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 |
Charles Kennedy | 17/06/1993 | Ross and Cromarty and Skye | | Signed |
Robert Maclennan | 17/06/1993 | Caithness and Sutherland | | Signed |
Patrick Cormack | 17/06/1993 | South Staffordshire | | Signed |
Mark Fisher | 17/06/1993 | Stoke-on-Trent Central | | Signed |
John Garrett | 17/06/1993 | Norwich South | | Signed |
Graham Allen | 17/06/1993 | Nottingham North | | Signed |
Dafydd Wigley | 17/06/1993 | Caernarfon | | Signed |
Ken Livingstone | 18/06/1993 | Brent East | | Signed |
Harry Barnes | 18/06/1993 | North East Derbyshire | | Signed |
Lynne Jones | 21/06/1993 | Birmingham, Selly Oak | | 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 |
Keith Bradley | 22/06/1993 | Manchester, Withington | | Signed |
Jim Dowd | 22/06/1993 | Lewisham West | | Signed |
Bryan Davies | 22/06/1993 | Oldham Central and Royton | | Signed |
Nigel Jones | 22/06/1993 | Cheltenham | | Signed |
Nick Raynsford | 22/06/1993 | Greenwich | | Signed |
Clive Soley | 22/06/1993 | Hammersmith | | Signed |
Simon Hughes | 22/06/1993 | Southwark and Bermondsey | | Signed |
Bridget Prentice | 23/06/1993 | Lewisham East | | 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 |
Derek Enright | 24/06/1993 | Hemsworth | | Signed |
Paul Flynn | 24/06/1993 | Newport West | | Signed |
Norman Godman | 24/06/1993 | Greenock and Port Glasgow | | 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 |
Roger Godsiff | 05/07/1993 | Birmingham Small Heath | | Signed |
Nick Ainger | 05/07/1993 | Pembroke | | Signed |
Richard Burden | 05/07/1993 | Birmingham, Northfield | | Signed |
Peter Hardy | 05/07/1993 | Wentworth | | Signed |
Alex Carlile | 05/07/1993 | Montgomery | | Signed |
Doug Henderson | 06/07/1993 | Newcastle upon Tyne North | | Signed |
James Couchman | 06/07/1993 | Gillingham | | Signed |
Den Dover | 06/07/1993 | Chorley | | Signed |
Neil Gerrard | 06/07/1993 | Walthamstow | | Signed |
John Gilbert | 06/07/1993 | Dudley East | | Signed |
Harry Greenway | 06/07/1993 | Ealing North | | Signed |
Peter Hain | 06/07/1993 | Neath | | Signed |
Joe Ashton | 06/07/1993 | Bassetlaw | | Signed |
Bill Cash | 07/07/1993 | Stafford | | 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 |
Hugh Bayley | 08/07/1993 | York, City of | | Signed |
Richard Alexander | 08/07/1993 | Newark | | Signed |
Roy Hattersley | 08/07/1993 | Birmingham Sparkbrook | | Signed |
Jeremy Bray | 08/07/1993 | Motherwell South | | Signed |
Kate Hoey | 12/07/1993 | Vauxhall | | Signed |
Helen Jackson | 12/07/1993 | Sheffield, Hillsborough | | Signed |
Jim Cousins | 12/07/1993 | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | | Signed |
Bruce George | 12/07/1993 | Walsall South | | Signed |
David Atkinson | 12/07/1993 | Bournemouth East | | 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 |
Ralph Howell | 14/07/1993 | North Norfolk | | Signed |
Tony Benn | 14/07/1993 | Chesterfield | | 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 |
Kim Howells | 22/07/1993 | Pontypridd | | Signed |
Mike Gapes | 22/07/1993 | Ilford South | | Signed |
Win Griffiths | 22/07/1993 | Bridgend | | 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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