THE MUNICIPALITY AND FIRE SERVICE OF YPRES

Early day motion 288, tabled 13 July 2015 by Ian Mearns (Labour). Signed by 48 members.

That this House pays tribute to, thanks and congratulates the fire service personnel in Ypres, Belgium, who on the evening of Thursday 9 July 2015 played the Last Post at the Menin Gate for the 30,000th time; and notes that this act of remembrance and dedication by the fire brigade in Ypres has occurred almost continuously since 1928 and is a great tribute to the fallen servicemen who died in the First World War and whose names are commemorated on the Menin Gate.

Signatures by party: Labour 19, Scottish National Party 16, Conservative 4, DUP 3, Social Democratic and Labour Party 3, Labour/Co-operative 2, Liberal Democrat 1.