Parliamentary Oath

EDM number 1780 in 2007-08, proposed by Norman Baker on 12/06/2008.
Categorised under the topics of House of Commons, Members of Parliament and Parliamentary procedure.

That this House recognises that the principal duty of hon. Members is to represent their constituents in Parliament; also recognises that some hon. Members would prefer to swear an oath of allegiance to their constituents and the nation rather than the Monarch; and therefore calls on the Leader of the House to bring forward legislative proposals to introduce an optional alternative Parliamentary oath allowing hon. Members to swear allegiance to their constituents and the nation and to pledge to uphold the law rather than one pledging personal allegiance to the serving Monarch.

This motion has been signed by a total of 26 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.