Guests, including Under-secretary at the UK Defence Ministry Lord Astor, Head of the Arabian Peninsula Department in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Sarah Price, Former UK Defence Minister Geoff Hoon, Lord Howell, Lord Noon, Baroness Morris, Deputy Mayor of London Sir Edward Lister, number of officials from the UK Foreign Office, members of the House of Commons and House of Lords and Ambassadors accredited to Britain, congratulated the wise leadership and the government on such national occasions, wishing the Bahraini people further progress and prosperity.