ROYAL BRITISH LEGION'S MILITARY COVENANT CAMPAIGN

EDM number 2 in 2008-09, proposed by Bob Russell on 03/12/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Armed forces, Armed forces welfare and Veterans.

That this House welcomes the Royal British Legion's campaign calling on the nation and Parliament to honour the military covenant; notes with approval that the Government has responded to the campaign with its Service Personnel Command Paper; recognises the important role that the Legion plays in the provision of welfare support for serving men and women, veterans and their families; and urges all hon. and right hon. Members to pledge their support to the campaign to ensure the measures contained in the Command Paper to improve conditions in the areas of healthcare, compensation and support for bereaved families are implemented.

This motion has been signed by a total of 111 MPs, 4 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Bob Russell	03/12/2008	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
John Hemming	03/12/2008	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Andrew George	03/12/2008	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Bob Spink	03/12/2008	Castle Point	Independent	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	03/12/2008	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
David Amess	03/12/2008	Southend West	Conservative	Seconded
Sandra Gidley	04/12/2008	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tony Baldry	04/12/2008	Banbury	Conservative	Signed
David Taylor	04/12/2008	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Ann Winterton	04/12/2008	Congleton	Conservative	Signed
Nicholas Winterton	04/12/2008	Macclesfield	Conservative	Signed
Paul Rowen	04/12/2008	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Drew	04/12/2008	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	04/12/2008	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Ian Cawsey	04/12/2008	Brigg & Goole	Labour	Signed
Adrian Sanders	04/12/2008	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Heath	04/12/2008	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Holmes	04/12/2008	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynne Jones	04/12/2008	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Andrew MacKinlay	04/12/2008	Thurrock	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	04/12/2008	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Hancock	08/12/2008	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Don Touhig	08/12/2008	Islwyn	Labour	Signed
Paul Truswell	08/12/2008	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	08/12/2008	Liverpool, West Derby	Independent	Signed
Betty Williams	08/12/2008	Conwy	Labour	Signed
John Leech	08/12/2008	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Daniel Rogerson	08/12/2008	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Williams	08/12/2008	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Williams	08/12/2008	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Hunter	08/12/2008	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
James Gray	08/12/2008	North Wiltshire	Conservative	Signed
Ann Cryer	08/12/2008	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Derek Conway	08/12/2008	Old Bexley & Sidcup	Independent	Signed
Evan Harris	08/12/2008	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	08/12/2008	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	08/12/2008	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Joan Humble	08/12/2008	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	08/12/2008	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Peter Luff	08/12/2008	Mid Worcestershire	Conservative	Signed
David Maclean	08/12/2008	Penrith & The Border	Conservative	Signed
John McDonnell	08/12/2008	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	08/12/2008	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	08/12/2008	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Angus MacNeil	09/12/2008	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scottish National Party	Signed
Richard Taylor	09/12/2008	Wyre Forest	Independent	Signed
Andrew Stunell	09/12/2008	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Graham Stringer	09/12/2008	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Signed
Dai Davies	10/12/2008	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
Willie Rennie	10/12/2008	Dunfermline & Fife West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Anne Main	10/12/2008	St Albans	Conservative	Signed
Jo Swinson	10/12/2008	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Philip Davies	10/12/2008	Shipley	Conservative	Signed
Janet Dean	10/12/2008	Burton	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	10/12/2008	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	10/12/2008	Gower	Labour	Signed
David Simpson	10/12/2008	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Nicholas Soames	10/12/2008	Mid Sussex	Conservative	Signed
Nick Harvey	10/12/2008	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gordon Marsden	10/12/2008	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
William McCrea	10/12/2008	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	10/12/2008	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
James Duddridge	11/12/2008	Rochford & Southend East	Conservative	Signed
Roger Williams	11/12/2008	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Battle	11/12/2008	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Michael Ancram	11/12/2008	Devizes	Conservative	Signed
Neil Gerrard	11/12/2008	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Nigel Dodds	11/12/2008	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Graham Brady	11/12/2008	Altrincham & Sale West	Conservative	Signed
John Pugh	11/12/2008	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Jenkins	11/12/2008	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
David Laws	11/12/2008	Yeovil	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Lepper	11/12/2008	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	11/12/2008	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
David Anderson	15/12/2008	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	15/12/2008	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Hugh Bayley	15/12/2008	York, City of	Labour	Signed
Don Foster	15/12/2008	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sandra Osborne	15/12/2008	Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock	Labour	Signed
Mark Oaten	15/12/2008	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Denis Murphy	15/12/2008	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
John Horam	15/12/2008	Orpington	Conservative	Signed
Ann Widdecombe	16/12/2008	Maidstone & The Weald	Conservative	Signed
Ian Stewart	16/12/2008	Eccles	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	16/12/2008	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	16/12/2008	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Gregory Campbell	16/12/2008	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
David Heyes	16/12/2008	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Katy Clark	17/12/2008	Ayrshire North & Arran	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	17/12/2008	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Smith	17/12/2008	Aberdeenshire West & Kincardine	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Simon Hughes	18/12/2008	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Burstow	18/12/2008	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Menzies Campbell	18/12/2008	Fife North East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sammy Wilson	12/01/2009	East Antrim	DUP	Signed
Alan Beith	12/01/2009	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	12/01/2009	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Chris McCafferty	12/01/2009	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	12/01/2009	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Marsha Singh	13/01/2009	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Greg Pope	14/01/2009	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	19/01/2009	Dover	Labour	Signed
Hugo Swire	19/01/2009	East Devon	Conservative	Signed
Ian Taylor	26/01/2009	Esher & Walton	Conservative	Signed
Adam Price	26/01/2009	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Albert Owen	27/01/2009	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Andy Reed	05/03/2009	Loughborough	Labour	Signed
Ian Gibson	Unknown			Withdrawn
Michael Jabez Foster	Unknown			Withdrawn
David Wright	Unknown			Withdrawn
John Bercow	Unknown			Withdrawn

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