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EDM number 1579 in 2002-03, proposed by Harry Barnes on 11/07/2003.

That this House appreciates the regular interventions of Mr Speaker to encourage honourable Members to ask succinct questions and for Ministers to respond in similar ways, thus enabling more honourable Members to be called during question times and in response to Ministerial statements; accepts the wise words of Plato (Protagoras 3429 - 3436) 'that the art of framing brief, taut and telling phrases is a mark of the highest culture'; and affirms its intention to now pursue the precept of Plato for 'laconic brevity'.

This motion has been signed by a total of 21 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Harry Barnes11/07/2003North East DerbyshireLabourProposed
Stephen Pound14/07/2003Ealing NorthLabourSigned
Martin Smyth14/07/2003Belfast SouthIndependent Ulster UnionistSigned
Paul Marsden14/07/2003Shrewsbury & AtchamLiberal DemocratSigned
Ann Cryer14/07/2003KeighleyLabourSigned
Syd Rapson15/07/2003Portsmouth NorthLabourSigned
Bob Spink15/07/2003Castle PointConservativeSigned
Paul Flynn15/07/2003Newport WestLabourSigned
Kevin McNamara16/07/2003Kingston upon Hull NorthLabourSigned
Roy Beggs16/07/2003East AntrimUUPSigned
Mike Hancock16/07/2003Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Dismore16/07/2003HendonLabourSigned
Frank Cook16/07/2003Stockton NorthLabourSigned
Nigel Jones16/07/2003CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Simpson16/07/2003Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Edward O'Hara17/07/2003Knowsley SouthLabourSigned
Adrian Flook17/07/2003TauntonConservativeSigned
Kelvin Hopkins08/09/2003Luton NorthLabourSigned
Rob Marris08/09/2003Wolverhampton South WestLabourSigned
Tony Colman08/09/2003PutneyLabourSigned
Bill Etherington15/09/2003Sunderland NorthLabourSigned

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