Thai Cave Rescue

EDM number 1512 in 2017-19, proposed by Kelvin Hopkins on 12/07/2018.
Categorised under the topics of Asia, Children and families, Flooding and Emergencies and disaster management.

That this House welcomes the successful rescue of the football team and coach from the Tham Luang Nang Non cave in Thailand; pays tribute to the work of the rescue team comprised of military and volunteer divers, particularly the seven British divers involved in the rescue, two of whom initially discovered the boys trapped in an air pocket; and records its thanks for the bravery of British citizens Tim Acton, Robert Harper, Chris Jewell, Jason Mallinson, Rick Stanton, Vernon Unsworth and John Volanthen who were all involved in various aspects of the rescue operation and for the coordination of the British Cave Rescue Council.

This motion has been signed by a total of 22 MPs.