CELEBRATION OF ST. GEORGE'S DAY (EDM1253)

CELEBRATION OF ST. GEORGE'S DAY

EDM number 1253 in 2007-08, proposed by Andrew Rosindell on 25/03/2008.
Categorised under the topic of Cultural heritage.

That this House looks forward to celebrating St. George's Day on Wednesday 23rd April; believes that the day of England's patron saint is an opportunity for all the people of England to celebrate their country's heritage, values and traditions; calls upon the Government to mark the occasion by ensuring that the Cross of St. George flag is flown from all public buildings on this day; further encourages local authorities, schools, organisations and businesses also proudly to fly the flag of England; and further calls upon all hon. Members to support the campaign to establish 23rd April as an annual public holiday so that the people of England may be united in celebrating their country's great achievements and rich history.

This motion has been signed by a total of 46 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Andrew Rosindell	25/03/2008	Romford	Conservative	Proposed
Lindsay Hoyle	25/03/2008	Chorley	Labour	Seconded
Lee Scott	25/03/2008	Ilford North	Conservative	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	25/03/2008	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Bob Spink	25/03/2008	Castle Point	Independent Conservative	Seconded
Bob Russell	25/03/2008	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Philip Davies	26/03/2008	Shipley	Conservative	Signed
Mark Hunter	26/03/2008	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Williams	26/03/2008	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nigel Waterson	26/03/2008	Eastbourne	Conservative	Signed
David Taylor	26/03/2008	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	26/03/2008	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Dobbin	26/03/2008	Heywood and Middleton	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	26/03/2008	Hendon	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	26/03/2008	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed
Joan Humble	26/03/2008	Blackpool North and Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	27/03/2008	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Greg Knight	27/03/2008	East Yorkshire	Conservative	Signed
John Hemming	27/03/2008	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Laura Moffatt	31/03/2008	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	31/03/2008	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	31/03/2008	Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath	Labour	Signed
James Gray	31/03/2008	North Wiltshire	Conservative	Signed
Graham Stringer	01/04/2008	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Signed
Angus MacNeil	01/04/2008	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scottish National Party	Signed
John Leech	01/04/2008	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Winterton	01/04/2008	Congleton	Conservative	Signed
Nicholas Winterton	01/04/2008	Macclesfield	Conservative	Signed
Paul Keetch	02/04/2008	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Janet Dean	02/04/2008	Burton	Labour	Signed
Ian Stewart	02/04/2008	Eccles	Labour	Signed
David Wilshire	02/04/2008	Spelthorne	Conservative	Signed
Jim Devine	21/04/2008	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Michael Penning	22/04/2008	Hemel Hempstead	Conservative	Signed
Christopher Huhne	23/04/2008	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Anne Main	24/04/2008	St Albans	Conservative	Signed
James Duddridge	24/04/2008	Rochford and Southend East	Conservative	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	28/04/2008	Dover	Labour	Signed
David Evennett	28/04/2008			Signed
John Horam	30/04/2008	Orpington	Conservative	Signed
Michael Mates	01/05/2008	East Hampshire	Conservative	Signed
Tom Brake	07/05/2008	Carshalton and Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Borrow	13/05/2008	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	14/05/2008	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Alan Keen	15/05/2008	Feltham and Heston	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	19/06/2008	Kingston and Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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