Letters of Support

Information for All has received and continues to receive many letters of support from people, including

MPs,
other politicians,
Local Authoirites with full council support,
Local Authorities with full library Committee support,
Local Authority Chief Executives,
Chair Library Committees or equivalent,
Librarians,
Scottish Unitary Authorities,
Organisations,
Library, Book and Information Organisations,
Education Organisation and Learned Societies,
University Vice Chancellors,
Health Organisations.

Listed below are those people from whom we have received letters as 03-Feb-1997.

Don't forget to have your say or register your support!

MPs

Richard Alexander MP

Rt Hon Michael Alison MP

Rupert Allason MP

David Alton MP

Rt Hon Paddy Ashdown MP

Joe Ashton MP

David Atkinson MP

Rt Hon Kenneth Baker CH MP

Harry Barnes MP

Michael Bates MP

Spencer Batiste MP

Roy Beggs MP

Rt Hon Tony Benn MP

Gerry Bermingham MP

Roger Berry MP

David Blunkett MP

Paul Boateng MP

Sir Nicholas Bonsor Bt MP

Sir Andrew Bowden MP

John Bowis OBE MP

Keith Bradley MP

Simon Burns MP

Alistair Burt MP

Ms Anne Campbell MP

Dale Campbell-Savours MP

Dennis Canavan MP

Alex Carlile QC MP

Sir Sydney Chapman MP

Ms Judith Church MP

Michael Clapham MP

Dr Michael Clark MP

Harry Cohen MP

Frank Cook MP

Anthony Coombs MP

Robin Corbett MP

Jim Cunningham MP

Rt Hon Dr J A Cunningham MP

Roseanna Cunningham MP

Ian Davidson MP

Cynog Dafis MP

Terry Davis MP

John Denham MP

Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody MP

Nigel Evans MP

Andrew Faulds MP

Mark Fisher MP

Rt Hon Dr Derek Foster MP

Rt Hon Sir Norman Fowler MP

Mrs Maria Fyfe MP

Mike Gapes MP

Bruce George MP

Rt Hon Dr John Gilbert MP

Roger Godsiff MP

Rt Hon Alistair Goodlad MP

Dr Charles Goodson-Wickes MP

Thomas Graham MP

Bernard Grant MP

Sir Anthony Grant MP

Win Griffiths MP

Peter Griffiths MP

John Gummer MP

John Gunnell MP

Dr Keith Hampson MP

Rt Hon Jeremy Hanley MP

David Hanson MP

Jerry Hayes MP

Charles Hendry MP

Mrs Margaret Hodge MP

Geoffrey Hoon MP

Alan Howarth MP

Dr Kim Howells MP

Rt Hon David Hunt MBE MP

Rhodri Morgan MP

Eric Illsley MP

Mrs Helen Jackson MP

Ms Glenda Jackson MP

The Hon Greville Janner MP

The Hon Bernard Jenkin MP

Brian Jenkins MP

Rt Hon Sir Geoffrey Johnson Smith MP

Nigel Jones MP

Ms Tessa Jowell MP

Charles Kennedy MP

Mrs Jane Kennedy MP

Robert Key MP

Peter Kilfoyle MP

Rt Hon Tom King MP

Angela Knight MP

Sir Jim Lester DL MP

Miss Joan Lestor MP

Elfyn Llwyd MP

Miss Elizabeth Lynne MP

Robert Maclennan MP

Diana Maddock MP

Alice Mahon MP

Dr John Marek MP

Sir Michael Marshall MP

Robert McCartney MP

Ian McCartney MP

William McKelvey MP

Patrick McLoughlin MP

Gordon McMaster MP

Kevin McNamara MP

John McWilliam MP

Alan Meale MP

Andrew Miller MP

Iain Mills MP

Austin Mitchell MP

The Rt. Hon. Sir Hector Monro MP

The Rt. Hon. Alfred Morris MP

Ms Marjorie Mowlam MP

Chris Mullin MP

Steve Norris MP

William O'Brien JP MP

Martin O'Neill MP

Bill Olner MP

Rt Hon Stanley Orme MP

Jon Owen Jones MP

Robert Parry MP

Ian Pearson MP

Peter Pike MP

David Porter MP

Gordon Prentice MP

Giles Radice MP

George Robertson MP

Geoffrey Robinson MP

Sir Colin Shepherd MP

Ms Clare Short MP

Clive Soley MP

Rt Hon Sir David Steel MP

Sir Teddy Taylor MP

Jack Thompson MP

Sir Malcolm Thornton MP

Peter Thurnham MP

Stephen Timms MP

Paddy Tipping MP

Jon Trickett MP

Paul Tyler MP

Sir Gerard Vaughan MP

Bill Walker MP

John Wilkinson MP

Dr Tony Wright MP

Nigel Griffiths MP

Ted Rowlands MP

Other Politicians

Lord Carmichael of Kelvingrove
Baroness Carnegy of Lour
The Lord Craig of Radley
Lord Dainton FRS
Baroness David
The Lord Flowers
The Lord Gregson DL
Lord Hussey of North Bradley (also chair of Royal Marsden NHS Trust)
Lord Morris of Castle Morris
The Lord Phillips of Ellesmere
Rt Hon Sir Wyn Roberts
The Rt Hon the Lord Thomson of Monifieth
Graham Watson MEP

Local Authorities

With full formal council support

Helmut W H Cartwright - East Sussex
Joyce Redfearn - Sir Fynwy (Monmouthshire)
Ruth Redfearn - Bradford
Bill McNaught - Gateshead MBC
Geraint James - Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council

with full formal Library Committee support

Sue Reeder - Hertfordshire Libraries, Arts and Information
John Harwood - Oxfordshire
Bob Charmbury - Nottinghamshire
Andrew Holliday - Walsall
Tony Weightman - Kirklees
John Wright - Richmond Library Services
Lawrence Rawsthorne - Sir y Fflint (Flintshire)

Chief Executive or equivalent

Steward Ashurst - Essex
Ian Caulfield - Warwickshire
Bob Charmbury - Nottinghamshire
Lucy de Groot - Bristol
Jillian Eastwood - Bury Metro Information Services
Karen Heenan-Davies - Cyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Caerffili (Caerphilly)
Gordon Lister - Cambridgeshire
Roger Mather - Wakefield
Michael Pitt - Cheshire
Heather Rabbats - Lambeth
Norman Riches - Lincolnshire
C Smith - Oldham Metropolitan Borough
Hugh V Thomas - Sir Ddinbych (Denbighshire)
Richard Walker - Cyngor Gwynedd Council
John Edwards - Barnsley
Ricci de Freitas - Hackney

Chair Library Committees or equivalent

Bernard Atha - Leeds
J Baldwin - West Sussex
Jenny Bianco - Westminster
Ruth Bussey - Dorset
Harvey Cole - Hampshire
Tony Green - Shropshire
Barbara Hacker - Norfolk
Heather Hawker - Surrey
Nigel Lynn - Cygnor Bwrdeistref Sirol (Bridgend) on behalf of Leisure and Community Services Committee
Catherine McGurk - Barnet
Bill Nock - Wirral
George Mair - Royal Berkshire
John R Quinn - Doncaster
Tony Reid - Northumberland
Carl Rice - Birmingham
Chris Robinson - Middlesborough
Tom Sharrat - Lancashire
Barbara Spring - Cornwall
M.A.Young - Northamptonshire
Jim Walken - Wakefield
David Willis - Bury
A L Hall - Barnsley
Derek Richards - Kent
Phil Turner - Camden
David Tarlo - Calderdale
Barnet Rice - Newcastle upon Tyne

Librarians

Amanda Arrowsmith - Suffolk
Chris Batt - Croydon
Jonathan Drake - Southampton City
Ieuan R Edwards - Cardiff
Ray W Hyde - Staffordshire
Gareth Roberts - North Lincolnshire
Alan Watkin - Wrexham
Jill Wight - The Library Campaign
Gwyn Williams - LISC Wales
Grace Kempster - Leeds
Richard Ashby - Bath and North East Somerset
Patrick Conway - Durham
Dr R. Heseltine - Hull University
John Akeroyd - Southbank University
Norman Fenn - Dudley Metropolitan Borough
Sheila Corrall - Reading University
Barry Delve - on behalf of Leisure Services Committee, Tameside
Ray de Graff - North Yorkshire
Brian Stevenson - Stockport
J Lionel Madden - National Library of Wales

Scottish Unitary Authorities

(Support in principle)

Aberdeen
Aberdeenshire
Argyll and Bute
Clackmannan
Dumfries and Galloway
Dundee
East Ayrshire
East Dunbartonshire
East Lothian
East Renfrewshire
Edinburgh
Falkirk
Fife
Glasgow
Highland
Inverclyde
Midlothian
North Ayrshire
North Lankarkshire
Perthshire and Kinross
Renfrewshire
Scottish Borders
Shetland
South Ayrshire
South Lankarkshire
Stirling
West Dunbartonshire
Western Isles
Angus
Moray
Orkney
West Lothian

Organisations

John Aitchison - British Tourist Authority
Col Rory Clayton - Directorate of Army Recruiting
T G Hassall - Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England
Ariane Iljon - Framework 5 European Commission
Derek Beal - Reed Executive plc
R E Jones - RAF Recruiting
Helena Kennedy QC - Doughty Street Chambers
Lady McCollum - General Consumer Council for Northern Ireland
Charles Newbold - Thomson Holidays
Terry Bradfield - Rural Business Network
Helen Goody - Association of Metropolitan Authorities
Elizabeth Neville - Northamptonshire Police
Pter Bosher - RNIB

Library, Book and Information Organisations

Gwerfyl Pierce Jones - Welsh Books Council
David Ruse - Project EARL
Bruce Royan - Scottish Cultural Resources Network
Trevor Hing, Blackwells
Linda Tomos, Library and Information Plan, Wales
Norman Russell, LISC Northern Ireland
David Welch - South Eastern Education & Library Board, N Ireland
F. Malloy - Association of Northern Ireland Education & Library Boards
Chris Rushbridge - Electronic Libraries Programme
Dr J G Parker - Public Lending Right
Daniel Wagner - MAID
Mark Wood - Reuters
Francis Bennett - Book Data
Martin Brooks - FT Information
Len Graves on behlaf of Society of Information Technology Management

Education Organisations and Learned Societies

Eamonn O'Kane - NASUWT
Doug McAvoy - NUT
Dr Seamus Ross, Glasgow University
Professor Joan Day, Newcastle University
Lou Bernard, OUCS, Oxford University
Robert Carstairs - Secondary Heads Association
Richard Essberger - Which School Limited
B.G. Gardner - Bolton Institute
Alan Singleton - Institute of Physics

Vice-Chancellors

Clive Booth - Oxford Brookes Univeristy
Professor Alec Broers - University of Cambridge
Professor Sir Colin Campbell - University of Nottingham
Professor Derek Fraser - University of Teesside
Professor Howard Newby - University of Southampton
Dr Peter North - Oxford University
Professor Sir Trevor Smith - University of Ulster

Health Organisations

Michael Cooper - British Diabetic Association
Carol Fitzpatrick - British Heart Foundation
Christine Hancock - Royal College of Nursing
Toby Harris - Association of Community Health Councils for England and Wales
Sir Donald Irvine CBE - General Medical Council
Philip Lee - British Epilepsy Association
Dr Lotte Newman - Royal College of General Practitioners
Anthony Berry - Macmillan Cancer Relief Fund
Michael Collins - Society of Chiropodists and Podiatrists

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