http://home.clara.net/denis.mccready/ PS Here is the list of MPs who signed EDM 871 by Friday, 1st April. They represent one in every 11 MPs, which (Mr Carmichael tells us) is a good level of support for the first 8 working days. At least 31 MPs signed after the 1911 Census debate took place, so they obviously believe the government should be releasing the census before 2012. RELEASE OF 1911 CENSUS Mr Alistair Carmichael Mr Adrian Bailey Mr Roger Berry Mr David Borrow Peter Bottomley Mr Colin Breed Mrs Annette L Brooke Mr Chris Bryant Dr Vincent Cable Mr Martin Caton Mr David Chaytor Mr David Chidgey Jeremy Corbyn Mrs Ann Cryer Mr Edward Davey Mrs Janet Dean Mr Andrew Dismore Mr Jonathan Djanogly Sue Doughty Mr Howard Flight Andrew George Mr Neil Gerrard Sandra Gidley David Hamilton Mr Mike Hancock Mr Mark Hendrick Lady Hermon Stephen Hesford Mr Kelvin Hopkins Simon Hughes Lynne Jones Mr Nigel Jones Mr Paul Keetch Dr Ashok Kumar Mr David Laws Mr Terry Lewis Mr Elfyn Llwyd Mr Paul Marsden Mr Kevin McNamara Mr Tony McWalter Dr Andrew Murrison Mr Greg Pope Dr John Pugh Mr John Randall Mr Adrian Sanders Alan Simpson Bob Spink Mr George Stevenson Mr Graham Stringer David Taylor Mr John Taylor (Solihull) Mr Paul Tyler Mr Bill Tynan Dr Rudi Vis Joan Walley Steve Webb Mr John Wilkinson Mr Phil Willis Ann Winterton

Hi everyone This is a copy from the Campaign for the eatly release of the 1911 census. Please read it then send a copy to YOUR M.P. and get his to sign the Early Day Motion 871 as soon as possible. Any more info is on Denis McCready's web page (see below) Vera of Manchester ************************************************