Commonwealth Day, Monday 8th March 2004 (EDM708)

Commonwealth Day, Monday 8th March 2004

EDM number 708 in 2003-04, proposed by Martin Smyth on 26/02/2004.

That this House, in common with all parliaments of the Commonwealth, gladly observes Commonwealth Day on Monday 8th March; sincerely supports this year's theme of Building a Commonwealth of Freedom, emphasising the Commonwealth's commitment to being an effective defender of democratic freedoms, freedom of expression, the rule of law and robust civil societies; and recognises the work of the United Kingdom Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association as one of the many organisations committed to the continual strengthening and promotion of the Commonwealth.

This motion has been signed by a total of 48 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Martin Smyth	26/02/2004	Belfast South	UUP	Proposed
Andrew George	27/02/2004	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Syd Rapson	01/03/2004	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Iris Robinson	01/03/2004	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Bob Russell	01/03/2004	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Spink	01/03/2004	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	01/03/2004	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	01/03/2004	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	01/03/2004	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Edward Garnier	01/03/2004	Harborough	Conservative	Signed
Kevin McNamara	02/03/2004	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Win Griffiths	02/03/2004	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	02/03/2004	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	02/03/2004	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Paul Marsden	02/03/2004	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rob Marris	02/03/2004	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	02/03/2004	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Nigel Jones	02/03/2004	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Breed	03/03/2004	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	03/03/2004	Lagan Valley	DUP	Signed
Jane Griffiths	03/03/2004	Reading East	Labour	Signed
John Austin	03/03/2004	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Simon Hughes	04/03/2004	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nicholas Winterton	04/03/2004	Macclesfield	Conservative	Signed
David Borrow	04/03/2004	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Roy Beggs	04/03/2004	East Antrim	UUP	Signed
Donald Anderson	04/03/2004	Swansea East	Labour	Signed
Cheryl Gillan	04/03/2004	Chesham & Amersham	Conservative	Signed
Nigel Dodds	04/03/2004	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Eric Illsley	04/03/2004	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Kate Hoey	04/03/2004	Vauxhall	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	04/03/2004	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
George Foulkes	04/03/2004	Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Betty Williams	08/03/2004	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	08/03/2004	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Derek Conway	08/03/2004	Old Bexley & Sidcup	Conservative	Signed
James Paice	08/03/2004	South East Cambridgeshire	Conservative	Signed
Nick Harvey	08/03/2004	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Marion Roe	08/03/2004	Broxbourne	Conservative	Signed
John Stanley	09/03/2004	Tonbridge & Malling	Conservative	Signed
Tom Cox	09/03/2004	Tooting	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	10/03/2004	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeff Ennis	10/03/2004	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
Peter Pike	11/03/2004	Burnley	Labour	Signed
Bill Olner	11/03/2004	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	16/03/2004	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Rosindell	18/03/2004	Romford	Conservative	Signed
Janet Dean	18/03/2004	Burton	Labour	Signed

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