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Appointments To Select Committees

EDM number 2503 in 2007-08, proposed by Dai Davies on 13/11/2008.
Categorised under the topic of Parliamentary procedure.

That this House believes that appointment to select committees of this House should be based on experience, knowledge and merit; further believes that the work of Government departments is improved by proper scrutiny by select committees; and further believes that the political patronage of party whips and the way hon. Members have voted on Government motions should not be used as a definitive criterion in the selection of membership of select committees.

This motion has been signed by a total of 26 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Dai Davies13/11/2008Blaenau GwentIndependentProposed
Brian Iddon17/11/2008Bolton South EastLabourSeconded
Bob Spink17/11/2008Castle PointUKIPSeconded
Gordon Prentice17/11/2008PendleLabourSeconded
Peter Bottomley17/11/2008Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Martin Caton18/11/2008GowerLabourSeconded
Lynne Jones18/11/2008Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Gregory Campbell18/11/2008East LondonderryDUPSigned
Ann Cryer18/11/2008KeighleyLabourSigned
David Drew18/11/2008StroudLabourSigned
Robert Wareing18/11/2008Liverpool, West DerbyIndependentSigned
Ann Winterton18/11/2008CongletonConservativeSigned
Angus MacNeil18/11/2008Na h-Eileanan an IarScottish National PartySigned
David Simpson19/11/2008Upper BannDUPSigned
Nicholas Winterton19/11/2008MacclesfieldConservativeSigned
Graham Stringer19/11/2008Manchester, BlackleyLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn19/11/2008Islington NorthLabourSigned
William McCrea19/11/2008South AntrimDUPSigned
Marsha Singh19/11/2008Bradford WestLabourSigned
Andrew MacKinlay20/11/2008ThurrockLabourSigned
Andrew Dismore20/11/2008HendonLabourSigned
John Austin20/11/2008Erith and ThamesmeadLabourSigned
John Hemming20/11/2008Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
John McDonnell24/11/2008Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Linda Riordan24/11/2008HalifaxLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins25/11/2008Luton NorthLabourSigned

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