Birmingham City Council (No. 4)

EDM number 1041 in 1993-94, proposed by Jeff Rooker on 19/04/1994.

That this House believes that free debate is the essence of democracy and that local government is at the front line of this democracy; regrets therefore that at the full meeting of Birmingham City Council on Tuesday 12th April the leader of the Conservative Opposition, Councillor Bernard Zissman, led a walkout of half of his group members and therefore was not present at the debate on the Education Committee Report; applauds the courage of Conservative Councillor Allan Blumenthal, a City Councillor for more than 10 years, for writing to his leader saying how embarrassed he and his colleagues were by the walkout calling for Councillor Zissman to consider his position as leader; and calls upon the national Conservative Party leadership to explain to Councillor Zissman that organising walkouts of the debating forum of the largest local authority in England is not the action of a mature political leader.

This motion has been signed by a total of 32 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Jeff Rooker	19/04/1994	Birmingham, Perry Barr		Proposed
Estelle Morris	19/04/1994	Birmingham, Yardley		Signed
Robin Corbett	19/04/1994	Birmingham, Erdington		Signed
Harry Barnes	20/04/1994	North East Derbyshire		Signed
Tony Banks	20/04/1994	Newham North West		Signed
Roger Godsiff	20/04/1994	Birmingham Small Heath		Signed
John Evans	20/04/1994	St Helens North		Signed
Ian Davidson	20/04/1994	Glasgow, Govan		Signed
John Cummings	20/04/1994	Easington		Signed
Richard Burden	20/04/1994	Birmingham, Northfield		Signed
Ken Livingstone	20/04/1994	Brent East		Signed
Lynne Jones	20/04/1994	Birmingham, Selly Oak		Signed
Eric Illsley	20/04/1994	Barnsley Central		Signed
Bridget Prentice	20/04/1994	Lewisham East		Signed
Terry Patchett	20/04/1994	Barnsley East		Signed
Colin Pickthall	20/04/1994	West Lancashire		Signed
Dennis Turner	21/04/1994	Wolverhampton South East		Signed
Mike Hall	21/04/1994	Warrington South		Signed
Tommy Graham	21/04/1994	Renfrew West and Inverclyde		Signed
Derek Enright	21/04/1994	Hemsworth		Signed
Terry Davis	21/04/1994	Birmingham, Hodge Hill		Signed
Clare Short	21/04/1994	Birmingham, Ladywood		Signed
Peter Pike	21/04/1994	Burnley		Signed
Michael Clapham	22/04/1994	Barnsley West & Penistone		Signed
Michael Connarty	25/04/1994	Falkirk East		Signed
Harry Cohen	25/04/1994	Leyton		Signed
Helen Jackson	25/04/1994	Sheffield, Hillsborough		Signed
Max Madden	25/04/1994	Bradford West		Signed
Robert Wareing	26/04/1994	Liverpool, West Derby		Signed
Martyn Jones	27/04/1994	Clwyd South West		Signed
Win Griffiths	28/04/1994	Bridgend		Signed
Allan Rogers	25/05/1994	Rhondda		Signed

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