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PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
GULF WAR 20th ANNIVERSARY 2011 (13 January 2011)

Motion Details

That this House commemorates the 20th anniversary of the Gulf War and the efforts made by British Armed Forces personnel in the expulsion of Saddam Hussein's Iraqi forces from Kuwait in 1991, praising the sacrifices they made and continue to make today, both mentally and physically; notes the evidence from the United States of the effects of Gulf War Syndrome; calls for research to be urgently undertaken in the UK; and congratulates the National Gulf Veterans and Families Association for their tireless social welfare work and campaigning on behalf of Gulf War veterans.

Sponsored by:
Andrew Percy (Conservative)

EDMS Sponsor By Party

Party
Votes
%
 
Labour
25
47%
 
 
Conservative
10
19%
 
 
Democratic Unionist Party
6
11%
 
 
Liberal Democrat
6
11%
 
 
Scottish National Party
1
2%
 
 
Reform UK
1
2%
 
 
Independent
1
2%
 
 
Plaid Cymru
1
2%
 
 
Alliance
1
2%
 
 
UK Independence Party
1
2%
 
Sponsor List (53 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Con
Peter Aldous
LD
Lord Beith
Lab
Tom Blenkinsop
LD
Lord Campbell of Pittenweem
DUP
Mr Gregory Campbell
East Londonderry
Lab
Baroness Chapman of Darlington
Con
Dr Thérèse Coffey
Lab
Michael Connarty
Lab
Sir David Crausby
LD
Mike Crockart
Lab
Mr Jim Cunningham
Lab
Sir Tony Cunningham
Lab
Jim Dobbin
DUP
Lord Dodds of Duncairn
Lab
Mr Frank Doran
Lab
Paul Flynn
Lab
Yvonne Fovargue
Lab
Mr Roger Godsiff
Con
James Gray
Lab
Fabian Hamilton
Leeds North East
Ind
Mr Mike Hancock
Lab
Mr Dai Havard
Lab
Mr Jim Hood
Lab
Mrs Siân C. James
PC
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
APNI
Naomi Long
DUP
Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown
Lab
Sir Alan Meale
Lab
Andrew Miller
Con
Penny Mordaunt
Lab
Lord Murphy of Torfaen
Lab
Ian Murray
Edinburgh South
Lab
Sandra Osborne
DUP
Ian Paisley
Con
Andrew Percy (Sponsor)
UKIP
Mark Reckless
LD
Dan Rogerson
RUK
Andrew Rosindell
Romford
Lab
Lindsay Roy
LD
Sir Bob Russell
DUP
Jim Shannon
Strangford
Lab
Mr Barry Sheerman
Lab
Jim Sheridan
DUP
David Simpson
Con
Chris Skidmore
Lab
Nick Smith
Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney
Con
Graham Stuart
Beverley and Holderness
LD
Viscount Thurso
Con
Martin Vickers
Brigg and Immingham
Lab
Joan Walley
Con
Mr Robert Walter
Con
Mike Weatherley
SNP
Pete Wishart
Perth and Kinross-shire

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