First of all, the Sylvia Pankhurst Memorial Committee is delighted to welcome The Rt Hon The Baroness Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde (Brenda Dean) as a Patron of our campaign to erect a statue of Sylvia Pankhurst, and equally, to thank her for organising a showing of the WORLDwrite film on the life of Sylvia to supporters at the House of Lords on 6 December 2011.

Amongst those attending was Baron Bach of Lutterworth (Willie Bach) – not only a supporter of the campaign, but his great-aunt, Emmeline Goulden, married into the Pankhurst family and became one of the leaders of the suffragette campaign that led to women being given the vote. Before the film he shared some of his memories and memorabilia of his family’s involvement in that vital campaign.

Parliamentary bodies have a key role to play in granting permission for the statue to be placed on the Committee’s chosen site on College Green and we also warmly welcome the engagement of key cross-party support in the House of Lords evidenced by this event.

pictured: Brenda Dean with Committee member Barbara Switzer