Frank Foley

EDM number 1504 in 2007-08, proposed by Lynda Waltho on 07/05/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Ethnic groups, Military operations and Western Europe.

That this House commemorates 7th May 2008, marking fifty years since the death of Frank Foley, a British spy based in Berlin during the 1930s; notes that under his cover as a passport control officer at the British Embassy he risked his life by venturing into concentration camps to help free Jewish internees, provided false papers and passports for Jewish people to leave Nazi Germany for sanctuary and even hid them in his own home until they were able to leave Germany; further notes that his selfless bravery saved the lives of approximately 10,000 Jewish people from certain death; recognises that just as the horrors of the Holocaust and the millions who perished should never be forgotten, its heroes also should never be forgotten; further recognises that the actions of individuals like Frank Foley during the Holocaust represented a glimmer of humanity during one of history's darkest moments against a backdrop of widespread hostility or indifference across Europe; notes with dismay that although Frank Foley was recognised as Righteous Amongst the Nations at Yad Vashem Israel's Holocaust Museum, he did not receive a formal recognition or honour for his actions in the United Kingdom during his lifetime; calls on the British Government to consider changing the current statutes governing the honours system to allow a posthumous knighthood to be awarded to Frank Foley; hopes that this will pave the way for the recognition of other British rescuers during the Holocaust such as Randolph Churchill, Sergeant Charles Coward, Jane Haining, Tommy Noble and Robert Smallbones, who risked their own lives and often the lives of their families to give life to others; and commends the work of organisations like the Holocaust Educational Trust in ensuring their memory and experiences are kept alive and passed on to future generations.

This motion has been signed by a total of 114 MPs, 3 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Lynda Waltho	07/05/2008	Stourbridge	Labour	Proposed
Douglas Carswell	07/05/2008	Harwich	Conservative	Seconded
Lembit	07/05/2008	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Andrew Love	07/05/2008	Edmonton	Labour	Seconded
David Anderson	07/05/2008	Blaydon	Labour	Seconded
Linda Riordan	07/05/2008	Halifax	Labour	Seconded
Mark Pritchard	07/05/2008	Wrekin, The	Conservative	Signed
Andy Slaughter	07/05/2008			Signed
Jeremy Browne	07/05/2008	Taunton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian Cawsey	07/05/2008	Brigg & Goole	Labour	Signed
Elliot Morley	07/05/2008	Scunthorpe	Labour	Signed
Eric Martlew	07/05/2008	Carlisle	Labour	Signed
John Mann	07/05/2008	Bassetlaw	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	08/05/2008	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Graham Stringer	08/05/2008	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Signed
Ian Taylor	08/05/2008	Esher & Walton	Conservative	Signed
Nadine Dorries	08/05/2008	Mid Bedfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Greg Hands	08/05/2008	Hammersmith & Fulham	Conservative	Signed
Angela Smith	08/05/2008	Sheffield, Hillsborough	Labour	Signed
Jim Devine	08/05/2008	Livingston	Labour	Signed
David Drew	08/05/2008	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	08/05/2008	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Greg Pope	08/05/2008	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	08/05/2008	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Sheridan	08/05/2008	Paisley & Renfrewshire North	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	08/05/2008	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynne Jones	08/05/2008	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Peter Luff	08/05/2008	Mid Worcestershire	Conservative	Signed
Andrew MacKay	08/05/2008	Bracknell	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Dismore	09/05/2008	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	09/05/2008	Gower	Labour	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	09/05/2008	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eric Illsley	09/05/2008	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	09/05/2008	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Jo Swinson	12/05/2008	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Betty Williams	12/05/2008	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	12/05/2008	Liverpool, West Derby	Independent	Signed
Tim Boswell	12/05/2008	Daventry	Conservative	Signed
Ann Cryer	12/05/2008	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	12/05/2008	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Hunter	13/05/2008	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Borrow	13/05/2008	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
James Arbuthnot	13/05/2008	North East Hampshire	Conservative	Signed
Mike Hancock	13/05/2008	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Frank Doran	13/05/2008	Aberdeen North	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	13/05/2008	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Graham Brady	13/05/2008	Altrincham & Sale West	Conservative	Signed
Phyllis Starkey	13/05/2008	Milton Keynes South West	Labour	Signed
Paul Truswell	14/05/2008	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	14/05/2008	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	14/05/2008	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Roger Williams	14/05/2008	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lyn Brown	14/05/2008	West Ham	Labour	Signed
Louise Ellman	14/05/2008	Liverpool, Riverside	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	14/05/2008	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Tom Brake	14/05/2008	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	14/05/2008	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	14/05/2008	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	14/05/2008	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	14/05/2008	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Gavin Strang	15/05/2008	Edinburgh East	Labour	Signed
Alan Beith	15/05/2008	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	15/05/2008	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	15/05/2008	Lagan Valley	DUP	Signed
Jonathan Djanogly	15/05/2008	Huntingdon	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Miller	15/05/2008	Ellesmere Port & Neston	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	15/05/2008	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Greg Mulholland	16/05/2008	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	16/05/2008	Hastings & Rye	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	16/05/2008	Linlithgow & Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Richard Burden	16/05/2008	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Julie Kirkbride	16/05/2008	Bromsgrove	Conservative	Signed
Alex Salmond	19/05/2008	Banff & Buchan	Scottish National Party	Signed
Harry Cohen	19/05/2008	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	19/05/2008	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Angus MacNeil	20/05/2008	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scottish National Party	Signed
Stewart Hosie	20/05/2008	Dundee East	Scottish National Party	Signed
Pete Wishart	20/05/2008	Perth & Perthshire North	Scottish National Party	Signed
Michael Weir	20/05/2008	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Clive Efford	20/05/2008	Eltham	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	20/05/2008	Burton	Labour	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	20/05/2008	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Angus Robertson	20/05/2008	Moray	Scottish National Party	Signed
Susan Kramer	22/05/2008	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sammy Wilson	22/05/2008	East Antrim	DUP	Signed
Joan Ryan	22/05/2008	Enfield North	Labour	Signed
Lee Scott	02/06/2008	Ilford North	Conservative	Signed
Neil Turner	02/06/2008	Wigan	Labour	Signed
Don Touhig	02/06/2008	Islwyn	Labour	Signed
Gisela Stuart	02/06/2008	Birmingham, Edgbaston	Labour	Signed
Richard Bacon	02/06/2008	South Norfolk	Conservative	Signed
Doug Naysmith	02/06/2008	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	02/06/2008	Glasgow Central	Labour	Signed
Anne Begg	03/06/2008	Aberdeen South	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	03/06/2008	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Wright	03/06/2008	Rugby & Kenilworth	Conservative	Signed
Anne Main	04/06/2008	St Albans	Conservative	Signed
Jennifer Willott	04/06/2008	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Amess	09/06/2008	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
Frank Cook	09/06/2008	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Rifkind	09/06/2008			Signed
Jimmy Hood	10/06/2008	Lanark & Hamilton East	Labour	Signed
Russell Brown	11/06/2008	Dumfries & Galloway	Labour	Signed
Gordon Banks	11/06/2008	Ochil & Perthshire South	Labour	Signed
Martin Linton	18/06/2008	Battersea	Labour	Signed
Angela Watkinson	19/06/2008	Upminster	Conservative	Signed
John Horam	19/06/2008	Orpington	Conservative	Signed
John Heppell	19/06/2008	Nottingham East	Labour	Signed
Daniel Rogerson	24/06/2008	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Charles Kennedy	08/07/2008	Ross, Skye & Lochaber	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Denis Murphy	27/10/2008	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
John Spellar	Unknown			Withdrawn
Chris Bryant	Unknown			Withdrawn
Dawn Butler	Unknown			Withdrawn

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