MP WINS PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE ON MEDWAY QUEEN

[lenknight]

Labour MP Jonathan Shaw (Chatham & Aylesford) was successful in the ballot for an adjournment debate on the Medway Queen.
Jonathan held a debate on the important subject earlier today (Tuesday 15th March 2005) in the House of Commons.
Jonathan who has previously tabled Early Day Motions, arranged meetings with Ministers and supported funding applications for the Medway Queen said,
"The Medway Queen Paddle Steamer is the only remaining estuary paddlesteamer in the UK and should therefore be preserved. She carried over 7,000 allied troops to safety during the evacuation of Dunkirk during the Second World War.
Not only is she part of Medway’s heritage – she is part of the nations. I will continue to do everything within my power to ensure she is fully restored and today’s debate provides another opportunity to raise the profile of this cause and to move closer to our goal of a fully restored ship."
Len Knight.

[Walter Snowdon]

If you want to read the full report on this important debate, go to the following site. It makes quite powerful reading. Jonathan Shaw MP derserves all our praise fore managing to raise this matter in the House of Commons at this time.

  www.theyworkforyou.com/whall/?id=2005-03-15.64.0&m==774