EDM 1083: Bank Holidays And St George's Day

EDM1083: Bank Holidays And St George's Day

Proposed by: Mike Hancock On the 2010-03-15 During Parliamentary Session: 2009-10 In the topic of Employment Signed by a total of 49 MPs

That this House acknowledges that a Bank Holiday on St George's Day would be a great opportunity for all English people regardless of colour or religion to recognise what binds them together instead of concentrating on differences; realises that there is growing demand in England for a day of national celebration; notes that Northern Ireland has had a Bank Holiday on St Patrick's Day since 1903, the Scottish Parliament has introduced a voluntary Bank Holiday on St Andrew's Day and the Welsh Assembly agrees that St David's Day should be a holiday; further notes that organisations such as the St George Unofficial Bank Holiday saw a 300 per cent. increase in the number of St George events during 2009; points out that there is a danger that England could be left behind without an opportunity to celebrate its rich culture and heritage; and supports a Bank Holiday being held in England on 23 April or the nearest Friday to that date.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Mike Hancock	2010-03-15	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Lindsay Hoyle	2010-03-15	Chorley	Labour	Seconded
Bob Spink	2010-03-15	Castle Point	Independent	Seconded
Bob Russell	2010-03-15	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Andrew Pelling	2010-03-15	Croydon Central	Independent	Seconded
Jim Dobbin	2010-03-16	Heywood and Middleton	Labour	Seconded
Mark Hunter	2010-03-16	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	2010-03-16	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	2010-03-16	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Graham Stringer	2010-03-16	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	2010-03-16	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	2010-03-16	Burton	Labour	Signed
Gregory Campbell	2010-03-16	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Alan Meale	2010-03-16	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	2010-03-16	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Mason	2010-03-17	Glasgow East	Scottish National Party	Signed
Stephen Williams	2010-03-17	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Keith Vaz	2010-03-17	Leicester East	Labour	Signed
William McCrea	2010-03-17	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	2010-03-17	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Albert Owen	2010-03-18	Ynys Môn	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	2010-03-18	Liverpool, West Derby	Independent	Signed
Andrew Rosindell	2010-03-22	Romford	Conservative	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	2010-03-22	Lagan Valley	DUP	Signed
Derek Wyatt	2010-03-23	Sittingbourne and Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	2010-03-24	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Greg Mulholland	2010-03-24	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Janet Anderson	2010-03-24	Rossendale and Darwen	Labour	Signed
Nigel Dodds	2010-03-24	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Michael Clapham	2010-03-24	Barnsley West and Penistone	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	2010-03-24	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	2010-03-24	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Siobhain McDonagh	2010-03-25	Mitcham and Morden	Labour	Signed
Patrick Hall	2010-03-25	Bedford	Labour	Signed
Martin Horwood	2010-03-25	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Cunningham	2010-03-29	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	2010-03-29	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	2010-03-29	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tony Lloyd	2010-03-30	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
John Mann	2010-03-30	Bassetlaw	Labour	Signed
Fabian Hamilton	2010-03-30	Leeds North East	Labour	Signed
Roger Berry	2010-03-30	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Anne Main	2010-04-06	St Albans	Conservative	Signed
Tom Watson	2010-04-06	West Bromwich East	Labour	Signed
Paul Truswell	2010-04-06	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Norman Baker	2010-04-06	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Grogan	2010-04-06	Selby	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	2010-04-06	Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath	Labour	Signed
David Heyes	2010-04-07	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed

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