Reform Of The Legislative Process

EDM number 2177 in 1992-93, proposed by Austin Mitchell on 17/06/1993.

That this House welcomes the Report of the Hansard Society Commission on the Legislative Process entitled Making the Law; endorses its conclusion that there needs to be a re-think of the way in which statute law is made; and would welcome an early opportunity to discuss its recommendations that (a) consultation by Government be more thorough and open, (b) Parliament should play a greater part in pre-legislative inquiry, (c) to secure more effective scrutiny there should be formal time-tabling of legislation by a steering committee chaired by the Speaker and including representatives of the Government, Opposition and back benchers, (d) 'First Reading Committees' should examine complex bills immediately after their presentation and hear representations, (e) after second reading, a bill should normally be committed to a special standing committee, which could also consider more detailed points at report stage and on Lords Amendments, (f) more detailed matters should be left to be delegated legislation with proper Parliamentary scrutiny, (g) notes should be published with Acts to explain their purpose and intended effect, (h) the operation of Acts should be reviewed by select committees, (i) the public should be helped to follow legislation before Parliament, (j) the Government should develop a publicly available statute law database and (k) the Government should have a two-year legislative programme and permit the carry-over of some bills from one session to another.

This motion has been signed by a total of 88 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Austin Mitchell	17/06/1993	Great Grimsby		Proposed
Dafydd Wigley	17/06/1993	Caernarfon		Signed
Graham Allen	17/06/1993	Nottingham North		Signed
John Garrett	17/06/1993	Norwich South		Signed
Mark Fisher	17/06/1993	Stoke-on-Trent Central		Signed
Patrick Cormack	17/06/1993	South Staffordshire		Signed
Robert Maclennan	17/06/1993	Caithness and Sutherland		Signed
Charles Kennedy	17/06/1993	Ross and Cromarty and Skye		Signed
Ken Livingstone	18/06/1993	Brent East		Signed
Harry Barnes	18/06/1993	North East Derbyshire		Signed
Janet Anderson	21/06/1993	Rossendale & Darwen		Signed
Maria Fyfe	21/06/1993	Glasgow, Maryhill		Signed
John Evans	21/06/1993	St Helens North		Signed
Jimmy Dunnachie	21/06/1993	Glasgow, Pollok		Signed
Lawrence Cunliffe	21/06/1993	Leigh		Signed
Michael Connarty	21/06/1993	Falkirk East		Signed
Lynne Jones	21/06/1993	Birmingham, Selly Oak		Signed
Jim Dowd	22/06/1993	Lewisham West		Signed
Bryan Davies	22/06/1993	Oldham Central and Royton		Signed
Keith Bradley	22/06/1993	Manchester, Withington		Signed
Nigel Jones	22/06/1993	Cheltenham		Signed
Simon Hughes	22/06/1993	Southwark and Bermondsey		Signed
Clive Soley	22/06/1993	Hammersmith		Signed
Nick Raynsford	22/06/1993	Greenwich		Signed
Jim Wallace	23/06/1993	Orkney & Shetland		Signed
Dennis Turner	23/06/1993	Wolverhampton South East		Signed
Jack Thompson	23/06/1993	Wansbeck		Signed
Mike Hall	23/06/1993	Warrington South		Signed
John Gunnell	23/06/1993	Leeds South and Morley		Signed
Ian Davidson	23/06/1993	Glasgow, Govan		Signed
Menzies Campbell	23/06/1993	Fife North East		Signed
John McAllion	23/06/1993	Dundee East		Signed
Bridget Prentice	23/06/1993	Lewisham East		Signed
Norman Godman	24/06/1993	Greenock and Port Glasgow		Signed
Paul Flynn	24/06/1993	Newport West		Signed
Derek Enright	24/06/1993	Hemsworth		Signed
Tim Rathbone	29/06/1993	Lewes		Signed
Nick Harvey	01/07/1993	North Devon		Signed
Martyn Jones	01/07/1993	Clwyd South West		Signed
Harry Cohen	02/07/1993	Leyton		Signed
Nick Ainger	05/07/1993	Pembroke		Signed
Roger Godsiff	05/07/1993	Birmingham Small Heath		Signed
Alex Carlile	05/07/1993	Montgomery		Signed
Richard Burden	05/07/1993	Birmingham, Northfield		Signed
Peter Hardy	05/07/1993	Wentworth		Signed
Joe Ashton	06/07/1993	Bassetlaw		Signed
Peter Hain	06/07/1993	Neath		Signed
Harry Greenway	06/07/1993	Ealing North		Signed
John Gilbert	06/07/1993	Dudley East		Signed
Neil Gerrard	06/07/1993	Walthamstow		Signed
Den Dover	06/07/1993	Chorley		Signed
James Couchman	06/07/1993	Gillingham		Signed
Doug Henderson	06/07/1993	Newcastle upon Tyne North		Signed
Richard Body	07/07/1993	Holland with Boston		Signed
Clive Betts	07/07/1993	Sheffield, Attercliffe		Signed
Roger Berry	07/07/1993	Kingswood		Signed
Gerry Bermingham	07/07/1993	St Helens South		Signed
David Alton	07/07/1993	Liverpool Mossley Hill		Signed
John Fraser	07/07/1993	Norwood		Signed
Jim Cunningham	07/07/1993	Coventry South East		Signed
Anthony Coombs	07/07/1993	Wyre Forest		Signed
Bill Cash	07/07/1993	Stafford		Signed
Hugh Bayley	08/07/1993	York, City of		Signed
Richard Alexander	08/07/1993	Newark		Signed
Jeremy Bray	08/07/1993	Motherwell South		Signed
Roy Hattersley	08/07/1993	Birmingham Sparkbrook		Signed
David Atkinson	12/07/1993	Bournemouth East		Signed
Bruce George	12/07/1993	Walsall South		Signed
Jim Cousins	12/07/1993	Newcastle upon Tyne Central		Signed
Helen Jackson	12/07/1993	Sheffield, Hillsborough		Signed
Kate Hoey	12/07/1993	Vauxhall		Signed
Toby Jessel	13/07/1993	Twickenham		Signed
Russell Johnston	13/07/1993	Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber		Signed
Richard Caborn	13/07/1993	Sheffield Central		Signed
Jean Corston	13/07/1993	Bristol East		Signed
Tony Benn	14/07/1993	Chesterfield		Signed
Ralph Howell	14/07/1993	North Norfolk		Signed
John Horam	14/07/1993	Orpington		Signed
Alan Beith	15/07/1993	Berwick-upon-Tweed		Signed
Frank Cook	19/07/1993	Stockton North		Signed
Mike O'Brien	20/07/1993	North Warwickshire		Signed
Win Griffiths	22/07/1993	Bridgend		Signed
Mike Gapes	22/07/1993	Ilford South		Signed
Kim Howells	22/07/1993	Pontypridd		Signed
Nick Hawkins	18/10/1993	Blackpool South		Signed
Nigel Forman	18/10/1993	Carshalton & Wallington		Signed
Andrew MacKinlay	02/11/1993	Thurrock		Signed
David Rendel	04/11/1993	Newbury		Signed

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