<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><edm>
<id>19015</id>
<session>1999-00</session>
<number>21</number>
<title>National Standards For Care Homes</title>
<proposer id="10481">Kerry Pollard</proposer>
<date>1999-11-17</date>
<text>That this House welcomes the principle of national standards for the care industry, but notes with some concern that the proposals outlined in the consultation document, Fit for the Future, if implemented in full, would impose costs on care homes to conform with which may prove prohibitive for many small businesses owning care homes, and that recent surveys indicate that could result in the closure of up to 70 per cent. of homes, with a subsequent detrimental effect on available beds and employment in the sector; and urges the Government to give attention to the representative bodies of the care home sector, working in partnership to achieve better standards and adopting best practice.</text>
<topics>
</topics>
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	<signature>
		<mp id="10481">Kerry Pollard</mp>
		<date>1999-11-17</date>
		<type>Proposed</type>
		<constituency>St Albans</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10371">Tim Loughton</mp>
		<date>1999-11-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>East Worthing &amp; Shoreham</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10372">Andrew Love</mp>
		<date>1999-11-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Edmonton</constituency>
		<party>Labour Co-operative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10403">Tony McWalter</mp>
		<date>1999-11-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hemel Hempstead</constituency>
		<party>Labour Co-operative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10136">Brian Cotter</mp>
		<date>1999-11-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Weston-Super-Mare</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10612">Paul Tyler</mp>
		<date>1999-11-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North Cornwall</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10586">David Taylor</mp>
		<date>1999-11-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North West Leicestershire</constituency>
		<party>Labour Co-operative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10240">James Gray</mp>
		<date>1999-11-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North Wiltshire</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10063">Tom Brake</mp>
		<date>1999-11-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Carshalton &amp; Wallington</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10553">Martin Smyth</mp>
		<date>1999-11-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Belfast South</constituency>
		<party>UUP</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10026">Harry Barnes</mp>
		<date>1999-11-22</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North East Derbyshire</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10024">Jackie Ballard</mp>
		<date>1999-11-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Taunton</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10222">Andrew George</mp>
		<date>1999-11-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>St Ives</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10184">Huw Edwards</mp>
		<date>1999-11-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Monmouth</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10177">David Drew</mp>
		<date>1999-11-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Stroud</constituency>
		<party>Labour Co-operative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10325">Nigel Jones</mp>
		<date>1999-11-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Cheltenham</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10302">Alan Hurst</mp>
		<date>1999-11-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Braintree</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10515">Andrew Rowe</mp>
		<date>1999-11-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Faversham &amp; Mid Kent</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10616">Rudi Vis</mp>
		<date>1999-11-24</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Finchley &amp; Golders Green</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10235">Eileen Gordon</mp>
		<date>1999-11-24</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Romford</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10208">Don Foster</mp>
		<date>1999-11-24</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bath</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10145">Lawrence Cunliffe</mp>
		<date>1999-11-24</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Leigh</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10138">Tom Cox</mp>
		<date>1999-11-24</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Tooting</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10133">Jeremy Corbyn</mp>
		<date>1999-11-24</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Islington North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10084">Vincent Cable</mp>
		<date>1999-11-24</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Twickenham</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10080">Paul Burstow</mp>
		<date>1999-11-24</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Sutton &amp; Cheam</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10064">Peter Brand</mp>
		<date>1999-11-24</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Isle of Wight</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10432">Bill Michie</mp>
		<date>1999-11-24</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Sheffield, Heeley</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10578">Andrew Stunell</mp>
		<date>1999-11-25</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hazel Grove</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10566">Gerry Steinberg</mp>
		<date>1999-11-25</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Durham, City of</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10237">Donald Gorrie</mp>
		<date>1999-11-25</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Edinburgh West</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10273">Ivan Henderson</mp>
		<date>1999-11-25</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Harwich</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10521">Bob Russell</mp>
		<date>1999-11-25</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Colchester</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10365">Richard Livsey</mp>
		<date>1999-12-01</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Brecon &amp; Radnorshire</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10490">David Prior</mp>
		<date>1999-12-01</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North Norfolk</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10536">Gillian Shephard</mp>
		<date>1999-12-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>South West Norfolk</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10262">Nick Harvey</mp>
		<date>1999-12-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North Devon</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10033">Roy Beggs</mp>
		<date>1999-12-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>East Antrim</constituency>
		<party>UUP</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10057">Peter Bottomley</mp>
		<date>1999-12-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Worthing West</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10044">Harold Best</mp>
		<date>1999-12-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Leeds North West</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10156">Valerie Davey</mp>
		<date>1999-12-07</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bristol West</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10458">Dan Norris</mp>
		<date>1999-12-07</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Wansdyke</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10428">Alan Meale</mp>
		<date>1999-12-07</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Mansfield</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10078">John Burnett</mp>
		<date>1999-12-08</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Torridge &amp; West Devon</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10189">Bill Etherington</mp>
		<date>1999-12-08</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Sunderland North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10210">Michael Jabez Foster</mp>
		<date>1999-12-08</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hastings &amp; Rye</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10647">Nicholas Winterton</mp>
		<date>1999-12-08</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Macclesfield</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10497">Syd Rapson</mp>
		<date>1999-12-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Portsmouth North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10640">Betty Williams</mp>
		<date>1999-12-13</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Conwy</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10479">Peter Pike</mp>
		<date>1999-12-14</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Burnley</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10615">Peter Viggers</mp>
		<date>1999-12-15</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Gosport</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10227">Christopher Gill</mp>
		<date>1999-12-15</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Ludlow</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10358">Julian Lewis</mp>
		<date>1999-12-15</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>New Forest East</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10347">Stephen Ladyman</mp>
		<date>1999-12-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>South Thanet</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10132">Robin Corbett</mp>
		<date>1999-12-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Birmingham, Erdington</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10520">David Ruffley</mp>
		<date>1999-12-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bury St Edmunds</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10042">Gerry Bermingham</mp>
		<date>1999-12-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>St Helens South</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10383">John McDonnell</mp>
		<date>2000-01-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hayes &amp; Harlington</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10591">Teddy Taylor</mp>
		<date>2000-01-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Rochford &amp; Southend East</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10043">Roger Berry</mp>
		<date>2000-01-11</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Kingswood</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10269">David Heath</mp>
		<date>2000-01-11</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Somerton &amp; Frome</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10514">William Ross</mp>
		<date>2000-01-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>East Londonderry</constituency>
		<party>UUP</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10380">Robert McCartney</mp>
		<date>2000-01-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North Down</constituency>
		<party>UKUP</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10172">Jeffrey M Donaldson</mp>
		<date>2000-01-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Lagan Valley</constituency>
		<party>UUP</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10589">John D Taylor</mp>
		<date>2000-01-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Strangford</constituency>
		<party>UUP</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10595">William Thompson</mp>
		<date>2000-01-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>West Tyrone</constituency>
		<party>UUP</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10605">David Trimble</mp>
		<date>2000-01-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Upper Bann</constituency>
		<party>UUP</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10617">Cecil Walker</mp>
		<date>2000-01-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Belfast North</constituency>
		<party>UUP</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10655">Anthony D Wright</mp>
		<date>2000-01-13</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Great Yarmouth</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10288">Kelvin Hopkins</mp>
		<date>2000-01-13</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Luton North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10143">John Cryer</mp>
		<date>2000-01-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hornchurch</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10455">Doug Naysmith</mp>
		<date>2000-01-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bristol North West</constituency>
		<party>Labour Co-operative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10009">David Amess</mp>
		<date>2000-01-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Southend West</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10373">Peter Luff</mp>
		<date>2000-01-24</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Mid Worcestershire</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10034">Alan Beith</mp>
		<date>2000-01-24</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Berwick-upon-Tweed</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10055">David Borrow</mp>
		<date>2000-01-25</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>South Ribble</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10436">Austin Mitchell</mp>
		<date>2000-01-25</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Great Grimsby</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10527">Adrian Sanders</mp>
		<date>2000-01-25</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Torbay</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10505">Laurence Robertson</mp>
		<date>2000-01-27</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Tewkesbury</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10154">Keith Darvill</mp>
		<date>2000-01-27</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Upminster</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10003">Irene Adams</mp>
		<date>2000-01-27</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Paisley North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10568">David Stewart</mp>
		<date>2000-02-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10548">Geraldine Smith</mp>
		<date>2000-02-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Morecambe &amp; Lunesdale</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10323">Lynne Jones</mp>
		<date>2000-02-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Birmingham, Selly Oak</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10062">Graham Brady</mp>
		<date>2000-02-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Altrincham &amp; Sale West</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10592">Peter Temple-Morris</mp>
		<date>2000-02-07</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Leominster</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10051">Crispin Blunt</mp>
		<date>2000-02-07</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Reigate</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10560">Michael Spicer</mp>
		<date>2000-02-07</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>West Worcestershire</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10344">Julie Kirkbride</mp>
		<date>2000-02-08</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bromsgrove</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10530">Phil Sawford</mp>
		<date>2000-02-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Kettering</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10017">Candy Atherton</mp>
		<date>2000-02-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Falmouth &amp; Camborne</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10341">Oona King</mp>
		<date>2000-02-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bethnal Green &amp; Bow</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10196">Ronnie Fearn</mp>
		<date>2000-02-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Southport</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10053">Richard Body</mp>
		<date>2000-02-15</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Boston &amp; Skegness</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10023">Tony Baldry</mp>
		<date>2000-02-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Banbury</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10166">Janet Dean</mp>
		<date>2000-02-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Burton</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10543">Marsha Singh</mp>
		<date>2000-02-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bradford West</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10487">Gordon Prentice</mp>
		<date>2000-02-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Pendle</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10164">Hilton Dawson</mp>
		<date>2000-02-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Lancaster &amp; Wyre</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10626">Steve Webb</mp>
		<date>2000-02-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Northavon</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10299">Joan Humble</mp>
		<date>2000-02-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Blackpool North &amp; Fleetwood</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10331">Paul Keetch</mp>
		<date>2000-02-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hereford</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10022">Norman Baker</mp>
		<date>2000-03-07</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Lewes</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10190">Nigel Evans</mp>
		<date>2000-03-13</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Ribble Valley</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10188">Jeff Ennis</mp>
		<date>2000-03-14</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Barnsley East &amp; Mexborough</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10295">Lindsay Hoyle</mp>
		<date>2000-03-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Chorley</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10099">Sydney Chapman</mp>
		<date>2000-03-22</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Chipping Barnet</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10590">Matthew Taylor</mp>
		<date>2000-03-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Truro &amp; St Austell</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10089">Ronnie Campbell</mp>
		<date>2000-04-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Blyth Valley</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10598">Mark Todd</mp>
		<date>2000-05-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>South Derbyshire</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10502">David Rendel</mp>
		<date>2000-05-22</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Newbury</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10641">Phil Willis</mp>
		<date>2000-05-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Harrogate &amp; Knaresborough</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10088">Menzies Campbell</mp>
		<date>2000-05-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Fife North East</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10066">Colin Breed</mp>
		<date>2000-05-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>South East Cornwall</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10345">Archy Kirkwood</mp>
		<date>2000-05-25</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Roxburgh &amp; Berwickshire</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10465">Lembit </mp>
		<date>2000-06-05</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Montgomeryshire</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10155">Edward Davey</mp>
		<date>2000-06-08</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Kingston &amp; Surbiton</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10518">Chris Ruane</mp>
		<date>2000-06-14</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Vale of Clwyd</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10074">Malcolm Bruce</mp>
		<date>2000-06-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Gordon</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10258">Mike Hancock</mp>
		<date>2000-07-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Portsmouth South</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10001">Diane Abbott</mp>
		<date>2000-07-27</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hackney North &amp; Stoke Newington</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10117">Tony Clarke</mp>
		<date>2000-07-27</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Northampton South</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10491">Gwyn Prosser</mp>
		<date>2000-10-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Dover</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10324">Martyn Jones</mp>
		<date>2000-10-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Clwyd South</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10061">Ben Bradshaw</mp>
		<date>2000-10-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Exeter</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10459">Mark Oaten</mp>
		<date>2000-10-25</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Winchester</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10197">Frank Field</mp>
		<date>2000-10-30</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Birkenhead</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10677">Sandra Gidley</mp>
		<date>2000-11-07</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Romsey</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10604">Jon Trickett</mp>
		<date>2000-11-08</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hemsworth</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10384">John McFall</mp>
		<date>2000-11-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Dumbarton</constituency>
		<party>Labour Co-operative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10338">David Kidney</mp>
		<date>2000-11-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Stafford</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10671">Bill Tynan</mp>
		<date>2000-11-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hamilton South</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10337">Piara S Khabra</mp>
		<date>2000-11-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Ealing, Southall</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10101">David Chidgey</mp>
		<date>2000-11-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Eastleigh</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10660">John Randall</mp>
		<date></date>
		<type>Withdrawn</type>
		<constituency></constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10021">John Austin</mp>
		<date></date>
		<type>Withdrawn</type>
		<constituency></constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10205">Clifford Forsythe</mp>
		<date></date>
		<type>Withdrawn</type>
		<constituency></constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
</signatures>
</edm>
