Business of the House Debate

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Department: Leader of the House

Business of the House

Melanie Onn Excerpts
Thursday 17th October 2024

(1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Melanie Onn Portrait Melanie Onn (Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes) (Lab)
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Each year, 300,000 people come to Cleethorpes for our Armed Forces Day. Can the Leader of the House advise me how I can best communicate to the Ministry of Defence how much we would appreciate it if National Armed Forces Day in 2026 could be held in Cleethorpes? It will be the 10-year anniversary of the last time it was held there; perhaps we could extend Armed Forces Day to start at the wonderful but somewhat overlooked north prom.

Lucy Powell Portrait Lucy Powell
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I did not know that so many people come to Cleethorpes for Armed Forces Day—it sounds like a real occasion. I will certainly make sure that the Ministry of Defence hears my hon. Friend’s plea. Cleethorpes sounds like a very good place for National Armed Forces Day in 2026.