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Make The Connection

EDM number 251 in 2006-07, proposed by Jenny Willott on 22/11/2006.

That this House welcomes the Make the Connection joint campaign by energywatch and the Federation of Small Businesses to get a better deal for small businesses from the energy market; recognises that small businesses get far less protection from regulation and industry codes of practice than domestic energy consumers, which can lead to them experiencing significant problems in the market; notes that incidences of mis-selling by energy suppliers such as those highlighted in the BBC's Watchdog programme on 24th October 2006 can cause particular detriment to small businesses due to the lack of a cooling-off period in business energy contracts; and calls on business energy suppliers to acknowledge and address this situation and to recognise the importance of small businesses as energy customers, as they spend more than £3 billion each year on gas and electricity.

This motion has been signed by a total of 120 MPs, 3 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Jennifer Willott22/11/2006Cardiff CentralLiberal DemocratProposed
Nigel Evans22/11/2006Ribble ValleyConservativeSeconded
David Taylor22/11/2006North West LeicestershireLabourSeconded
Lembit 22/11/2006MontgomeryshireLiberal DemocratSeconded
Mark Williams22/11/2006CeredigionLiberal DemocratSeconded
Roger Williams22/11/2006Brecon and RadnorshireLiberal DemocratSeconded
Bob Spink22/11/2006Castle PointConservativeSigned
Andrew George22/11/2006St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Adrian Sanders23/11/2006TorbayLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Holmes23/11/2006ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
Brian Jenkins23/11/2006TamworthLabourSigned
Lynne Jones23/11/2006Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Elfyn Llwyd23/11/2006Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Colin Breed23/11/2006South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Martin Caton23/11/2006GowerLabourSigned
Derek Conway23/11/2006Old Bexley & SidcupConservativeSigned
Edward Davey23/11/2006Kingston and SurbitonLiberal DemocratSigned
Ann Winterton23/11/2006CongletonConservativeSigned
John Hemming23/11/2006Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Tim Loughton27/11/2006East Worthing and ShorehamConservativeSigned
Andrew Love27/11/2006EdmontonLabourSigned
John McDonnell27/11/2006Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Ann Cryer27/11/2006KeighleyLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin27/11/2006Heywood and MiddletonLabourSigned
David Drew27/11/2006StroudLabourSigned
Peter Bottomley27/11/2006Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Betty Williams27/11/2006ConwyLabourSigned
John Leech27/11/2006Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Iris Robinson28/11/2006StrangfordDUPSigned
Kelvin Hopkins28/11/2006Luton NorthLabourSigned
Lindsay Hoyle28/11/2006ChorleyLabourSigned
Mark Lazarowicz28/11/2006Edinburgh North and LeithLabourSigned
Alan Meale28/11/2006MansfieldLabourSigned
Bill Olner28/11/2006NuneatonLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn28/11/2006Islington NorthLabourSigned
Keith Vaz28/11/2006Leicester EastLabourSigned
Angela Watkinson28/11/2006UpminsterConservativeSigned
Ann Widdecombe28/11/2006Maidstone and The WealdConservativeSigned
Willie Rennie28/11/2006Dunfermline and West FifeLiberal DemocratSigned
David Lepper29/11/2006Brighton, PavilionLabourSigned
Albert Owen29/11/2006Ynys MLabourSigned
Gregory Campbell29/11/2006East LondonderryDUPSigned
Brian H Donohoe29/11/2006Central AyrshireLabourSigned
David Amess29/11/2006Southend WestConservativeSigned
Mike Hancock29/11/2006Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Ancram29/11/2006DevizesConservativeSigned
John Bercow29/11/2006BuckinghamConservativeSigned
Rudi Vis29/11/2006Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Danny Alexander29/11/2006Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and StrathspeyLiberal DemocratSigned
Jo Swinson29/11/2006East DunbartonshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Dai Davies29/11/2006Blaenau GwentIndependentSigned
John Pugh30/11/2006SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Simpson30/11/2006Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Alistair Carmichael30/11/2006Orkney and ShetlandLiberal DemocratSigned
Nigel Dodds30/11/2006Belfast NorthDUPSigned
Tony Baldry30/11/2006BanburyConservativeSigned
Anne Begg30/11/2006Aberdeen SouthLabourSigned
Gavin Strang30/11/2006Edinburgh EastLabourSigned
Andrew Stunell30/11/2006Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Ian Taylor30/11/2006Esher and WaltonConservativeSigned
Robert Walter30/11/2006North DorsetConservativeSigned
Mark Hunter30/11/2006CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
David Simpson04/12/2006Upper BannDUPSigned
Annette Brooke04/12/2006Mid Dorset and North PooleLiberal DemocratSigned
John Thurso04/12/2006Caithness, Sutherland and Easter RossLiberal DemocratSigned
Pete Wishart04/12/2006Perth and North PerthshireScottish National PartySigned
Richard Benyon04/12/2006NewburyConservativeSigned
Lorely Burt04/12/2006SolihullLiberal DemocratSigned
Nadine Dorries04/12/2006Mid BedfordshireConservativeSigned
Tim Farron04/12/2006Westmorland and LonsdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
Martin Horwood04/12/2006CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Gwyn Prosser05/12/2006DoverLabourSigned
John Horam05/12/2006OrpingtonConservativeSigned
Brian Iddon05/12/2006Bolton South EastLabourSigned
William McCrea05/12/2006South AntrimDUPSigned
Alasdair McDonnell05/12/2006Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Malcolm Bruce05/12/2006GordonLiberal DemocratSigned
Janet Dean05/12/2006BurtonLabourSigned
Dan Rogerson05/12/2006North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Rowen05/12/2006RochdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
Robert Smith06/12/2006West Aberdeenshire and KincardineLiberal DemocratSigned
Charles Kennedy06/12/2006Ross, Skye and LochaberLiberal DemocratSigned
Derek Wyatt06/12/2006Sittingbourne and SheppeyLabourSigned
Julia Goldsworthy06/12/2006Falmouth and CamborneLiberal DemocratSigned
Nia Griffith06/12/2006LlanelliLabourSigned
Paul Keetch07/12/2006HerefordLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Beith07/12/2006Berwick-upon-TweedLiberal DemocratSigned
Colin Challen11/12/2006Morley and RothwellLabourSigned
Charles Hendry12/12/2006WealdenConservativeSigned
Elliot Morley12/12/2006ScunthorpeLabourSigned
Harry Cohen12/12/2006Leyton and WansteadLabourSigned
Mike Gapes12/12/2006Ilford SouthLabourSigned
John Grogan12/12/2006SelbyLabourSigned
David Howarth12/12/2006CambridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
Tom Brake13/12/2006Carshalton and WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Truswell13/12/2006PudseyLabourSigned
Jim Dowd18/12/2006Lewisham WestLabourSigned
Lyn Brown18/12/2006West HamLabourSigned
Madeleine Moon18/12/2006BridgendLabourSigned
Norman Lamb08/01/2007North NorfolkLiberal DemocratSigned
Denis Murphy08/01/2007WansbeckLabourSigned
Phil Willis08/01/2007Harrogate and KnaresboroughLiberal DemocratSigned
Mike Wood08/01/2007Batley and SpenLabourSigned
Kerry McCarthy10/01/2007Bristol EastLabourSigned
Linda Riordan10/01/2007HalifaxLabourSigned
Susan Kramer16/01/2007Richmond ParkLiberal DemocratSigned
John Austin19/01/2007Erith and ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Nick Harvey22/01/2007North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Nicholas Clegg22/01/2007Sheffield, HallamLiberal DemocratSigned
Nigel Waterson22/01/2007EastbourneConservativeSigned
Dawn Butler23/01/2007Brent SouthLabourSigned
John Battle24/01/2007Leeds WestLabourSigned
Paul Burstow31/01/2007Sutton and CheamLiberal DemocratSigned
Lynne Featherstone01/03/2007Hornsey and Wood GreenLiberal DemocratSigned
Bill Etherington16/04/2007Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Joan Walley18/04/2007Stoke-on-Trent NorthLabourSigned
Brian Binley02/05/2007Northampton SouthConservativeSigned
Helen GoodmanUnknownWithdrawn
Sadiq KhanUnknownWithdrawn
Joan RuddockUnknownWithdrawn

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