CITY OF SUNDERLAND AGREEMENT OF FRIENDSHIP WITH WASHINGTON DC

Early day motion 2233, tabled 23 May 2006 by Fraser Kemp (Labour). Signed by 23 members.

That this House recognises that Sunderland City Council has negotiated an Agreement of Friendship with Washington DC, the capital of the United States of America and the home of the President; further recognises that it means that over the next five years the two cities will collaborate on a host of activities to create closer friendship and co-operation between both cities and develop programmes of mutual benefit for the people of Sunderland and the people of the District of Columbia; and further recognises that George Washington, the first US President, had an ancestorial home in Washington, Tyne and Wear.

Signatures by party: Labour 18, Conservative 2, Liberal Democrat 2, Social Democratic and Labour Party 1.