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John Smith Memorial Lecture

EDM number 395 in 1995-96, proposed by Graham Allen on 07/02/1996.

That this House looks forward to an early general election and the implementation of the commitments reaffirmed by the Leader of Her Majesty's Opposition in the John Smith Memorial Lecture of 7th February for a renewal of United Kingdom democracy to include strengthened local government, democratised regional government, a Welsh assembly and a Scottish Parliament, a Freedom of Information Act, a code of human rights for every citizen, updating the effectiveness of the Commons, abolishing the hereditary peerage on the way to an elected second chamber and a referendum on electoral systems; and believes that such a new democratic settlement will transform United Kingdom politics, empower citizens and create a new United Kingdom relationship between government and the people based upon trust, freedom, choice and responsibility.

This motion has been signed by a total of 35 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Graham Allen07/02/1996Nottingham NorthProposed
Robert Parry08/02/1996Liverpool, RiversideSigned
Alan Wynne Williams08/02/1996CarmarthenSigned
Hugh Bayley08/02/1996York, City ofSigned
Norman Godman08/02/1996Greenock and Port GlasgowSigned
Paul Flynn08/02/1996Newport WestSigned
Andrew Faulds08/02/1996Warley EastSigned
William McKelvey08/02/1996Kilmarnock & LoudounSigned
John McAllion08/02/1996Dundee EastSigned
Alice Mahon08/02/1996HalifaxSigned
Ernie Ross08/02/1996Dundee WestSigned
Gordon Prentice09/02/1996PendleSigned
Alan Howarth09/02/1996Stratford-on-AvonSigned
Ken Livingstone09/02/1996Brent EastSigned
Harry Barnes09/02/1996North East DerbyshireSigned
Alan Meale12/02/1996MansfieldSigned
Eric Clarke12/02/1996MidlothianSigned
Peter Hardy13/02/1996WentworthSigned
Paddy Tipping13/02/1996SherwoodSigned
Michael Connarty13/02/1996Falkirk EastSigned
Denis MacShane13/02/1996RotherhamSigned
Keith Bradley14/02/1996Manchester, WithingtonSigned
James Callaghan14/02/1996Heywood & MiddletonSigned
Dennis Turner14/02/1996Wolverhampton South EastSigned
Mike Watson14/02/1996Glasgow CentralSigned
Colin Pickthall15/02/1996West LancashireSigned
Calum MacDonald15/02/1996Na h-Eileanan an IarSigned
John Heppell19/02/1996Nottingham EastSigned
Roger Godsiff19/02/1996Birmingham Small HeathSigned
Jean Corston21/02/1996Bristol EastSigned
Win Griffiths21/02/1996BridgendSigned
Mike Hall21/02/1996Warrington SouthSigned
Martyn Jones28/02/1996Clwyd South WestSigned
Dale Campbell-Savours29/02/1996WorkingtonSigned
Jack Thompson06/03/1996WansbeckSigned

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