Royal National Lifeboat Institution

EDM number 1688 in 2007-08, proposed by Mark Williams on 03/06/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Charities, Shipping and Voluntary organisations.

That this House congratulates Mr Dai Jenkins of Aberystwyth for being awarded a RNLI Gold Badge in recognition of his 50 years' service to the operation of lifeboats in Ceredigion; acknowledges that more than 137,000 lives have been saved due to the outstanding work carried out by the RNLI since its founding in 1824 as the National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck; applauds the thousands of volunteers that enable the RNLI to continue in this valuable work; and wishes the charity well for the future.

This motion has been signed by a total of 56 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.