No. 30 Squadron Raf And The Battle Of Ceylon

EDM number 502 in 2000-01, proposed by Julian Lewis on 28/03/2001.

That this House salutes the memory of the five Hurricane fighter pilots of No. 30 Squadron, Royal Air Force, who gave their lives defending Ceylon against 125 Japanese naval aircraft on 5th April 1942; celebrates the courage and skill of the British, Canadian, Australian and American pilots of 30 Squadron, 22 of whom scrambled to get airborne while their airfield was already under attack, yet inflicted losses which put the Japanese at a crucial disadvantage in the subsequent battles of the Coral Sea and Midway; and applauds the efforts of the 30 Squadron Association to raise ú8,000 for a 60th anniversary ceremony in 2002 and for a permanent memorial at Ratamala Airfield, Sri Lanka, dedicated to the memory of Sergeant Allan Browne RAFVR (Australian), Pilot Officer Garth Caswell RAAF (Australian), Pilot Officer Donald Geffene RAFVR (American), Flight Sergeant Tony Ovens DFM, RAFVR (British) and Flight Sergeant Thomas Paxton MiD, RAFVR (British).

This motion has been signed by a total of 106 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Julian Lewis	28/03/2001	New Forest East	Conservative	Proposed
Alan Williams	28/03/2001	Swansea West	Labour	Signed
John Wilkinson	28/03/2001	Ruislip - Northwood	Conservative	Signed
Paul Tyler	28/03/2001	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tony McWalter	28/03/2001	Hemel Hempstead	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Gerald Howarth	28/03/2001	Aldershot	Conservative	Signed
Bob Russell	28/03/2001	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	28/03/2001	Dover	Labour	Signed
Nicholas Winterton	29/03/2001	Macclesfield	Conservative	Signed
Win Griffiths	29/03/2001	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Norman Godman	29/03/2001	Greenock & Inverclyde	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	29/03/2001	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Dismore	29/03/2001	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	30/03/2001	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Derek Wyatt	02/04/2001	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Desmond Swayne	02/04/2001	New Forest West	Conservative	Signed
Crispin Blunt	02/04/2001	Reigate	Conservative	Signed
Teresa Gorman	02/04/2001	Billericay	Conservative	Signed
Ann Cryer	02/04/2001	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	02/04/2001	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
John Butterfill	02/04/2001	Bournemouth West	Conservative	Signed
John Burnett	02/04/2001	Torridge & West Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Edward Leigh	02/04/2001	Gainsborough	Conservative	Signed
Geoffrey Johnson Smith	02/04/2001	Wealden	Conservative	Signed
Marion Roe	02/04/2001	Broxbourne	Conservative	Signed
Laurence Robertson	02/04/2001	Tewkesbury	Conservative	Signed
Nick Palmer	02/04/2001	Broxtowe	Labour	Signed
Dale Campbell-Savours	03/04/2001	Workington	Labour	Signed
William Cash	03/04/2001	Stone	Conservative	Signed
Michael Connarty	03/04/2001	Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Tom Cox	03/04/2001	Tooting	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	03/04/2001	Easington	Labour	Signed
Tony Benn	03/04/2001	Chesterfield	Labour	Signed
Gerry Bermingham	03/04/2001	St Helens South	Labour	Signed
Menzies Campbell	03/04/2001	Fife North East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian Bruce	03/04/2001	South Dorset	Conservative	Signed
Stephen Pound	03/04/2001	Ealing North	Labour	Signed
Lawrie Quinn	03/04/2001	Scarborough & Whitby	Labour	Signed
William Ross	03/04/2001	East Londonderry	UUP	Signed
Jonathan Sayeed	03/04/2001	Mid Bedfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Alan Simpson	03/04/2001	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Barry Jones	03/04/2001	Alyn & Deeside	Labour	Signed
Bill Michie	03/04/2001	Sheffield, Heeley	Labour	Signed
Ian Davidson	04/04/2001	Glasgow, Pollok	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Michael Fabricant	04/04/2001	Lichfield	Conservative	Signed
Ronnie Fearn	04/04/2001	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Donald Anderson	04/04/2001	Swansea East	Labour	Signed
Harry Barnes	04/04/2001	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Roy Beggs	04/04/2001	East Antrim	UUP	Signed
Martin Bell	04/04/2001	Tatton	Independent	Signed
Harold Best	04/04/2001	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
William Thompson	04/04/2001	West Tyrone	UUP	Signed
David Trimble	04/04/2001	Upper Bann	UUP	Signed
Bill Tynan	04/04/2001	Hamilton South	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	04/04/2001	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Tam Dalyell	04/04/2001	Linlithgow	Labour	Signed
Jim Cunningham	04/04/2001	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Brian Cotter	04/04/2001	Weston-Super-Mare	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Robertson	04/04/2001	Glasgow, Anniesland	Labour	Signed
Martin Smyth	04/04/2001	Belfast South	UUP	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	04/04/2001	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	04/04/2001	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alice Mahon	04/04/2001	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Paul Marsden	04/04/2001	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Labour	Signed
Laura Moffatt	04/04/2001	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	04/04/2001	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Michael Clark	04/04/2001	Rayleigh	Conservative	Signed
David Clark	04/04/2001	South Shields	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	04/04/2001	Gower	Labour	Signed
Julian Brazier	04/04/2001	Canterbury	Conservative	Signed
David Stewart	05/04/2001	Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber	Labour	Signed
Tony Banks	05/04/2001	West Ham	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	05/04/2001	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Crausby	05/04/2001	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Eric Clarke	05/04/2001	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Martyn Jones	05/04/2001	Clwyd South	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	05/04/2001	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Nigel Griffiths	05/04/2001	Edinburgh South	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	06/04/2001	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Ann Winterton	09/04/2001	Congleton	Conservative	Signed
Peter Viggers	09/04/2001	Gosport	Conservative	Signed
Alan Beith	09/04/2001	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Atkinson	09/04/2001	Bournemouth East	Conservative	Signed
David Amess	09/04/2001	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
Nigel Evans	09/04/2001	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Signed
John Hayes	10/04/2001	South Holland & The Deepings	Conservative	Signed
Jamie Cann	10/04/2001	Ipswich	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	10/04/2001	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	23/04/2001	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
John Austin	23/04/2001	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	23/04/2001	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Keetch	23/04/2001	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Harvey	26/04/2001	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sydney Chapman	01/05/2001	Chipping Barnet	Conservative	Signed
Russell Brown	01/05/2001	Dumfries	Labour	Signed
John McWilliam	01/05/2001	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Humfrey Malins	01/05/2001	Woking	Conservative	Signed
Andrew MacKinlay	01/05/2001	Thurrock	Labour	Signed
Calum MacDonald	02/05/2001	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Labour	Signed
Mike Gapes	02/05/2001	Ilford South	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Betty Williams	08/05/2001	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Stephen McCabe	08/05/2001	Birmingham, Hall Green	Labour	Signed
Gordon Marsden	09/05/2001	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	09/05/2001	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	09/05/2001	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	10/05/2001	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed

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