Fiftieth Anniversary Of Human Spaceflight (EDM1598)

Fiftieth Anniversary Of Human Spaceflight

EDM number 1598 in 2010-12, proposed by Adam Afriyie on 15/03/2011.
Categorised under the topic of Research and innovation.

That this House notes the fiftieth anniversary of the first human flight in space by Yuri Gagarin on 12 April 1961; welcomes the results of the latest annual survey of the size and health of the UK space industry; further welcomes the UK Space Agency's settlement in the allocation of science and research funding for 2011-12 to 2014-15; congratulates the sector on achieving growth figures of more than 10 per cent. on average over the last two years compared to national GDP growth of 0.3 per cent.; recognises that the space industry is a thriving and innovative hi-tech sector, contributing 6.5 billion a year to the UK economy and supporting up to 80,000 jobs; and calls on the Government to promote a beneficial regulatory framework, advance cooperation between the UK Space Agency and its overseas counterparts and continue its support for the UK's space sector.

This motion has been signed by a total of 35 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Adam Afriyie	15/03/2011	Windsor	Conservative	Proposed
Simon Wright	15/03/2011	Norwich South	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
David Morris	15/03/2011	Morecambe and Lunesdale	Conservative	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	15/03/2011	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Mike Hancock	15/03/2011	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Robert Walter	15/03/2011	North Dorset	Conservative	Seconded
Julian Huppert	15/03/2011	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Penny Mordaunt	15/03/2011	Portsmouth North	Conservative	Signed
Pamela Nash	15/03/2011	Airdrie and Shotts	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Wicks	15/03/2011	Croydon North	Labour	Signed
Oliver Heald	15/03/2011	North East Hertfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	16/03/2011	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	16/03/2011	Lagan Valley	DUP	Signed
Stephen Williams	17/03/2011	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Keith Vaz	18/03/2011	Leicester East	Labour	Signed
Stephen Metcalfe	18/03/2011	South Basildon and East Thurrock	Conservative	Signed
Karl McCartney	18/03/2011	Lincoln	Conservative	Signed
Charlotte Leslie	18/03/2011	Bristol North West	Conservative	Signed
Tom Blenkinsop	18/03/2011	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland	Labour	Signed
Robert Halfon	18/03/2011	Harlow	Conservative	Signed
John Hemming	18/03/2011	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Davies	18/03/2011	Monmouth	Conservative	Signed
Ian Davidson	18/03/2011	Glasgow South West	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	18/03/2011	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	21/03/2011	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Russell	22/03/2011	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Shannon	22/03/2011	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Lindsay Roy	22/03/2011	Glenrothes	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	23/03/2011	North Down	Independent	Signed
Nicholas Dakin	23/03/2011	Scunthorpe	Labour	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	24/03/2011	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
David Crausby	30/03/2011	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Nigel Dodds	31/03/2011	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Ian Murray	16/05/2011	Edinburgh South	Labour	Signed
Roger Williams	18/05/2011	Brecon and Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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