Freedom Of Speech For Hon. Members

EDM number 2984 in 2010-12, proposed by David Davis on 19/04/2012.
Categorised under the topic of Members of Parliament.

That this House, noting the deeply disturbing use of the ancient offence of `scandalising a judge', considered obsolete since the end of the nineteenth century, by the Northern Ireland Attorney General against the former Secretary of State for Northern Ireland the right hon. Member for Neath and Biteback Publishing, over a passage in his memoir describing an episode in 2005-06 leading up to the historic 2007 political settlement, calls on the Northern Ireland Attorney General to end this serious attack on free speech by withdrawing the proceedings for contempt; further asserts the fundamental right of hon. Members to express their views responsibly without fear of judicial censorship; and invites Mr Speaker to consider what action the House might take to defend its rights against such attacks.

This motion has been signed by a total of 153 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
David Davis	19/04/2012	Haltemprice and Howden	Conservative	Proposed
Charles Kennedy	19/04/2012	Ross, Skye and Lochaber	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Peter Lilley	19/04/2012	Hitchin and Harpenden	Conservative	Seconded
Paul Murphy	19/04/2012	Torfaen	Labour	Seconded
Alistair Darling	19/04/2012	Edinburgh South West	Labour	Seconded
David Blunkett	19/04/2012	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough	Labour	Seconded
Natascha Engel	19/04/2012	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Philip Davies	19/04/2012	Shipley	Conservative	Signed
Rosie Cooper	19/04/2012	West Lancashire	Labour	Signed
Katy Clark	19/04/2012	North Ayrshire and Arran	Labour	Signed
Douglas Carswell	19/04/2012	Clacton	Conservative	Signed
Helen Goodman	19/04/2012	Bishop Auckland	Labour	Signed
Nia Griffith	19/04/2012	Llanelli	Labour	Signed
Stewart Jackson	19/04/2012	Peterborough	Conservative	Signed
Si	19/04/2012	Swansea East	Labour	Signed
Jessica Morden	19/04/2012	Newport East	Labour	Signed
Linda Riordan	19/04/2012	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Mark Williams	19/04/2012	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Virendra Sharma	19/04/2012	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed
Lorely Burt	19/04/2012	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gordon Banks	19/04/2012	Ochil and South Perthshire	Labour	Signed
Sharon Hodgson	19/04/2012	Washington and Sunderland West	Labour	Signed
Gisela Stuart	19/04/2012	Birmingham, Edgbaston	Labour	Signed
Gerry Sutcliffe	19/04/2012	Bradford South	Labour	Signed
Mark Tami	19/04/2012	Alyn and Deeside	Labour	Signed
John Thurso	19/04/2012	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Joan Walley	19/04/2012	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Dave Watts	19/04/2012	St Helens North	Labour	Signed
John Whittingdale	19/04/2012	Maldon	Conservative	Signed
Roger Williams	19/04/2012	Brecon and Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sammy Wilson	19/04/2012	East Antrim	DUP	Signed
Shaun Woodward	19/04/2012	St Helens South and Whiston	Labour	Signed
Iain Wright	19/04/2012	Hartlepool	Labour	Signed
John Hemming	19/04/2012	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Anderson	19/04/2012	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Andrew Percy	19/04/2012	Brigg and Goole	Conservative	Signed
Michael Crockart	19/04/2012	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Owen Smith	19/04/2012	Pontypridd	Labour	Signed
Karl Turner	19/04/2012	Kingston upon Hull East	Labour	Signed
Valerie Vaz	19/04/2012	Walsall South	Labour	Signed
Robin Walker	19/04/2012	Worcester	Conservative	Signed
David Nuttall	19/04/2012	Bury North	Conservative	Signed
Ian Lavery	19/04/2012	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Lefroy	19/04/2012	Stafford	Conservative	Signed
Jack Dromey	19/04/2012	Birmingham, Erdington	Labour	Signed
Karl McCartney	19/04/2012	Lincoln	Conservative	Signed
Alison McGovern	19/04/2012	Wirral South	Labour	Signed
Chris Evans	19/04/2012	Islwyn	Labour	Signed
David Morris	19/04/2012	Morecambe and Lunesdale	Conservative	Signed
David Mowat	19/04/2012	Warrington South	Conservative	Signed
Steve Rotheram	19/04/2012	Liverpool, Walton	Labour	Signed
Jacob Rees-Mogg	19/04/2012	North East Somerset	Conservative	Signed
Nick Smith	19/04/2012	Blaenau Gwent	Labour	Signed
Craig Whittaker	19/04/2012	Calder Valley	Conservative	Signed
Chris Williamson	19/04/2012	Derby North	Labour	Signed
Tracey Crouch	19/04/2012	Chatham and Aylesford	Conservative	Signed
Pat Glass	19/04/2012	North West Durham	Labour	Signed
Heidi Alexander	19/04/2012	Lewisham East	Labour	Signed
Kate Green	19/04/2012	Stretford and Urmston	Labour	Signed
Matthew Hancock	19/04/2012	West Suffolk	Conservative	Signed
Gordon Henderson	19/04/2012	Sittingbourne and Sheppey	Conservative	Signed
Bob Blackman	19/04/2012	Harrow East	Conservative	Signed
Tristram Hunt	19/04/2012	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Signed
Andrew Bridgen	19/04/2012	North West Leicestershire	Conservative	Signed
Lisa Nandy	19/04/2012	Wigan	Labour	Signed
Debbie Abrahams	19/04/2012	Oldham East and Saddleworth	Labour	Signed
John Redwood	19/04/2012	Wokingham	Conservative	Signed
Stephen McCabe	19/04/2012	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	19/04/2012	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed
Anne McGuire	19/04/2012	Stirling	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	19/04/2012	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Alun Michael	19/04/2012	Cardiff South and Penarth	Labour	Signed
Andrew Miller	19/04/2012	Ellesmere Port and Neston	Labour	Signed
Austin Mitchell	19/04/2012	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Sandra Osborne	19/04/2012	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock	Labour	Signed
Richard Ottaway	19/04/2012	Croydon South	Conservative	Signed
Albert Owen	19/04/2012	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Ian Paisley Jnr	19/04/2012	North Antrim	DUP	Signed
Graham Brady	19/04/2012	Altrincham and Sale West	Conservative	Signed
Kevin Brennan	19/04/2012	Cardiff West	Labour	Signed
Denis MacShane	19/04/2012	Rotherham	Labour	Signed
Andrew Love	19/04/2012	Edmonton	Labour	Signed
Joan Ruddock	19/04/2012	Lewisham, Deptford	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	19/04/2012	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Adrian Sanders	19/04/2012	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dennis Skinner	19/04/2012	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Tom Harris	19/04/2012	Glasgow South	Labour	Signed
Dai Havard	19/04/2012	Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney	Labour	Signed
John Healey	19/04/2012	Wentworth and Dearne	Labour	Signed
Huw Irranca-Davies	19/04/2012	Ogmore	Labour	Signed
Alan Johnson	19/04/2012	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle	Labour	Signed
Tessa Jowell	19/04/2012	Dulwich and West Norwood	Labour	Signed
Gerald Kaufman	19/04/2012	Manchester, Gorton	Labour	Signed
Eleanor Laing	19/04/2012	Epping Forest	Conservative	Signed
Tony Lloyd	19/04/2012	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Chris Bryant	19/04/2012	Rhondda	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	19/04/2012	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Paul Farrelly	19/04/2012	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
Frank Field	19/04/2012	Birkenhead	Labour	Signed
Mark Field	19/04/2012	Cities of London and Westminster	Conservative	Signed
Paul Flynn	19/04/2012	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Don Foster	19/04/2012	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Hywel Francis	19/04/2012	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Mike Gapes	19/04/2012	Ilford South	Labour	Signed
Paul Goggins	19/04/2012	Wythenshawe and Sale East	Labour	Signed
James Gray	19/04/2012	North Wiltshire	Conservative	Signed
Mike Hancock	19/04/2012	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Bacon	19/04/2012	South Norfolk	Conservative	Signed
Adrian Bailey	19/04/2012	West Bromwich West	Labour	Signed
Clive Betts	19/04/2012	Sheffield South East	Labour	Signed
Jim Dowd	19/04/2012	Lewisham West and Penge	Labour	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	19/04/2012	Lagan Valley	DUP	Signed
Richard Burden	19/04/2012	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	19/04/2012	Gower	Labour	Signed
Tom Clarke	19/04/2012	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill	Labour	Signed
Ann Clwyd	19/04/2012	Cynon Valley	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	19/04/2012	Linlithgow and East Falkirk	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	19/04/2012	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Jon Cruddas	19/04/2012	Dagenham and Rainham	Labour	Signed
John Cryer	19/04/2012	Leyton and Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Frank Dobson	19/04/2012	Holborn and St Pancras	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	19/04/2012	Heywood and Middleton	Labour	Signed
Geraint Davies	19/04/2012	Swansea West	Labour	Signed
David Davies	19/04/2012	Monmouth	Conservative	Signed
Wayne David	19/04/2012	Caerphilly	Labour	Signed
Jim Cunningham	19/04/2012	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Ian Mearns	23/04/2012	Gateshead	Labour	Signed
Anne Main	23/04/2012	St Albans	Conservative	Signed
Gordon Marsden	23/04/2012	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Julian Lewis	23/04/2012	New Forest East	Conservative	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	23/04/2012	Edinburgh North and Leith	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	23/04/2012	Hampstead and Kilburn	Labour	Signed
George Howarth	23/04/2012	Knowsley	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	23/04/2012	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Barry Sheerman	23/04/2012	Huddersfield	Labour	Signed
Mark Reckless	24/04/2012	Rochester and Strood	Conservative	Signed
Mary Glindon	24/04/2012	North Tyneside	Labour	Signed
Stephen Williams	24/04/2012	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew George	24/04/2012	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
William McCrea	24/04/2012	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Edward Leigh	24/04/2012	Gainsborough	Conservative	Signed
David Simpson	24/04/2012	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Jim Shannon	24/04/2012	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Laurence Robertson	24/04/2012	Tewkesbury	Conservative	Signed
John Leech	25/04/2012	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Graham Stringer	25/04/2012	Blackley and Broughton	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	25/04/2012	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	25/04/2012	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	26/04/2012	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Adam Holloway	26/04/2012	Gravesham	Conservative	Signed
Lindsay Roy	26/04/2012	Glenrothes	Labour	Signed
Caroline Lucas	30/04/2012	Brighton, Pavilion	Green	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	30/04/2012	Islington North	Labour	Signed

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