PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION (21 July 1998)
Motion Details
That this House welcomes the Prime Minister's statement in 1996 that a Freedom of Information Act 'is not some isolated constitutional reform' but 'a change that is absolutely fundamental to how we see politics developing in this country over the next few years'; congratulates the Government on its Freedom of Information White Paper; expresses concern at the prospect of any delay in bringing the measure forward; and calls on the Government to publish its draft Freedom of Information Bill before the end of the current session and to ensure that the actual Bill is introduced in the coming session.
Sponsored by:
Lord Foster of Bishop Auckland (Labour)
EDMS Sponsor By Party
Party
Votes
%
Labour
185
76%
Liberal Democrat
34
14%
Independent
8
3%
Plaid Cymru
4
2%
Crossbench
2
1%
Scottish National Party
2
1%
Non-affiliated
2
1%
Speaker
1
0%
Not Available
1
0%
Ulster Unionist Party
1
0%
The Independent Group for Change
1
0%
Conservative
1
0%
Sponsor List (242 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Lab
Mr Douglas Alexander
Lothian East
Lord Allan of Hallam
Lab
Lord Anderson of Swansea
Lab
Mr Joe Ashton
Lab
Ms Candy Atherton
Lab
Charlotte Atkins
LD
Norman Baker
LD
Jackie Ballard
Lab
Mr Harry Barnes
Lab
Sir Hugh Bayley
Lab
Dame Anne Begg
LD
Lord Beith
Lab
Mr Tony Benn
Lab
Andrew Bennett
Lab
Mr Joe Benton
Lab
Mr Gerry Bermingham
Lab
Roger Berry
Lab
Mr Harold Best
Lab
Lord Bilston
Lab
Liz Blackman
Lab
Mr Bob Blizzard
Lab
Peter Bradley
LD
Tom Brake
LD
Dr Peter Brand
LD
Mr Colin Breed
Lab
Mr Russell Brown
LD
Lord Bruce of Bennachie
Lab
Ms Karen Buck
Lab
Colin Burgon
LD
Paul Burstow
Lab
Christine Butler
LD
Sir Vince Cable
LD
Lord Campbell of Pittenweem
Lab
Mr Ronnie Campbell
Lab
Lord Campbell-Savours
Ind
Dennis Canavan
Lab
Mr Ivor Caplin
Lab
Roger Casale
Lab
Martin Caton
Lab
Mr Ian Cawsey
Ind
Mr David Chaytor
LD
Lord Chidgey
Lab
Ms Judith Church
Lab
Mr Michael Clapham
XB
Baroness Clark of Calton
Lab
Mrs Helen Clark
Lab
Mr Tony Clarke
Lab
Ann Clwyd
Lab
Lord Coaker
Lab
Harry Cohen
Lab
Frank Cook
Lab
Yvette Cooper
Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley
Lab
Lord Corbett of Castle Vale
LD
Lord Cotter
Lab
Tom Cox
Lab
Sir David Crausby
Lab
Mrs Ann Cryer
Lab
Mr Lawrence Cunliffe
Lab
Mr Jim Cunningham
PC
Cynog Dafis
Lab
Tam Dalyell
LD
Ed Davey
Kingston and Surbiton
Lab
Valerie Davey
Lab
Mr Ian Davidson
Lab
Mr Terry Davis
Lab
Mr Hilton Dawson
Lab
Mrs Janet Dean
Lab
Mr Andrew Dismore
Lab
Jim Dobbin
Lab
Mr Brian H. Donohoe
Lab
Dr David Drew
Lab
Julia Drown
Lab
Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody
Lab
Maria Eagle
Liverpool Garston
Lab
Mr Huw Edwards
Lab
Clive Efford
Eltham and Chislehurst
Lab
Bill Etherington
SNP
Mrs Margaret Ewing
LD
Lord Fearn
Lab
Jim Fitzpatrick
Lab
Mrs Lorna Fitzsimons
Lab
Caroline Flint
LD
Lord Foster of Bath
Lab
Lord Foster of Bishop Auckland (Sponsor)
Lab
Mr Michael Foster
Lab
Mrs Maria Fyfe
Lab
Barry Gardiner
Brent West
Lab
Mr Bruce George
Lab
Mr Neil Gerrard
Lab
Dr Ian Gibson
Lab
Linda Gilroy
Lab
Dr Norman Godman
Lab
Paul Goggins
Lab
Mrs Eileen Gordon
LD
Mr Donald Gorrie
Lab
Bernie Grant
Lab
Jane Griffiths
Lab
John Grogan
Lab
Mr John Gunnell
Lab
Patrick Hall
Ind
Mr Mike Hancock
LD
Dr Evan Harris
LD
Sir Nick Harvey
Lab
John Healey
Rawmarsh and Conisbrough
LD
Mr David Heath
Lab
Stephen Hesford
Ind
Ms Patricia Hewitt
Lab
Mr David Hinchliffe
Lab
Baroness Hodge of Barking
Lab
Mr John Home Robertson
Ind
Kelvin Hopkins
Spk
Sir Lindsay Hoyle
Chorley
LD
Simon Hughes
Lab
Dr Brian Iddon
Lab
Helen Jackson
Lab
Helen Jones
Lab
Lord Jones
Lab
Lynne Jones
PC
Mr Ieuan Wyn Jones
Lab
Ms Fiona Jones
Lab
Ms Jenny Jones
Lab
Ms Sally Keeble
Lab
Alan Keen
Lab
Ann Keen
Lab
Mr Fraser Kemp
LD
Mr Charles Kennedy
Lab
Mr Piara S Khabra
Lab
Baroness King of Bow
Lab
Andy King
Lab
Ms Tess Kingham
LD
Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope
Lab
Dr Ashok Kumar
Lab
Mrs Jackie Lawrence
Lab
David Lepper
Lab
Tom Levitt
Ind
Mr Ivan Lewis
Lab
Mr Terry Lewis
Lab
Martin Linton
PC
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Lab
Mr Andrew Love
Lab
Andrew Mackinlay
Lab
Fiona Mactaggart
Lab
Alice Mahon
Lab
Judy Mallaber
Lab
Dr John Marek
Lab
Gordon Marsden
Ind
Mr Paul Marsden
Lab
Mr Robert Marshall-Andrews
Lab
Lord Maxton
Lab
Chris McCafferty
Mr Robert McCartney
Ind
John McDonnell
Hayes and Harlington
Lab
Mr Kevin McNamara
Lab
Mr Tony McWalter
Lab
Mr John McWilliam
Lab
Mr Bill Michie
LD
Mrs Ray Michie
Lab
Austin Mitchell
LD
Michael Moore
Lab
Julie Morgan
Lab
Mr Rhodri Morgan
Lab
Mr Chris Mullin
Lab
Dr Doug Naysmith
Lab
Mr Edward O'Hara
Lab
Lord O'Neill of Clackmannan
Lab
Mr Bill Olner
LD
Lembit Öpik
Lab
Diana Organ
Lab
Dr Nick Palmer
Lab
Lord Pendry
Lab
Mr Colin Pickthall
Lab
Mr Peter Pike
Lab
Mr Kerry Pollard
Lab
Mr Chris Pond
Lab
Sir Raymond Powell
Lab
Mr Gordon Prentice
Lab
Gwyn Prosser
Lab
Lawrie Quinn
Lab
Lord Radice
Lab
Bill Rammell
Lab
Syd Rapson
Lab
Mr Andy Reed
LD
Mr David Rendel
Lab
Mr Allan Rogers
Lab
Mr Ernie Ross
Lab
Chris Ruane
Lab
Dame Joan Ruddock
Lab
Christine Russell
LD
Sir Bob Russell
IGC
Joan Ryan
SNP
Alex Salmond
Lab
Martin Salter
LD
Mr Adrian Sanders
Lab
Mr Mohammad Sarwar
Lab
Mr Malcolm Savidge
Lab
Phil Sawford
Lab
Mr Barry Sheerman
Con
Sir Richard Shepherd
Lab
Ms Debra Shipley
Lab
Alan Simpson
Lab
Mr Marsha Singh
Lab
Mr Dennis Skinner
Lab
Baroness Smith of Malvern
Lab
Llew Smith
UUP
The Rev Martin Smyth
Lab
Helen Southworth
Lab
Dr Phyllis Starkey
Lab
Mr Gerry Steinberg
Lab
Mr George Stevenson
Lab
Mr Paul Stinchcombe
Lab
Roger Stott
Lab
Graham Stringer
Blackley and Middleton South
XB
Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston
LD
Lord Stunell
LD
Lord Taylor of Goss Moor
Lab
David Taylor
Lab
Lord Temple-Morris
Lab
Gareth Thomas
Lab
Paddy Tipping
Lab
Mr Mark Todd
Baroness Tonge
Lab
Lord Touhig
Lab
Dr Desmond Turner
LD
Lord Tyler
Lab
Dr Rudi Vis
LD
Lord Wallace of Tankerness
Lab
Joan Walley
Lab
Claire Ward
Lab
Lord Watts
LD
Steve Webb
Lab
Brian White
Lab
Malcolm Wicks
PC
Lord Wigley
Lab
Dr Alan Williams
Lab
Mr Alan Williams
LD
Lord Willis of Knaresborough
Lab
Mr David Winnick
Lab
Baroness Winterton of Doncaster
Lab
Mrs Audrey Wise
Lab
Mike Wood
Lab
Mr Anthony Wright
Lab
Derek Wyatt
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