Decline In The Merchant Fleet (No.2)
EDM number 442 in 1991-92, proposed by Brian Wilson on 19/12/1991.
That this House recognises with sadness and anger that the latest transfers to flags of convenience by British shipowners, Andrew Weir and Blue Star, will take the number of United Kingdom-registered ships over 500 gross registered tons to under 300 for the first time since records were kept; regrets the loss of still more jobs for British officers and ratings; condemns the flagrant disregard for national interest inherent in the run-down of the Merchant Navy; recalls with respect the service given to this country, in times of peace and war, by a great industry which the Tories have now decided is dispensable; and looks forward to the election of a government which will act to defend and expand upon the pitifully small number of Red Ensigns which the Tory brand of patriotism has allowed to survive on the seaways of the world.
This motion has been signed by a total of 42 MPs.
| MP | Date | Constituency | Party | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Wilson | 19/12/1991 | Cunninghame North | Proposed | |
| Dennis Skinner | 20/12/1991 | Bolsover | Signed | |
| Norman Godman | 20/12/1991 | Greenock and Port Glasgow | Signed | |
| Terry Davis | 13/01/1992 | Birmingham, Hodge Hill | Signed | |
| Chris Mullin | 14/01/1992 | Sunderland South | Signed | |
| Harry Barnes | 14/01/1992 | North East Derbyshire | Signed | |
| Maria Fyfe | 14/01/1992 | Glasgow, Maryhill | Signed | |
| John Evans | 14/01/1992 | St Helens North | Signed | |
| Frank Cook | 14/01/1992 | Stockton North | Signed | |
| Bill Michie | 14/01/1992 | Sheffield, Heeley | Signed | |
| William McKelvey | 14/01/1992 | Kilmarnock & Loudoun | Signed | |
| John McAllion | 14/01/1992 | Dundee East | Signed | |
| Eddie Loyden | 14/01/1992 | Liverpool, Garston | Signed | |
| Ernie Ross | 14/01/1992 | Dundee West | Signed | |
| Frank Doran | 15/01/1992 | Aberdeen South | Signed | |
| Tony Banks | 15/01/1992 | Newham North West | Signed | |
| Kenneth Eastham | 15/01/1992 | Manchester, Blackley | Signed | |
| Tom Cox | 15/01/1992 | Tooting | Signed | |
| Ronald Brown | 15/01/1992 | Edinburgh Leith | Signed | |
| Alice Mahon | 15/01/1992 | Halifax | Signed | |
| David Lambie | 15/01/1992 | Cunninghame South | Signed | |
| Roy Hughes | 15/01/1992 | Newport East | Signed | |
| Robert Parry | 15/01/1992 | Liverpool, Riverside | Signed | |
| Ian McCartney | 15/01/1992 | Makerfield | Signed | |
| Joyce Quin | 16/01/1992 | Gateshead East | Signed | |
| Eric Illsley | 16/01/1992 | Barnsley Central | Signed | |
| Audrey Wise | 16/01/1992 | Preston | Signed | |
| Peter Kilfoyle | 17/01/1992 | Liverpool, Walton | Signed | |
| Tony Lloyd | 17/01/1992 | Stretford | Signed | |
| Tommy Graham | 17/01/1992 | Renfrew West and Inverclyde | Signed | |
| Win Griffiths | 21/01/1992 | Bridgend | Signed | |
| Martin Redmond | 22/01/1992 | Don Valley | Signed | |
| John Smith | 23/01/1992 | Vale of Glamorgan | Signed | |
| Kim Howells | 23/01/1992 | Pontypridd | Signed | |
| Edward O'Hara | 23/01/1992 | Knowsley South | Signed | |
| Michael Welsh | 23/01/1992 | Doncaster North | Signed | |
| Martyn Jones | 03/02/1992 | Clwyd South West | Signed | |
| Gwyneth Dunwoody | 06/02/1992 | Crewe & Nantwich | Signed | |
| David Clelland | 10/02/1992 | Tyne Bridge | Signed | |
| Jack Thompson | 10/02/1992 | Wansbeck | Signed | |
| Max Madden | 17/02/1992 | Bradford West | Signed | |
| Roy Beggs | 21/02/1992 | East Antrim | Signed |
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