Conduct Of The Honourable Members For Sutton And Cheam, Hertsmere, Bristol North;west, Gainsborough And Horncastle And Bury St Edmunds

EDM number 1190 in 1993-94, proposed by Liz Lynne on 10/05/1994.

That this House condemns the actions of the honourable Members for Sutton and Cheam, Hertsmere, Bristol North West, Gainsborough and Horncastle and Bury St. Edmunds, who, in collusion with the Government, very seriously delayed the progress on the Civil Rights (Disabled Persons) Bill, against the wishes of this House and the over six million disabled people of Britain; calls upon the honourable Members to withdraw the remaining amendments tabled in their names but drafted by the Government; calls on the Government to end the practice of giving selected backbenchers the support of Parliamentary Counsel in order to derail Bills; and further calls for measures to be taken to ensure that the wishes of this House cannot be overidden by an overmighty executive or by the filibustering of individual honourable Members.

This motion has been signed by a total of 47 MPs.