Australia Day

EDM number 1391 in 2005-06, proposed by Edward Vaizey on 17/01/2006.

That this House notes that 26th January is Australia's national day, commemorating the anniversary of the unfurling of the British flag at Sydney Cove in 1788 by Captain Arthur Phillip; recognises the close personal connections between the United Kingdom and Australia with over a million UK born people now residing in Australia and over 750,000 Australians visiting the United Kingdom every year; records the strong bilateral investment and business ties as Australia continues to be recognised as one of the world's leading growth economies, with GDP growth averaging 3.8 per cent. per year over the last decade; further notes that the United Kingdom is Australia's top EU trading partner and her second largest foreign investor; recalls the strong historical bonds reinforced through sport, the media and the arts; and urges the UK Government to continue to maintain and reinforce the close cultural and economic links between two great countries.

This motion has been signed by a total of 52 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Edward Vaizey	17/01/2006	Wantage	Conservative	Proposed
Gordon Prentice	18/01/2006	Pendle	Labour	Seconded
Richard Shepherd	18/01/2006	Aldridge-Brownhills	Conservative	Seconded
Alan Meale	18/01/2006	Mansfield	Labour	Seconded
Ann Winterton	18/01/2006	Congleton	Conservative	Seconded
Michael Penning	18/01/2006	Hemel Hempstead	Conservative	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	18/01/2006	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Keith Vaz	18/01/2006	Leicester East	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	18/01/2006	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Nicholas Winterton	18/01/2006	Macclesfield	Conservative	Signed
Brooks Newmark	18/01/2006	Braintree	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Dismore	18/01/2006	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	18/01/2006	Gower	Labour	Signed
Iris Robinson	18/01/2006	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Bob Spink	18/01/2006	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
Tim Loughton	18/01/2006	East Worthing & Shoreham	Conservative	Signed
Malcolm Moss	18/01/2006	North East Cambridgeshire	Conservative	Signed
Gregory Campbell	18/01/2006	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Lee Scott	19/01/2006	Ilford North	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Pelling	19/01/2006	Croydon Central	Conservative	Signed
Sharon Hodgson	19/01/2006	Gateshead East & Washington West	Labour	Signed
Jim Dowd	19/01/2006	Lewisham West	Labour	Signed
Nigel Dodds	19/01/2006	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
John Cummings	19/01/2006	Easington	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	19/01/2006	Keighley	Labour	Signed
John Spellar	19/01/2006	Warley	Labour	Signed
Robert Wilson	20/01/2006	Reading East	Conservative	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	20/01/2006	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	23/01/2006	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	23/01/2006	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Anne Milton	24/01/2006	Guildford	Conservative	Signed
Nick Hurd	24/01/2006	Ruislip - Northwood	Conservative	Signed
Greg Hands	24/01/2006	Hammersmith & Fulham	Conservative	Signed
Richard Benyon	24/01/2006	Newbury	Conservative	Signed
John Hemming	24/01/2006	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Goodwill	24/01/2006	Scarborough & Whitby	Conservative	Signed
Richard Ottaway	24/01/2006	Croydon South	Conservative	Signed
Fraser Kemp	24/01/2006	Houghton & Washington East	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	24/01/2006	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
David Simpson	24/01/2006	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Rob Marris	25/01/2006	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	25/01/2006	Lagan Valley	DUP	Signed
Graham Stuart	26/01/2006	Beverley & Holderness	Conservative	Signed
Derek Conway	26/01/2006	Old Bexley & Sidcup	Conservative	Signed
Michael Clapham	26/01/2006	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Stephen Williams	01/02/2006	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eleanor Laing	08/02/2006	Epping Forest	Conservative	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	09/02/2006	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	13/02/2006	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	27/02/2006	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
John Barrett	15/05/2006	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Rosindell	Unknown			Withdrawn

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