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PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
REGULATIONS ON THE WORKING TIME DIRECTIVE (29 July 1998)

Motion Details

That this House regards it as an abuse of parliamentary procedure for the regulations on the Working Time Directive to be tabled in such a way that there will be no opportunity to debate them in Parliament before they enter into force in October; calls attention to the extra administration and financial burden that they will impose upon British business; notes in particular the severe difficulties the regulations will cause in their rushed implementation, especially given the inadequate definitions of certain phrases in the regulations; and believes that it is totally unsatisfactory for the courts to be expected to provide those definitions through legal test when Government should be responsible and should be spelling out the implications to business through adequate drafting.

Sponsored by:
Mr Christopher Gill (Conservative)

EDMS Sponsor By Party

Party
Votes
%
 
Conservative
20
91%
 
 
Liberal Democrat
2
9%
 
Sponsor List (22 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Con
Sir David Amess
LD
Norman Baker
Con
Lord Brady of Altrincham
Con
Sir Julian Brazier
Con
Mr Ian Bruce
LD
Sir Vince Cable
Con
Sir Christopher Chope
Christchurch
Con
Michael Colvin
Con
Lord Flight
Con
Nick Gibb
Con
Mr Christopher Gill (Sponsor)
Con
Sir Gerald Howarth
Con
Tim Loughton
Con
Mr Humfrey Malins
Con
Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
Con
Mr Owen Paterson
Con
Mr Laurence Robertson
Con
Sir Desmond Swayne
New Forest West
Con
Mr Robert Walter
Con
Mr Bowen Wells
Con
Mr John Wilkinson
Con
Sir Nicholas Winterton

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