John Rae And The North-West Passage

EDM number 1123 in 2008-09, proposed by Alistair Carmichael on 18/03/2009.
Categorised under the topics of Cultural heritage, North America and Shipping.

That this House records its admiration for all those in the 19th century who contributed to the exploration of the North-West Passage in Canada; congratulates Billy Connolly on his recent programme, Journey to the Edge of the World, retracing their steps; further congratulates Mr Connolly on his conclusion that it was not in fact Sir John Franklin but John Rae who was the first to discover the final link to the passage while searching for the lost Franklin crew in 1848; regrets that memorials to Sir John Franklin outside the Admiralty headquarters and inside Westminster Abbey still inaccurately describe Franklin as the first to discover the passage; and calls on the Ministry of Defence and the Abbey authorities to take the necessary steps to clarify the true position.

This motion has been signed by a total of 28 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Alistair Carmichael	18/03/2009	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
John Hemming	19/03/2009	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
John McDonnell	19/03/2009	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Seconded
John Thurso	20/03/2009	Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Mike Hancock	20/03/2009	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Jeremy Corbyn	23/03/2009	Islington North	Labour	Seconded
John Leech	23/03/2009	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Hunter	24/03/2009	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Meale	24/03/2009	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	24/03/2009	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	25/03/2009	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Ian McCartney	25/03/2009	Makerfield	Labour	Signed
Phil Willis	25/03/2009	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Willie Rennie	25/03/2009	Dunfermline & Fife West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Danny Alexander	26/03/2009	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Moore	26/03/2009	Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Charles Kennedy	26/03/2009	Ross, Skye & Lochaber	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Harvey	26/03/2009	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Smith	26/03/2009	Aberdeenshire West & Kincardine	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	27/03/2009	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Jo Swinson	30/03/2009	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stewart Hosie	31/03/2009	Dundee East	Scottish National Party	Signed
Alex Salmond	31/03/2009	Banff & Buchan	Scottish National Party	Signed
Angus Robertson	31/03/2009	Moray	Scottish National Party	Signed
Menzies Campbell	01/04/2009	Fife North East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	02/04/2009	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sammy Wilson	02/04/2009	East Antrim	DUP	Signed
Eric Illsley	22/04/2009	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed

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