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Conduct Of Right Honourable Member For Henley And Late Payment (No. 2)

EDM number 374 in 1995-96, proposed by Barbara Roche on 05/02/1996.

That this House draws the attention of the Deputy Prime Minister to the comments of his Right honourable Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer that 'late payments wreak havoc with cash flow, and for many small firms they can make the difference between survival and failure'; demands an apology from the Deputy Prime Minister for his insensitive boast that he was 'quite skilful at stringing along the creditors'; draws attention to the remarks of his former business partner, Mr Ian Josephs, regarding the Deputy Prime Minister's appalling practices of 'sending out cheques which needed two signatures and signing only once', ensuring that 'words and figures on the cheque do not match', and not answering writs; asks the Deputy Prime Minister whether he stands by the view he expressed to Mr Joseph that there are three kinds of bills needing payments 'when the writ was to be issued, then when it expired and when the bailiffs came'; calls on the Deputy Prime Minister to demonstrate his attitude has changed by supporting a requirement for large companies to state their payment practices in their annual reports and examining the strong case for the introduction of a legal right to interest on late payment above a given amount; and condemns the Deputy Prime Minister for an attitude which has resulted in the Government owing ú232 million to business.

This motion has been signed by a total of 122 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Barbara Roche05/02/1996Hornsey & Wood GreenProposed
Nigel Griffiths05/02/1996Edinburgh SouthSigned
Bridget Prentice05/02/1996Lewisham EastSigned
Brian Sedgemore05/02/1996Hackney South & ShoreditchSigned
Clive Soley05/02/1996HammersmithSigned
Nigel Spearing05/02/1996Newham SouthSigned
John Spellar05/02/1996Warley WestSigned
Keith Hill05/02/1996StreathamSigned
Margaret Hodge05/02/1996BarkingSigned
Kate Hoey05/02/1996VauxhallSigned
Geoff Hoon05/02/1996AshfieldSigned
George Howarth05/02/1996Knowsley NorthSigned
Glenda Jackson05/02/1996Hampstead & HighgateSigned
Jon Owen Jones05/02/1996Cardiff CentralSigned
Tessa Jowell05/02/1996DulwichSigned
Jane Kennedy05/02/1996Liverpool BroadgreenSigned
Piara S Khabra05/02/1996Ealing, SouthallSigned
Alun Michael05/02/1996Cardiff South & PenarthSigned
Elliot Morley05/02/1996Glanford and ScunthorpeSigned
George Mudie05/02/1996Leeds EastSigned
Judith Church05/02/1996DagenhamSigned
Jim Dowd05/02/1996Lewisham WestSigned
Angela Eagle05/02/1996WallaseySigned
Peter Hain05/02/1996NeathSigned
Mike Hall05/02/1996Warrington SouthSigned
Janet Anderson05/02/1996Rossendale & DarwenSigned
John Battle05/02/1996Leeds WestSigned
Paul Boateng05/02/1996Brent SouthSigned
David Winnick05/02/1996Walsall NorthSigned
Colin Pickthall06/02/1996West LancashireSigned
Ian Pearson06/02/1996Dudley WestSigned
Greg Pope06/02/1996HyndburnSigned
Ken Purchase06/02/1996Wolverhampton North EastSigned
John Reid06/02/1996Motherwell NorthSigned
Geoffrey Robinson06/02/1996Coventry North WestSigned
Terry Rooney06/02/1996Bradford NorthSigned
Ernie Ross06/02/1996Dundee WestSigned
Joan Ruddock06/02/1996Lewisham, DeptfordSigned
Dennis Skinner06/02/1996BolsoverSigned
Rachel Squire06/02/1996Dunfermline WestSigned
John Heppell06/02/1996Nottingham EastSigned
Norman Hogg06/02/1996Cumbernauld & KilsythSigned
Robert Hughes06/02/1996Aberdeen NorthSigned
Roy Hughes06/02/1996Newport EastSigned
Eric Illsley06/02/1996Barnsley CentralSigned
Adam Ingram06/02/1996East KilbrideSigned
Helen Jackson06/02/1996Sheffield, HillsboroughSigned
Lynne Jones06/02/1996Birmingham, Selly OakSigned
Alan Keen06/02/1996Feltham & HestonSigned
Peter Kilfoyle06/02/1996Liverpool, WaltonSigned
Helen Liddell06/02/1996Monklands EastSigned
Tony Lloyd06/02/1996StretfordSigned
Calum MacDonald06/02/1996Na h-Eileanan an IarSigned
Peter Mandelson06/02/1996HartlepoolSigned
David Marshall06/02/1996Glasgow, ShettlestonSigned
Eric Martlew06/02/1996CarlisleSigned
John McAllion06/02/1996Dundee EastSigned
William McKelvey06/02/1996Kilmarnock & LoudounSigned
Alan Meale06/02/1996MansfieldSigned
Bill Michie06/02/1996Sheffield, HeeleySigned
Alan Milburn06/02/1996DarlingtonSigned
Andrew Miller06/02/1996Ellesmere Port & NestonSigned
Lewis Moonie06/02/1996KirkcaldySigned
Estelle Morris06/02/1996Birmingham, YardleySigned
Richard Burden06/02/1996Birmingham, NorthfieldSigned
Richard Caborn06/02/1996Sheffield CentralSigned
Malcolm Chisholm06/02/1996Edinburgh LeithSigned
Michael Clapham06/02/1996Barnsley West & PenistoneSigned
Eric Clarke06/02/1996MidlothianSigned
Harry Cohen06/02/1996LeytonSigned
Michael Connarty06/02/1996Falkirk EastSigned
Robin Corbett06/02/1996Birmingham, ErdingtonSigned
Tom Cox06/02/1996TootingSigned
John Cummings06/02/1996EasingtonSigned
Lawrence Cunliffe06/02/1996LeighSigned
Ian Davidson06/02/1996Glasgow, GovanSigned
John Evans06/02/1996St Helens NorthSigned
Derek Fatchett06/02/1996Leeds CentralSigned
Andrew Faulds06/02/1996Warley EastSigned
Mark Fisher06/02/1996Stoke-on-Trent CentralSigned
Paul Flynn06/02/1996Newport WestSigned
George Foulkes06/02/1996Carrick, Cumnock and Doon ValleySigned
Norman Godman06/02/1996Greenock and Port GlasgowSigned
Irene Adams06/02/1996Paisley NorthSigned
Hugh Bayley06/02/1996York, City ofSigned
Stuart Bell06/02/1996MiddlesbroughSigned
Gerry Bermingham06/02/1996St Helens SouthSigned
Gerry Steinberg06/02/1996Durham, City ofSigned
Gerry Sutcliffe06/02/1996Bradford SouthSigned
Paddy Tipping06/02/1996SherwoodSigned
Don Touhig06/02/1996IslwynSigned
Dennis Turner06/02/1996Wolverhampton South EastSigned
Mike Watson06/02/1996Glasgow CentralSigned
Malcolm Wicks06/02/1996Croydon North WestSigned
Brian Wilson06/02/1996Cunninghame NorthSigned
Audrey Wise06/02/1996PrestonSigned
David Hanson07/02/1996DelynSigned
Peter Hardy07/02/1996WentworthSigned
Greville Janner07/02/1996Leicester WestSigned
Ken Livingstone07/02/1996Brent EastSigned
Eddie Loyden07/02/1996Liverpool, GarstonSigned
Liz Lynne07/02/1996RochdaleSigned
Gordon Oakes07/02/1996HaltonSigned
Jean Corston07/02/1996Bristol EastSigned
Terry Davis07/02/1996Birmingham, Hodge HillSigned
Maria Fyfe07/02/1996Glasgow, MaryhillSigned
Harry Barnes07/02/1996North East DerbyshireSigned
Jack Thompson07/02/1996WansbeckSigned
Paul Tyler07/02/1996North CornwallSigned
Win Griffiths08/02/1996BridgendSigned
Alan Wynne Williams08/02/1996CarmarthenSigned
Gordon Prentice09/02/1996PendleSigned
Neil Gerrard09/02/1996WalthamstowSigned
Peter Pike12/02/1996BurnleySigned
Llin Golding12/02/1996Newcastle-under-LymeSigned
Joe Benton13/02/1996BootleSigned
Dafydd Wigley14/02/1996CaernarfonSigned
Joan Walley20/02/1996Stoke-on-Trent NorthSigned
Martyn Jones28/02/1996Clwyd South WestSigned
Elfyn Llwyd06/03/1996Meirionnydd Nant ConwySigned
Nigel Jones19/03/1996CheltenhamSigned
John Gunnell27/03/1996Leeds South and MorleySigned

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