500th Anniversary Of The Discovery Of The Island Of St Helena (EDM1302)

500th Anniversary Of The Discovery Of The Island Of St Helena

EDM number 1302 in 2001-02, proposed by Bob Russell on 14/05/2002.

That this House sends greetings to the people of the Island of St. Helena on the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the Island's discovery on 21st May 1502; is delighted that Parliament was able to restore full British citizenship to residents, who are strongly proud of their British heritage, in time for the anniversary celebrations; notes that this tiny island in the South Atlantic played an important strategic role in the days of the British Empire; urges the Government to honour its obligations to today's residents by helping to develop a sustainable economy, including the building of an airfield, with greater employment and education opportunities; and wishes the citizens of St. Helena, more generally known as 'saints', good fortune and greater prosperity in the years ahead.

This motion has been signed by a total of 47 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Bob Russell	14/05/2002	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Andrew MacKinlay	14/05/2002	Thurrock	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	14/05/2002	Easington	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	14/05/2002	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Winterton	14/05/2002	Congleton	Conservative	Signed
Gordon Marsden	15/05/2002	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Peter Bradley	15/05/2002	Wrekin, The	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	15/05/2002	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Dismore	15/05/2002	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Harry Barnes	15/05/2002	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	15/05/2002	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Eric Illsley	16/05/2002	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Nicholas Winterton	16/05/2002	Macclesfield	Conservative	Signed
Paul Tyler	16/05/2002	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roy Beggs	16/05/2002	East Antrim	UUP	Signed
Edward Davey	16/05/2002	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sydney Chapman	16/05/2002	Chipping Barnet	Conservative	Signed
Tom Brake	16/05/2002	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Smyth	16/05/2002	Belfast South	UUP	Signed
Andrew Rosindell	16/05/2002	Romford	Conservative	Signed
Nigel Jones	20/05/2002	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Hancock	20/05/2002	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Betty Williams	20/05/2002	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	21/05/2002	North Down	UUP	Signed
Rudi Vis	21/05/2002	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	21/05/2002	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Tom Cox	21/05/2002	Tooting	Labour	Signed
Paul Marsden	21/05/2002	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	21/05/2002	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	21/05/2002	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Bob Spink	22/05/2002	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
David Chidgey	22/05/2002	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Austin	22/05/2002	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
John Barrett	22/05/2002	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Matthew Green	23/05/2002	Ludlow	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	23/05/2002	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
David Burnside	23/05/2002	South Antrim	UUP	Signed
Annette Brooke	23/05/2002	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian Davidson	24/05/2002	Glasgow, Pollok	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Jim Knight	10/06/2002	South Dorset	Labour	Signed
Norman Lamb	11/06/2002	North Norfolk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Stunell	11/06/2002	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Drew	17/06/2002	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Alan Simpson	19/06/2002	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	02/07/2002	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
David Borrow	08/07/2002	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Mike O'Brien	Unknown			Withdrawn

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