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EDM number 641 in 1995-96, proposed by Robert McCartney on 20/03/1996.

That this House calls on the Government to include Northern Ireland in all new social security, pensions, commercial law and road traffic legislation, be it in the form of acts, orders in council or statutory rules; recalls that there has been no legislature in Northern Ireland for a quarter of a century nor is there any real or apparent chance of its re-establishment; recognises that there are a number of policy areas where there will continue to be a call for Northern Ireland variants which should be drafted into primary bills or consequent United Kingdom regulations; welcomes the fact that such a reform will do away with a large proportion of the 500 sets of Northern Ireland Statutory Regulations annually put before Ministers and civil servants and then published, saving money and parliamentary procedure writing; and recognises that for clarity and simplicity, citizens and lawyers in Northern Ireland expect, and opinion polls show that both sections of the community overwhelmingly prefer, the same laws and benefits.

This motion has been signed by a total of 34 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Robert McCartney20/03/1996North DownProposed
Kate Hoey20/03/1996VauxhallSigned
Phil Gallie20/03/1996AyrSigned
John D Taylor20/03/1996StrangfordSigned
Thomas McAvoy21/03/1996Glasgow, RutherglenSigned
Clifford Forsythe21/03/1996South AntrimSigned
Harry Barnes21/03/1996North East DerbyshireSigned
Roy Beggs21/03/1996East AntrimSigned
Peter Bottomley21/03/1996ElthamSigned
David Trimble21/03/1996Upper BannSigned
Michael Brown22/03/1996Brigg and CleethorpesSigned
George Gardiner25/03/1996ReigateSigned
John Townend25/03/1996BridlingtonSigned
David Wilshire25/03/1996SpelthorneSigned
Richard Alexander26/03/1996NewarkSigned
William McCrea27/03/1996Mid UlsterSigned
Michael Connarty28/03/1996Falkirk EastSigned
Peter Robinson01/04/1996Belfast EastSigned
Teresa Gorman03/04/1996BillericaySigned
Jeff Rooker16/04/1996Birmingham, Perry BarrSigned
Andrew MacKinlay16/04/1996ThurrockSigned
Tony Marlow16/04/1996Northampton NorthSigned
Austin Mitchell16/04/1996Great GrimsbySigned
Cecil Walker16/04/1996Belfast NorthSigned
Bill Walker16/04/1996North TaysideSigned
Barry Porter16/04/1996Wirral SouthSigned
Frank Field17/04/1996BirkenheadSigned
Keith Vaz19/04/1996Leicester EastSigned
Roger Godsiff22/04/1996Birmingham Small HeathSigned
Harry Greenway30/04/1996Ealing NorthSigned
Dale Campbell-Savours02/05/1996WorkingtonSigned
Allan Stewart07/05/1996Renfrewshire EastSigned
David Mitchell08/05/1996North West HampshireSigned
Tam Dalyell09/07/1996LinlithgowSigned

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