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Early Day Motions

EDM number 432 in 2010-12, proposed by Graham Evans on 07/07/2010.
Categorised under the topic of Parliamentary procedure.

That this House regrets the continuing decline in importance of Early Day Motions which have become a campaign tool for external organisations; notes the role of public affairs professionals in drafting Early Day Motions and encouraging members of the organisations they represent to send pro forma emails and postcards to hon. Members; further notes the huge volume of correspondence that this generates and the consequent office and postage costs incurred; believes that the organisations involved derive little benefit from Early Day Motions, which very rarely have any influence on policy; further believes that public affairs professionals are aware of the ineffectiveness of Early Day Motions, but continue to use them to attempt to justify their services; questions the value for money to the taxpayer of Early Day Motions of whatever origin; and calls for the system of Early Day Motions to be reformed or abolished.

This motion has been signed by a total of 46 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Graham Evans07/07/2010Weaver ValeConservativeProposed
Nick de Bois08/07/2010Enfield NorthConservativeSeconded
Guy Opperman08/07/2010HexhamConservativeSeconded
Steven Baker08/07/2010WycombeConservativeSeconded
Peter Lilley12/07/2010Hitchin and HarpendenConservativeSeconded
Rory Stewart12/07/2010Penrith and The BorderConservativeSeconded
Andrea Leadsom12/07/2010South NorthamptonshireConservativeSigned
John Redwood13/07/2010WokinghamConservativeSigned
David Davies13/07/2010MonmouthConservativeSigned
Jonathan Lord13/07/2010WokingConservativeSigned
Adam Holloway15/07/2010GraveshamConservativeSigned
Caroline Dinenage15/07/2010GosportConservativeSigned
Jackie Doyle-Price15/07/2010ThurrockConservativeSigned
Richard Ottaway19/07/2010Croydon SouthConservativeSigned
Eric Ollerenshaw19/07/2010Lancaster and FleetwoodConservativeSigned
Paul Uppal19/07/2010Wolverhampton South WestConservativeSigned
Bob Blackman19/07/2010Harrow EastConservativeSigned
Henry Smith19/07/2010CrawleyConservativeSigned
Daniel Poulter19/07/2010Central Suffolk and North IpswichConservativeSigned
Graham Brady19/07/2010Altrincham and Sale WestConservativeSigned
John Stevenson20/07/2010CarlisleConservativeSigned
Adrian Bailey21/07/2010West Bromwich WestLabourSigned
George Hollingbery27/07/2010Meon ValleyConservativeSigned
David Amess06/09/2010Southend WestConservativeSigned
Mark Garnier06/09/2010Wyre ForestConservativeSigned
Nick Smith08/09/2010Blaenau GwentLabourSigned
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown04/07/2011The CotswoldsConservativeSigned
Frank Field04/07/2011BirkenheadLabourSigned
Gordon Henderson04/07/2011Sittingbourne and SheppeyConservativeSigned
Caroline Nokes04/07/2011Romsey and Southampton NorthConservativeSigned
Jason McCartney04/07/2011Colne ValleyConservativeSigned
Andrew Bingham05/07/2011High PeakConservativeSigned
Neil Carmichael05/07/2011StroudConservativeSigned
Brandon Lewis05/07/2011Great YarmouthConservativeSigned
George Freeman05/07/2011Mid NorfolkConservativeSigned
James Arbuthnot06/07/2011North East HampshireConservativeSigned
Andrew Bridgen06/07/2011North West LeicestershireConservativeSigned
Matthew Hancock07/07/2011West SuffolkConservativeSigned
Ian Davidson11/07/2011Glasgow South WestLabourSigned
Pauline Latham11/07/2011Mid DerbyshireConservativeSigned
Mike Freer11/07/2011Finchley and Golders GreenConservativeSigned
Gavin Williamson12/07/2011South StaffordshireConservativeSigned
Richard Drax13/07/2011South DorsetConservativeSigned
Bob Ainsworth14/07/2011Coventry North EastLabourSigned
Peter Bottomley30/01/2012Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Marcus Jones06/02/2012NuneatonConservativeSigned

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