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Department For International Development And British Branding

EDM number 1184 in 2008-09, proposed by Daniel Kawczynski on 25/03/2009.
Categorised under the topic of International development.

That this House is deeply disappointed and frustrated by the lack of reference to Britain, and in particular the country's flag, in the branding used by the Department for International Development (DFID) when working on development projects abroad; believes the current DFID branding is meaningless and does not effectively convey the origins of the funding provided by British taxpayers to those people that it is helping; considers the stripping out of the British brand by DFID in order to stop the Department from being subsumed into foreign policy has gone too far; further considers that Britain should instead follow the lead of other organisations across the world such as the United Nations, the European Union and United States Agency for International Development in clearly stating the origins of its aid; and calls on the Government to introduce a small Union Jack on all DFID branding overseas, sending a clear message that the UK is proud of those representing its nation and what they are doing.

This motion has been signed by a total of 15 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Daniel Kawczynski25/03/2009Shrewsbury and AtchamConservativeProposed
Bob Russell25/03/2009ColchesterLiberal DemocratSeconded
Andrew MacKay26/03/2009BracknellConservativeSeconded
Colin Breed26/03/2009South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSeconded
Paul Keetch26/03/2009HerefordLiberal DemocratSeconded
Ann Winterton26/03/2009CongletonConservativeSeconded
Peter Bottomley26/03/2009Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Nicholas Winterton26/03/2009MacclesfieldConservativeSigned
Philip Davies26/03/2009ShipleyConservativeSigned
Lindsay Hoyle30/03/2009ChorleyLabourSigned
Mike Hancock31/03/2009Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Hunter31/03/2009CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
Kim Howells02/04/2009PontypriddLabourSigned
Menzies Campbell20/04/2009North East FifeLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Jabez FosterUnknownWithdrawn

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