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Raf Airmiles Around Switzerland

EDM number 559 in 1996-97, proposed by John Home Robertson on 19/02/1997.

That this House is grateful to the Swiss Federal Council for waiving its strict policy of military neutrality by permitting NATO forces taking part in the peacekeeping operation in Bosnia to transit through Swiss airspace; notes that the decision was made in December 1995, but that the RAF was not notified of this facility until the end of January 1997; regrets the fact that much time, money and fuel has been wasted on unnecessary detours around the borders of Switzerland throughout 1996; and urges the Government to establish better liaison between the Ministry of Defence and the Foreign Office.

This motion has been signed by a total of 24 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
John Home Robertson19/02/1997East LothianProposed
Denis MacShane19/02/1997RotherhamSigned
Menzies Campbell19/02/1997Fife North EastSigned
Dale Campbell-Savours19/02/1997WorkingtonSigned
Brian H Donohoe19/02/1997Cunninghame SouthSigned
George Foulkes19/02/1997Carrick, Cumnock and Doon ValleySigned
Norman Godman19/02/1997Greenock and Port GlasgowSigned
Joan Walley19/02/1997Stoke-on-Trent NorthSigned
Ian Davidson20/02/1997Glasgow, GovanSigned
Hugh Bayley20/02/1997York, City ofSigned
Ken Livingstone24/02/1997Brent EastSigned
Mike Hall24/02/1997Warrington SouthSigned
Lynne Jones25/02/1997Birmingham, Selly OakSigned
John Evans25/02/1997St Helens NorthSigned
Rachel Squire26/02/1997Dunfermline WestSigned
Alan Meale26/02/1997MansfieldSigned
Eric Clarke26/02/1997MidlothianSigned
Bill Etherington27/02/1997Sunderland NorthSigned
Mike Gapes04/03/1997Ilford SouthSigned
Jean Corston05/03/1997Bristol EastSigned
Terry Davis05/03/1997Birmingham, Hodge HillSigned
John Gunnell05/03/1997Leeds South and MorleySigned
Kevin McNamara06/03/1997Kingston upon Hull NorthSigned
Martyn Jones18/03/1997Clwyd South WestSigned

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