Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Douglas Chapman (Scottish National Party), on Tuesday, 2 June 2015, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 39 members in total.

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WAR GRAVE RECOGNITION HMT LANCASTRIA

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.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

63 

Session

2015-16

Other sponsors

Jim Shannon

Margaret Ferrier

Peter Grant

Steven Paterson

Philippa Whitford

Subjects

Funerals Shipping Veterans Military operations

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk