Recognition For British Heroes Of The Holocaust

EDM number 1175 in 2008-09, proposed by Russell Brown on 24/03/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Religion and faith communities.

That this House salutes the courage of British citizens who aided and rescued Jewish people and other minority groups during the Holocaust at great personal risk to themselves and their families; notes that in the midst of the depravity and desperation of the Holocaust, which saw the very worst of mankind, these individuals exemplified the very best of humanity in the compassion, courage and bravery they showed in rescuing thousands from certain death; believes that just as the memory of those who suffered and perished in the Holocaust should never be forgotten, the memory of those who helped save so many lives should be remembered and honoured; lauds the work of the Holocaust Educational Trust in seeking to bring greater recognition to such individuals; further notes that many communities take great pride in honouring local heroes of the Holocaust such as Jane Haining in Dumfriesshire, June Ravenhall in Warwickshire and Major Frank Foley in Stourbridge; believes it to be inadequate that while many of these individuals have been recognised as Righteous Among the Nations at Yad Vashem, Israel's Holocaust Memorial authority, they have not been honoured or recognised by the British Government in their own lifetime; and calls on the Government to consider changing the statutes governing the honours system to allow the granting of posthumous honours and to consider ways in which appropriate recognition can be afforded to these individuals.

This motion has been signed by a total of 138 MPs, 3 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Russell Brown	24/03/2009	Dumfries & Galloway	Labour	Proposed
Jeremy Wright	24/03/2009	Rugby & Kenilworth	Conservative	Seconded
Jeremy Browne	24/03/2009	Taunton	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Anne Begg	24/03/2009	Aberdeen South	Labour	Seconded
Michael Connarty	24/03/2009	Linlithgow & Falkirk East	Labour	Seconded
John Robertson	24/03/2009	Glasgow North West	Labour	Seconded
Lindsay Roy	24/03/2009	Glenrothes	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	24/03/2009	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Durkan	24/03/2009	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Nigel Evans	25/03/2009	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Signed
James Gray	25/03/2009	North Wiltshire	Conservative	Signed
David Amess	25/03/2009	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
Mike Hancock	25/03/2009	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Beith	25/03/2009	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Bottomley	25/03/2009	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Rudi Vis	25/03/2009	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	25/03/2009	Liverpool, West Derby	Independent	Signed
Phil Willis	25/03/2009	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Williams	25/03/2009	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lee Scott	25/03/2009	Ilford North	Conservative	Signed
Mark Hunter	25/03/2009	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Drew	25/03/2009	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	25/03/2009	Heywood & Middleton	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	25/03/2009	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Bob Spink	25/03/2009	Castle Point	Independent	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	25/03/2009	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	25/03/2009	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	25/03/2009	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	25/03/2009	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Julian Lewis	25/03/2009	New Forest East	Conservative	Signed
Andrew MacKay	25/03/2009	Bracknell	Conservative	Signed
John Cummings	25/03/2009	Easington	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	25/03/2009	Islington North	Labour	Signed
James Clappison	25/03/2009	Hertsmere	Conservative	Signed
Gregory Campbell	25/03/2009	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Ian McCartney	25/03/2009	Makerfield	Labour	Signed
Jim Dowd	26/03/2009	Lewisham West	Labour	Signed
Sandra Gidley	26/03/2009	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Diane Abbott	26/03/2009	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Tim Boswell	26/03/2009	Daventry	Conservative	Signed
Paddy Tipping	26/03/2009	Sherwood	Labour	Signed
Roger Williams	26/03/2009	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Greg Mulholland	26/03/2009	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Rowen	26/03/2009	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Janet Dean	26/03/2009	Burton	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	26/03/2009	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Gordon Prentice	26/03/2009	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Andrew Rosindell	26/03/2009	Romford	Conservative	Signed
Nick Harvey	26/03/2009	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Glenda Jackson	26/03/2009	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	26/03/2009	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Love	26/03/2009	Edmonton	Labour	Signed
John Mann	26/03/2009	Bassetlaw	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	26/03/2009	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
David Anderson	27/03/2009	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Moss	27/03/2009	North East Cambridgeshire	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Pelling	30/03/2009	Croydon Central	Independent	Signed
Graham Stuart	30/03/2009	Beverley & Holderness	Conservative	Signed
Betty Williams	30/03/2009	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	30/03/2009	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Mike Gapes	30/03/2009	Ilford South	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	30/03/2009	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	30/03/2009	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Bob Laxton	30/03/2009	Derby North	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	30/03/2009	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Joan Humble	30/03/2009	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
James McGovern	31/03/2009	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
John Leech	31/03/2009	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Danny Alexander	31/03/2009	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Mundell	31/03/2009	Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale & Tweeddale	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Miller	31/03/2009	Ellesmere Port & Neston	Labour	Signed
Jim Sheridan	31/03/2009	Paisley & Renfrewshire North	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	31/03/2009	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Andy Slaughter	01/04/2009			Signed
Gordon Banks	01/04/2009	Ochil & Perthshire South	Labour	Signed
Sammy Wilson	01/04/2009	East Antrim	DUP	Signed
Hywel Francis	01/04/2009	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Ian Cawsey	01/04/2009	Brigg & Goole	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	01/04/2009	Gower	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	01/04/2009	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Lembit	01/04/2009	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Greg Pope	01/04/2009	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
David Simpson	01/04/2009	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Lady Hermon	01/04/2009	North Down	UUP	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	01/04/2009	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour	Signed
Laura Moffatt	01/04/2009	Crawley	Labour	Signed
John Mason	02/04/2009	Glasgow East	Scottish National Party	Signed
Jennifer Willott	02/04/2009	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Williams	02/04/2009	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Patrick Hall	02/04/2009	Bedford	Labour	Signed
Christopher Fraser	02/04/2009	South West Norfolk	Conservative	Signed
Annette Brooke	02/04/2009	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Graham Brady	02/04/2009	Altrincham & Sale West	Conservative	Signed
Gordon Marsden	02/04/2009	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Kim Howells	02/04/2009	Pontypridd	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	02/04/2009	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Andrew Selous	02/04/2009	South West Bedfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Dari Taylor	20/04/2009	Stockton South	Labour	Signed
Joan Walley	20/04/2009	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
John Whittingdale	20/04/2009	Maldon & East Chelmsford	Conservative	Signed
Douglas Carswell	20/04/2009	Harwich	Conservative	Signed
Nadine Dorries	20/04/2009	Mid Bedfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Jim Devine	20/04/2009	Livingston	Labour	Signed
David Hamilton	20/04/2009	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Frank Doran	20/04/2009	Aberdeen North	Labour	Signed
Jonathan Djanogly	20/04/2009	Huntingdon	Conservative	Signed
Frank Cook	20/04/2009	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	20/04/2009	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Keith Simpson	20/04/2009	Mid Norfolk	Conservative	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	20/04/2009	Glasgow Central	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	20/04/2009	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Don Touhig	21/04/2009	Islwyn	Labour	Signed
Sarah Teather	21/04/2009	Brent East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Harry Cohen	21/04/2009	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	21/04/2009	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Charles Kennedy	21/04/2009	Ross, Skye & Lochaber	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Joan Ryan	22/04/2009	Enfield North	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	22/04/2009	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Daniel Rogerson	23/04/2009	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jo Swinson	23/04/2009	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Hugh Bayley	23/04/2009	York, City of	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	23/04/2009	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Louise Ellman	23/04/2009	Liverpool, Riverside	Labour	Signed
Jon Cruddas	23/04/2009	Dagenham	Labour	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	23/04/2009	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew MacKinlay	23/04/2009	Thurrock	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	27/04/2009	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Richard Burden	27/04/2009	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Julie Kirkbride	28/04/2009	Bromsgrove	Conservative	Signed
Linda Riordan	29/04/2009	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Andy Reed	30/04/2009	Loughborough	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	06/05/2009	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Evan Harris	07/05/2009	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Heyes	11/05/2009	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Simon Hughes	11/11/2009	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian Gibson	Unknown			Withdrawn
Michael Jabez Foster	Unknown			Withdrawn
John Heppell	Unknown			Withdrawn

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