Parliamentary activity

That this House notes with deep concern the continued distress of the families of the 29 people who lost their lives in the RAF Chinook helicopter crash at the Mull of Kintyre on 2 June 1994, including 25 personnel from MI5, the Royal Ulster Constabulary, and the British Army; further notes that the initial RAF Board of Inquiry attributed the cause of the crash to gross negligence by the pilots, a finding later discredited by Lord Phillips who recommended a formal apology to the pilots’ famil...

That this House acknowledges Tewkesbury’s connection to the transatlantic slave trade through historical political figures, including Sir William Codrington (1719–1792) and his nephew Christopher Bethell-Codrington (1764–1843), both Members of Parliament for Tewkesbury and owners of sugar plantations worked by enslaved people in Antigua and Barbados; notes that the latter received compensation following abolition; further notes William Dowdeswell (1721–1775), also MP for Tewkesbury, married B...

That this House congratulates South Shields Football Club on winning the Northern League Premier Division title and promotion to National League North; pays tribute to owner and Chairman Geoff Thompson, manager Kevin Phillips and the players for their role in helping the club to the Northern League Premier Division title; recognises the efforts of all the staff at the club and their contribution towards helping South Shields FC secure promotion; acknowledges the club’s significant growth and ...

That this House is extremely concerned at the reported proposals of the Hayden Phillips inquiry into party funding; notes that these proposals would break the democratic and historic link between the Labour Party and the trade unions, which founded the Labour Party; further notes that the inquiry into party funding was established because of concerns about loans from business people, and that trade union funding is openly and democratically decided upon by millions of individual members; and ...