TURNER'S FIRST ART BEQUEST

Early day motion 1237, tabled 10 January 2011 by Austin Mitchell (Labour). Signed by 14 members.

That this House is concerned that the generous intentions of JMW Turner's first art bequest to the nation are not being fulfilled by the trustees of the National Gallery, that, as a result, the people of Britain, who are the owners of the art, are being impoverished by lack of informed access to an art bequest intended to enrich their lives; and calls for the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics,Media and Sport to order the National Gallery to display properly Turner's bequest to explain and sustain his intentions for the benefit of the owners of the art and to review a trustee system which leaves the National Gallery unaccountable to the British people.

Signatures by party: Labour 10, Liberal Democrat 2, Plaid Cymru 2.