Honour For Female And Male Spitfire Pilots For World War Two

EDM number 953 in 2007-08, proposed by Nigel Griffiths on 19/02/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Armed forces, Aviation and Military operations.

That this House recognises the bravery of the female and male pilots from the UK, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bermuda, Canada, Sri Lanka, Chile, China, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Eire, Estonia, France, Holland, India, Malaya, Mauritius, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Siam, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland and the USA who served in the Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA) during World War II ferrying Spitfires and other war planes from factories to airfields, and between airfields; deeply regrets the loss of life of pilots like record-breaking Amy Johnson during her service in the ATA; congratulates the Government on giving consideration to a badge of honour for all the survivors of the ATA; and expresses its appreciation to the ATA Association and to Giles Whittell for highlighting the feats of many of these pilots in his book Spitfire Women of World War II.

This motion has been signed by a total of 114 MPs, 5 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Nigel Griffiths	19/02/2008	Edinburgh South	Labour	Proposed
Gerald Howarth	19/02/2008	Aldershot	Conservative	Seconded
Lembit	19/02/2008	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Bob Spink	19/02/2008	Castle Point	Conservative	Seconded
Lindsay Hoyle	19/02/2008	Chorley	Labour	Seconded
Mark Fisher	19/02/2008	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Seconded
David Tredinnick	19/02/2008	Bosworth	Conservative	Signed
Peter Bottomley	19/02/2008	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Andrew George	19/02/2008	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian Davidson	19/02/2008	Glasgow South West	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	19/02/2008	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	19/02/2008	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Anderson	19/02/2008	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Gordon Banks	19/02/2008	Ochil & Perthshire South	Labour	Signed
Nia Griffith	19/02/2008	Llanelli	Labour	Signed
James McGovern	19/02/2008	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
Linda Riordan	19/02/2008	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Lee Scott	19/02/2008	Ilford North	Conservative	Signed
Jim Devine	19/02/2008	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	19/02/2008	Linlithgow & Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	19/02/2008	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
John Robertson	19/02/2008	Glasgow North West	Labour	Signed
Jim Sheridan	19/02/2008	Paisley & Renfrewshire North	Labour	Signed
Dai Havard	19/02/2008	Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney	Labour	Signed
John Heppell	19/02/2008	Nottingham East	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	19/02/2008	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	19/02/2008	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Julian Lewis	19/02/2008	New Forest East	Conservative	Signed
Gordon Marsden	19/02/2008	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Russell Brown	19/02/2008	Dumfries & Galloway	Labour	Signed
Albert Owen	19/02/2008	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Sandra Osborne	19/02/2008	Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	19/02/2008	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Shona McIsaac	19/02/2008	Cleethorpes	Labour	Signed
Graham Stringer	20/02/2008	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	20/02/2008	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Phil Willis	20/02/2008	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Winterton	20/02/2008	Congleton	Conservative	Signed
Nicholas Winterton	20/02/2008	Macclesfield	Conservative	Signed
Philip Davies	20/02/2008	Shipley	Conservative	Signed
John Leech	20/02/2008	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Williams	20/02/2008	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Hunter	20/02/2008	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Willie Rennie	20/02/2008	Dunfermline & Fife West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Phil Wilson	20/02/2008	Sedgefield	Labour	Signed
Hywel Francis	20/02/2008	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Gregory Campbell	20/02/2008	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Malcolm Moss	20/02/2008	North East Cambridgeshire	Conservative	Signed
Gordon Prentice	20/02/2008	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Martin Salter	20/02/2008	Reading West	Labour	Signed
David Simpson	20/02/2008	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Nick Harvey	20/02/2008	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	20/02/2008	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Joan Humble	20/02/2008	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	20/02/2008	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	20/02/2008	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Ashok Kumar	20/02/2008	Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland	Labour	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	20/02/2008	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	20/02/2008	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	21/02/2008	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Nigel Evans	21/02/2008	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Signed
Paul Flynn	21/02/2008	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Ian Gibson	21/02/2008	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
John Battle	21/02/2008	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Michael Weir	21/02/2008	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Betty Williams	21/02/2008	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Michael Penning	21/02/2008	Hemel Hempstead	Conservative	Signed
Martin Caton	21/02/2008	Gower	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	21/02/2008	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Edward O'Hara	21/02/2008	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Greg Pope	21/02/2008	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	21/02/2008	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
David Kidney	21/02/2008	Stafford	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	21/02/2008	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Tim Loughton	21/02/2008	East Worthing & Shoreham	Conservative	Signed
Eric Martlew	21/02/2008	Carlisle	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	21/02/2008	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Laura Moffatt	21/02/2008	Crawley	Labour	Signed
David Borrow	22/02/2008	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Janet Anderson	22/02/2008	Rossendale & Darwen	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	22/02/2008	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Clive Efford	22/02/2008	Eltham	Labour	Signed
David Drew	22/02/2008	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	22/02/2008	Burton	Labour	Signed
Derek Conway	22/02/2008	Old Bexley & Sidcup	Independent	Signed
Ian Cawsey	22/02/2008	Brigg & Goole	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	22/02/2008	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Fraser Kemp	22/02/2008	Houghton & Washington East	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	25/02/2008	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Williams	26/02/2008	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Crausby	26/02/2008	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Colin Burgon	26/02/2008	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	26/02/2008	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Mark Pritchard	27/02/2008	Wrekin, The	Conservative	Signed
Greg Mulholland	27/02/2008	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	27/02/2008	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Robert Goodwill	27/02/2008	Scarborough & Whitby	Conservative	Signed
Roger Godsiff	27/02/2008	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Simon Hughes	27/02/2008	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Rosindell	29/02/2008	Romford	Conservative	Signed
Paul Holmes	03/03/2008	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Vincent Cable	05/03/2008	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	05/03/2008	Hastings & Rye	Labour	Signed
John Horam	06/03/2008	Orpington	Conservative	Signed
Doug Naysmith	06/03/2008	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
Sandra Gidley	11/03/2008	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Theresa May	12/03/2008	Maidenhead	Conservative	Signed
Sammy Wilson	20/05/2008	East Antrim	DUP	Signed
John Mason	28/10/2008	Glasgow East	Scottish National Party	Signed
David Marshall	Unknown			Withdrawn
Quentin Davies	Unknown			Withdrawn
Ann McKechin	Unknown			Withdrawn
Jon Trickett	Unknown			Withdrawn
Paul Clark	Unknown			Withdrawn

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