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65th Anniversary Of The Bethnal Green Tube Shelter Disaster

EDM number 1238 in 2007-08, proposed by Andrew Rosindell on 19/03/2008.
Categorised under the topic of Military operations.

That this House marks and commemorates the 65th anniversary of the Bethnal Green tube shelter disaster; celebrates the 173 lives, including 62 children, that were tragically lost on 3rd March 1943 when a panicked crowd surged into the air raid shelter in the station trapping people on the stairs and causing a fatal crush; recognises and applauds the efforts and bravery of the Civil Defence Force, emergency services and local community in recovering and treating the wounded and retrieving the dead in what was the worst civilian accident of the war accounting for a third of Bethnal Green war-time civilian fatalities; and acknowledges and commends the campaign by the Stairway to Heaven Memorial Trust, notably those involved with the memorial service at St. John on Bethnal Green, in establishing a fitting memorial to commemorate the tragedy and a lasting tribute.

This motion has been signed by a total of 61 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Andrew Rosindell19/03/2008RomfordConservativeProposed
Angela Watkinson19/03/2008UpminsterConservativeSeconded
Simon Burns19/03/2008West ChelmsfordConservativeSeconded
Bob Neill19/03/2008Bromley and ChislehurstConservativeSeconded
Henry Bellingham19/03/2008North West NorfolkConservativeSeconded
John Mann20/03/2008BassetlawLabourSeconded
Lynne Jones20/03/2008Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
John Hemming20/03/2008Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Gregory Campbell25/03/2008East LondonderryDUPSigned
Betty Williams25/03/2008ConwyLabourSigned
David Taylor25/03/2008North West LeicestershireLabourSigned
Peter Bottomley25/03/2008Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Mike Hancock25/03/2008Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Julian Lewis25/03/2008New Forest EastConservativeSigned
David Lepper25/03/2008Brighton, PavilionLabourSigned
Bob Spink25/03/2008Castle PointIndependent ConservativeSigned
David Simpson25/03/2008Upper BannDUPSigned
Alan Simpson26/03/2008Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Rudi Vis26/03/2008Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Martin Caton26/03/2008GowerLabourSigned
Ronnie Campbell26/03/2008Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Alan Meale26/03/2008MansfieldLabourSigned
John McDonnell26/03/2008Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Lindsay Hoyle26/03/2008ChorleyLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins26/03/2008Luton NorthLabourSigned
Brian Jenkins27/03/2008TamworthLabourSigned
Andrew MacKinlay27/03/2008ThurrockLabourSigned
Peter Atkinson27/03/2008HexhamConservativeSigned
James Brokenshire31/03/2008HornchurchConservativeSigned
Nigel Waterson31/03/2008EastbourneConservativeSigned
Andrew Murrison31/03/2008WestburyConservativeSigned
Laura Moffatt31/03/2008CrawleyLabourSigned
Oliver Heald31/03/2008North East HertfordshireConservativeSigned
Roger Godsiff31/03/2008Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small HeathLabourSigned
Andrew Selous01/04/2008South West BedfordshireConservativeSigned
Patrick Mercer01/04/2008NewarkConservativeSigned
Michael Fabricant01/04/2008LichfieldConservativeSigned
Robert Wareing01/04/2008Liverpool, West DerbyIndependentSigned
Janet Dean02/04/2008BurtonLabourSigned
George Galloway02/04/2008Bethnal Green and BowRespectSigned
David Jones02/04/2008Clwyd WestConservativeSigned
Eleanor Laing03/04/2008Epping ForestConservativeSigned
Howard Stoate03/04/2008DartfordLabourSigned
Gregory Barker21/04/2008Bexhill and BattleConservativeSigned
Jim Devine21/04/2008LivingstonLabourSigned
Adam Holloway21/04/2008GraveshamConservativeSigned
Lyn Brown21/04/2008West HamLabourSigned
Michael Jabez Foster21/04/2008Hastings and RyeLabourSigned
Vincent Cable21/04/2008TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Howard21/04/2008Folkestone and HytheConservativeSigned
Eric Illsley22/04/2008Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Nigel Dodds23/04/2008Belfast NorthDUPSigned
Bill Etherington24/04/2008Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Iris Robinson29/04/2008StrangfordDUPSigned
Steve Webb29/04/2008NorthavonLiberal DemocratSigned
David Crausby14/05/2008Bolton North EastLabourSigned
Neil Gerrard19/05/2008WalthamstowLabourSigned
Sammy Wilson02/06/2008East AntrimDUPSigned
Ann Widdecombe04/06/2008Maidstone and The WealdConservativeSigned
Hugo Swire22/07/2008East DevonConservativeSigned
Boris JohnsonUnknownWithdrawn

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