Future Of The Coastguard Service (EDM530)

Future Of The Coastguard Service

EDM number 530 in 1997-98, proposed by Ian Bruce on 01/12/1997.

That this House praises the skills, dedication and commitment of those coastguards who work for Her Majesty's Coastguard in delivering this vital emergency service; notes with concern the Government's intention to close the coastguard stations in Oban, Orkney, Liverpool and Tyne and co-locate the Portland and Solent operation rooms; and calls upon the Government to ensure that coastal safety is not compromised by any reduction in the coastguard service and that in the interest of maintaining safety; all interested organisations and honourable Members are consulted on the future operations of the coastguard service.

This motion has been signed by a total of 27 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Ian Bruce	01/12/1997	South Dorset	Conservative	Proposed
Jim Wallace	02/12/1997	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Viggers	03/12/1997	Gosport	Conservative	Signed
Ronnie Fearn	04/12/1997	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roy Beggs	04/12/1997	East Antrim	UUP	Signed
Nick Harvey	05/12/1997	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Julian Lewis	08/12/1997	New Forest East	Conservative	Signed
Gordon Marsden	08/12/1997	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Menzies Campbell	08/12/1997	Fife North East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dafydd Wigley	08/12/1997	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Peter Brand	09/12/1997	Isle of Wight	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Colvin	09/12/1997	Romsey	Conservative	Signed
Christopher Fraser	10/12/1997	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Conservative	Signed
Ken Livingstone	10/12/1997	Brent East	Labour	Signed
Alex Salmond	11/12/1997	Banff & Buchan	Scottish National Party	Signed
Austin Mitchell	11/12/1997	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Margaret Ewing	11/12/1997	Moray	Scottish National Party	Signed
Andrew Welsh	11/12/1997	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Tim Loughton	12/12/1997	East Worthing & Shoreham	Conservative	Signed
Mike Hancock	15/12/1997	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	16/12/1997	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Christopher Gill	17/12/1997	Ludlow	Conservative	Signed
Claire Curtis-Thomas	22/12/1997	Crosby	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	21/01/1998	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Brian Cotter	21/01/1998	Weston-Super-Mare	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ieuan Wyn Jones	28/01/1998	Ynys M	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Norman A Godman	Unknown			Withdrawn

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