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Centenary Of Sir Frank Whittle, Inventor Of The Jet Engine

EDM number 1611 in 2006-07, proposed by Gerald Howarth on 05/06/2007.

That this House pays tribute to the late Sir Frank Whittle on the centenary of his birth on 1st June 1907 at Coventry; acknowledges his genius and determination in inventing and developing the world's first turbo jet engine; and notes that with the support of the Royal Air Force, in which he served with distinction, and he made an outstanding and definitive contribution to the development of air transport and air warfare enhancing the critical role of engineering to the prosperity of the United Kingdom.

This motion has been signed by a total of 73 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Gerald Howarth05/06/2007AldershotConservativeProposed
Jim Cunningham05/06/2007Coventry SouthLabourSeconded
Mark Harper05/06/2007Forest of DeanConservativeSeconded
Julian Lewis05/06/2007New Forest EastConservativeSeconded
Alan Duncan05/06/2007Rutland and MeltonConservativeSeconded
Susan Kramer05/06/2007Richmond ParkLiberal DemocratSeconded
Edward Garnier05/06/2007HarboroughConservativeSigned
Michael Ancram05/06/2007DevizesConservativeSigned
David Taylor05/06/2007North West LeicestershireLabourSigned
Nicholas Winterton06/06/2007MacclesfieldConservativeSigned
Michael Penning06/06/2007Hemel HempsteadConservativeSigned
Philip Davies06/06/2007ShipleyConservativeSigned
Graham Stringer06/06/2007Manchester, BlackleyLabourSigned
Peter Bottomley06/06/2007Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Mike Hancock06/06/2007Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Dismore06/06/2007HendonLabourSigned
Ann Cryer06/06/2007KeighleyLabourSigned
Ronnie Campbell06/06/2007Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Gregory Campbell06/06/2007East LondonderryDUPSigned
William McCrea06/06/2007South AntrimDUPSigned
Lynne Jones06/06/2007Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Brian Iddon06/06/2007Bolton South EastLabourSigned
Janet Dean06/06/2007BurtonLabourSigned
Paul Burstow07/06/2007Sutton and CheamLiberal DemocratSigned
Stephen Williams07/06/2007Bristol WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Ian Austin07/06/2007Dudley NorthLabourSigned
John Hemming07/06/2007Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Derek Wyatt07/06/2007Sittingbourne and SheppeyLabourSigned
Nigel Evans07/06/2007Ribble ValleyConservativeSigned
Gordon Marsden07/06/2007Blackpool SouthLabourSigned
Rob Marris07/06/2007Wolverhampton South WestLabourSigned
Fraser Kemp07/06/2007Houghton and Washington EastLabourSigned
Angus MacNeil11/06/2007Na h-Eileanan an IarScottish National PartySigned
Phil Willis11/06/2007Harrogate and KnaresboroughLiberal DemocratSigned
Betty Williams11/06/2007ConwyLabourSigned
Malcolm Moss11/06/2007North East CambridgeshireConservativeSigned
David Kidney11/06/2007StaffordLabourSigned
Nick Harvey11/06/2007North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
John Pugh11/06/2007SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Meale11/06/2007MansfieldLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins12/06/2007Luton NorthLabourSigned
Colin Breed12/06/2007South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
David Crausby12/06/2007Bolton North EastLabourSigned
David Drew12/06/2007StroudLabourSigned
Michael Jabez Foster12/06/2007Hastings and RyeLabourSigned
Roger Godsiff12/06/2007Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small HeathLabourSigned
David Borrow12/06/2007South RibbleLabourSigned
John Leech12/06/2007Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Hunter12/06/2007CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
David Wilshire13/06/2007SpelthorneConservativeSigned
Mark Williams13/06/2007CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
Rudi Vis13/06/2007Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Lady Hermon13/06/2007North DownUUPSigned
Alan Simpson13/06/2007Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Greg Pope13/06/2007HyndburnLabourSigned
John McDonnell13/06/2007Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Eric Martlew14/06/2007CarlisleLabourSigned
Paul Murphy14/06/2007TorfaenLabourSigned
Vincent Cable14/06/2007TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Brian Binley15/06/2007Northampton SouthConservativeSigned
Derek Conway18/06/2007Old Bexley & SidcupConservativeSigned
Edward Vaizey18/06/2007WantageConservativeSigned
Doug Naysmith19/06/2007Bristol North WestLabourSigned
Jeff Ennis19/06/2007Barnsley East and MexboroughLabourSigned
Eric Illsley20/06/2007Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Alasdair McDonnell20/06/2007Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Geoffrey Robinson25/06/2007Coventry North WestLabourSigned
John Spellar25/06/2007WarleyLabourSigned
Brian Jenkins25/06/2007TamworthLabourSigned
Nigel Dodds26/06/2007Belfast NorthDUPSigned
Bill Etherington28/06/2007Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Stephen Hepburn04/07/2007JarrowLabourSigned
Andrew Pelling24/07/2007Croydon CentralConservativeSigned

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