64th ANNIVERSARY OF THE 51st HIGHLAND DIVISION'S REARGUARD ACTION AT ST VALERY (EDM1219)

64th ANNIVERSARY OF THE 51st HIGHLAND DIVISION'S REARGUARD ACTION AT ST VALERY

EDM number 1219 in 2003-04, proposed by Charles Kennedy on 18/05/2004.

That this House recognises the sacrifice made by the 51st Highland Division in June 1940 as they assisted the French Army in making a stand against the German invasion, relieving the pressure on the Channel Ports, action which ultimately led to the capture of the Division at St Valery-en-Caux; further recognises that this gallant action by the 51st Division allowed the Royal Navy to evacuate over 300,000 British and French soldiers from Dunkirk; notes that without this action by the 51st Highland Division Britain and her allies might well not have been able to regroup and reorganise and ultimately return to French soil in 1944; recognises how different Britain and Europe might have been today without this vital contribution; and asks the First Minister that when on behalf of the Scottish people he takes part in commemorative activities to mark the 60th Anniversary of D-Day he pays tribute to 51st Highland Division without whose efforts D-Day might never have happened.

This motion has been signed by a total of 43 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Charles Kennedy	18/05/2004	Ross, Skye & Inverness West	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Alex Salmond	18/05/2004	Banff & Buchan	Scottish National Party	Signed
Peter Duncan	18/05/2004	Galloway & Upper Nithsdale	Conservative	Signed
David Stewart	18/05/2004	Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber	Labour	Signed
John Thurso	18/05/2004	Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Tynan	18/05/2004	Hamilton South	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	19/05/2004	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Weir	19/05/2004	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Rudi Vis	19/05/2004	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
John Barrett	19/05/2004	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Hancock	19/05/2004	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew George	19/05/2004	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	19/05/2004	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Marsden	19/05/2004	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Key	19/05/2004	Salisbury	Conservative	Signed
Nigel Jones	19/05/2004	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynne Jones	19/05/2004	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Iris Robinson	19/05/2004	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Alan Reid	19/05/2004	Argyll & Bute	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lady Hermon	20/05/2004	North Down	UUP	Signed
Robert Wareing	20/05/2004	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Paul Tyler	20/05/2004	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Desmond Turner	20/05/2004	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
David Hamilton	20/05/2004	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Nigel Dodds	20/05/2004	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Alan Meale	20/05/2004	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
John Smith	20/05/2004	Vale of Glamorgan	Labour	Signed
Gordon Prentice	20/05/2004	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	20/05/2004	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	21/05/2004	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Cryer	21/05/2004	Hornchurch	Labour	Signed
David Burnside	24/05/2004	South Antrim	UUP	Signed
Paul Keetch	24/05/2004	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Smyth	24/05/2004	Belfast South	UUP	Signed
Annabelle Ewing	25/05/2004	Perth	Scottish National Party	Signed
Albert Owen	26/05/2004	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Edward Garnier	26/05/2004	Harborough	Conservative	Signed
Roy Beggs	26/05/2004	East Antrim	UUP	Signed
Julian Lewis	27/05/2004	New Forest East	Conservative	Signed
Vincent Cable	07/06/2004	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Adrian Bailey	08/06/2004	West Bromwich West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Jeff Ennis	17/06/2004	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
Andrew Rosindell	07/09/2004	Romford	Conservative	Signed

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