Reform Of The Legislative Procedure (EDM233)

Reform Of The Legislative Procedure

EDM number 233 in 1993-94, proposed by Austin Mitchell on 10/12/1993.

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 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This motion has been signed by a total of 46 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Type
Austin Mitchell	10/12/1993	Great Grimsby	Proposed
Charles Kennedy	10/12/1993	Ross and Cromarty and Skye	Signed
Robert Maclennan	10/12/1993	Caithness and Sutherland	Signed
Patrick Cormack	10/12/1993	South Staffordshire	Signed
Graham Allen	10/12/1993	Nottingham North	Signed
Eric Clarke	13/12/1993	Midlothian	Signed
Jim Dowd	13/12/1993	Lewisham West	Signed
Janet Anderson	13/12/1993	Rossendale & Darwen	Signed
Paul Tyler	13/12/1993	North Cornwall	Signed
James Wray	13/12/1993	Glasgow Provan	Signed
Alex Carlile	13/12/1993	Montgomery	Signed
Elliot Morley	13/12/1993	Glanford and Scunthorpe	Signed
Alan Meale	13/12/1993	Mansfield	Signed
Ernie Ross	13/12/1993	Dundee West	Signed
Glenda Jackson	13/12/1993	Hampstead & Highgate	Signed
Lynne Jones	13/12/1993	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Signed
John McAllion	13/12/1993	Dundee East	Signed
William McKelvey	13/12/1993	Kilmarnock & Loudoun	Signed
Mike Hall	14/12/1993	Warrington South	Signed
Norman Godman	14/12/1993	Greenock and Port Glasgow	Signed
John Evans	14/12/1993	St Helens North	Signed
Jimmy Dunnachie	14/12/1993	Glasgow, Pollok	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	14/12/1993	Blyth Valley	Signed
Keith Bradley	14/12/1993	Manchester, Withington	Signed
Ian McCartney	14/12/1993	Makerfield	Signed
Clive Soley	14/12/1993	Hammersmith	Signed
Derek Enright	15/12/1993	Hemsworth	Signed
Ian Davidson	15/12/1993	Glasgow, Govan	Signed
Michael Connarty	15/12/1993	Falkirk East	Signed
Richard Burden	15/12/1993	Birmingham, Northfield	Signed
Tim Rathbone	16/12/1993	Lewes	Signed
Ken Livingstone	16/12/1993	Brent East	Signed
John Gunnell	16/12/1993	Leeds South and Morley	Signed
Mike Gapes	17/12/1993	Ilford South	Signed
Russell Johnston	19/01/1994	Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber	Signed
Toby Jessel	19/01/1994	Twickenham	Signed
Simon Hughes	25/01/1994	Southwark and Bermondsey	Signed
Mike O'Brien	02/02/1994	North Warwickshire	Signed
Tommy Graham	03/02/1994	Renfrew West and Inverclyde	Signed
Roland Boyes	03/02/1994	Houghton and Washington	Signed
Nigel Jones	03/02/1994	Cheltenham	Signed
David Rendel	10/02/1994	Newbury	Signed
David Alton	10/02/1994	Liverpool Mossley Hill	Signed
Tony Wright	23/02/1994	Cannock and Burntwood	Signed
Barry Sheerman	24/02/1994	Huddersfield	Signed
Jack Thompson	Unknown		Withdrawn

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