MEDWAY QUEEN PADDLE STEAMER

Early day motion 329, tabled 10 December 2002 by Jonathan R Shaw (Labour). Signed by 64 members.

That this House notes that the Medway Queen is the only estuary paddle steamer left in the United Kingdom; further notes that she played an historic role during the Second World War evacuation of Dunkirk, where she carried 7,000 allied troops to safety; and believes that the Medway Queen Preservation Society's ambition to restore her fully to good working order would be greatly advanced if the National Historic Ships' Committee would reconsider its decision and place her in the A list of historic ships.

Signatures by party: Labour 44, Conservative 9, Labour/Co-operative 5, Liberal Democrat 3, DUP 1, Independent Conservative 1, UUP 1.