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Launch Of Friends Of The Lines Of Torres Vedras

EDM number 611 in 2009-10, proposed by Andrew Dismore on 14/01/2010.
Categorised under the topic of Military operations.

That this House notes that 2010 is the 200th anniversary of the lines of Torres Vedras, the extensive Peninsula War defensive works organised by the future Duke of Wellington and built by his engineers with a Portuguese workforce, which protected successfully Lisbon from the French invading army; recognises the anniversary year as an opportunity to further understanding and co-operation between the United Kingdom and its oldest ally, Portugal, and their respective parliaments; welcomes the visit to Parliament of Dr Jaime Gama, the President of the Portuguese Assembly of the Republic, to attend the launch of the proposed Friends of the Lines of Torres Vedras; and calls upon the Government to ensure the anniversary is suitably commemorated in an appropriate way.

This motion has been signed by a total of 21 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Andrew Dismore14/01/2010HendonLabourProposed
Tim Boswell14/01/2010DaventryConservativeSeconded
Nigel Evans14/01/2010Ribble ValleyConservativeSeconded
Peter Bottomley14/01/2010Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Nigel Waterson18/01/2010EastbourneConservativeSeconded
Lindsay Hoyle18/01/2010ChorleyLabourSeconded
Paul Holmes18/01/2010ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
John McDonnell18/01/2010Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Ann Cryer18/01/2010KeighleyLabourSigned
Alan Simpson19/01/2010Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Mark Pritchard19/01/2010The WrekinConservativeSigned
Mike Hancock19/01/2010Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Jeremy Corbyn19/01/2010Islington NorthLabourSigned
Lynne Jones19/01/2010Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Gordon Prentice19/01/2010PendleLabourSigned
David Drew20/01/2010StroudLabourSigned
Andrew Pelling20/01/2010Croydon CentralIndependentSigned
Brian Jenkins21/01/2010TamworthLabourSigned
Edward O'Hara21/01/2010Knowsley SouthLabourSigned
Bill Etherington25/01/2010Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Eric Illsley27/01/2010Barnsley CentralLabourSigned

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