Launch Of Friends Of The Lines Of Torres Vedras

EDM number 611 in 2009-10, proposed by Andrew Dismore on 14/01/2010.
Categorised under the topic of Military operations.

That this House notes that 2010 is the 200th anniversary of the lines of Torres Vedras, the extensive Peninsula War defensive works organised by the future Duke of Wellington and built by his engineers with a Portuguese workforce, which protected successfully Lisbon from the French invading army; recognises the anniversary year as an opportunity to further understanding and co-operation between the United Kingdom and its oldest ally, Portugal, and their respective parliaments; welcomes the visit to Parliament of Dr Jaime Gama, the President of the Portuguese Assembly of the Republic, to attend the launch of the proposed Friends of the Lines of Torres Vedras; and calls upon the Government to ensure the anniversary is suitably commemorated in an appropriate way.

This motion has been signed by a total of 21 MPs.