WAR GRAVE RECOGNITION HMT LANCASTRIA

Early day motion 63, tabled 2 June 2015 by Douglas Chapman (Scottish National Party). Signed by 39 members.

That this House expresses its full and sincere support for those campaigners and family members whose loved ones died on 17 June 1940 when the troopship HMT Lancastria was sunk off the coast of France with the loss of an estimated 4,000 souls; further supports their efforts to have the Lancastria designated as an official war grave and encourages the Government to commit to further discussions with the government of France to allow the last resting place of the Lancastria achieve this recognition; and requests, in addition, and to relieve the families on-going distress of not knowing how their loved ones died, that all the documentary evidence, much of which was suppressed at the time of the tragedy, is placed in the public domain without further delay.

Signatures by party: Scottish National Party 19, Labour 9, DUP 6, Conservative 4, Independent 1.