<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><edm>
<id>35387</id>
<session>2007-08</session>
<number>1167</number>
<title>Public Recognition Of The Armed Forces</title>
<proposer id="10934">David Hamilton</proposer>
<date>2008-03-11</date>
<text>That this House acknowledges the brave and heroic duties performed by members of the armed forces to serve the UK; notes that members of the armed forces are not responsible for decisions about where they serve or in what capacity, and therefore deplores any minority of the public who physically or verbally attack a member of the armed forces in any way; believes that the overwhelming majority of the people in the UK have nothing but gratitude for the country's service personnel and therefore does not believe that it is necessary for members of the armed forces to avoid wearing their uniforms in public; and urges the Government to continue exploring the ways in which it can increase public recognition for the work of the armed forces.</text>
<topics>
	<topic>Armed forces</topic>
</topics>
<signatures>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10934">David Hamilton</mp>
		<date>2008-03-11</date>
		<type>Proposed</type>
		<constituency>Midlothian</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10141">David Crausby</mp>
		<date>2008-03-11</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Bolton North East</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10313">Brian Jenkins</mp>
		<date>2008-03-11</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Tamworth</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10944">Dai Havard</mp>
		<date>2008-03-11</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10550">John Smith</mp>
		<date>2008-03-11</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Vale of Glamorgan</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10229">Linda Gilroy</mp>
		<date>2008-03-11</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Plymouth, Sutton</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11974">Jim McGovern</mp>
		<date>2008-03-11</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Dundee West</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10615">Peter Viggers</mp>
		<date>2008-03-11</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Gosport</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10170">Jim Dobbin</mp>
		<date>2008-03-11</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Heywood and Middleton</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10295">Lindsay Hoyle</mp>
		<date>2008-03-11</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Chorley</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10274">Stephen Hepburn</mp>
		<date>2008-03-11</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Jarrow</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11156">Anne Moffat</mp>
		<date>2008-03-11</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>East Lothian</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10169">Andrew Dismore</mp>
		<date>2008-03-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hendon</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10172">Jeffrey M Donaldson</mp>
		<date>2008-03-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Lagan Valley</constituency>
		<party>DUP</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10222">Andrew George</mp>
		<date>2008-03-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>St Ives</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10240">James Gray</mp>
		<date>2008-03-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North Wiltshire</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10586">David Taylor</mp>
		<date>2008-03-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North West Leicestershire</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10608">Desmond Turner</mp>
		<date>2008-03-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Brighton, Kemptown</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10616">Rudi Vis</mp>
		<date>2008-03-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Finchley and Golders Green</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10647">Nicholas Winterton</mp>
		<date>2008-03-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Macclesfield</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11458">Stephen Williams</mp>
		<date>2008-03-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bristol West</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10096">Martin Caton</mp>
		<date>2008-03-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Gower</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10089">Ronnie Campbell</mp>
		<date>2008-03-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Blyth Valley</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10780">Gregory Campbell</mp>
		<date>2008-03-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>East Londonderry</constituency>
		<party>DUP</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10487">Gordon Prentice</mp>
		<date>2008-03-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Pendle</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11221">Jim Sheridan</mp>
		<date>2008-03-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Paisley and Renfrewshire North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11892">David Simpson</mp>
		<date>2008-03-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Upper Bann</constituency>
		<party>DUP</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10968">Paul Holmes</mp>
		<date>2008-03-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Chesterfield</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10323">Lynne Jones</mp>
		<date>2008-03-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Birmingham, Selly Oak</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10353">David Lepper</mp>
		<date>2008-03-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Brighton, Pavilion</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10415">Gordon Marsden</mp>
		<date>2008-03-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Blackpool South</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10421">Eric Martlew</mp>
		<date>2008-03-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Carlisle</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10679">William McCrea</mp>
		<date>2008-03-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>South Antrim</constituency>
		<party>DUP</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11427">David Anderson</mp>
		<date>2008-03-13</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Blaydon</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10057">Peter Bottomley</mp>
		<date>2008-03-13</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Worthing West</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10258">Mike Hancock</mp>
		<date>2008-03-13</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Portsmouth South</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10190">Nigel Evans</mp>
		<date>2008-03-13</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Ribble Valley</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10166">Janet Dean</mp>
		<date>2008-03-13</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Burton</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10308">Glenda Jackson</mp>
		<date>2008-03-13</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hampstead and Highgate</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10304">Brian Iddon</mp>
		<date>2008-03-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bolton South East</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10210">Michael Jabez Foster</mp>
		<date>2008-03-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hastings and Rye</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11707">John Leech</mp>
		<date>2008-03-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Manchester, Withington</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11489">Mark Williams</mp>
		<date>2008-03-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Ceredigion</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="12004">Angus MacNeil</mp>
		<date>2008-03-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Na h-Eileanan an Iar</constituency>
		<party>Scottish National Party</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10331">Paul Keetch</mp>
		<date>2008-03-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hereford</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="13712">Willie Rennie</mp>
		<date>2008-03-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Dunfermline and West Fife</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10606">Paul Truswell</mp>
		<date>2008-03-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Pudsey</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10012">Janet Anderson</mp>
		<date>2008-03-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Rossendale and Darwen</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10900">Hywel Francis</mp>
		<date>2008-03-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Aberavon</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10177">David Drew</mp>
		<date>2008-03-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Stroud</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10543">Marsha Singh</mp>
		<date>2008-03-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bradford West</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10521">Bob Russell</mp>
		<date>2008-03-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Colchester</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10483">Greg Pope</mp>
		<date>2008-03-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hyndburn</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11420">John Hemming</mp>
		<date>2008-03-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Birmingham, Yardley</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10185">Clive Efford</mp>
		<date>2008-03-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Eltham</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10455">Doug Naysmith</mp>
		<date>2008-03-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bristol North West</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11109">Patrick Mercer</mp>
		<date>2008-03-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Newark</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10299">Joan Humble</mp>
		<date>2008-03-25</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Blackpool North and Fleetwood</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10305">Eric Illsley</mp>
		<date>2008-03-25</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Barnsley Central</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11971">Jo Swinson</mp>
		<date>2008-03-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>East Dunbartonshire</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10541">Alan Simpson</mp>
		<date>2008-03-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Nottingham South</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10262">Nick Harvey</mp>
		<date>2008-03-27</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North Devon</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10298">Simon Hughes</mp>
		<date>2008-03-27</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North Southwark and Bermondsey</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10231">Roger Godsiff</mp>
		<date>2008-03-31</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11494">Martin Horwood</mp>
		<date>2008-04-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Cheltenham</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10155">Edward Davey</mp>
		<date>2008-04-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Kingston and Surbiton</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10958">Lady Hermon</mp>
		<date>2008-04-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North Down</constituency>
		<party>UUP</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10084">Vincent Cable</mp>
		<date>2008-04-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Twickenham</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="12834">Jim Devine</mp>
		<date>2008-04-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Livingston</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10857">Nigel Dodds</mp>
		<date>2008-04-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Belfast North</constituency>
		<party>DUP</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10189">Bill Etherington</mp>
		<date>2008-04-24</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Sunderland North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10393">Andrew MacKinlay</mp>
		<date>2008-04-29</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Thurrock</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11194">Iris Robinson</mp>
		<date>2008-04-29</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Strangford</constituency>
		<party>DUP</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10063">Tom Brake</mp>
		<date>2008-10-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Carshalton and Wallington</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10160">Quentin Davies</mp>
		<date></date>
		<type>Withdrawn</type>
		<constituency></constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11068">John MacDougall</mp>
		<date></date>
		<type>Withdrawn</type>
		<constituency></constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
</signatures>
</edm>