Veterans Day Bank Holiday (EDM1357)

Veterans Day Bank Holiday

EDM number 1357 in 2007-08, proposed by Colin Challen on 21/04/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Armed forces and Veterans.

That this House believes that the creation of a new bank holiday is justified; further believes that such a bank holiday should be created to celebrate and commemorate the contribution of all members of Her Majesty's Armed Forces, past and present, in defending United Kingdom democracy and freedom; and considers that such a bank holiday should be known as Veterans Day.

This motion has been signed by a total of 32 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Colin Challen	21/04/2008	Morley and Rothwell	Labour	Proposed
Alan Meale	22/04/2008	Mansfield	Labour	Seconded
Brian Iddon	22/04/2008	Bolton South East	Labour	Seconded
David Taylor	22/04/2008	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Seconded
Martin Caton	22/04/2008	Gower	Labour	Seconded
David Simpson	22/04/2008	Upper Bann	DUP	Seconded
Bob Spink	22/04/2008	Castle Point	UKIP	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	22/04/2008	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	22/04/2008	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	23/04/2008	Chorley	Labour	Signed
William McCrea	23/04/2008	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
John Battle	23/04/2008	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	23/04/2008	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Rudi Vis	23/04/2008	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
David Drew	24/04/2008	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Jim Devine	25/04/2008	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	25/04/2008	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Andrew MacKinlay	28/04/2008	Thurrock	Labour	Signed
Iris Robinson	29/04/2008	Strangford	DUP	Signed
John McDonnell	29/04/2008	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	30/04/2008	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Laura Moffatt	30/04/2008	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Nigel Dodds	30/04/2008	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	01/05/2008	Lagan Valley	DUP	Signed
Bill Etherington	01/05/2008	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
John Heppell	06/05/2008	Nottingham East	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	09/05/2008	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Derek Conway	09/05/2008	Old Bexley and Sidcup	Independent	Signed
David Heyes	14/05/2008	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	14/05/2008	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
John Horam	19/06/2008	Orpington	Conservative	Signed
Jim Dobbin	24/06/2008	Heywood and Middleton	Labour	Signed

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