Free Our Bills Campaign
EDM number 2141 in 2007-08, proposed by Jo Swinson on 22/07/2008.
Categorised under the topic of Parliament.
That this House believes it has a duty to publish Bills in such a fashion that they can be accessed as easily and as early as possible by the public; notes that the non-partisan Free Our Bills campaign is urging the House to publish bill texts in a new electronic format to improve accessibility and public scrutiny of legislation; further notes that the changes requested would have no impact on the content of Bills, nor upon the process by which they are currently made; considers that the new format could be delivered cheaply and quickly; acknowledges that the Leader of the House's office did not accept a prior request for new formatting from mySociety, nor provide an explanation of why the changes could be made; and calls on the Leader of House to ask House of Commons Clerks to work with Free Our Bills campaign staff to commence publication of Bills in the new format.
This motion has been signed by a total of 140 MPs.
| MP | Date | Constituency | Party | Type |
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| Jo Swinson | 22/07/2008 | East Dunbartonshire | Liberal Democrat | Proposed |
| Derek Wyatt | 22/07/2008 | Sittingbourne & Sheppey | Labour | Seconded |
| Peter Bottomley | 22/07/2008 | Worthing West | Conservative | Seconded |
| Lynne Jones | 06/10/2008 | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Labour | Seconded |
| Mike Hancock | 06/10/2008 | Portsmouth South | Liberal Democrat | Seconded |
| Adrian Sanders | 06/10/2008 | Torbay | Liberal Democrat | Seconded |
| Janet Anderson | 07/10/2008 | Rossendale & Darwen | Labour | Signed |
| Andrew George | 07/10/2008 | St Ives | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Mark Durkan | 07/10/2008 | Foyle | Social Democratic and Labour Party | Signed |
| Ann Cryer | 07/10/2008 | Keighley | Labour | Signed |
| Martin Caton | 07/10/2008 | Gower | Labour | Signed |
| Dai Davies | 08/10/2008 | Blaenau Gwent | Independent | Signed |
| Mark Williams | 08/10/2008 | Ceredigion | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Stephen Williams | 08/10/2008 | Bristol West | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Phil Willis | 08/10/2008 | Harrogate & Knaresborough | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Elfyn Llwyd | 08/10/2008 | Meirionnydd Nant Conwy | Plaid Cymru | Signed |
| Paul Holmes | 08/10/2008 | Chesterfield | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Colin Breed | 09/10/2008 | South East Cornwall | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Paul Flynn | 13/10/2008 | Newport West | Labour | Signed |
| Mark Oaten | 13/10/2008 | Winchester | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| John Leech | 16/10/2008 | Manchester, Withington | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Richard Younger-Ross | 20/10/2008 | Teignbridge | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Alan Simpson | 22/10/2008 | Nottingham South | Labour | Signed |
| Michael Jabez Foster | 22/10/2008 | Hastings & Rye | Labour | Signed |
| Greg Pope | 27/10/2008 | Hyndburn | Labour | Signed |
| Phyllis Starkey | 04/11/2008 | Milton Keynes South West | Labour | Signed |
| John Horam | 04/11/2008 | Orpington | Conservative | Signed |
| Jim Cunningham | 04/11/2008 | Coventry South | Labour | Signed |
| Paul Rowen | 05/11/2008 | Rochdale | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Tom Brake | 05/11/2008 | Carshalton & Wallington | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Dennis Skinner | 05/11/2008 | Bolsover | Labour | Signed |
| Alan Reid | 05/11/2008 | Argyll & Bute | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| John Redwood | 05/11/2008 | Wokingham | Conservative | Signed |
| Philip Davies | 06/11/2008 | Shipley | Conservative | Signed |
| Lorely Burt | 06/11/2008 | Solihull | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Nicholas Winterton | 06/11/2008 | Macclesfield | Conservative | Signed |
| Joan Walley | 06/11/2008 | Stoke-on-Trent North | Labour | Signed |
| Howard Stoate | 06/11/2008 | Dartford | Labour | Signed |
| Norman Baker | 06/11/2008 | Lewes | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Harry Cohen | 06/11/2008 | Leyton & Wanstead | Labour | Signed |
| John Butterfill | 06/11/2008 | Bournemouth West | Conservative | Signed |
| Michael Moore | 06/11/2008 | Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Patrick Hall | 10/11/2008 | Bedford | Labour | Signed |
| James Arbuthnot | 10/11/2008 | North East Hampshire | Conservative | Signed |
| Graham Stringer | 10/11/2008 | Manchester, Blackley | Labour | Signed |
| Matthew Taylor | 10/11/2008 | Truro & St Austell | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Greg Clark | 10/11/2008 | Tunbridge Wells | Conservative | Signed |
| Stephen Crabb | 10/11/2008 | Preseli Pembrokeshire | Conservative | Signed |
| Mark Francois | 10/11/2008 | Rayleigh | Conservative | Signed |
| Don Foster | 10/11/2008 | Bath | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Edward Davey | 10/11/2008 | Kingston & Surbiton | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Caroline Spelman | 10/11/2008 | Meriden | Conservative | Signed |
| Dai Havard | 10/11/2008 | Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney | Labour | Signed |
| Charles Hendry | 10/11/2008 | Wealden | Conservative | Signed |
| Michael Howard | 10/11/2008 | Folkestone & Hythe | Conservative | Signed |
| Peter Kilfoyle | 10/11/2008 | Liverpool, Walton | Labour | Signed |
| Andrew Miller | 10/11/2008 | Ellesmere Port & Neston | Labour | Signed |
| Greg Mulholland | 11/11/2008 | Leeds North West | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Paul Truswell | 11/11/2008 | Pudsey | Labour | Signed |
| Menzies Campbell | 11/11/2008 | Fife North East | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Patrick Mercer | 11/11/2008 | Newark | Conservative | Signed |
| Alan Keen | 11/11/2008 | Feltham & Heston | Labour | Signed |
| David Heath | 11/11/2008 | Somerton & Frome | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Gwyn Prosser | 11/11/2008 | Dover | Labour | Signed |
| Alan Beith | 12/11/2008 | Berwick-upon-Tweed | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Gavin Strang | 12/11/2008 | Edinburgh East | Labour | Signed |
| Roger Williams | 12/11/2008 | Brecon & Radnorshire | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Lynne Featherstone | 12/11/2008 | Hornsey & Wood Green | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Emily Thornberry | 12/11/2008 | Islington South & Finsbury | Labour | Signed |
| Virendra Sharma | 12/11/2008 | Ealing, Southall | Labour | Signed |
| Christopher Fraser | 12/11/2008 | South West Norfolk | Conservative | Signed |
| Bill Etherington | 12/11/2008 | Sunderland North | Labour | Signed |
| Charles Kennedy | 12/11/2008 | Ross, Skye & Lochaber | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| David Lepper | 12/11/2008 | Brighton, Pavilion | Labour | Signed |
| Michael Mates | 12/11/2008 | East Hampshire | Conservative | Signed |
| Colin Challen | 12/11/2008 | Morley & Rothwell | Labour | Signed |
| Janet Dean | 12/11/2008 | Burton | Labour | Signed |
| Nigel Dodds | 12/11/2008 | Belfast North | DUP | Signed |
| Andrew Pelling | 13/11/2008 | Croydon Central | Independent | Signed |
| Jeremy Browne | 13/11/2008 | Taunton | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Dari Taylor | 13/11/2008 | Stockton South | Labour | Signed |
| Frank Dobson | 13/11/2008 | Holborn & St Pancras | Labour | Signed |
| Alistair Carmichael | 13/11/2008 | Orkney & Shetland | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Doug Naysmith | 13/11/2008 | Bristol North West | Labour | Signed |
| David Maclean | 13/11/2008 | Penrith & The Border | Conservative | Signed |
| Martin Linton | 13/11/2008 | Battersea | Labour | Signed |
| Paul Keetch | 13/11/2008 | Hereford | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Richard Benyon | 17/11/2008 | Newbury | Conservative | Signed |
| David Burrowes | 17/11/2008 | Enfield, Southgate | Conservative | Signed |
| Stewart Hosie | 17/11/2008 | Dundee East | Scottish National Party | Signed |
| David Howarth | 17/11/2008 | Cambridge | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Angus MacNeil | 17/11/2008 | Na h-Eileanan an Iar | Scottish National Party | Signed |
| John Mason | 17/11/2008 | Glasgow East | Scottish National Party | Signed |
| Pete Wishart | 17/11/2008 | Perth & Perthshire North | Scottish National Party | Signed |
| Michael Weir | 17/11/2008 | Angus | Scottish National Party | Signed |
| Gregory Barker | 17/11/2008 | Bexhill & Battle | Conservative | Signed |
| John Grogan | 17/11/2008 | Selby | Labour | Signed |
| Diane Abbott | 17/11/2008 | Hackney North & Stoke Newington | Labour | Signed |
| Vincent Cable | 17/11/2008 | Twickenham | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Alex Salmond | 17/11/2008 | Banff & Buchan | Scottish National Party | Signed |
| James Plaskitt | 17/11/2008 | Warwick & Leamington | Labour | Signed |
| Greg Hands | 18/11/2008 | Hammersmith & Fulham | Conservative | Signed |
| Brian Binley | 18/11/2008 | Northampton South | Conservative | Signed |
| Lee Scott | 19/11/2008 | Ilford North | Conservative | Signed |
| Anne Main | 19/11/2008 | St Albans | Conservative | Signed |
| Graham Stuart | 19/11/2008 | Beverley & Holderness | Conservative | Signed |
| Mark Lancaster | 19/11/2008 | North East Milton Keynes | Conservative | Signed |
| Ann Winterton | 19/11/2008 | Congleton | Conservative | Signed |
| Betty Williams | 19/11/2008 | Conwy | Labour | Signed |
| Rudi Vis | 19/11/2008 | Finchley & Golders Green | Labour | Signed |
| Hywel Francis | 19/11/2008 | Aberavon | Labour | Signed |
| David Drew | 19/11/2008 | Stroud | Labour | Signed |
| Tony Lloyd | 19/11/2008 | Manchester Central | Labour | Signed |
| Norman Lamb | 19/11/2008 | North Norfolk | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Evan Harris | 19/11/2008 | Oxford West & Abingdon | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Susan Kramer | 20/11/2008 | Richmond Park | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Brian Jenkins | 20/11/2008 | Tamworth | Labour | Signed |
| Martin Horwood | 24/11/2008 | Cheltenham | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Hugo Swire | 24/11/2008 | East Devon | Conservative | Signed |
| Richard Bacon | 24/11/2008 | South Norfolk | Conservative | Signed |
| Nick Ainger | 24/11/2008 | Carmarthen West & South Pembrokeshire | Labour | Signed |
| Ronnie Campbell | 24/11/2008 | Blyth Valley | Labour | Signed |
| Kate Hoey | 24/11/2008 | Vauxhall | Labour | Signed |
| Helen Southworth | 24/11/2008 | Warrington South | Labour | Signed |
| Nicholas Soames | 24/11/2008 | Mid Sussex | Conservative | Signed |
| Terry Rooney | 24/11/2008 | Bradford North | Labour | Signed |
| Nick Palmer | 24/11/2008 | Broxtowe | Labour | Signed |
| Anne Moffat | 24/11/2008 | East Lothian | Labour | Signed |
| James Gray | 25/11/2008 | North Wiltshire | Conservative | Signed |
| Peter Atkinson | 25/11/2008 | Hexham | Conservative | Signed |
| Desmond Turner | 25/11/2008 | Brighton, Kemptown | Labour | Signed |
| Mark Pritchard | 25/11/2008 | Wrekin, The | Conservative | Signed |
| Mike Gapes | 25/11/2008 | Ilford South | Labour | Signed |
| Jim Dowd | 25/11/2008 | Lewisham West | Labour | Signed |
| Jeffrey M Donaldson | 25/11/2008 | Lagan Valley | DUP | Signed |
| Frank Cook | 25/11/2008 | Stockton North | Labour | Signed |
| Lembit | 25/11/2008 | Montgomeryshire | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Simon Hughes | 25/11/2008 | North Southwark & Bermondsey | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Parmjit Dhanda | 25/11/2008 | Gloucester | Labour | Signed |
| Jeremy Wright | 25/11/2008 | Rugby & Kenilworth | Conservative | Signed |
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