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Old 18th Feb 2004, 15:44
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chippy63
 
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Brian,
The MP who withdrew his signature from EDM 371 is Frank Cook, Lab, Stockton North. However, looking at the list of EDM's that he has supported is an amendment, printed below, supported by 13 MP's. The names supporting the amendment do not seem, from a spot check, to be supporters of EDM 371.

For reference, here is the wording of EDM 371:

CHINOOK ZD576 07.01.04
Key/Robert
That this House endorses the Church of Scotland General Assembly 2003 Deliverance, which urges Her Majesty's Government to ensure that the Ministry of Defence revisits the issue of the Chinook helicopter crash on the Mull of Kintyre on 2nd June 1994; notes that the General Assembly noted the findings of the Fatal Accident Inquiry held in Paisley, the Public Accounts Committee of the House of Commons, and the House of Lords Select Committee, all of which rejected the finding of gross negligence by the RAF Board of Enquiry against Flight Lieutenants Jonathan Tapper and Richard Cook and of the House of Commons Defence Select Committee; supports the General Assembly's pastoral concern for all the families affected by the accident; and calls on Her Majesty's Government to overturn the verdict of gross negligence ascribed to the deceased pilots before 2nd June 2004, the 10th anniversary of the accident.

and here is the amendment:


EDM 371A1
CHINOOK ZD576 Amdt. line 9: 15.01.04
Lewis/Julian
Line 9, insert after 'accident': 'recognises that the Royal Air Force's rules on fatal accidents have subsequently been changed, such that the Chinook aircrew would not have been blamed after their deaths.'

The MP for Winchester, Mark Oaten, has not yet signed, despite his earlier agreement to do so, so an e-mail is on its way to him.

Regards chippy
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