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Conduct Of The Minister Without Portfolio

EDM number 405 in 1997-98, proposed by Gillian Shephard on 06/11/1997.

That this House notes the extraordinary reluctance of the Minister without Portfolio to answer questions in this House; questions whether a Minister can be said to be accountable to Parliament when he has yet to answer oral questions from honourable Members of Parliament; calls on the Prime Minister to ensure the proper accountability of his Ministers at all times; and looks forward to the Minister, the honourable Member for Hartlepool, meeting his commitment to account for his policy and actions to this House, by doing so for a longer period than a mere five minutes every few weeks.

This motion has been signed by a total of 117 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Gillian Shephard06/11/1997South West NorfolkConservativeProposed
David Prior06/11/1997North NorfolkConservativeSigned
John Redwood06/11/1997WokinghamConservativeSigned
Andrew Robathan06/11/1997BlabyConservativeSigned
Laurence Robertson06/11/1997TewkesburyConservativeSigned
Marion Roe06/11/1997BroxbourneConservativeSigned
Andrew Rowe06/11/1997Faversham & Mid KentConservativeSigned
David Ruffley06/11/1997Bury St EdmundsConservativeSigned
Jonathan Sayeed06/11/1997Mid BedfordshireConservativeSigned
Keith Simpson06/11/1997Mid NorfolkConservativeSigned
Nicholas Soames06/11/1997Mid SussexConservativeSigned
Caroline Spelman06/11/1997MeridenConservativeSigned
Michael Spicer06/11/1997West WorcestershireConservativeSigned
Nick St Aubyn06/11/1997GuildfordConservativeSigned
John Stanley06/11/1997Tonbridge & MallingConservativeSigned
Nick Hawkins06/11/1997Surrey HeathConservativeSigned
John Hayes06/11/1997South Holland & The DeepingsConservativeSigned
Oliver Heald06/11/1997North East HertfordshireConservativeSigned
David Heathcoat-Amory06/11/1997WellsConservativeSigned
John Horam06/11/1997OrpingtonConservativeSigned
Michael Howard06/11/1997Folkestone & HytheConservativeSigned
Gerald Howarth06/11/1997AldershotConservativeSigned
Bernard Jenkin06/11/1997North EssexConservativeSigned
Tom King06/11/1997BridgwaterConservativeSigned
Julie Kirkbride06/11/1997BromsgroveConservativeSigned
Eleanor Laing06/11/1997Epping ForestConservativeSigned
Andrew Lansley06/11/1997South CambridgeshireConservativeSigned
Edward Leigh06/11/1997GainsboroughConservativeSigned
Oliver Letwin06/11/1997West DorsetConservativeSigned
Julian Lewis06/11/1997New Forest EastConservativeSigned
Peter Lilley06/11/1997Hitchin & HarpendenConservativeSigned
Tim Loughton06/11/1997East Worthing & ShorehamConservativeSigned
Peter Luff06/11/1997Mid WorcestershireConservativeSigned
Andrew MacKay06/11/1997BracknellConservativeSigned
David Maclean06/11/1997Penrith & The BorderConservativeSigned
David Madel06/11/1997South West BedfordshireConservativeSigned
Humfrey Malins06/11/1997WokingConservativeSigned
John Maples06/11/1997Stratford-on-AvonConservativeSigned
Michael Mates06/11/1997East HampshireConservativeSigned
Francis Maude06/11/1997HorshamConservativeSigned
Brian Mawhinney06/11/1997North West CambridgeshireConservativeSigned
Theresa May06/11/1997MaidenheadConservativeSigned
Patrick McLoughlin06/11/1997West DerbyshireConservativeSigned
Malcolm Moss06/11/1997North East CambridgeshireConservativeSigned
Patrick Nicholls06/11/1997TeignbridgeConservativeSigned
Archie Norman06/11/1997Tunbridge WellsConservativeSigned
Richard Ottaway06/11/1997Croydon SouthConservativeSigned
Graham Brady06/11/1997Altrincham & Sale WestConservativeSigned
Julian Brazier06/11/1997CanterburyConservativeSigned
Ian Bruce06/11/1997South DorsetConservativeSigned
Simon Burns06/11/1997West ChelmsfordConservativeSigned
John Butterfill06/11/1997Bournemouth WestConservativeSigned
William Cash06/11/1997StoneConservativeSigned
Sydney Chapman06/11/1997Chipping BarnetConservativeSigned
Christopher Chope06/11/1997ChristchurchConservativeSigned
James Clappison06/11/1997HertsmereConservativeSigned
Alan Clark06/11/1997Kensington & ChelseaConservativeSigned
Michael Clark06/11/1997RayleighConservativeSigned
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown06/11/1997CotswoldConservativeSigned
Tim Collins06/11/1997Westmorland & LonsdaleConservativeSigned
Michael Colvin06/11/1997RomseyConservativeSigned
James Cran06/11/1997Beverley & HoldernessConservativeSigned
David Curry06/11/1997Skipton & RiponConservativeSigned
Quentin Davies06/11/1997Grantham & StamfordConservativeSigned
Stephen Day06/11/1997CheadleConservativeSigned
Iain Duncan Smith06/11/1997Chingford & Woodford GreenConservativeSigned
Alan Duncan06/11/1997Rutland & MeltonConservativeSigned
Peter Emery06/11/1997East DevonConservativeSigned
Nigel Evans06/11/1997Ribble ValleyConservativeSigned
David Faber06/11/1997WestburyConservativeSigned
Michael Fabricant06/11/1997LichfieldConservativeSigned
Michael Fallon06/11/1997SevenoaksConservativeSigned
Howard Flight06/11/1997Arundel & South DownsConservativeSigned
Liam Fox06/11/1997WoodspringConservativeSigned
Christopher Fraser06/11/1997Mid Dorset & North PooleConservativeSigned
Roger Gale06/11/1997North ThanetConservativeSigned
Christopher Gill06/11/1997LudlowConservativeSigned
Cheryl Gillan06/11/1997Chesham & AmershamConservativeSigned
Alastair Goodlad06/11/1997EddisburyConservativeSigned
Teresa Gorman06/11/1997BillericayConservativeSigned
James Gray06/11/1997North WiltshireConservativeSigned
Damian Green06/11/1997AshfordConservativeSigned
John Greenway06/11/1997RyedaleConservativeSigned
Dominic Grieve06/11/1997BeaconsfieldConservativeSigned
Peter Ainsworth06/11/1997East SurreyConservativeSigned
Philip Hammond06/11/1997Runnymede & WeybridgeConservativeSigned
Michael Ancram06/11/1997DevizesConservativeSigned
James Arbuthnot06/11/1997North East HampshireConservativeSigned
David Atkinson06/11/1997Bournemouth EastConservativeSigned
Peter Atkinson06/11/1997HexhamConservativeSigned
John Bercow06/11/1997BuckinghamConservativeSigned
Paul Beresford06/11/1997Mole ValleyConservativeSigned
Crispin Blunt06/11/1997ReigateConservativeSigned
Tim Boswell06/11/1997DaventryConservativeSigned
Peter Bottomley06/11/1997Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Virginia Bottomley06/11/1997South West SurreyConservativeSigned
Gary Streeter06/11/1997South West DevonConservativeSigned
Desmond Swayne06/11/1997New Forest WestConservativeSigned
Robert Syms06/11/1997PooleConservativeSigned
Ian Taylor06/11/1997Esher & WaltonConservativeSigned
Teddy Taylor06/11/1997Rochford & Southend EastConservativeSigned
John Townend06/11/1997East YorkshireConservativeSigned
David Tredinnick06/11/1997BosworthConservativeSigned
Michael Trend06/11/1997WindsorConservativeSigned
Andrew Tyrie06/11/1997ChichesterConservativeSigned
Peter Viggers06/11/1997GosportConservativeSigned
Robert Walter06/11/1997North DorsetConservativeSigned
Charles Wardle06/11/1997Bexhill & BattleConservativeSigned
Nigel Waterson06/11/1997EastbourneConservativeSigned
Bowen Wells06/11/1997Hertford & StortfordConservativeSigned
John Whittingdale06/11/1997Maldon & East ChelmsfordConservativeSigned
Ann Widdecombe06/11/1997Maidstone & The WealdConservativeSigned
David Willetts06/11/1997HavantConservativeSigned
Shaun Woodward06/11/1997WitneyConservativeSigned
Tim Yeo06/11/1997South SuffolkConservativeSigned
Robert Jackson10/11/1997WantageConservativeSigned
Evan Harris16/12/1997Oxford West & AbingdonLiberal DemocratSigned

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