MOUNT EVEREST

Early day motion 565, tabled 23 January 2003 by Peter Bottomley (Conservative). Signed by 18 members.

That this House notes the 50th anniversary of the successful expedition that led Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hilary to the summit; congratulates all involved and remembers with pleasure the arrival of the news on Coronation Day and with admiration the reluctance of the first two to the top to disclose who was second.

Signatures by party: Labour 8, Conservative 5, Liberal Democrat 3, Labour/Co-operative 1, UUP 1.