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PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
CONDUCT OF THE MINISTER WITHOUT PORTFOLIO (6 November 1997)

Motion Details

That this House notes the extraordinary reluctance of the Minister without Portfolio to answer questions in this House; questions whether a Minister can be said to be accountable to Parliament when he has yet to answer oral questions from honourable Members of Parliament; calls on the Prime Minister to ensure the proper accountability of his Ministers at all times; and looks forward to the Minister, the honourable Member for Hartlepool, meeting his commitment to account for his policy and actions to this House, by doing so for a longer period than a mere five minutes every few weeks.

Sponsored by:
Baroness Shephard of Northwold (Conservative)

EDMS Sponsor By Party

Party
Votes
%
 
Conservative
105
89%
 
 
Independent
3
3%
 
 
Non-affiliated
3
3%
 
 
Labour
3
3%
 
 
Not Available
2
2%
 
 
Speaker
1
1%
 
 
Liberal Democrat
1
1%
 
Sponsor List (118 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Con
Mr Peter Ainsworth
Con
Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom
Con
Mr David Atkinson
Con
Mr Peter Atkinson
Spk
John Bercow
Con
Sir Paul Beresford
Con
Lord Blencathra
Ind
Crispin Blunt
Lord Boswell of Aynho
Con
Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone
Con
Sir Peter Bottomley
Con
Lord Brady of Altrincham
Con
Sir Julian Brazier
Con
Mr Ian Bruce
Con
Sir Simon Burns
Con
Sir John Butterfill
Con
Sir William Cash
Con
Sir Sydney Chapman
Con
Sir Christopher Chope
Christchurch
Con
Mr James Clappison
Con
Alan Clark
Con
Dr Michael Clark
Con
Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
North Cotswolds
Con
Mr Tim Collins
Con
Michael Colvin
Con
Mr James Cran
Con
Mr David Curry
Lab
Lord Davies of Stamford
Con
Mr Stephen Day
Con
Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Chingford and Woodford Green
Con
Sir Alan Duncan
Con
Sir Peter Emery
Con
Mr Nigel Evans
Con
Mr David Faber
Con
Michael Fabricant
Con
Sir Michael Fallon
Con
Lord Flight
Con
Sir Liam Fox
Con
Christopher Fraser
Con
Sir Roger Gale
Herne Bay and Sandwich
Con
Mr Christopher Gill
Con
Dame Cheryl Gillan
Con
Lord Goodlad
Con
Mrs Teresa Gorman
Con
James Gray
Con
Damian Green
Con
Mr John Greenway
Ind
Mr Dominic Grieve
Con
Lord Hammond of Runnymede
LD
Dr Evan Harris
Con
Mr Nick Hawkins
Con
Sir John Hayes
South Holland and The Deepings
Con
Sir Oliver Heald
Con
Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Con
Lord Horam
Con
Lord Howard of Lympne
Con
Sir Gerald Howarth
Lab
Mr Robert Jackson
Con
Sir Bernard Jenkin
Harwich and North Essex
Con
Lord King of Bridgwater
Con
Julie Kirkbride
Con
Baroness Laing of Elderslie
Con
Lord Lansley
Con
Sir Edward Leigh
Gainsborough
Ind
Sir Oliver Letwin
Con
Sir Julian Lewis
New Forest East
Con
Lord Lilley
Con
The Marquess of Lothian
Con
Tim Loughton
Con
Sir Peter Luff
Con
Mr Andrew Mackay
Con
Sir David Madel
Con
Mr Humfrey Malins
Con
Lord Maples
Con
Mr Michael Mates
Con
Lord Maude of Horsham
Con
Lord Mawhinney
Con
Baroness May of Maidenhead
Con
Lord McLoughlin
Con
Mr Malcolm Moss
Con
Mr Patrick Nicholls
Con
Mr Archie Norman
Con
Sir Richard Ottaway
Lord Prior of Brampton
Con
Sir John Redwood
Con
Lord Robathan
Con
Mr Laurence Robertson
Con
Dame Marion Roe
Con
Mr Andrew Rowe
Con
Mr David Ruffley
Mr Jonathan Sayeed
Con
Baroness Shephard of Northwold (Sponsor)
Con
Mr Keith Simpson
Con
Lord Soames of Fletching
Con
Dame Caroline Spelman
Con
Lord Spicer
Con
Mr Nick St Aubyn
Con
Sir John Stanley
Con
Sir Gary Streeter
Con
Sir Desmond Swayne
New Forest West
Con
Sir Robert Syms
Con
Mr Ian Taylor
Con
Mr John D. Taylor
Con
Sir Teddy Taylor
Con
Mr John Townend
Con
David Tredinnick
Con
Mr Michael Trend
Lord Tyrie
Con
Sir Peter Viggers
Con
Mr Robert Walter
Mr Charles Wardle
Con
Mr Nigel Waterson
Con
Mr Bowen Wells
Con
Sir John Whittingdale
Maldon
Con
Miss Ann Widdecombe
Con
Lord Willetts
Lab
Mr Shaun Woodward
Con
Mr Tim Yeo

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