Conduct Of The Honourable Member For Dover And Herald Of Free Enterprise

EDM number 522 in 1995-96, proposed by David Jamieson on 26/02/1996.

That this House deplores the comments made by the honourable Member for Dover during a House of Commons debate on Ferry Safety on 21st February in which he said, 'Alcoholism caused the 'Herald of Free Enterprise' to go down. People did not do their jobs because they were drunk'; notes that his comments are in contradiction to those made to the House by the then Secretary of State for Transport on 24th July 1987 and the detailed report by Mr Justice Sheen, both of whom failed to mention alcoholism as a cause of the 'Herald of Free Enterprise' tragedy; notes that the Sheen Report made severe criticisms of the management of Townsend Car Ferries Ltd., discounting the honourable Member for Dover's theory that 'extreme left wing trade unionists' were in some way responsible for the disaster; further notes that 6th March 1996 is the ninth anniversary of the disaster, which took place in 1987 (not 1986 as the honourable Member stated); hopes he will make an unreserved and full apology to the bereaved relatives of the victims and to those who survived the disaster; deplores the honourable Member for Dover's appalling and inaccurate attempts to rewrite history; and looks forward to his imminent replacement as a Member of this House by an honourable Member prepared to pay proper respect to those who died, from Dover and elsewhere, in the 'Herald of Free Enterprise' tragedy.

This motion has been signed by a total of 131 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
David Jamieson	26/02/1996	Plymouth, Devonport		Proposed
Brian H Donohoe	26/02/1996	Cunninghame South		Signed
Jim Dowd	26/02/1996	Lewisham West		Signed
Kenneth Eastham	26/02/1996	Manchester, Blackley		Signed
Derek Fatchett	26/02/1996	Leeds Central		Signed
Andrew Faulds	26/02/1996	Warley East		Signed
Frank Field	26/02/1996	Birkenhead		Signed
George Foulkes	26/02/1996	Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley		Signed
Maria Fyfe	26/02/1996	Glasgow, Maryhill		Signed
Sam Galbraith	26/02/1996	Strathkelvin & Bearsden		Signed
George Galloway	26/02/1996	Glasgow Hillhead		Signed
Mike Gapes	26/02/1996	Ilford South		Signed
Bryan Davies	26/02/1996	Oldham Central and Royton		Signed
Lawrence Cunliffe	26/02/1996	Leigh		Signed
Michael Clapham	26/02/1996	Barnsley West & Penistone		Signed
Eric Clarke	26/02/1996	Midlothian		Signed
Ann Clwyd	26/02/1996	Cynon Valley		Signed
Ann Coffey	26/02/1996	Stockport		Signed
Harry Cohen	26/02/1996	Leyton		Signed
Michael Connarty	26/02/1996	Falkirk East		Signed
Robin Corbett	26/02/1996	Birmingham, Erdington		Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	26/02/1996	Islington North		Signed
Jean Corston	26/02/1996	Bristol East		Signed
Jim Cousins	26/02/1996	Newcastle upon Tyne Central		Signed
John Cummings	26/02/1996	Easington		Signed
Norman Godman	26/02/1996	Greenock and Port Glasgow		Signed
Roger Godsiff	26/02/1996	Birmingham Small Heath		Signed
Gerry Bermingham	26/02/1996	St Helens South		Signed
Clive Betts	26/02/1996	Sheffield, Attercliffe		Signed
Paul Boateng	26/02/1996	Brent South		Signed
Gerry Steinberg	26/02/1996	Durham, City of		Signed
George Stevenson	26/02/1996	Stoke-on-Trent South		Signed
Jon Trickett	26/02/1996	Hemsworth		Signed
Dennis Turner	26/02/1996	Wolverhampton South East		Signed
Malcolm Wicks	26/02/1996	Croydon North West		Signed
Alan Wynne Williams	26/02/1996	Carmarthen		Signed
Audrey Wise	26/02/1996	Preston		Signed
Tony Benn	26/02/1996	Chesterfield		Signed
John Battle	26/02/1996	Leeds West		Signed
Harry Barnes	26/02/1996	North East Derbyshire		Signed
Mildred Gordon	26/02/1996	Bow and Poplar		Signed
Diane Abbott	26/02/1996	Hackney North & Stoke Newington		Signed
Nick Ainger	26/02/1996	Pembroke		Signed
Win Griffiths	26/02/1996	Bridgend		Signed
John Gunnell	26/02/1996	Leeds South and Morley		Signed
Peter Hain	26/02/1996	Neath		Signed
Mike Hall	26/02/1996	Warrington South		Signed
Janet Anderson	26/02/1996	Rossendale & Darwen		Signed
Hilary Armstrong	26/02/1996	North West Durham		Signed
Joe Ashton	26/02/1996	Bassetlaw		Signed
Tony Wright	26/02/1996	Cannock and Burntwood		Signed
Nigel Griffiths	26/02/1996	Edinburgh South		Signed
Joseph Hendron	26/02/1996	Belfast West		Signed
John Heppell	26/02/1996	Nottingham East		Signed
David Hinchliffe	26/02/1996	Wakefield		Signed
Margaret Hodge	26/02/1996	Barking		Signed
Norman Hogg	26/02/1996	Cumbernauld & Kilsyth		Signed
Robert Hughes	26/02/1996	Aberdeen North		Signed
John Hutton	26/02/1996	Barrow & Furness		Signed
Eric Illsley	26/02/1996	Barnsley Central		Signed
Adam Ingram	26/02/1996	East Kilbride		Signed
Glenda Jackson	26/02/1996	Hampstead & Highgate		Signed
Nick Harvey	26/02/1996	North Devon		Signed
Peter Hardy	26/02/1996	Wentworth		Signed
Allan Rogers	26/02/1996	Rhondda		Signed
David Hanson	26/02/1996	Delyn		Signed
Max Madden	26/02/1996	Bradford West		Signed
Colin Pickthall	26/02/1996	West Lancashire		Signed
Peter Pike	26/02/1996	Burnley		Signed
Bridget Prentice	26/02/1996	Lewisham East		Signed
Gordon Prentice	26/02/1996	Pendle		Signed
Giles Radice	26/02/1996	North Durham		Signed
Martin Redmond	26/02/1996	Don Valley		Signed
John Reid	26/02/1996	Motherwell North		Signed
Geoffrey Robinson	26/02/1996	Coventry North West		Signed
Helen Jackson	26/02/1996	Sheffield, Hillsborough		Signed
Greville Janner	26/02/1996	Leicester West		Signed
Elliot Morley	26/02/1996	Glanford and Scunthorpe		Signed
Estelle Morris	26/02/1996	Birmingham, Yardley		Signed
Gordon Oakes	26/02/1996	Halton		Signed
Roland Boyes	26/02/1996	Houghton and Washington		Signed
Keith Bradley	26/02/1996	Manchester, Withington		Signed
Jeremy Bray	26/02/1996	Motherwell South		Signed
Richard Burden	26/02/1996	Birmingham, Northfield		Signed
Richard Caborn	26/02/1996	Sheffield Central		Signed
Anne Campbell	26/02/1996	Cambridge		Signed
Ronnie Campbell	26/02/1996	Blyth Valley		Signed
Judith Church	26/02/1996	Dagenham		Signed
Rhodri Morgan	26/02/1996	Cardiff West		Signed
Bill Michie	26/02/1996	Sheffield, Heeley		Signed
Jon Owen Jones	26/02/1996	Cardiff Central		Signed
Lynne Jones	26/02/1996	Birmingham, Selly Oak		Signed
Martyn Jones	26/02/1996	Clwyd South West		Signed
Gerald Kaufman	26/02/1996	Manchester, Gorton		Signed
Jane Kennedy	26/02/1996	Liverpool Broadgreen		Signed
Tony Lloyd	26/02/1996	Stretford		Signed
Alice Mahon	26/02/1996	Halifax		Signed
Eric Martlew	26/02/1996	Carlisle		Signed
John McAllion	26/02/1996	Dundee East		Signed
Kevin McNamara	26/02/1996	Kingston upon Hull North		Signed
Alan Meale	26/02/1996	Mansfield		Signed
John McWilliam	27/02/1996	Blaydon		Signed
Hugh Bayley	27/02/1996	York, City of		Signed
Paddy Tipping	27/02/1996	Sherwood		Signed
Paul Tyler	27/02/1996	North Cornwall		Signed
Robert Wareing	27/02/1996	Liverpool, West Derby		Signed
William McKelvey	27/02/1996	Kilmarnock & Loudoun		Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	27/02/1996	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy		Signed
Helen Liddell	27/02/1996	Monklands East		Signed
Roy Hughes	27/02/1996	Newport East		Signed
Dennis Skinner	27/02/1996	Bolsover		Signed
Alan Simpson	27/02/1996	Nottingham South		Signed
Ernie Ross	27/02/1996	Dundee West		Signed
Paul Flynn	28/02/1996	Newport West		Signed
John Evans	28/02/1996	St Helens North		Signed
Terry Davis	28/02/1996	Birmingham, Hodge Hill		Signed
Edward O'Hara	28/02/1996	Knowsley South		Signed
John Spellar	28/02/1996	Warley West		Signed
Greg Pope	28/02/1996	Hyndburn		Signed
Robert Parry	28/02/1996	Liverpool, Riverside		Signed
Ken Livingstone	01/03/1996	Brent East		Signed
Barry Sheerman	04/03/1996	Huddersfield		Signed
Nick Brown	04/03/1996	Newcastle upon Tyne East		Signed
Jack Thompson	06/03/1996	Wansbeck		Signed
Don Touhig	07/03/1996	Islwyn		Signed
Rachel Squire	11/03/1996	Dunfermline West		Signed
Terry Lewis	11/03/1996	Worsley		Signed
Nigel Jones	19/03/1996	Cheltenham		Signed
Tommy Graham	19/03/1996	Renfrew West and Inverclyde		Signed
Paul Murphy	27/03/1996	Torfaen		Signed
Tom Clarke	Unknown			Withdrawn

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