BOOK TOWNS

Early day motion 2214, tabled 22 May 2006 by Tim Farron (Liberal Democrat). Signed by 31 members.

That this House celebrates the fact that Sedbergh became England's first Book Town on 12th May 2006; commends the beautiful Yorkshire Dales market town, which is home to six specialist book stores, as an excellent place for bibliophiles to visit; and praises the International Book Town movement, which was started by Richard Booth in Hay-on-Wye in the late 1970s.

Signatures by party: Labour 16, Liberal Democrat 12, Conservative 2, DUP 1.