Australia Day (EDM774)

Australia Day

EDM number 774 in 2007-08, proposed by Andrew Rosindell on 24/01/2008.
Categorised under the topic of Australasia.

That this House notes that 26th January marks Australia's National Day commemorating the anniversary of the day on which Captain Arthur Philip in 1788 unfurled the Union Flag at Sydney Cove; recognises that the strong historical bonds reinforced through the military, sport, the media and the arts and the shared heritage and special relationship between the peoples of the United Kingdom and Australia is strengthened through flourishing bilateral trade and investment; and calls upon the Government to strengthen the close political, economic and cultural ties that continue to bind these two great nations together, which share Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II as Head of State and Sovereign.

This motion has been signed by a total of 31 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Andrew Rosindell	24/01/2008	Romford	Conservative	Proposed
Peter Bottomley	25/01/2008	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Lindsay Hoyle	28/01/2008	Chorley	Labour	Seconded
Nicholas Winterton	28/01/2008	Macclesfield	Conservative	Seconded
Alan Meale	28/01/2008	Mansfield	Labour	Seconded
Michael Penning	28/01/2008	Hemel Hempstead	Conservative	Seconded
Tim Loughton	28/01/2008	East Worthing and Shoreham	Conservative	Signed
Ann Winterton	28/01/2008	Congleton	Conservative	Signed
William McCrea	29/01/2008	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Colin Breed	29/01/2008	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gregory Campbell	29/01/2008	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Andrew Dismore	29/01/2008	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Philip Davies	29/01/2008	Shipley	Conservative	Signed
Jim Devine	29/01/2008	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	30/01/2008	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	30/01/2008	Lagan Valley	DUP	Signed
David Simpson	30/01/2008	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	31/01/2008	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Albert Owen	04/02/2008	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	04/02/2008	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	05/02/2008	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	06/02/2008	Hastings and Rye	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	07/02/2008	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Nigel Dodds	18/02/2008	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
John Hemming	19/02/2008	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Derek Conway	22/02/2008	Old Bexley and Sidcup	Independent	Signed
Alan Simpson	26/02/2008	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	26/02/2008	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	04/03/2008	Easington	Labour	Signed
Sammy Wilson	20/05/2008	East Antrim	DUP	Signed
David Marshall	Unknown			Withdrawn

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