<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><edm>
<id>36131</id>
<session>2007-08</session>
<number>1827</number>
<title>170th Anniversary Of The Husker Pit Disaster</title>
<proposer id="10105">Michael Clapham</proposer>
<date>2008-06-17</date>
<text>That this House welcomes the Awards for All Grant and all other contributions that have made possible the staging of a play by local children at All Saints Church in Silkstone village to commemorate the 170th anniversary of the Husker Colliery disaster which happened on 4th July 1838 when 26 children were drowned, causing Victorian society to examine its laissez-faire attitude, leading to a national enquiry by the Children's Employment Commission of 1840 and to the first Mines Act of 1842 which prohibited females and boys under 10 years of age from working underground.</text>
<topics>
	<topic>Coal</topic>
	<topic>Industrial health and safety</topic>
	<topic>Industry</topic>
</topics>
<signatures>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10105">Michael Clapham</mp>
		<date>2008-06-17</date>
		<type>Proposed</type>
		<constituency>Barnsley West &amp; Penistone</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10544">Dennis Skinner</mp>
		<date>2008-06-17</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Bolsover</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10934">David Hamilton</mp>
		<date>2008-06-17</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Midlothian</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10189">Bill Etherington</mp>
		<date>2008-06-17</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Sunderland North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10452">Denis Murphy</mp>
		<date>2008-06-17</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Wansbeck</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10144">John Cummings</mp>
		<date>2008-06-17</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Easington</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10055">David Borrow</mp>
		<date>2008-06-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>South Ribble</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10039">Joe Benton</mp>
		<date>2008-06-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bootle</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10252">Peter Hain</mp>
		<date>2008-06-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Neath</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10248">John Grogan</mp>
		<date>2008-06-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Selby</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10226">Ian Gibson</mp>
		<date>2008-06-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Norwich North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10223">Bruce George</mp>
		<date>2008-06-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Walsall South</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10900">Hywel Francis</mp>
		<date>2008-06-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Aberavon</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10608">Desmond Turner</mp>
		<date>2008-06-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Brighton, Kemptown</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10616">Rudi Vis</mp>
		<date>2008-06-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Finchley &amp; Golders Green</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10645">David Winnick</mp>
		<date>2008-06-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Walsall North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="12005">Gordon Banks</mp>
		<date>2008-06-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Ochil &amp; Perthshire South</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11692">Nia Griffith</mp>
		<date>2008-06-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Llanelli</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11814">Angela Smith</mp>
		<date>2008-06-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Sheffield, Hillsborough</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11607">Linda Riordan</mp>
		<date>2008-06-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Halifax</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="12834">Jim Devine</mp>
		<date>2008-06-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Livingston</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="13735">Dai Davies</mp>
		<date>2008-06-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Blaenau Gwent</constituency>
		<party>Independent</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="13934">Virendra Sharma</mp>
		<date>2008-06-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Ealing, Southall</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10197">Frank Field</mp>
		<date>2008-06-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Birkenhead</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10882">Paul Farrelly</mp>
		<date>2008-06-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Newcastle-under-Lyme</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10188">Jeff Ennis</mp>
		<date>2008-06-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Barnsley East &amp; Mexborough</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10492">Ken Purchase</mp>
		<date>2008-06-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Wolverhampton North East</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10512">Terry Rooney</mp>
		<date>2008-06-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bradford North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11221">Jim Sheridan</mp>
		<date>2008-06-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Paisley &amp; Renfrewshire North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10282">Kate Hoey</mp>
		<date>2008-06-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Vauxhall</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10285">Jimmy Hood</mp>
		<date>2008-06-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Lanark &amp; Hamilton East</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10288">Kelvin Hopkins</mp>
		<date>2008-06-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Luton North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10304">Brian Iddon</mp>
		<date>2008-06-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bolton South East</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10305">Eric Illsley</mp>
		<date>2008-06-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Barnsley Central</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10351">Bob Laxton</mp>
		<date>2008-06-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Derby North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10353">David Lepper</mp>
		<date>2008-06-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Brighton, Pavilion</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10157">Ian Davidson</mp>
		<date>2008-06-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Glasgow South West</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10142">Ann Cryer</mp>
		<date>2008-06-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Keighley</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10089">Ronnie Campbell</mp>
		<date>2008-06-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Blyth Valley</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10077">Colin Burgon</mp>
		<date>2008-06-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Elmet</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10463">Bill Olner</mp>
		<date>2008-06-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Nuneaton</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10393">Andrew MacKinlay</mp>
		<date>2008-06-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Thurrock</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10356">Tom Levitt</mp>
		<date>2008-06-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>High Peak</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11458">Stephen Williams</mp>
		<date>2008-06-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bristol West</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10623">Robert Wareing</mp>
		<date>2008-06-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Liverpool, West Derby</constituency>
		<party>Independent</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10586">David Taylor</mp>
		<date>2008-06-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North West Leicestershire</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10576">Graham Stringer</mp>
		<date>2008-06-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Manchester, Blackley</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10190">Nigel Evans</mp>
		<date>2008-06-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Ribble Valley</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10177">David Drew</mp>
		<date>2008-06-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Stroud</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10169">Andrew Dismore</mp>
		<date>2008-06-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hendon</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10378">Chris McCafferty</mp>
		<date>2008-06-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Calder Valley</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10323">Lynne Jones</mp>
		<date>2008-06-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Birmingham, Selly Oak</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10313">Brian Jenkins</mp>
		<date>2008-06-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Tamworth</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10295">Lindsay Hoyle</mp>
		<date>2008-06-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Chorley</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10614">Keith Vaz</mp>
		<date>2008-06-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Leicester East</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10057">Peter Bottomley</mp>
		<date>2008-06-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Worthing West</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10185">Clive Efford</mp>
		<date>2008-06-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Eltham</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10166">Janet Dean</mp>
		<date>2008-06-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Burton</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10133">Jeremy Corbyn</mp>
		<date>2008-06-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Islington North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10084">Vincent Cable</mp>
		<date>2008-06-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Twickenham</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10076">Richard Burden</mp>
		<date>2008-06-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Birmingham, Northfield</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10383">John McDonnell</mp>
		<date>2008-06-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hayes &amp; Harlington</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10170">Jim Dobbin</mp>
		<date>2008-06-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Heywood &amp; Middleton</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="13712">Willie Rennie</mp>
		<date>2008-06-24</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Dunfermline &amp; Fife West</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10640">Betty Williams</mp>
		<date>2008-06-24</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Conwy</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10012">Janet Anderson</mp>
		<date>2008-06-24</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Rossendale &amp; Darwen</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10487">Gordon Prentice</mp>
		<date>2008-06-24</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Pendle</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11402">Alasdair McDonnell</mp>
		<date>2008-06-25</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Belfast South</constituency>
		<party>Social Democratic and Labour Party</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10455">Doug Naysmith</mp>
		<date>2008-06-25</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bristol North West</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10096">Martin Caton</mp>
		<date>2008-06-25</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Gower</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10258">Mike Hancock</mp>
		<date>2008-06-25</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Portsmouth South</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10028">John Battle</mp>
		<date>2008-06-25</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Leeds West</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11427">David Anderson</mp>
		<date>2008-06-25</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Blaydon</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10483">Greg Pope</mp>
		<date>2008-06-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hyndburn</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10210">Michael Jabez Foster</mp>
		<date>2008-06-30</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hastings &amp; Rye</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10541">Alan Simpson</mp>
		<date>2008-07-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Nottingham South</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10141">David Crausby</mp>
		<date>2008-07-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bolton North East</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10606">Paul Truswell</mp>
		<date>2008-07-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Pudsey</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11707">John Leech</mp>
		<date>2008-07-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Manchester, Withington</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11003">Kevan Jones</mp>
		<date></date>
		<type>Withdrawn</type>
		<constituency></constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11076">Ann McKechin</mp>
		<date></date>
		<type>Withdrawn</type>
		<constituency></constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10604">Jon Trickett</mp>
		<date></date>
		<type>Withdrawn</type>
		<constituency></constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
</signatures>
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