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Waitangi Day (New Zealand Day)

EDM number 775 in 2007-08, proposed by Andrew Rosindell on 24/01/2008.
Categorised under the topic of Australasia.

That this House joins the people of New Zealand in celebrating Waitangi Day, their National Day, on 6th February 2008, commemorating the historic signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, that marks the coming together of the Maori people and representatives of the British Crown; notes the importance of maintaining strong links between the United Kingdom and New Zealand; recognises the shared heritage, longstanding trading relationships and deeply intertwined cultural, educational and military ties between the peoples of these two great allies and Commonwealth members who share Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II as Head of State and Sovereign; and urges the Government to continue to foster and strengthen the special relationship that binds these two nations together.

This motion has been signed by a total of 30 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Andrew Rosindell24/01/2008RomfordConservativeProposed
Peter Bottomley25/01/2008Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Lindsay Hoyle28/01/2008ChorleyLabourSeconded
Nicholas Winterton28/01/2008MacclesfieldConservativeSeconded
Alan Meale28/01/2008MansfieldLabourSeconded
Michael Penning28/01/2008Hemel HempsteadConservativeSeconded
Tim Loughton28/01/2008East Worthing and ShorehamConservativeSigned
Mike Hancock28/01/2008Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Ann Winterton28/01/2008CongletonConservativeSigned
William McCrea29/01/2008South AntrimDUPSigned
Colin Breed29/01/2008South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Gregory Campbell29/01/2008East LondonderryDUPSigned
Andrew Dismore29/01/2008HendonLabourSigned
Philip Davies29/01/2008ShipleyConservativeSigned
Jim Devine29/01/2008LivingstonLabourSigned
David Simpson30/01/2008Upper BannDUPSigned
Jeffrey M Donaldson30/01/2008Lagan ValleyDUPSigned
Kelvin Hopkins31/01/2008Luton NorthLabourSigned
Albert Owen04/02/2008Ynys MLabourSigned
Betty Williams04/02/2008ConwyLabourSigned
Brian Jenkins05/02/2008TamworthLabourSigned
Michael Jabez Foster06/02/2008Hastings and RyeLabourSigned
Bill Etherington07/02/2008Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Nigel Dodds18/02/2008Belfast NorthDUPSigned
John Hemming19/02/2008Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Derek Conway22/02/2008Old Bexley and SidcupIndependentSigned
Alan Simpson26/02/2008Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
David Crausby26/02/2008Bolton North EastLabourSigned
John Cummings04/03/2008EasingtonLabourSigned
David MarshallUnknownWithdrawn

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