AUSTRALIA DAY - 26th JANUARY 2007

Early day motion 682, tabled 19 January 2007 by Andrew Rosindell (Conservative). Signed by 87 members.

That this House notes that 26th January marks Australia's National Day commemorating the anniversary of the day on which Captain Arthur Philip in 1788 unfurled the Union Flag at Sydney Cove; recognises that the strong historical bonds reinforced through the military, sport, the media and the arts and the shared heritage and special relationship between the peoples of the United Kingdom and Australia is strengthened through flourishing bilateral trade and investment; and calls upon the Government to strengthen the close political, economic and cultural ties that continue to bind these two great nations together, which share Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II as Head of State and Sovereign.

Signatures by party: Conservative 40, Labour 31, Liberal Democrat 12, DUP 3, Independent 1.