Commonwealth Day, Monday 14th March

EDM number 915 in 2004-05, proposed by David Marshall on 14/03/2005.

That this House, in common with all parliaments of the Commonwealth, gladly observes Commonwealth Day on Monday 14th March; supports this year's theme of Education, Creating Opportunity, Realising Potential, emphasising the Commonwealth's commitment to education, achieving universal primary education, eliminating gender disparities, improving quality in education, using distance learning to overcome barriers, supporting education in difficult circumstances and mitigating the impact of HIV/AIDS in education; and recognises the excellent work done by the United Kingdom Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association in partnership with its sister branches in the advancement of parliamentary democracy throughout the Commonwealth.

This motion has been signed by a total of 79 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
David Marshall	14/03/2005	Glasgow, Shettleston	Labour	Proposed
Nicholas Winterton	14/03/2005	Macclesfield	Conservative	Signed
Hugh Bayley	14/03/2005	York, City of	Labour	Signed
Donald Anderson	14/03/2005	Swansea East	Labour	Signed
George Foulkes	14/03/2005	Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Derek Conway	14/03/2005	Old Bexley & Sidcup	Conservative	Signed
Tony Banks	15/03/2005	West Ham	Labour	Signed
John Austin	15/03/2005	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Tom Cox	15/03/2005	Tooting	Labour	Signed
David Clelland	15/03/2005	Tyne Bridge	Labour	Signed
James Paice	15/03/2005	South East Cambridgeshire	Conservative	Signed
Laura Moffatt	15/03/2005	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	15/03/2005	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Martin Smyth	15/03/2005	Belfast South	UUP	Signed
Marion Roe	15/03/2005	Broxbourne	Conservative	Signed
Iris Robinson	15/03/2005	Strangford	DUP	Signed
John Randall	15/03/2005	Uxbridge	Conservative	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	16/03/2005	Lagan Valley	DUP	Signed
Huw Edwards	16/03/2005	Monmouth	Labour	Signed
Nigel Evans	16/03/2005	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Signed
Win Griffiths	16/03/2005	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Roy Beggs	16/03/2005	East Antrim	UUP	Signed
Peter Bottomley	16/03/2005	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Rudi Vis	16/03/2005	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Nigel Dodds	16/03/2005	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Andrew Dismore	16/03/2005	Hendon	Labour	Signed
John Stanley	16/03/2005	Tonbridge & Malling	Conservative	Signed
Kate Hoey	16/03/2005	Vauxhall	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	16/03/2005	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Bill Olner	16/03/2005	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Gregory Campbell	16/03/2005	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Martin Caton	16/03/2005	Gower	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	16/03/2005	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Ann Winterton	17/03/2005	Congleton	Conservative	Signed
Paul Tyler	17/03/2005	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dennis Turner	17/03/2005	Wolverhampton South East	Labour Co-operative	Signed
David Borrow	17/03/2005	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	17/03/2005	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	17/03/2005	Islington North	Labour	Signed
John Butterfill	17/03/2005	Bournemouth West	Conservative	Signed
Peter Luff	17/03/2005	Mid Worcestershire	Conservative	Signed
Eric Illsley	17/03/2005	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	17/03/2005	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Betty Williams	18/03/2005	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Vera Baird	18/03/2005	Redcar	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	18/03/2005	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Cheryl Gillan	18/03/2005	Chesham & Amersham	Conservative	Signed
Annette Brooke	18/03/2005	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nigel Jones	18/03/2005	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Pike	18/03/2005	Burnley	Labour	Signed
Angela Watkinson	21/03/2005	Upminster	Conservative	Signed
Howard Flight	21/03/2005	Arundel & South Downs	Conservative	Signed
Syd Rapson	21/03/2005	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Linda Perham	21/03/2005	Ilford North	Labour	Signed
Andrew Selous	22/03/2005	South West Bedfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Eleanor Laing	22/03/2005	Epping Forest	Conservative	Signed
Vincent Cable	22/03/2005	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Derek Wyatt	22/03/2005	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
David Amess	23/03/2005	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
David Burnside	23/03/2005	South Antrim	UUP	Signed
Anne McIntosh	23/03/2005	Vale of York	Conservative	Signed
Charles Hendry	23/03/2005	Wealden	Conservative	Signed
Caroline Spelman	23/03/2005	Meriden	Conservative	Signed
Jane Griffiths	24/03/2005	Reading East	Labour	Signed
Edward Garnier	24/03/2005	Harborough	Conservative	Signed
Gwyneth Dunwoody	24/03/2005	Crewe & Nantwich	Labour	Signed
Julian Brazier	24/03/2005	Canterbury	Conservative	Signed
Stephen O'Brien	24/03/2005	Eddisbury	Conservative	Signed
Julie Morgan	24/03/2005	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Nigel Waterson	04/04/2005	Eastbourne	Conservative	Signed
Crispin Blunt	04/04/2005	Reigate	Conservative	Signed
Patrick Mercer	04/04/2005	Newark	Conservative	Signed
Rob Marris	04/04/2005	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Eric Pickles	05/04/2005	Brentwood & Ongar	Conservative	Signed
Oliver Heald	05/04/2005	North East Hertfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	05/04/2005	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Hugo Swire	05/04/2005	East Devon	Conservative	Signed
Alan Simpson	06/04/2005	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Parmjit Gill	06/04/2005	Leicester South	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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