<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><edm>
<id>32298</id>
<session>2006-07</session>
<number>623</number>
<title>300th Anniversary Of The Act Of Union</title>
<proposer id="11970">David Mundell</proposer>
<date>2007-01-15</date>
<text>That this House celebrates the 300th anniversary of the passing of the Act of Union between England and Scotland which created the United Kingdom of Great Britain; believes that the Union has been one of the greatest political success stories of modern European history; recognises that the Union continues to contribute massively to the culture, strength, stability and prosperity of the UK while enabling each of the constituent parts to retain its proud sense of national and local identity; is convinced that all four countries that make up the United Kingdom benefit from the Union and that they continue to achieve much more together than they would as separate nations; and calls upon all unionists to use the 300th anniversary of the Act of Union to reiterate the case for and continued relevance of the Union for this century and beyond.</text>
<topics>
</topics>
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	<signature>
		<mp id="11970">David Mundell</mp>
		<date>2007-01-15</date>
		<type>Proposed</type>
		<constituency>Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale &amp; Tweeddale</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10632">John Whittingdale</mp>
		<date>2007-01-15</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Maldon &amp; East Chelmsford</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10079">Simon Burns</mp>
		<date>2007-01-15</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>West Chelmsford</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10228">Cheryl Gillan</mp>
		<date>2007-01-15</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Chesham &amp; Amersham</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10361">David Lidington</mp>
		<date>2007-01-15</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Aylesbury</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10267">Oliver Heald</mp>
		<date>2007-01-15</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>North East Hertfordshire</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11626">Michael Penning</mp>
		<date>2007-01-15</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hemel Hempstead</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11588">Mark Harper</mp>
		<date>2007-01-15</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Forest of Dean</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11785">James Duddridge</mp>
		<date>2007-01-15</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Rochford &amp; Southend East</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10624">Nigel Waterson</mp>
		<date>2007-01-15</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Eastbourne</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10056">Tim Boswell</mp>
		<date>2007-01-15</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Daventry</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10715">John Baron</mp>
		<date>2007-01-15</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Billericay</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10194">Michael Fallon</mp>
		<date>2007-01-15</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Sevenoaks</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10426">Theresa May</mp>
		<date>2007-01-15</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Maidenhead</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10373">Peter Luff</mp>
		<date>2007-01-15</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Mid Worcestershire</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11216">Andrew Selous</mp>
		<date>2007-01-15</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>South West Bedfordshire</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11199">Andrew Rosindell</mp>
		<date>2007-01-15</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Romford</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10020">Peter Atkinson</mp>
		<date>2007-01-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hexham</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10257">Philip Hammond</mp>
		<date>2007-01-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Runnymede &amp; Weybridge</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10243">Dominic Grieve</mp>
		<date>2007-01-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Beaconsfield</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10241">Damian Green</mp>
		<date>2007-01-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Ashford</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10583">Peter Tapsell</mp>
		<date>2007-01-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Louth &amp; Horncastle</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10643">David Wilshire</mp>
		<date>2007-01-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Spelthorne</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11377">Nick Herbert</mp>
		<date>2007-01-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Arundel &amp; South Downs</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11599">Adam Holloway</mp>
		<date>2007-01-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Gravesham</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11397">Nadine Dorries</mp>
		<date>2007-01-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Mid Bedfordshire</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11458">Stephen Williams</mp>
		<date>2007-01-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bristol West</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11651">Lee Scott</mp>
		<date>2007-01-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Ilford North</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10240">James Gray</mp>
		<date>2007-01-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North Wiltshire</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11804">Robert Goodwill</mp>
		<date>2007-01-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Scarborough &amp; Whitby</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10221">Edward Garnier</mp>
		<date>2007-01-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Harborough</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="18931">Malcolm Rifkind</mp>
		<date>2007-01-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency></constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10505">Laurence Robertson</mp>
		<date>2007-01-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Tewkesbury</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10537">Richard Shepherd</mp>
		<date>2007-01-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Aldridge-Brownhills</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11892">David Simpson</mp>
		<date>2007-01-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Upper Bann</constituency>
		<party>DUP</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10290">Michael Howard</mp>
		<date>2007-01-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Folkestone &amp; Hythe</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10336">Robert Key</mp>
		<date>2007-01-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Salisbury</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10355">Oliver Letwin</mp>
		<date>2007-01-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>West Dorset</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10362">Peter Lilley</mp>
		<date>2007-01-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hitchin &amp; Harpenden</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10679">William McCrea</mp>
		<date>2007-01-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>South Antrim</constituency>
		<party>DUP</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10780">Gregory Campbell</mp>
		<date>2007-01-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>East Londonderry</constituency>
		<party>DUP</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10214">Christopher Fraser</mp>
		<date>2007-01-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>South West Norfolk</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10010">Michael Ancram</mp>
		<date>2007-01-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Devizes</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10057">Peter Bottomley</mp>
		<date>2007-01-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Worthing West</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11374">Sammy Wilson</mp>
		<date>2007-01-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>East Antrim</constituency>
		<party>DUP</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11858">Michael Gove</mp>
		<date>2007-01-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Surrey Heath</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11506">David Jones</mp>
		<date>2007-01-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Clwyd West</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11798">Anne Main</mp>
		<date>2007-01-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>St Albans</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11791">Jeremy Wright</mp>
		<date>2007-01-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Rugby &amp; Kenilworth</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10258">Mike Hancock</mp>
		<date>2007-01-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Portsmouth South</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10172">Jeffrey M Donaldson</mp>
		<date>2007-01-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Lagan Valley</constituency>
		<party>DUP</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10542">Keith Simpson</mp>
		<date>2007-01-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Mid Norfolk</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10555">Nicholas Soames</mp>
		<date>2007-01-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Mid Sussex</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10958">Lady Hermon</mp>
		<date>2007-01-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North Down</constituency>
		<party>UUP</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10371">Tim Loughton</mp>
		<date>2007-01-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>East Worthing &amp; Shoreham</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11115">Andrew Mitchell</mp>
		<date>2007-01-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Sutton Coldfield</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10468">Richard Ottaway</mp>
		<date>2007-01-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Croydon South</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10815">Derek Conway</mp>
		<date>2007-01-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Old Bexley &amp; Sidcup</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10462">Edward O'Hara</mp>
		<date>2007-01-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Knowsley South</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10422">Michael Mates</mp>
		<date>2007-01-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>East Hampshire</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10394">David Maclean</mp>
		<date>2007-01-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Penrith &amp; The Border</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10358">Julian Lewis</mp>
		<date>2007-01-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>New Forest East</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11265">Hugo Swire</mp>
		<date>2007-01-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>East Devon</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10013">James Arbuthnot</mp>
		<date>2007-01-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North East Hampshire</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10190">Nigel Evans</mp>
		<date>2007-01-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Ribble Valley</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10447">Malcolm Moss</mp>
		<date>2007-01-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North East Cambridgeshire</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10261">Evan Harris</mp>
		<date>2007-01-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Oxford West &amp; Abingdon</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11917">Grant Shapps</mp>
		<date>2007-01-22</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Welwyn Hatfield</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11522">Andrew Pelling</mp>
		<date>2007-01-22</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Croydon Central</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10920">Chris Grayling</mp>
		<date>2007-01-22</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Epsom &amp; Ewell</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10670">Stephen O'Brien</mp>
		<date>2007-01-22</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Eddisbury</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10349">Andrew Lansley</mp>
		<date>2007-01-22</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>South Cambridgeshire</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10662">Jacqui Lait</mp>
		<date>2007-01-22</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Beckenham</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10470">James Paice</mp>
		<date>2007-01-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>South East Cambridgeshire</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11727">Richard Benyon</mp>
		<date>2007-01-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Newbury</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11553">Ian Austin</mp>
		<date>2007-01-24</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Dudley North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10289">John Horam</mp>
		<date>2007-01-25</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Orpington</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10857">Nigel Dodds</mp>
		<date>2007-01-25</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Belfast North</constituency>
		<party>DUP</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10602">David Tredinnick</mp>
		<date>2007-01-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bosworth</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11927">Stephen Hammond</mp>
		<date>2007-01-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Wimbledon</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11715">Mark Lancaster</mp>
		<date>2007-01-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North East Milton Keynes</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10084">Vincent Cable</mp>
		<date>2007-01-29</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Twickenham</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11884">Greg Clark</mp>
		<date>2007-01-30</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Tunbridge Wells</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10312">Bernard Jenkin</mp>
		<date>2007-02-01</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North Essex</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11308">Angela Watkinson</mp>
		<date>2007-02-01</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Upminster</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10313">Brian Jenkins</mp>
		<date>2007-02-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Tamworth</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11971">Jo Swinson</mp>
		<date>2007-02-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>East Dunbartonshire</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10193">Michael Fabricant</mp>
		<date>2007-03-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Lichfield</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10477">Eric Pickles</mp>
		<date>2007-03-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Brentwood &amp; Ongar</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10348">Eleanor Laing</mp>
		<date>2007-03-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Epping Forest</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10559">Caroline Spelman</mp>
		<date>2007-03-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Meriden</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11318">Bill Wiggin</mp>
		<date>2007-04-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Leominster</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
</signatures>
</edm>
