THAMES IRONWORKS HERITAGE TRUST

That this House supports the Thames Ironworks Heritage Trust's aims of recuperating the heritage of the shipbuilding heritage of London, primarily through the restoration of lifeboats made by the Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company Limited for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution over 100 years ago; commends its goal of re-establishing boat building and restoration skills in east London via the development of apprenticeships; and welcomes its plan to put these boats back to use providing educational tours of the waterways of east London, and in doing so encourages the relevant authorities that recalling the heritage of the East End is an important part of the legacy of London 2012 and that community-led projects such as the Thames Ironworks Heritage Trust are deserving of a place within that legacy.