RECOGNITION FOR WAR DEAD FROM OVERSEAS TERRITORIES

Early day motion 2456, tabled 27 June 2006 by Lindsay Hoyle (Labour). Signed by 70 members.

That this House notes with concern that representatives of Overseas Territories based in the UK are not invited to lay a wreath at the Cenotaph in London on Remembrance Sunday; recognises the huge contribution made by Overseas Territories to supporting the UK military both during war time and during peace time and the number of lives lost whilst serving on behalf of British forces; pays tribute to the residents of the UK's Overseas Territories for their loyalty to the British Crown; and calls upon the Government to allow one representative from an overseas territory to lay a wreath on behalf of all the Overseas Territories at the Cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday.

Signatures by party: Labour 41, Liberal Democrat 16, Conservative 9, DUP 4.