Australia Day (EDM584)

Australia Day

EDM number 584 in 2008-09, proposed by Andrew Rosindell on 26/01/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Australasia.

That this House is proud to join the people of Australia in celebrating 26 January, marking Australia's National Day, which commemorates the anniversary of the day on which Captain Arthur Philip unfurled the Union Flag at Sydney Cove in 1788; recognises the strong historical bonds and friendship that exist between the United Kingdom and Australia, reinforced by a shared language, co-operation through the armed forces, competitive sports, the arts and bilateral trade and investment; further recognises the importance of the common heritage and very special relationship that exists between the peoples of both nations; and calls upon the Government to continue to work to strengthen the close political, economic and cultural ties that bind together these two great nations, which share Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II as Head of State and Sovereign.

This motion has been signed by a total of 27 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Andrew Rosindell	26/01/2009	Romford	Conservative	Proposed
Peter Bottomley	26/01/2009	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Lindsay Hoyle	27/01/2009	Chorley	Labour	Seconded
David Simpson	27/01/2009	Upper Bann	DUP	Seconded
Ann Winterton	27/01/2009	Congleton	Conservative	Seconded
Gregory Campbell	27/01/2009	East Londonderry	DUP	Seconded
Andrew Dismore	27/01/2009	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Nicholas Winterton	27/01/2009	Macclesfield	Conservative	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	28/01/2009	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	28/01/2009	Heywood and Middleton	Labour	Signed
Michael Penning	28/01/2009	Hemel Hempstead	Conservative	Signed
Nick Harvey	29/01/2009	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Hancock	02/02/2009	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Simon Hughes	02/02/2009	North Southwark and Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Lancaster	03/02/2009	North East Milton Keynes	Conservative	Signed
William McCrea	04/02/2009	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Bill Etherington	04/02/2009	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	05/02/2009	Lagan Valley	DUP	Signed
Roger Williams	05/02/2009	Brecon and Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eric Illsley	23/02/2009	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	23/02/2009	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	24/02/2009	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	24/02/2009	Barnsley West and Penistone	Labour	Signed
Nigel Dodds	03/03/2009	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Lindsay Roy	12/03/2009	Glenrothes	Labour	Signed
Iris Robinson	16/03/2009	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	Unknown			Withdrawn

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