Text of Early Day Motion – New York Memorial Garden for British Victims of 9/11

That this House welcomes the British Memorial Garden at Hanover Square New York to be built as a permanent memorial to the 67 British victims of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center on 11th September 2001; recognises that the Garden has the support of the New York City government; the Consulate – General and the British Community in New York; notes that following a competition the Garden has been designed by British architects Julian and Isabel Bannerman as a place of reflection and recreation and as a focal point for Remembrance Day and other observances for the British community; further notes that following a second competition British artist Anish Kapoor will design a sculpture symbolising unity between the UK and the USA; further recognises that the imitative was set up by the US charity British Memorial Garden Trust Inc, under the Patronage of HRH The Prince of Wales and welcomes the launch of the British charity British Memorial Garden Trust UK Ltd on 19th April 2004 to support the work carried out in New York and to raise funds in the UK.

For more information on the Early Day Motion (EDM) and a full list of all those who signed it, please see the entry on the House of Commons EDM database.

Supporters of the Early Day Motion that welcomed the formation of the British Memorial Garden Trust UK Ltd, with signed copies of the motion. L to R:

• Gisela Stuart MP (Birmingham Edgbaston)
• David Tredinnick MP (Director and Co-Chairman of the British Memorial Garden Trust UK Ltd, proposer of the EDM and MP for Bosworth)
• Edward Garnier MP (Harborough)
• Calum McDonald, MP (Honorary Director of the British Memorial Garden Trust UK Ltd and MP for Western Isles)

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