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2017-19
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Hedd Wyn Commemorative Stamp
Liz Saville Roberts
2017-12-07
That this House disagrees with the decision of the Royal Mail not to issue a stamp commemorating the life of Hedd Wyn, Elis Humphrey Evans, the bard who lost his life during the First World War in the battle of Passchendaele in 1917; believes that a stamp of its kind is important because he is a symbol for every life lost during a brutal war which affected most families in Wales, and the UK, between 1914 and 1918; notes that, tragically, Hedd Wyn was killed before being awarded the highest possible bardic honour, the Chair, at the National Eisteddfod in Penbedw; further notes that the Republic of Ireland has published a stamp to commemorate Francis Ledwidge, the Irish poet who died the same day as Hedd Wyn, in the same battle, and who is buried near him in Artillery Wood; and calls on the Royal Mail to reconsider its decision and to publish a stamp to commemorate the life and work of Hedd Wyn as a matter of urgency.
Armed forces
Arts
Cultural heritage
Postal services
Liz Saville Roberts
2017-12-07
Proposed
Dwyfor Meirionnydd
Plaid Cymru
Jonathan Edwards
2017-12-07
Seconded
Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
Plaid Cymru
Hywel Williams
2017-12-07
Seconded
Arfon
Plaid Cymru
Ben Lake
2017-12-07
Seconded
Ceredigion
Plaid Cymru
Martyn Day
2017-12-11
Seconded
Linlithgow and East Falkirk
Scottish National Party
David Linden
2017-12-11
Seconded
Glasgow East
Scottish National Party
Peter Bottomley
2017-12-11
Signed
Worthing West
Conservative
Chris Stephens
2017-12-12
Signed
Glasgow South West
Scottish National Party
Lady Hermon
2017-12-12
Signed
North Down
Independent
Marie Rimmer
2017-12-12
Signed
St Helens South and Whiston
Labour
John McNally
2017-12-12
Signed
Falkirk
Scottish National Party
Jim Shannon
2017-12-12
Signed
Strangford
DUP
Paul Flynn
2017-12-13
Signed
Newport West
Labour
Brendan O'Hara
2017-12-13
Signed
Argyll and Bute
Scottish National Party
Carol Monaghan
2017-12-13
Signed
Glasgow North West
Scottish National Party
Jim Cunningham
2017-12-13
Signed
Coventry South
Labour
Alan Brown
2017-12-20
Signed
Kilmarnock and Loudoun
Scottish National Party
Drew Hendry
2017-12-21
Signed
Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
Scottish National Party