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EDM number 500 in 1990-91, proposed by Jonathan Sayeed on 19/02/1991.

That this House welcomes the recent report of the Joint Working Party on British shipping published in September 1990; notes the vital importance of Britain's merchant fleet for the economy, employment and the country's strategic defences; recognises the links with regard to economic activity and maritime skills, between the merchant fleet and the marine related industries; notes that British shipping and those marine related industries together contribute some ú5 billion a year to the country's invisibles; and calls on Her Majesty's Government to take immediate and positive action to first ensure that the British fleet is strengthened by appropriate stimulation of investment in modern tonnage and second encourage the recruitment, training and employment of British seafarers.

This motion has been signed by a total of 289 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Jonathan Sayeed19/02/1991Bristol EastProposed
Anthony Meyer19/02/1991Clwyd North WestSigned
Terry Patchett19/02/1991Barnsley EastSigned
James Pawsey19/02/1991Rugby & KenilworthSigned
Elizabeth Peacock19/02/1991Batley & SpenSigned
Joyce Quin19/02/1991Gateshead EastSigned
Giles Radice19/02/1991North DurhamSigned
Allan Rogers19/02/1991RhonddaSigned
Terry Rooney19/02/1991Bradford NorthSigned
Ernie Ross19/02/1991Dundee WestSigned
Andrew Rowe19/02/1991Kent MidSigned
Giles Shaw19/02/1991PudseySigned
Barry Sheerman19/02/1991HuddersfieldSigned
Colin Shepherd19/02/1991HerefordSigned
Peter Shore19/02/1991Bethnal Green and StepneySigned
Jim Sillars19/02/1991Glasgow, GovanSigned
Roger Sims19/02/1991ChislehurstSigned
Trevor Skeet19/02/1991Bedfordshire NorthSigned
John Smith19/02/1991Vale of GlamorganSigned
Tim Smith19/02/1991BeaconsfieldSigned
Nicholas Soames19/02/1991CrawleySigned
Nigel Spearing19/02/1991Newham SouthSigned
James Spicer19/02/1991West DorsetSigned
Peter Hardy19/02/1991WentworthSigned
Alan Haselhurst19/02/1991Saffron WaldenSigned
Jerry Hayes19/02/1991HarlowSigned
Sylvia Heal19/02/1991Staffordshire MidSigned
Robert Hicks19/02/1991South East CornwallSigned
Terence Higgins19/02/1991WorthingSigned
Norman Hogg19/02/1991Cumbernauld & KilsythSigned
John Home Robertson19/02/1991East LothianSigned
Geraint Howells19/02/1991Ceredigion and Pembroke NorthSigned
Robert Hughes19/02/1991Aberdeen NorthSigned
Andrew Hunter19/02/1991BasingstokeSigned
Eric Illsley19/02/1991Barnsley CentralSigned
Geoffrey Johnson Smith19/02/1991WealdenSigned
Russell Johnston19/02/1991Inverness, Nairn and LochaberSigned
Charles Kennedy19/02/1991Ross and Cromarty and SkyeSigned
James Kilfedder19/02/1991North DownSigned
Archy Kirkwood19/02/1991Roxburgh & BerwickshireSigned
David Knox19/02/1991Staffordshire MoorlandsSigned
Robert Litherland19/02/1991Manchester CentralSigned
Ken Livingstone19/02/1991Brent EastSigned
Geoffrey Lofthouse19/02/1991Pontefract & CastlefordSigned
Eddie Loyden19/02/1991Liverpool, GarstonSigned
Richard Luce19/02/1991ShorehamSigned
Calum MacDonald19/02/1991Na h-Eileanan an IarSigned
David Madel19/02/1991South West BedfordshireSigned
Alice Mahon19/02/1991HalifaxSigned
Humfrey Malins19/02/1991Croydon North WestSigned
Paul Marland19/02/1991Gloucestershire WestSigned
Jim Marshall19/02/1991Leicester SouthSigned
Michael Martin19/02/1991Glasgow, SpringburnSigned
Michael Mates19/02/1991East HampshireSigned
John McAllion19/02/1991Dundee EastSigned
Thomas McAvoy19/02/1991Glasgow, RutherglenSigned
John McFall19/02/1991DumbartonSigned
William McKelvey19/02/1991Kilmarnock & LoudounSigned
Patrick McNair-Wilson19/02/1991New ForestSigned
John McWilliam19/02/1991BlaydonSigned
Alan Meale19/02/1991MansfieldSigned
James Molyneaux19/02/1991Lagan ValleySigned
Lewis Moonie19/02/1991KirkcaldySigned
Michael Morris19/02/1991Northampton SouthSigned
Malcolm Moss19/02/1991North East CambridgeshireSigned
Anthony Nelson19/02/1991ChichesterSigned
Emma Nicholson19/02/1991Torridge & West DevonSigned
Gordon Oakes19/02/1991HaltonSigned
Ian Paisley19/02/1991North AntrimSigned
Roland Boyes19/02/1991Houghton and WashingtonSigned
Keith Bradley19/02/1991Manchester, WithingtonSigned
Ian Bruce19/02/1991South DorsetSigned
Menzies Campbell19/02/1991Fife North EastSigned
Ronnie Campbell19/02/1991Blyth ValleySigned
Dale Campbell-Savours19/02/1991WorkingtonSigned
Alex Carlile19/02/1991MontgomerySigned
Bill Cash19/02/1991StaffordSigned
Winston Churchill19/02/1991DavyhulmeSigned
Michael Clark19/02/1991RochfordSigned
David Clelland19/02/1991Tyne BridgeSigned
Harry Cohen19/02/1991LeytonSigned
Robin Corbett19/02/1991Birmingham, ErdingtonSigned
Patrick Cormack19/02/1991South StaffordshireSigned
Jim Cousins19/02/1991Newcastle upon Tyne CentralSigned
Julian Critchley19/02/1991AldershotSigned
Alistair Darling19/02/1991Edinburgh CentralSigned
Denzil Davies19/02/1991LlanelliSigned
Terry Davis19/02/1991Birmingham, Hodge HillSigned
Terry Dicks19/02/1991Hayes & HarlingtonSigned
Dick Douglas19/02/1991Dunfermline WestSigned
Bob Dunn19/02/1991DartfordSigned
Jimmy Dunnachie19/02/1991Glasgow, PollokSigned
Gwyneth Dunwoody19/02/1991Crewe & NantwichSigned
Hugh Dykes19/02/1991Harrow EastSigned
Alexander Eadie19/02/1991MidlothianSigned
Kenneth Eastham19/02/1991Manchester, BlackleySigned
Margaret Ewing19/02/1991MoraySigned
Andrew Faulds19/02/1991Warley EastSigned
Peggy Fenner19/02/1991MedwaySigned
Paul Flynn19/02/1991Newport WestSigned
Janet Fookes19/02/1991Plymouth DrakeSigned
Roger Gale19/02/1991North ThanetSigned
George Gardiner19/02/1991ReigateSigned
Bruce George19/02/1991Walsall SouthSigned
Mildred Gordon19/02/1991Bow and PoplarSigned
Anthony Grant19/02/1991Cambridge South WestSigned
Harry Greenway19/02/1991Ealing NorthSigned
John Greenway19/02/1991RyedaleSigned
Irene Adams19/02/1991Paisley NorthSigned
Jonathan Aitken19/02/1991South ThanetSigned
Richard Alexander19/02/1991NewarkSigned
Michael Alison19/02/1991SelbySigned
Rupert Allason19/02/1991TorbaySigned
John Hannam19/02/1991ExeterSigned
Hilary Armstrong19/02/1991North West DurhamSigned
Jacques Arnold19/02/1991GraveshamSigned
Joe Ashton19/02/1991BassetlawSigned
Jack Aspinwall19/02/1991WansdykeSigned
Robert Banks19/02/1991HarrogateSigned
Tony Banks19/02/1991Newham North WestSigned
Kevin Barron19/02/1991Rother ValleySigned
Gerry Bermingham19/02/1991St Helens SouthSigned
John Blackburn19/02/1991Dudley WestSigned
Nicholas Bonsor19/02/1991UpminsterSigned
Robert Boscawen19/02/1991Somerton & FromeSigned
David Sumberg19/02/1991Bury SouthSigned
Jack Thompson19/02/1991WansbeckSigned
Patrick Thompson19/02/1991Norwich NorthSigned
Malcolm Thornton19/02/1991CrosbySigned
John Townend19/02/1991BridlingtonSigned
Richard Tracey19/02/1991SurbitonSigned
David Tredinnick19/02/1991BosworthSigned
David Trimble19/02/1991Upper BannSigned
Neville Trotter19/02/1991TynemouthSigned
Keith Vaz19/02/1991Leicester EastSigned
George Walden19/02/1991BuckinghamSigned
Bill Walker19/02/1991North TaysideSigned
Gary Waller19/02/1991KeighleySigned
Jerry Wiggin19/02/1991Weston-Super-MareSigned
Dafydd Wigley19/02/1991CaernarfonSigned
John Wilkinson19/02/1991Ruislip - NorthwoodSigned
David Winnick19/02/1991Walsall NorthSigned
Ann Winterton19/02/1991CongletonSigned
Nicholas Winterton19/02/1991MacclesfieldSigned
Mark Wolfson19/02/1991SevenoaksSigned
Robert Parry20/02/1991Liverpool, RiversideSigned
Tom Pendry20/02/1991Stalybridge & HydeSigned
Barry Porter20/02/1991Wirral SouthSigned
Raymond Powell20/02/1991OgmoreSigned
Tim Rathbone20/02/1991LewesSigned
Willie Ross20/02/1991East LondonderrySigned
David Shaw20/02/1991DoverSigned
Richard Shepherd20/02/1991Aldridge-BrownhillsSigned
Clare Short20/02/1991Birmingham, LadywoodSigned
Andrew Smith20/02/1991Oxford EastSigned
Chris Smith20/02/1991Islington South & FinsburySigned
Martin Smyth20/02/1991Belfast SouthSigned
Jimmy Hood20/02/1991ClydesdaleSigned
Roy Hughes20/02/1991Newport EastSigned
David Lambie20/02/1991Cunninghame SouthSigned
Ron Leighton20/02/1991Newham North EastSigned
Richard Livsey20/02/1991Brecon and RadnorSigned
John Marek20/02/1991WrexhamSigned
David Marshall20/02/1991Glasgow, ShettlestonSigned
Alun Michael20/02/1991Cardiff South & PenarthSigned
Ray Michie20/02/1991Argyll & ButeSigned
Rhodri Morgan20/02/1991Cardiff WestSigned
Jeremy Bray20/02/1991Motherwell SouthSigned
Ronald Brown20/02/1991Edinburgh LeithSigned
Michael Colvin20/02/1991Romsey and WatersideSigned
Tom Cox20/02/1991TootingSigned
John Cummings20/02/1991EasingtonSigned
Ron Davies20/02/1991CaerphillySigned
Timothy Devlin20/02/1991Stockton SouthSigned
Anthony Durant20/02/1991Reading WestSigned
John Evans20/02/1991St Helens NorthSigned
Mark Fisher20/02/1991Stoke-on-Trent CentralSigned
Michael Foot20/02/1991Blaenau GwentSigned
George Foulkes20/02/1991Carrick, Cumnock and Doon ValleySigned
Christopher Gill20/02/1991LudlowSigned
David Alton20/02/1991Liverpool Mossley HillSigned
Peter Griffiths20/02/1991Portsmouth NorthSigned
Win Griffiths20/02/1991BridgendSigned
Harry Barnes20/02/1991North East DerbyshireSigned
Roy Beggs20/02/1991East AntrimSigned
Stuart Bell20/02/1991MiddlesbroughSigned
Paul Boateng20/02/1991Brent SouthSigned
Gerry Steinberg20/02/1991Durham, City ofSigned
Gerard Vaughan20/02/1991Reading EastSigned
Cecil Walker20/02/1991Belfast NorthSigned
Gareth Wardell20/02/1991GowerSigned
Andrew Welsh20/02/1991Angus EastSigned
Brian Wilson20/02/1991Cunninghame NorthSigned
Max Madden21/02/1991Bradford WestSigned
Ted Rowlands21/02/1991Merthyr Tydfil & RhymneySigned
James Hill21/02/1991Southampton, TestSigned
Toby Jessel21/02/1991TwickenhamSigned
Martyn Jones21/02/1991Clwyd South WestSigned
Tony Lloyd21/02/1991StretfordSigned
Ken Maginnis21/02/1991Fermanagh & South TyroneSigned
Chris Mullin21/02/1991Sunderland SouthSigned
James Couchman21/02/1991GillinghamSigned
Tam Dalyell21/02/1991LinlithgowSigned
Stephen Day21/02/1991CheadleSigned
Den Dover21/02/1991ChorleySigned
Peter Fry21/02/1991WellingboroughSigned
Llin Golding21/02/1991Newcastle-under-LymeSigned
John Gorst21/02/1991Hendon NorthSigned
John Battle21/02/1991Leeds WestSigned
John Taylor21/02/1991StrangfordSigned
Dennis Turner21/02/1991Wolverhampton South EastSigned
Bowen Wells21/02/1991Hertford & StortfordSigned
Frank Field22/02/1991BirkenheadSigned
Marion Roe25/02/1991BroxbourneSigned
Michael Shersby25/02/1991UxbridgeSigned
George Howarth25/02/1991Knowsley NorthSigned
Kim Howells25/02/1991PontypriddSigned
Greville Janner25/02/1991Leicester WestSigned
Joan Lestor25/02/1991EcclesSigned
Ian McCartney25/02/1991MakerfieldSigned
Roger Moate25/02/1991FavershamSigned
Elliot Morley25/02/1991Glanford and ScunthorpeSigned
Alf Morris25/02/1991Manchester WythenshaweSigned
Paul Murphy25/02/1991TorfaenSigned
Richard Page25/02/1991South West HertfordshireSigned
Simon Coombs25/02/1991SwindonSigned
Lawrence Cunliffe25/02/1991LeighSigned
Geoffrey Dickens25/02/1991Littleborough and SaddleworthSigned
Ronnie Fearn25/02/1991SouthportSigned
David Atkinson25/02/1991Bournemouth EastSigned
David Steel25/02/1991Tweeddale, Ettrick and LauderdaleSigned
John Ward25/02/1991PooleSigned
Robert Wareing25/02/1991Liverpool, West DerbySigned
Michael Welsh25/02/1991Doncaster NorthSigned
Alan Williams25/02/1991Swansea WestSigned
Peter Pike26/02/1991BurnleySigned
Robert Maclennan26/02/1991Caithness and SutherlandSigned
Bill O'Brien26/02/1991NormantonSigned
Nick Brown26/02/1991Newcastle upon Tyne EastSigned
Alistair Burt26/02/1991Bury NorthSigned
Richard Caborn26/02/1991Sheffield CentralSigned
Frank Doran26/02/1991Aberdeen SouthSigned
Marcus Fox26/02/1991ShipleySigned
Maria Fyfe26/02/1991Glasgow, MaryhillSigned
John Gilbert26/02/1991Dudley EastSigned
Alan Beith26/02/1991Berwick-upon-TweedSigned
Vivian Bendall26/02/1991Ilford NorthSigned
Matthew Taylor26/02/1991TruroSigned
Mike Watson26/02/1991Glasgow CentralSigned
Tony Worthington26/02/1991Clydebank & MilngavieSigned
Andrew Hargreaves27/02/1991Birmingham, Hall GreenSigned
Ralph Howell27/02/1991North NorfolkSigned
Ivan Lawrence27/02/1991BurtonSigned
Edward O'Hara27/02/1991Knowsley SouthSigned
John Carlisle27/02/1991Luton NorthSigned
Barry Field27/02/1991Isle of WightSigned
Richard Body27/02/1991Holland with BostonSigned
Peter Temple-Morris27/02/1991LeominsterSigned
Jim Wallace27/02/1991Orkney & ShetlandSigned
William McCrea27/02/1991Mid UlsterSigned
John Fraser28/02/1991NorwoodSigned
Gavin Strang28/02/1991Edinburgh EastSigned
Tom Arnold01/03/1991Hazel GroveSigned
Malcolm Bruce04/03/1991GordonSigned
Michael Grylls04/03/1991Surrey North WestSigned
Alan Wynne Williams04/03/1991CarmarthenSigned
Austin Mitchell05/03/1991Great GrimsbySigned
David Evennett05/03/1991Erith and CrayfordSigned
Joe Benton05/03/1991BootleSigned
Ieuan Wyn Jones06/03/1991Ynys MSigned
Joan Ruddock07/03/1991Lewisham, DeptfordSigned
Donald Anderson07/03/1991Swansea EastSigned
Peter Viggers07/03/1991GosportSigned
Keith Raffan11/03/1991DelynSigned
Keith Speed11/03/1991AshfordSigned
Keith Hampson11/03/1991Leeds North WestSigned
Harriet Harman12/03/1991PeckhamSigned
Andrew Bowden13/03/1991Brighton, KemptownSigned
Seamus Mallon14/03/1991Newry & ArmaghSigned
Tommy Graham14/03/1991Renfrew West and InverclydeSigned
Michael Jopling18/03/1991Westmorland & LonsdaleSigned
David Mitchell20/03/1991North West HampshireSigned
George Galloway27/03/1991Glasgow HillheadSigned
Michael Lord15/04/1991Suffolk CentralSigned
Norman Fowler15/04/1991Sutton ColdfieldSigned
Stuart Randall16/04/1991Kingston upon Hull WestSigned
Alex Salmond17/04/1991Banff & BuchanSigned
Dawn PrimaroloUnknownWithdrawn
Diane AbbottUnknownWithdrawn

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