14976 1997-98 1399 Lawrie Quinn 1998-06-08 That this House welcomes the Merchant Navy Association's campaign for the recognition and establishment of an official Merchant Navy Day in the United Kingdom; believes that it would be appropriate to commemorate the service of past and present seafarers on 3rd September each year, as the day on which British merchant seamen became the first casualties of World War II and as such symbolising the many sacrifices made by those who contributed to the security and prosperity of this island nation; and urges Her Majesty's Government to give early consideration to these proposals, which honour a significant historic contribution and would focus attention on the urgent need to rebuild a strategically importance British merchant fleet. Lawrie Quinn 1998-06-08 Proposed Scarborough & Whitby Labour Anthony D Wright 1998-06-08 Signed Great Yarmouth Labour Alan Whitehead 1998-06-08 Signed Southampton, Test Labour Donald Anderson 1998-06-08 Signed Swansea East Labour Gwyneth Dunwoody 1998-06-08 Signed Crewe & Nantwich Labour John Cryer 1998-06-08 Signed Hornchurch Labour Alan Campbell 1998-06-08 Signed Tynemouth Labour Alan Johnson 1998-06-08 Signed Kingston upon Hull West & Hessle Labour Stephen Hepburn 1998-06-08 Signed Jarrow Labour Stephen Pound 1998-06-08 Signed Ealing North Labour Gwyn Prosser 1998-06-08 Signed Dover Labour Jonathan R Shaw 1998-06-08 Signed Chatham & Aylesford Labour Dennis Skinner 1998-06-08 Signed Bolsover Labour Ivan Henderson 1998-06-08 Signed Harwich Labour Jim Wallace 1998-06-09 Signed Orkney & Shetland Liberal Democrat Norman Godman 1998-06-09 Signed Greenock & Inverclyde Labour Andrew Dismore 1998-06-09 Signed Hendon Labour John Cummings 1998-06-09 Signed Easington Labour Peter Brand 1998-06-09 Signed Isle of Wight Liberal Democrat Austin Mitchell 1998-06-09 Signed Great Grimsby Labour Shona McIsaac 1998-06-09 Signed Cleethorpes Labour Richard Livsey 1998-06-09 Signed Brecon & Radnorshire Liberal Democrat Julian Lewis 1998-06-09 Signed New Forest East Conservative Ashok Kumar 1998-06-09 Signed Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland Labour Adrian Sanders 1998-06-09 Signed Torbay Liberal Democrat Eileen Gordon 1998-06-10 Signed Romford Labour John Austin 1998-06-10 Signed Erith & Thamesmead Labour Norman Baker 1998-06-10 Signed Lewes Liberal Democrat Jackie Ballard 1998-06-10 Signed Taunton Liberal Democrat Ian Gibson 1998-06-10 Signed Norwich North Labour Bill Michie 1998-06-10 Signed Sheffield, Heeley Labour Kevin McNamara 1998-06-10 Signed Kingston upon Hull North Labour Tim Loughton 1998-06-10 Signed East Worthing & Shoreham Conservative Fraser Kemp 1998-06-10 Signed Houghton & Washington East Labour Lindsay Hoyle 1998-06-10 Signed Chorley Labour Syd Rapson 1998-06-10 Signed Portsmouth North Labour Rudi Vis 1998-06-11 Signed Finchley & Golders Green Labour Paul Tyler 1998-06-11 Signed North Cornwall Liberal Democrat Bill Etherington 1998-06-11 Signed Sunderland North Labour Ian Davidson 1998-06-11 Signed Glasgow, Pollok Labour Co-operative Edward O'Hara 1998-06-11 Signed Knowsley South Labour Eric Illsley 1998-06-11 Signed Barnsley Central Labour Angela Smith 1998-06-15 Signed Basildon Labour Co-operative Peter Bottomley 1998-06-16 Signed Worthing West Conservative Alan Beith 1998-06-16 Signed Berwick-upon-Tweed Liberal Democrat Nigel Beard 1998-06-16 Signed Bexleyheath & Crayford Labour Mike Hancock 1998-06-16 Signed Portsmouth South Liberal Democrat Eric Clarke 1998-06-16 Signed Midlothian Labour Laura Moffatt 1998-06-16 Signed Crawley Labour Robert Wareing 1998-06-17 Signed Liverpool, West Derby Labour Ann Cryer 1998-06-17 Signed Keighley Labour Judith Church 1998-06-17 Signed Dagenham Labour Gordon Marsden 1998-06-17 Signed Blackpool South Labour Paul Keetch 1998-06-17 Signed Hereford Liberal Democrat John McDonnell 1998-06-18 Signed Hayes & Harlington Labour Martin Caton 1998-06-18 Signed Gower Labour Neil Gerrard 1998-06-19 Signed Walthamstow Labour Brian Cotter 1998-06-24 Signed Weston-Super-Mare Liberal Democrat David Lepper 1998-06-25 Signed Brighton, Pavilion Labour Co-operative Edward Davey 1998-06-25 Signed Kingston & Surbiton Liberal Democrat Bob Blizzard 1998-06-29 Signed Waveney Labour Harry Barnes 1998-06-29 Signed North East Derbyshire Labour Teddy Taylor 1998-07-02 Signed Rochford & Southend East Conservative Kerry Pollard 1998-07-03 Signed St Albans Labour Michael Colvin 1998-07-03 Signed Romsey Conservative David Amess 1998-07-06 Signed Southend West Conservative Stephen Hesford 1998-07-09 Signed Wirral West Labour Ivan Lewis 1998-07-13 Signed Bury South Labour Ken Livingstone 1998-07-15 Signed Brent East Labour Christopher Gill 1998-07-16 Signed Ludlow Conservative Roy Beggs 1998-07-16 Signed East Antrim UUP Nigel Jones 1998-07-21 Signed Cheltenham Liberal Democrat Richard Body 1998-07-22 Signed Boston & Skegness Conservative Peter Luff 1998-07-23 Signed Mid Worcestershire Conservative David Chaytor 1998-07-29 Signed Bury North Labour Hugh Bayley 1998-10-19 Signed York, City of Labour Alan Keen 1998-10-22 Signed Feltham & Heston Labour Co-operative Joe Benton 1998-10-22 Signed Bootle Labour Andrew George 1998-11-03 Signed St Ives Liberal Democrat Alan Meale Withdrawn Charles Clarke Withdrawn