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PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
ANNUAL MERCHANT NAVY DAY (7 June 1998)

Motion Details

That this House welcomes the Merchant Navy Association's campaign for the recognition and establishment of an official Merchant Navy Day in the United Kingdom; believes that it would be appropriate to commemorate the service of past and present seafarers on 3rd September each year, as the day on which British merchant seamen became the first casualties of World War II and as such symbolising the many sacrifices made by those who contributed to the security and prosperity of this island nation; and urges Her Majesty's Government to give early consideration to these proposals, which honour a significant historic contribution and would focus attention on the urgent need to rebuild a strategically importance British merchant fleet.

Sponsored by:
Lawrie Quinn (Labour)

EDMS Sponsor By Party

Party
Votes
%
 
Labour
48
59%
 
 
Liberal Democrat
14
17%
 
 
Conservative
10
12%
 
 
Independent
8
10%
 
 
Speaker
1
1%
 
 
Ulster Unionist Party
1
1%
 
Sponsor List (82 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Con
Sir David Amess
Lab
Lord Anderson of Swansea
Lab
John Austin
LD
Norman Baker
LD
Jackie Ballard
Lab
Mr Harry Barnes
Lab
Sir Hugh Bayley
Lab
Mr Nigel Beard
UUP
Mr Roy Beggs
LD
Lord Beith
Lab
Mr Joe Benton
Lab
Mr Bob Blizzard
Con
Sir Richard Body
Con
Sir Peter Bottomley
LD
Dr Peter Brand
Lab
Sir Alan Campbell
Tynemouth
Lab
Martin Caton
Ind
Mr David Chaytor
Lab
Ms Judith Church
Lab
Mr Charles Clarke
Lab
Mr Eric Clarke
Con
Michael Colvin
LD
Lord Cotter
Lab
Lord Cryer
Lab
Mrs Ann Cryer
Lab
John Cummings
LD
Ed Davey
Kingston and Surbiton
Lab
Mr Ian Davidson
Lab
Mr Andrew Dismore
Lab
Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody
Lab
Bill Etherington
LD
Andrew George
St Ives
Lab
Mr Neil Gerrard
Lab
Dr Ian Gibson
Con
Mr Christopher Gill
Lab
Dr Norman Godman
Lab
Mrs Eileen Gordon
Ind
Mr Mike Hancock
Lab
Mr Ivan Henderson
Ind
Mr Stephen Hepburn
Lab
Stephen Hesford
Spk
Sir Lindsay Hoyle
Chorley
Ind
Mr Eric Illsley
Lab
Alan Johnson
LD
Lord Jones of Cheltenham
Lab
Alan Keen
LD
Mr Paul Keetch
Lab
Mr Fraser Kemp
Lab
Dr Ashok Kumar
Lab
David Lepper
Ind
Mr Ivan Lewis
Con
Sir Julian Lewis
New Forest East
Ind
Mr Ken Livingstone
LD
Lord Livsey of Talgarth
Con
Tim Loughton
Con
Sir Peter Luff
Lab
Gordon Marsden
Ind
John McDonnell
Hayes and Harlington
Lab
Shona McIsaac
Lab
Mr Kevin McNamara
Lab
Sir Alan Meale
Lab
Mr Bill Michie
Lab
Austin Mitchell
Lab
Laura Moffatt
Lab
Mr Edward O'Hara
Lab
Mr Kerry Pollard
Lab
Stephen Pound
Lab
Gwyn Prosser
Lab
Lawrie Quinn (Sponsor)
Lab
Syd Rapson
LD
Mr Adrian Sanders
Lab
Jonathan Shaw
Lab
Mr Dennis Skinner
LD
Angela Smith
Con
Mr John D. Taylor
Con
Sir Teddy Taylor
LD
Lord Tyler
Lab
Dr Rudi Vis
LD
Lord Wallace of Tankerness
Ind
Mr Robert N. Wareing
Lab
Dr Alan Whitehead
Lab
Mr Anthony Wright

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