<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><edm>
<id>31302</id>
<session>2005-06</session>
<number>2699</number>
<title>Freedom Of Information</title>
<proposer id="10656">Tony Wright</proposer>
<date>2006-10-10</date>
<text>That this House welcomes the finding of the Constitutional Affairs Committee (HC991) that the Freedom of Information Act has `already brought about the release of significant new information and....this information is being used in a constructive and positive way' and the committee's conclusion that it sees `no need to change' the Act's charging arrangements; views with concern reports that the Government is considering changing these arrangements to permit an application fee to be charged for all requests or to allow authorities to refuse, on cost grounds, a significant proportion of requests which they currently must answer; and considers that such changes could undermine the Act's benefits of increased openness, accountability and trust in the work of public authorities.</text>
<topics>
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<signatures>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10034">Alan Beith</mp>
		<date>2006-10-10</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Berwick-upon-Tweed</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10243">Dominic Grieve</mp>
		<date>2006-10-10</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Beaconsfield</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10537">Richard Shepherd</mp>
		<date>2006-10-10</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Aldridge-Brownhills</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10198">Mark Fisher</mp>
		<date>2006-10-10</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Stoke-on-Trent Central</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10298">Simon Hughes</mp>
		<date>2006-10-10</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>North Southwark &amp; Bermondsey</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11626">Michael Penning</mp>
		<date>2006-10-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hemel Hempstead</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10222">Andrew George</mp>
		<date>2006-10-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>St Ives</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10656">Tony Wright</mp>
		<date>2006-10-11</date>
		<type>Proposed</type>
		<constituency>Cannock Chase</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11458">Stephen Williams</mp>
		<date>2006-10-11</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bristol West</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10647">Nicholas Winterton</mp>
		<date>2006-10-11</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Macclesfield</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10616">Rudi Vis</mp>
		<date>2006-10-11</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Finchley &amp; Golders Green</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10057">Peter Bottomley</mp>
		<date>2006-10-11</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Worthing West</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10258">Mike Hancock</mp>
		<date>2006-10-11</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Portsmouth South</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11589">Mark Durkan</mp>
		<date>2006-10-11</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Foyle</constituency>
		<party>Social Democratic and Labour Party</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10177">David Drew</mp>
		<date>2006-10-11</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Stroud</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10170">Jim Dobbin</mp>
		<date>2006-10-11</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Heywood &amp; Middleton</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10142">Ann Cryer</mp>
		<date>2006-10-11</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Keighley</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10323">Lynne Jones</mp>
		<date>2006-10-11</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Birmingham, Selly Oak</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10063">Tom Brake</mp>
		<date>2006-10-11</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Carshalton &amp; Wallington</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10066">Colin Breed</mp>
		<date>2006-10-11</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>South East Cornwall</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10096">Martin Caton</mp>
		<date>2006-10-11</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Gower</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10815">Derek Conway</mp>
		<date>2006-10-11</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Old Bexley &amp; Sidcup</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10133">Jeremy Corbyn</mp>
		<date>2006-10-11</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Islington North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11963">Katy Clark</mp>
		<date>2006-10-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Ayrshire North &amp; Arran</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11420">John Hemming</mp>
		<date>2006-10-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Birmingham, Yardley</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10646">Ann Winterton</mp>
		<date>2006-10-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Congleton</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10643">David Wilshire</mp>
		<date>2006-10-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Spelthorne</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10578">Andrew Stunell</mp>
		<date>2006-10-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hazel Grove</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10900">Hywel Francis</mp>
		<date>2006-10-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Aberavon</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10185">Clive Efford</mp>
		<date>2006-10-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Eltham</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10166">Janet Dean</mp>
		<date>2006-10-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Burton</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10541">Alan Simpson</mp>
		<date>2006-10-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Nottingham South</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11036">David Laws</mp>
		<date>2006-10-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Yeovil</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10415">Gordon Marsden</mp>
		<date>2006-10-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Blackpool South</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10383">John McDonnell</mp>
		<date>2006-10-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hayes &amp; Harlington</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10123">Harry Cohen</mp>
		<date>2006-10-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Leyton &amp; Wanstead</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10224">Neil Gerrard</mp>
		<date>2006-10-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Walthamstow</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10022">Norman Baker</mp>
		<date>2006-10-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Lewes</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10040">John Bercow</mp>
		<date>2006-10-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Buckingham</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10043">Roger Berry</mp>
		<date>2006-10-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Kingswood</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11280">John Thurso</mp>
		<date>2006-10-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Caithness, Sutherland &amp; Easter Ross</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10640">Betty Williams</mp>
		<date>2006-10-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Conwy</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11816">Philip Davies</mp>
		<date>2006-10-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Shipley</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11707">John Leech</mp>
		<date>2006-10-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Manchester, Withington</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11672">Greg Mulholland</mp>
		<date>2006-10-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Leeds North West</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10208">Don Foster</mp>
		<date>2006-10-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bath</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10155">Edward Davey</mp>
		<date>2006-10-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Kingston &amp; Surbiton</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11245">Bob Spink</mp>
		<date>2006-10-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Castle Point</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10282">Kate Hoey</mp>
		<date>2006-10-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Vauxhall</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10289">John Horam</mp>
		<date>2006-10-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Orpington</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10331">Paul Keetch</mp>
		<date>2006-10-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hereford</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11038">Mark Lazarowicz</mp>
		<date>2006-10-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Edinburgh North &amp; Leith</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10372">Andrew Love</mp>
		<date>2006-10-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Edmonton</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10373">Peter Luff</mp>
		<date>2006-10-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Mid Worcestershire</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10452">Denis Murphy</mp>
		<date>2006-10-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Wansbeck</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10076">Richard Burden</mp>
		<date>2006-10-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Birmingham, Northfield</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11350">Sarah Teather</mp>
		<date>2006-10-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Brent East</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11995">Danny Alexander</mp>
		<date>2006-10-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch &amp; Strathspey</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11573">David Burrowes</mp>
		<date>2006-10-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Enfield, Southgate</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11599">Adam Holloway</mp>
		<date>2006-10-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Gravesham</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11785">James Duddridge</mp>
		<date>2006-10-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Rochford &amp; Southend East</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11798">Anne Main</mp>
		<date>2006-10-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>St Albans</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="12016">Mark Hunter</mp>
		<date>2006-10-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Cheadle</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10001">Diane Abbott</mp>
		<date>2006-10-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hackney North &amp; Stoke Newington</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10128">Michael Connarty</mp>
		<date>2006-10-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Linlithgow &amp; Falkirk East</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10261">Evan Harris</mp>
		<date>2006-10-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Oxford West &amp; Abingdon</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10288">Kelvin Hopkins</mp>
		<date>2006-10-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Luton North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10290">Michael Howard</mp>
		<date>2006-10-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Folkestone &amp; Hythe</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10368">Elfyn Llwyd</mp>
		<date>2006-10-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Meirionnydd Nant Conwy</constituency>
		<party>Plaid Cymru</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10439">Michael Moore</mp>
		<date>2006-10-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Berwickshire, Roxburgh &amp; Selkirk</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10754">Annette Brooke</mp>
		<date>2006-10-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Mid Dorset &amp; North Poole</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10084">Vincent Cable</mp>
		<date>2006-10-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Twickenham</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11450">Madeleine Moon</mp>
		<date>2006-10-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bridgend</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11588">Mark Harper</mp>
		<date>2006-10-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Forest of Dean</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10606">Paul Truswell</mp>
		<date>2006-10-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Pudsey</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11804">Robert Goodwill</mp>
		<date>2006-10-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Scarborough &amp; Whitby</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10961">David Heyes</mp>
		<date>2006-10-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Ashton-under-Lyne</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11170">Adam Price</mp>
		<date>2006-10-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Carmarthen East &amp; Dinefwr</constituency>
		<party>Plaid Cymru</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11489">Mark Williams</mp>
		<date>2006-10-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Ceredigion</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11784">Paul Rowen</mp>
		<date>2006-10-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Rochdale</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11823">Lorely Burt</mp>
		<date>2006-10-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Solihull</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10569">Ian Stewart</mp>
		<date>2006-10-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Eccles</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11132">Andrew Murrison</mp>
		<date>2006-10-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Westbury</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10313">Brian Jenkins</mp>
		<date>2006-10-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Tamworth</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10442">Julie Morgan</mp>
		<date>2006-10-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Cardiff North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11333">Pete Wishart</mp>
		<date>2006-10-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Perth &amp; Perthshire North</constituency>
		<party>Scottish National Party</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11324">Roger Williams</mp>
		<date>2006-10-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Brecon &amp; Radnorshire</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10240">James Gray</mp>
		<date>2006-10-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North Wiltshire</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10193">Michael Fabricant</mp>
		<date>2006-10-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Lichfield</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10074">Malcolm Bruce</mp>
		<date>2006-10-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Gordon</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10348">Eleanor Laing</mp>
		<date>2006-10-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Epping Forest</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10262">Nick Harvey</mp>
		<date>2006-10-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North Devon</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10525">Alex Salmond</mp>
		<date>2006-10-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Banff &amp; Buchan</constituency>
		<party>Scottish National Party</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11475">Shailesh Vara</mp>
		<date>2006-10-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North West Cambridgeshire</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10657">Derek Wyatt</mp>
		<date>2006-10-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Sittingbourne &amp; Sheppey</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10650">Mike Wood</mp>
		<date>2006-10-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Batley &amp; Spen</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10189">Bill Etherington</mp>
		<date>2006-10-24</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Sunderland North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10214">Christopher Fraser</mp>
		<date>2006-10-24</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>South West Norfolk</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10620">Robert Walter</mp>
		<date>2006-10-24</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North Dorset</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11581">Julia Goldsworthy</mp>
		<date>2006-10-24</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Falmouth &amp; Camborne</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11473">David Howarth</mp>
		<date>2006-10-24</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Cambridge</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11917">Grant Shapps</mp>
		<date>2006-10-24</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Welwyn Hatfield</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11869">Jeremy Browne</mp>
		<date>2006-10-25</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Taunton</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11323">Hywel Williams</mp>
		<date>2006-10-25</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Caernarfon</constituency>
		<party>Plaid Cymru</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10172">Jeffrey M Donaldson</mp>
		<date>2006-10-25</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Lagan Valley</constituency>
		<party>DUP</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10770">Alistair Burt</mp>
		<date>2006-10-25</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North East Bedfordshire</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10679">William McCrea</mp>
		<date>2006-10-25</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>South Antrim</constituency>
		<party>DUP</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11641">Lynne Featherstone</mp>
		<date>2006-10-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hornsey &amp; Wood Green</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11923">Tim Farron</mp>
		<date>2006-10-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Westmorland &amp; Lonsdale</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10197">Frank Field</mp>
		<date>2006-10-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Birkenhead</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10450">George Mudie</mp>
		<date>2006-10-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Leeds East</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10389">Anne McIntosh</mp>
		<date>2006-10-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Vale of York</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11783">Susan Kramer</mp>
		<date>2006-10-30</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Richmond Park</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11771">Justine Greening</mp>
		<date>2006-10-30</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Putney</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11727">Richard Benyon</mp>
		<date>2006-10-30</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Newbury</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10645">David Winnick</mp>
		<date>2006-10-30</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Walsall North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10641">Phil Willis</mp>
		<date>2006-10-30</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Harrogate &amp; Knaresborough</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11109">Patrick Mercer</mp>
		<date>2006-10-30</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Newark</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10385">Eddie McGrady</mp>
		<date>2006-10-30</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>South Down</constituency>
		<party>Social Democratic and Labour Party</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11905">Edward Vaizey</mp>
		<date>2006-10-31</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Wantage</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11427">David Anderson</mp>
		<date>2006-10-31</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Blaydon</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10624">Nigel Waterson</mp>
		<date>2006-10-31</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Eastbourne</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10228">Cheryl Gillan</mp>
		<date>2006-10-31</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Chesham &amp; Amersham</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10186">Louise Ellman</mp>
		<date>2006-10-31</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Liverpool, Riverside</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10428">Alan Meale</mp>
		<date>2006-10-31</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Mansfield</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10958">Lady Hermon</mp>
		<date>2006-10-31</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North Down</constituency>
		<party>UUP</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11640">James Brokenshire</mp>
		<date>2006-11-01</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hornchurch</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10010">Michael Ancram</mp>
		<date>2006-11-01</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Devizes</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11032">Norman Lamb</mp>
		<date>2006-11-01</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North Norfolk</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10080">Paul Burstow</mp>
		<date>2006-11-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Sutton &amp; Cheam</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11494">Martin Horwood</mp>
		<date>2006-11-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Cheltenham</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11308">Angela Watkinson</mp>
		<date>2006-11-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Upminster</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10677">Sandra Gidley</mp>
		<date>2006-11-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Romsey</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11812">Nicholas Clegg</mp>
		<date>2006-11-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Sheffield, Hallam</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10790">Colin Challen</mp>
		<date>2006-11-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Morley &amp; Rothwell</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10455">Doug Naysmith</mp>
		<date>2006-11-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bristol North West</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10305">Eric Illsley</mp>
		<date>2006-11-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Barnsley Central</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11185">Alan Reid</mp>
		<date>2006-11-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Argyll &amp; Bute</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10780">Gregory Campbell</mp>
		<date>2006-11-07</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>East Londonderry</constituency>
		<party>DUP</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10194">Michael Fallon</mp>
		<date>2006-11-07</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Sevenoaks</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
</signatures>
</edm>
