Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party), on Tuesday, 7 November 2023, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 7 members in total.

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40th anniversary of the bombing at Ulster University Jordanstown

That this House notes the 40th Anniversary of the murder of three RUC officers who were attending a course in criminology at Jordanstown Polytechnic on 4 November 1983; extends sincere and sustained sympathies to the families of Stephen Fyfe, 28, a married father of a 14 month-old, John Martin, 28, a married father who left a baby daughter and William McDonald, 29, a married father of two who died nine months later having never regained consciousness; notes that the shrapnel bomb exploded at 11:30am in the lecture room that was full of students and killed these men as well as injuring others; and reaffirms the determination of this House to never forget those whose lives were taken in duty to Queen and country by evil and cowardly acts of IRA terrorists and to ensure the memory of their service and bravery lives on.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

17 

Session

2023-24

Other sponsors

Gregory Campbell

Mike Penning

Gavin Robinson

Carla Lockhart

Stephen Farry

Subjects

Anniversaries Terrorism Ulster University

Link

View this Early day motion on edm.parliament.uk