Centenary Of Sir Frank Whittle, Inventor Of The Jet Engine (EDM1611)

Centenary Of Sir Frank Whittle, Inventor Of The Jet Engine

EDM number 1611 in 2006-07, proposed by Gerald Howarth on 05/06/2007.

That this House pays tribute to the late Sir Frank Whittle on the centenary of his birth on 1st June 1907 at Coventry; acknowledges his genius and determination in inventing and developing the world's first turbo jet engine; and notes that with the support of the Royal Air Force, in which he served with distinction, and he made an outstanding and definitive contribution to the development of air transport and air warfare enhancing the critical role of engineering to the prosperity of the United Kingdom.

This motion has been signed by a total of 73 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Gerald Howarth	05/06/2007	Aldershot	Conservative	Proposed
Jim Cunningham	05/06/2007	Coventry South	Labour	Seconded
Alan Duncan	05/06/2007	Rutland & Melton	Conservative	Seconded
Susan Kramer	05/06/2007	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Julian Lewis	05/06/2007	New Forest East	Conservative	Seconded
Mark Harper	05/06/2007	Forest of Dean	Conservative	Seconded
David Taylor	05/06/2007	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Michael Ancram	05/06/2007	Devizes	Conservative	Signed
Edward Garnier	05/06/2007	Harborough	Conservative	Signed
Michael Penning	06/06/2007	Hemel Hempstead	Conservative	Signed
Philip Davies	06/06/2007	Shipley	Conservative	Signed
Nicholas Winterton	06/06/2007	Macclesfield	Conservative	Signed
Graham Stringer	06/06/2007	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	06/06/2007	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Mike Hancock	06/06/2007	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Dismore	06/06/2007	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	06/06/2007	Burton	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	06/06/2007	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	06/06/2007	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
William McCrea	06/06/2007	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Gregory Campbell	06/06/2007	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	06/06/2007	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	06/06/2007	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Stephen Williams	07/06/2007	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian Austin	07/06/2007	Dudley North	Labour	Signed
John Hemming	07/06/2007	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Derek Wyatt	07/06/2007	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Nigel Evans	07/06/2007	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Signed
Paul Burstow	07/06/2007	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gordon Marsden	07/06/2007	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Rob Marris	07/06/2007	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Fraser Kemp	07/06/2007	Houghton & Washington East	Labour	Signed
Angus MacNeil	11/06/2007	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scottish National Party	Signed
Phil Willis	11/06/2007	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Betty Williams	11/06/2007	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Moss	11/06/2007	North East Cambridgeshire	Conservative	Signed
Alan Meale	11/06/2007	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
David Kidney	11/06/2007	Stafford	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	11/06/2007	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Pugh	11/06/2007	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Hunter	12/06/2007	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	12/06/2007	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Borrow	12/06/2007	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	12/06/2007	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	12/06/2007	Hastings & Rye	Labour	Signed
David Drew	12/06/2007	Stroud	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	12/06/2007	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	12/06/2007	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	12/06/2007	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Mark Williams	13/06/2007	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Wilshire	13/06/2007	Spelthorne	Conservative	Signed
Rudi Vis	13/06/2007	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	13/06/2007	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	13/06/2007	North Down	UUP	Signed
Alan Simpson	13/06/2007	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Greg Pope	13/06/2007	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	14/06/2007	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Murphy	14/06/2007	Torfaen	Labour	Signed
Eric Martlew	14/06/2007	Carlisle	Labour	Signed
Brian Binley	15/06/2007	Northampton South	Conservative	Signed
Derek Conway	18/06/2007	Old Bexley & Sidcup	Conservative	Signed
Edward Vaizey	18/06/2007	Wantage	Conservative	Signed
Jeff Ennis	19/06/2007	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	19/06/2007	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	20/06/2007	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	20/06/2007	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Brian Jenkins	25/06/2007	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
John Spellar	25/06/2007	Warley	Labour	Signed
Geoffrey Robinson	25/06/2007	Coventry North West	Labour	Signed
Nigel Dodds	26/06/2007	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Bill Etherington	28/06/2007	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	04/07/2007	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Andrew Pelling	24/07/2007	Croydon Central	Conservative	Signed

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