COMMONWEALTH DAY ON MONDAY 9TH MARCH, 1998

Early day motion 852, tabled 2 March 1998 by Lord Anderson of Swansea (Labour). Signed by 64 members.

That this House, in common with all parliaments of the Commonwealth, proudly observes Commonwealth Day on Monday 9th March; recognises the increasing potential of the Commonwealth in helping its diverse membership to build powerful structures of civil society and to co-operate in the fields of trade and investment following the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Edinburgh in October last; and gratefully acknowledges the work of the United Kingdom branch of the Commonwealth Parliamnentary Association in strengthening the links binding together the Commonwealth's ever-wider family.

Signatures by party: Labour 41, Conservative 9, Liberal Democrat 8, UUP 3, Labour/Co-operative 2, Independent Conservative 1.