Freedom Of Information In Local Government (EDM384)

Freedom Of Information In Local Government

EDM number 384 in 1999-00, proposed by Mark Fisher on 10/02/2000.

That this House welcomes the greater public access to meetings and information provided by the Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985; believes that such provisions are important for democracy; and hopes that they will be continued as part of the new arrangements for local government executives and directly-elected mayors envisaged under the current Local Government Bill.

This motion has been signed by a total of 195 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Mark Fisher	10/02/2000	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Proposed
Richard Shepherd	10/02/2000	Aldridge-Brownhills	Conservative	Signed
David Heath	10/02/2000	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Maclennan	10/02/2000	Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Marshall-Andrews	10/02/2000	Medway	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	10/02/2000	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Tony Wright	10/02/2000	Cannock Chase	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	14/02/2000	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	15/02/2000	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	15/02/2000	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Fearn	15/02/2000	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Hilary Benn	15/02/2000	Leeds Central	Labour	Signed
Derek Wyatt	15/02/2000	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	16/02/2000	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Marsden	16/02/2000	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Labour	Signed
John McWilliam	16/02/2000	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	16/02/2000	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	16/02/2000	Easington	Labour	Signed
Harry Barnes	16/02/2000	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	16/02/2000	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Lawrie Quinn	17/02/2000	Scarborough & Whitby	Labour	Signed
Jimmy Hood	17/02/2000	Clydesdale	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	17/02/2000	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Judy Mallaber	17/02/2000	Amber Valley	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	17/02/2000	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	17/02/2000	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	17/02/2000	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Win Griffiths	17/02/2000	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
John Austin	17/02/2000	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Jenny Tonge	17/02/2000	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Tyler	17/02/2000	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian White	17/02/2000	North East Milton Keynes	Labour	Signed
Nick Palmer	21/02/2000	Broxtowe	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	21/02/2000	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Barry Jones	21/02/2000	Alyn & Deeside	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	21/02/2000	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	21/02/2000	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sydney Chapman	21/02/2000	Chipping Barnet	Conservative	Signed
Tom Cox	21/02/2000	Tooting	Labour	Signed
Lawrence Cunliffe	21/02/2000	Leigh	Labour	Signed
Brian H Donohoe	21/02/2000	Cunninghame South	Labour	Signed
Norman Godman	21/02/2000	Greenock & Inverclyde	Labour	Signed
David Atkinson	21/02/2000	Bournemouth East	Conservative	Signed
Gareth Thomas	21/02/2000	Clwyd West	Labour	Signed
Neil Turner	21/02/2000	Wigan	Labour	Signed
Alan Williams	21/02/2000	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Labour	Signed
Adrian Sanders	22/02/2000	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	22/02/2000	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Richard Livsey	22/02/2000	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Breed	22/02/2000	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Cotter	22/02/2000	Weston-Super-Mare	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ron Davies	22/02/2000	Caerphilly	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	22/02/2000	Burton	Labour	Signed
Roger Berry	22/02/2000	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Richard Body	22/02/2000	Boston & Skegness	Conservative	Signed
David Stewart	22/02/2000	Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber	Labour	Signed
Matthew Taylor	22/02/2000	Truro & St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	22/02/2000	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Dafydd Wigley	22/02/2000	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Phil Willis	22/02/2000	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Marsha Singh	28/02/2000	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Jon Owen Jones	28/02/2000	Cardiff Central	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Ashok Kumar	28/02/2000	Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland	Labour	Signed
Bob Laxton	28/02/2000	Derby North	Labour	Signed
Andrew MacKinlay	28/02/2000	Thurrock	Labour	Signed
Alice Mahon	28/02/2000	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Bill Olner	28/02/2000	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Graham Brady	28/02/2000	Altrincham & Sale West	Conservative	Signed
Roger Casale	28/02/2000	Wimbledon	Labour	Signed
David Clark	28/02/2000	South Shields	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	28/02/2000	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Huw Edwards	28/02/2000	Monmouth	Labour	Signed
Alan Beith	28/02/2000	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Bottomley	28/02/2000	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Teddy Taylor	28/02/2000	Rochford & Southend East	Conservative	Signed
Simon Thomas	28/02/2000	Ceredigion	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Mark Todd	28/02/2000	South Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	28/02/2000	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Nicholas Winterton	28/02/2000	Macclesfield	Conservative	Signed
Syd Rapson	29/02/2000	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Phil Sawford	29/02/2000	Kettering	Labour	Signed
Robert Jackson	29/02/2000	Wantage	Conservative	Signed
Piara S Khabra	29/02/2000	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed
Andrew Love	29/02/2000	Edmonton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Robert McCartney	29/02/2000	North Down	UKUP	Signed
Christine Butler	29/02/2000	Castle Point	Labour	Signed
David Chaytor	29/02/2000	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Robin Corbett	29/02/2000	Birmingham, Erdington	Labour	Signed
David Curry	29/02/2000	Skipton & Ripon	Conservative	Signed
Don Foster	29/02/2000	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Geoffrey Johnson Smith	01/03/2000	Wealden	Conservative	Signed
Alan Keen	01/03/2000	Feltham & Heston	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Andy King	01/03/2000	Rugby & Kenilworth	Labour	Signed
John McAllion	01/03/2000	Dundee East	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	01/03/2000	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Julian Brazier	01/03/2000	Canterbury	Conservative	Signed
Martin Caton	01/03/2000	Gower	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	01/03/2000	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Derek Foster	01/03/2000	Bishop Auckland	Labour	Signed
George Galloway	01/03/2000	Glasgow, Kelvin	Labour	Signed
Mike Gapes	01/03/2000	Ilford South	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Tony Benn	01/03/2000	Chesterfield	Labour	Signed
Gerry Bermingham	01/03/2000	St Helens South	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	01/03/2000	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dari Taylor	01/03/2000	Stockton South	Labour	Signed
Steve Webb	01/03/2000	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Joan Ruddock	02/03/2000	Lewisham, Deptford	Labour	Signed
David Chidgey	02/03/2000	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Frank Cook	02/03/2000	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Michael Fabricant	02/03/2000	Lichfield	Conservative	Signed
Andrew George	02/03/2000	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tommy Graham	02/03/2000	West Renfrewshire	Independent Labour	Signed
John Gunnell	02/03/2000	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
David Borrow	02/03/2000	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Ieuan Wyn Jones	03/03/2000	Ynys M	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Menzies Campbell	03/03/2000	Fife North East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Drew	03/03/2000	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Julia Drown	03/03/2000	South Swindon	Labour	Signed
Paul Burstow	06/03/2000	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Flynn	06/03/2000	Newport West	Labour	Signed
David Amess	06/03/2000	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	07/03/2000	Dover	Labour	Signed
Martin Linton	07/03/2000	Battersea	Labour	Signed
Ray Michie	07/03/2000	Argyll & Bute	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Doug Naysmith	07/03/2000	Bristol North West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Peter Bradley	07/03/2000	Wrekin, The	Labour	Signed
Ann Clwyd	07/03/2000	Cynon Valley	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	07/03/2000	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Alan Meale	08/03/2000	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Austin Mitchell	08/03/2000	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	08/03/2000	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Godsiff	08/03/2000	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Llin Golding	08/03/2000	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
Paul Stinchcombe	08/03/2000	Wellingborough	Labour	Signed
Kerry Pollard	09/03/2000	St Albans	Labour	Signed
Stephen Ladyman	09/03/2000	South Thanet	Labour	Signed
Lembit	09/03/2000	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Truswell	09/03/2000	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Seamus Mallon	10/03/2000	Newry & Armagh	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
John Grogan	10/03/2000	Selby	Labour	Signed
Peter Pike	13/03/2000	Burnley	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	14/03/2000	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Cunningham	14/03/2000	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	15/03/2000	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Tony McWalter	15/03/2000	Hemel Hempstead	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Peter Brand	15/03/2000	Isle of Wight	Liberal Democrat	Signed
George Stevenson	15/03/2000	Stoke-on-Trent South	Labour	Signed
Norman Baker	16/03/2000	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Joan Walley	16/03/2000	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Gordon Prentice	17/03/2000	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Donald Gorrie	17/03/2000	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Fabian Hamilton	17/03/2000	Leeds North East	Labour	Signed
Charlotte Atkins	17/03/2000	Staffordshire Moorlands	Labour	Signed
Ken Livingstone	20/03/2000	Brent East	Independent	Signed
Andrew Dismore	21/03/2000	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Archy Kirkwood	22/03/2000	Roxburgh & Berwickshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Oona King	24/03/2000	Bethnal Green & Bow	Labour	Signed
Bowen Wells	24/03/2000	Hertford & Stortford	Conservative	Signed
Dale Campbell-Savours	27/03/2000	Workington	Labour	Signed
Harold Best	27/03/2000	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Diana Organ	28/03/2000	Forest of Dean	Labour	Signed
Frank Field	28/03/2000	Birkenhead	Labour	Signed
Barbara Follett	28/03/2000	Stevenage	Labour	Signed
Ian Gibson	28/03/2000	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Ian Stewart	29/03/2000	Eccles	Labour	Signed
David Rendel	30/03/2000	Newbury	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Glenda Jackson	30/03/2000	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Jim Cousins	30/03/2000	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
Barry Gardiner	30/03/2000	Brent North	Labour	Signed
Raymond Powell	03/04/2000	Ogmore	Labour	Signed
Peter Snape	03/04/2000	West Bromwich East	Labour	Signed
Jackie Ballard	03/04/2000	Taunton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Lepper	05/04/2000	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Denzil Davies	05/04/2000	Llanelli	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	05/04/2000	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Bill Rammell	06/04/2000	Harlow	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	06/04/2000	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Julie Morgan	11/04/2000	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Roy Beggs	12/04/2000	East Antrim	UUP	Signed
Jim Marshall	19/04/2000	Leicester South	Labour	Signed
Jimmy Wray	19/04/2000	Glasgow, Baillieston	Labour	Signed
Simon Hughes	20/04/2000	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Keen	02/05/2000	Brentford & Isleworth	Labour	Signed
Patrick Hall	02/05/2000	Bedford	Labour	Signed
William Ross	03/05/2000	East Londonderry	UUP	Signed
Barry Sheerman	03/05/2000	Huddersfield	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Diane Abbott	10/05/2000	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Michael Foster	17/05/2000	Worcester	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	18/05/2000	Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Dan Norris	25/05/2000	Wansdyke	Labour	Signed
Keith Darvill	05/06/2000	Upminster	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	06/06/2000	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Burnett	22/06/2000	Torridge & West Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Audrey Wise	Unknown			Withdrawn
Michael Colvin	Unknown			Withdrawn

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