I am proud to have brought together 227 MPs, Peers and Mayors from across all parties and across the country to urge the Prime Minister to support the campaign for the Covid Memorial Wall in London to become a permanent site.
This is an issue that is deeply personal to me. Like so many thousands around the country, I lost countless loved ones to Covid-19 including my Mum and both my parents-in-law. Last month, I had the opportunity to visit the Covid Memorial Wall where I left messages to remember my loved ones whose lives were so cruelly cut short by this virus.
I hope one day to be able to bring my children and grandchildren to see these messages and the wall of hearts for themselves.
The Covid Memorial Wall has become a place for people to come together, to reflect on the tragedy of what has happened over the past year, and to begin to heal.
Together with over 200 colleagues, I have written to the Prime Minister calling on him to support the campaign to secure the future of this important site.
You can read this letter below, as well as see the full list of signatories.
Signatories:
House of Commons:
Peter Bottomley, Conservative MP for Worthing West
Edward Leigh, Conservative MP for Gainsborough
Diane Abbott, Labour MP for Hackney North & Stoke Newington
Debbie Abrahams, Labour MP for Oldham East & Saddleworth
Rushanara Ali, Labour MP for Bethnal Green & Bow
Tahir Ali, Labour MP for Birmingham, Hall Green
Dr Rosena Allin-Khan, Labour MP for Tooting
Mike Amesbury, Labour MP for Weaver Vale
Fleur Anderson, Labour MP for Putney
Tonia Antoniazzi, Labour MP for Gower
Jonathan Ashworth, Labour MP for Leicester South
Paula Barker, Labour MP for Liverpool, Wavertree
Apsana Begum, Labour MP for Poplar & Limehouse
Paul Blomfield, Labour MP for Sheffield Central
Ben Bradshaw, Labour MP for Exeter
Kevin Brennan, Labour MP for Cardiff West
Lyn Brown, Labour MP for West Ham
Richard Burgon, Labour MP for Leeds East
Dawn Butler, Labour MP for Brent Central
Ian Byrne, Labour MP for Liverpool, West Derby
Liam Byrne, Labour MP for Birmingham, Hodge Hill
Ruth Cadbury, Labour MP for Brentford & Isleworth
Dan Carden, Labour MP for Liverpool, Wavertree
Bambos Charalambous, Labour MP for Enfield, Southgate
Feryal Clark, Labour MP for Enfield North
Rosie Cooper, Labour MP for West Lancashire
Yvette Cooper, Labour MP for Normanton, Pontefract & Castleford
Neil Coyle, Labour MP for Bermondsey & Old Southwark
Stella Creasy, Labour MP for Walthamstow
Jon Cruddas, Labour MP for Dagenham
Alex Cunningham, Labour MP for Stockton North
Janet Daby, Labour MP for Lewisham East
Wayne David, Labour MP for Caephilly
Geraint Davies, Labour MP for Swansea West
Alex Davies-Jones, Labour MP for Pontypridd
Thangam Debbonaire, Labour MP for Bristol West
Marsha De Cordova, Labour MP for Battersea
Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi, Labour MP for Slough
Anneliese Dodds, Labour MP for Oxford East
Stephen Doughty, Labour MP for Cardiff South & Penarth
Peter Dowd, Labour MP for Bootle
Jack Dromey, Labour MP for Birmingham, Erdington
Rosie Duffield, Labour MP for Canterbury
Angela Eagle, Labour MP for Garston & Halewood
Clive Efford, Labour MP for Eltham
Julie Elliot, Labour MP for Sunderland Central
Chris Elmore, Labour MP for Ogmore
Florence Eshalomi, Labour MP for Vauxhall
Bill Esterson, Labour MP for Sefton Central
Yvonne Fovargue, Labour MP for Makerfield
Mary Foy, Labour MP for City of Durham
Gill Furniss, Labour MP for Sheffield Brightside & Hillsborough
Barry Gardiner, Labour MP for Brent North
Preet Kaur Gill, Labour MP for Birmingham, Edgbaston
Kate Green, Labour MP for Stretford & Urmston
Margaret Greenwood, Labour MP for Wirral West
Lillian Greenwood, Labour MP for Nottingham South
Andrew Gwynne, Labour MP for Denton & Reddish
Fabian Hamilton, Labour MP for Leeds North East
Emma Hardy, Labour MP for Kingston upon Hull West & Hessle
Harriet Harman, Labour MP for Camberwell & Peckham
Carolyn Harris, Labour MP for Swansea East
Helen Hayes, Labour MP for Dulwich & West Norwood
John Healey, Labour MP for Wentworth & Dearne
Mark Hendrick, Labour MP for Preston
Margaret Hodge, Labour MP for Barking
Sharon Hodgson, Labour MP for Washington & Sunderland West
Kate Hollern, Labour MP for Blackburn
Rachel Hopkins, Labour MP for Luton South
Rupa Huq, Labour MP for Ealing Central & Acton
Imran Hussain, Labour MP for Bradford East
Dan Jarvis, Labour MP for Barnsley Central
Kim Johnson, Labour MP for Liverpool, Riverside
Diana Johnson, Labour MP for Kingston Upon Hull North
Ruth Jones, Labour MP for Newport West
Mike Kane, Labour MP for Wythenshawe & Sale East
Barbara Keeley, Labour MP for Worsley & Eccles South
Liz Kendall, Labour MP for Leicester West
Stephen Kinnock, Labour MP for Aberavon
Peter Kyle, Labour MP for Hove
David Lammy, Labour MP for Tottenham
Ian Lavery, Labour MP for Wansbeck
Emma Lewell-Buck, Labour MP for South Shields
Clive Lewis, Labour MP for Norwich South
Tony Lloyd, Labour MP for Rochdale
Rebecca Long Bailey, Labour MP for Salford & Eccles
Holly Lynch, Labour MP for Halifax
Khalid Mahmood, Labour MP for Birmingham, Perry Barr
Seema Malhotra, Labour MP for Feltham and Heston
Rachael Maskell, Labour MP for York Central
Chris Matheson, Labour MP for City of Chester
Steve McCabe, Labour MP for Birmingham, Selly Oak
Kerry McCarthy, Labour MP for Bristol East
Siobhain McDonagh, Labour MP for Mitcham & Morden
John McDonnell, Labour MP for Hayes & Harlington
Conor McGinn, Labour MP for St Helens North
Alison McGovern, Labour MP for Wirral South
Ian Mearns, Labour MP for Gateshead
Ed Miliband, Labour MP for Doncaster North
Nav Mishra, Labour MP for Stockport
Stephen Morgan, Labour MP for Portsmouth South
Grahame Morris, Labour MP for Easington
James Murray, Labour MP for Ealing North
Charlotte Nichols, Labour MP for Warrington North
Alex Norris, Labour MP for Nottingham North
Chi Onwurah, Labour MP for Newcastle Upon Tyne Central
Abena Oppong-Asare, Labour MP for Erith & Thamesmead
Kate Osamor, Labour MP for Edmonton
Kate Osborne, Labour MP for Jarrow
Taiwo Owatemi, Labour MP for Coventry North West
Sarah Owen, Labour MP for Luton North
Matthew Pennycook, Labour MP for Greenwich & Woolwich
Jess Phillips, Labour MP for Birmingham, Yardley
Luke Pollard, Labour MP for Plymouth, Sutton & Devonport
Yasmin Qureshi, Labour MP for Bolton South East
Angela Rayner, Labour MP for Ashton-Under-Lyne
Steve Reed, Labour MP for Croydon North
Christina Rees, Labour MP for Neath
Rachel Reeves, Labour MP for Leeds West
Jonathan Reynolds, Labour MP for Stalybridge & Hyde
Bell Ribeiro-Addy, Labour MP for Streatham
Marie Rimmer, Labour MP for St Helens South & Whiston
Lloyd Russell-Moyle, Labour MP for Brighton, Kemptown
Naz Shah, Labour MP for Bradford West
Virendra Sharma, Labour MP for Ealing, Southall
Barry Sheerman, Labour MP for Huddersfield
Tulip Siddiq, Labour MP for Hampstead & Kilburn
Andy Slaughter, Labour MP for Hammersmith
Jeff Smith, Labour MP for Manchester Withington
Alex Sobel, Labour MP for Leeds North West
Jo Stevens, Labour MP for Cardiff Central
Zarah Sultana, Labour MP for Coventry South
Sam Tarry, Labour MP for Ilford South
Gareth Thomas, Labour MP for Harrow West
Nick Thomas-Symonds, Labour MP for Torfaen
Emily Thornberry, Labour MP for Islington South & Finsbury
Stephen Timms, Labour MP for East Ham
Karl Turner, Labour MP for Kingston upon Hull East
Derek Twigg, Labour MP for Halton
Claudia Webbe, Labour MP for Leicester East
Matt Western, Labour MP for Warwick & Leamington
Mick Whitley, Labour MP for Birkenhead
Beth Winter, Labour MP for Cynon Valley
Mohammad Yasin, Labour MP for Bedford
Daniel Zeichner, Labour MP for Cambridge
Wendy Chamberlain, Liberal Democrat MP for North East Fife
Daisy Cooper, Liberal Democrat MP for St Albans
Ed Davey, Liberal Democrat MP for Kingston & Surbiton
Christine Jardine, Liberal Democrat MP for Edinburgh West
Sarah Olney, Liberal Democrat MP for Richmond Park
Jamie Stone, Liberal Democrat MP for Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross
Munira Wilson, Liberal Democrat MP for Twickenham
Lisa Cameron, SNP MP for East Kilbride, Strathaven & Lesmahagow
Allan Dorans, SNP MP for Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock
Marion Fellows, SNP MP for Motherwell & Wishaw
Stuart McDonald, SNP MP for Cumbernauld, Kilsyth & Kirkintilloch East
John Nicolson, SNP MP for Ochil & South Perthshire
Alison Thewliss, SNP MP for Glasgow Central
Philippa Whitford, SNP MP for Central Ayrshire
Jonathan Edwards, Plaid Cymru MP for Carmarthen East & Dinefwr
Liz Saville Roberts, Plaid Cymru MP for Dwyfor Meirionnydd
Carla Lockhart, DUP MP for Upper Bann
Ian Paisley, DUP MP for North Antrim
Caroline Lucas, Green MP for Brighton, Pavilion
Colum Eastwood, SDLP MP for Foyle
Neale Hanvey, Alba MP for Kirkcaldy & Cowdenbeath
House of Lords:
Lord Kirkhope of Harrogate (Conservative)
Lord Ranger (Conservative)
Lord Sheikh (Conservative)
Baroness Blake of Leeds (Labour)
Lord Bradley (Labour)
Baroness Chakrabarti (Labour)
Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Labour)
Lord Coaker (Labour)
Lord Collins of Highbury (Labour)
Lord Davies of Brixton (Labour)
Baroness Gale (Labour)
Baroness Goudie (Labour)
Baroness Healy of Primrose Hill (Labour)
Lord Kennedy of Southwark (Labour)
Lord Khan of Burnley (Labour)
Lord Kinnock (Labour)
Lord Knight of Weymouth (Labour)
Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon (Labour)
Baroness Lister of Burtersett (Labour)
Baroness Massey of Darwen (Labour)
Lord McKenzie of Luton (Labour)
Baroness Merron (Labour)
Baroness Osamor (Labour)
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon (Labour)
Lord Sikka (Labour)
Lord Soley (Labour)
Baroness Thornton (Labour)
Lord Touhig (Labour)
Baroness Wilcox of Newport (Labour)
Baroness Harris of Richmond (Liberal Democrat)
Baroness Kramer (Liberal Democrat)
Lord Oates (Liberal Democrat)
Baroness Sheehan (Liberal Democrat)
Baroness Suttie (Liberal Democrat)
Lord Tope (Liberal Democrat)
Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green)
Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb (Green)
Lord Bhatia (Non-Affiliated)
Baroness Uddin (Non-Affiliated)
Bishop of Manchester (Non-Affiliated)
Baroness Boycott (Crossbench)
Baroness Cox (Crossbench)
Baroness D’Souza (Crossbench)
Lord Dykes (Crossbench)
Baroness Stern (Crossbench)
Mayors:
Mike Starkie, Conservative Mayor of Copeland
Andy Abrahams, Labour Mayor of Mansfield
Joanne Anderson, Labour Mayor of Liverpool
John Biggs, Labour Mayor of Tower Hamlets
Tracy Brabin, Labour Mayor of West Yorkshire
Andy Burnham, Labour Mayor of Greater Manchester
Paul Dennett, Labour Mayor of Salford
Jamie Driscoll, Labour Mayor of the North of Tyne
Ros Jones, Labour Mayor of Doncaster
Sadiq Khan, Labour Mayor of London
Norma Redfearn, Labour Mayor of North Tyneside
Marvin Rees, Labour Mayor of Bristol
Steve Rotherham, Labour Mayor of Merseyside
Andy Preston, Independent Mayor of Middlesbrough