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September Sittings Of The House

EDM number 1004 in 2005-06, proposed by David Heath on 11/11/2005.

That this House notes with surprise that the Leader of the House has arbitrarily dispensed with September sittings of the House without full consultation with honourable Members or a debate; further notes that this is a matter on which honourable Members hold a range of views, but that for many in the House and outside a period of 75 days of recess during which the Government cannot properly be held to account for its actions is unacceptable; further notes that the institution of September sittings was by Resolution of the House; and directs that any change to these arrangements should only be made following a debate in the House and following a vote rather than by surreptitious announcement by the Leader of the House.

This motion has been signed by a total of 20 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
David Heath11/11/2005Somerton & FromeLiberal DemocratProposed
Bob Spink14/11/2005Castle PointConservativeSeconded
Lynne Jones14/11/2005Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSeconded
David Laws15/11/2005YeovilLiberal DemocratSeconded
Danny Alexander15/11/2005Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and StrathspeyLiberal DemocratSeconded
Kelvin Hopkins15/11/2005Luton NorthLabourSeconded
Gregory Campbell15/11/2005East LondonderryDUPSigned
David Taylor15/11/2005North West LeicestershireLabourSigned
David Simpson16/11/2005Upper BannDUPSigned
Stephen Williams16/11/2005Bristol WestLiberal DemocratSigned
David Drew17/11/2005StroudLabourSigned
John Leech17/11/2005Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Annette Brooke21/11/2005Mid Dorset and North PooleLiberal DemocratSigned
Julia Goldsworthy21/11/2005Falmouth and CamborneLiberal DemocratSigned
Vincent Cable22/11/2005TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Stunell22/11/2005Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Nick Harvey24/11/2005North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
John Hemming24/11/2005Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
John Barrett06/12/2005Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Simon Hughes09/10/2006North Southwark and BermondseyLiberal DemocratSigned

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