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Pre-Election Legislation

EDM number 771 in 2004-05, proposed by Paul Flynn on 23/02/2005.

That this House believes that General Election dates should be announced three months in advance and that no legislation should be enacted in the pre-election period, which should be used for debating draft bills; notes the lamentable collapse of the courage and critical abilities of honourable Members induced by pre-elections tension as demonstrated by the passing of the legislative absurdity of the Drugs Bill without votes at second or third readings; regrets that this Bill will transform the present VAT-paying legal market of low harm British magic mushrooms into a criminal illegal market of imported potentially dangerous mushrooms; and calls on the unelected Chamber to carry out a wholesale revision of this Bill.

This motion has been signed by a total of 7 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Paul Flynn23/02/2005Newport WestLabourProposed
Lynne Jones24/02/2005Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Mike Hancock28/02/2005Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Rudi Vis02/03/2005Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
Alice Mahon03/03/2005HalifaxLabourSigned
Alan Simpson14/03/2005Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Ann Cryer14/03/2005KeighleyLabourSigned

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