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Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Baroness Golding (Labour), on Tuesday, 3 May 1994, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 104 members in total.

COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES COMMISSION

That this House recalls the ultimate sacrifice of the 1,694,947 servicemen and women who lost their lives in the two World Wars; regrets the cut in financing for the current year imposed by the Secretary of State for Defence on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, which impedes the excellent work that it does in maintaining cemeteries and memorials in 145 countries throughout the world; and calls upon the Government, as part of the D-Day commemoration, to provide the funding which the Commission requires to maintain their cemeteries and memorials to a standard worthy of the servicemen and women who died and which can be visited with pride by all including their families and others who thankfully survived the two World Wars.

Amendments

The Early day motion has received an amendment.

COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES COMMISSION (1152A1)
The Early day motion has received an amendment sponsored by Patrick Thompson (primary, Conservative) and tabled on Tuesday, 3 May 1994. It has been signed by 7 members in total.
leave out from 'Wars;' to 'maintain' in line 7 and insert 'congratulates the Secretary of State for Defence for increasing the funding of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission by 50 per cent. in cash terms over the last five years; further congratulates the Commonwealth War Graves Commission on the excellent work that it does in maintaining cemeteries and memorials in 145 countries throughout the world, whilst building up a surplus of funds of over ??1.5 million; recognises that the reduction in the grant from the Ministry of Defence to the Commission for 1994-95 will merely reduce the size of this surplus and that Her Majesty's Government has made it clear that they would not accept any reduction in the Commission's budget that would result in any plans to cut back on projects at all, including maintenance therefore enabling the Commission to'.

Secondary information

Type
Early day motion
Reference
1152 
1152A1 
Session
1993-94
Subjects
Cemeteries Finance World War II War graves Commonwealth War Graves Commission Veterans
Link
View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk