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SOUTH ASIAN ARTS

Early day motion 896, tabled 6 February 2008 by Steve Pound (Labour). Signed by 18 members.

That this House notes with deep concern the impact that the Arts Council cuts of £500,000 in respect of the Watermans Arts Centre and £170,000 in respect of Tara Arts will have on the increasingly popular and blossoming South Asian arts scene; fears that the Watermans may not now see a new Parminder Nagra or Tara Arts see another Natinder Verma; and calls on the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport to use his best endeavours to protect the South Asian arts that are such a vital component of UK artistic life.

Signatures by party: Labour 15, Liberal Democrat 2, Conservative 1.