<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><edm>
<id>40851</id>
<session>2009-10</session>
<number>1199</number>
<title>Union Flag At Parliament</title>
<proposer id="10647">Nicholas Winterton</proposer>
<date>2010-03-29</date>
<text>That this House is proud to note that on 6 January 2010, for the first time in the history of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, the Union Flag was raised permanently above the Victoria Tower of the Palace of Westminster and now remains in place all day and every day throughout the year; further notes that the two additional flag poles located on the Parliamentary Estate at 1 Parliament Street and Portcullis House now also display the Union Flag at all times and have done so since 28 November 2009; believes that the decision to display the flag of the nation every day of the year from Parliament is something that Members of both the House of Commons and House of Lords should celebrate and take great pride in; and commends all those who played a part in helping to bring about this fine decision, including the authorities of both Houses, the President and members of the Flag Institute and the members of the All Party Parliamentary Flag Group, including the hon. Member for Romford, who championed the cause and led the now successful campaign to fly the Union Flag above the British Parliament all year round.</text>
<topics>
	<topic>Parliament</topic>
</topics>
<signatures>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10647">Nicholas Winterton</mp>
		<date>2010-03-29</date>
		<type>Proposed</type>
		<constituency>Macclesfield</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10393">Andrew MacKinlay</mp>
		<date>2010-03-29</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Thurrock</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10095">William Cash</mp>
		<date>2010-03-29</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Stone</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10634">Ann Widdecombe</mp>
		<date>2010-03-29</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Maidstone &amp; The Weald</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10471">Ian Paisley</mp>
		<date>2010-03-29</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>North Antrim</constituency>
		<party>DUP</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10394">David Maclean</mp>
		<date>2010-03-29</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Penrith &amp; The Border</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10056">Tim Boswell</mp>
		<date>2010-03-29</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Daventry</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10057">Peter Bottomley</mp>
		<date>2010-03-29</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Worthing West</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11308">Angela Watkinson</mp>
		<date>2010-03-29</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Upminster</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11915">Peter Bone</mp>
		<date>2010-03-29</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Wellingborough</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11816">Philip Davies</mp>
		<date>2010-03-29</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Shipley</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10726">Henry Bellingham</mp>
		<date>2010-03-29</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North West Norfolk</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10009">David Amess</mp>
		<date>2010-03-29</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Southend West</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10505">Laurence Robertson</mp>
		<date>2010-03-29</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Tewkesbury</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11892">David Simpson</mp>
		<date>2010-03-29</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Upper Bann</constituency>
		<party>DUP</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10295">Lindsay Hoyle</mp>
		<date>2010-03-29</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Chorley</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10679">William McCrea</mp>
		<date>2010-03-29</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>South Antrim</constituency>
		<party>DUP</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10190">Nigel Evans</mp>
		<date>2010-03-29</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Ribble Valley</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10646">Ann Winterton</mp>
		<date>2010-03-30</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Congleton</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10623">Robert Wareing</mp>
		<date>2010-03-30</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Liverpool, West Derby</constituency>
		<party>Independent</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10616">Rudi Vis</mp>
		<date>2010-03-30</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Finchley &amp; Golders Green</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10258">Mike Hancock</mp>
		<date>2010-03-30</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Portsmouth South</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10240">James Gray</mp>
		<date>2010-03-30</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North Wiltshire</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10166">Janet Dean</mp>
		<date>2010-03-30</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Burton</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10141">David Crausby</mp>
		<date>2010-03-30</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bolton North East</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10780">Gregory Campbell</mp>
		<date>2010-03-30</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>East Londonderry</constituency>
		<party>DUP</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10428">Alan Meale</mp>
		<date>2010-03-30</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Mansfield</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11245">Bob Spink</mp>
		<date>2010-03-30</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Castle Point</constituency>
		<party>Independent</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10565">Anthony Steen</mp>
		<date>2010-04-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Totnes</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10707">Richard Bacon</mp>
		<date>2010-04-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>South Norfolk</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11804">Robert Goodwill</mp>
		<date>2010-04-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Scarborough &amp; Whitby</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10214">Christopher Fraser</mp>
		<date>2010-04-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>South West Norfolk</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10197">Frank Field</mp>
		<date>2010-04-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Birkenhead</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="17340">David Evennett</mp>
		<date>2010-04-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency></constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10857">Nigel Dodds</mp>
		<date>2010-04-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Belfast North</constituency>
		<party>DUP</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10170">Jim Dobbin</mp>
		<date>2010-04-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Heywood &amp; Middleton</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10643">David Wilshire</mp>
		<date>2010-04-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Spelthorne</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11374">Sammy Wilson</mp>
		<date>2010-04-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>East Antrim</constituency>
		<party>DUP</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="13736">Bob Neill</mp>
		<date>2010-04-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bromley &amp; Chislehurst</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11626">Michael Penning</mp>
		<date>2010-04-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hemel Hempstead</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11522">Andrew Pelling</mp>
		<date>2010-04-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Croydon Central</constituency>
		<party>Independent</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11759">Stewart Jackson</mp>
		<date>2010-04-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Peterborough</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11927">Stephen Hammond</mp>
		<date>2010-04-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Wimbledon</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11397">Nadine Dorries</mp>
		<date>2010-04-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Mid Bedfordshire</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11621">Douglas Carswell</mp>
		<date>2010-04-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Harwich</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11742">Brian Binley</mp>
		<date>2010-04-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Northampton South</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10142">Ann Cryer</mp>
		<date>2010-04-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Keighley</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10123">Harry Cohen</mp>
		<date>2010-04-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Leyton &amp; Wanstead</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10265">John Hayes</mp>
		<date>2010-04-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>South Holland &amp; The Deepings</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10555">Nicholas Soames</mp>
		<date>2010-04-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Mid Sussex</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10548">Geraldine Smith</mp>
		<date>2010-04-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Morecambe &amp; Lunesdale</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10537">Richard Shepherd</mp>
		<date>2010-04-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Aldridge-Brownhills</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10523">Joan Ryan</mp>
		<date>2010-04-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Enfield North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10521">Bob Russell</mp>
		<date>2010-04-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Colchester</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10507">Peter Robinson</mp>
		<date>2010-04-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Belfast East</constituency>
		<party>DUP</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="18931">Malcolm Rifkind</mp>
		<date>2010-04-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency></constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10282">Kate Hoey</mp>
		<date>2010-04-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Vauxhall</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10289">John Horam</mp>
		<date>2010-04-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Orpington</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10436">Austin Mitchell</mp>
		<date>2010-04-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Great Grimsby</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11093">John Mann</mp>
		<date>2010-04-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bassetlaw</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10373">Peter Luff</mp>
		<date>2010-04-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Mid Worcestershire</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10358">Julian Lewis</mp>
		<date>2010-04-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>New Forest East</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10352">Edward Leigh</mp>
		<date>2010-04-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Gainsborough</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10351">Bob Laxton</mp>
		<date>2010-04-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Derby North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10662">Jacqui Lait</mp>
		<date>2010-04-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Beckenham</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10324">Martyn Jones</mp>
		<date>2010-04-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Clwyd South</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11420">John Hemming</mp>
		<date>2010-04-07</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Birmingham, Yardley</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10657">Derek Wyatt</mp>
		<date>2010-04-07</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Sittingbourne &amp; Sheppey</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10172">Jeffrey M Donaldson</mp>
		<date>2010-04-07</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Lagan Valley</constituency>
		<party>DUP</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10169">Andrew Dismore</mp>
		<date>2010-04-07</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hendon</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10144">John Cummings</mp>
		<date>2010-04-07</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Easington</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10299">Joan Humble</mp>
		<date>2010-04-07</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Blackpool North &amp; Fleetwood</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="12016">Mark Hunter</mp>
		<date>2010-04-07</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Cheadle</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
</signatures>
</edm>
