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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
55
90%
 
 
Independent
2
3%
 
 
Not Available
2
3%
 
 
Speaker
1
2%
 
 
Non-affiliated
1
2%
 
Sponsor List (61 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Spk
John Bercow
Con
Sir Paul Beresford
Ind
Crispin Blunt
Con
Sir Peter Bottomley
Con
Lord Brady of Altrincham
Con
Mr Ian Bruce
Con
Sir William Cash
Con
Sir Christopher Chope
Christchurch
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 Stephen Day
Con
Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Chingford and Woodford Green
Con
Sir Peter Emery
Con
Mr Nigel Evans
Con
Mr David Faber
Con
Michael Fabricant
Con
Lord Flight
Con
Sir Liam Fox
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
Ind
Mr Dominic Grieve
Con
Sir John Hayes
South Holland and The Deepings
Con
Sir Oliver Heald
Con
Sir Bernard Jenkin
Harwich and North Essex
Con
Lord King of Bridgwater
Con
Baroness Laing of Elderslie
Con
Lord Lansley
Con
Sir Edward Leigh
Gainsborough
Con
Sir Julian Lewis
New Forest East
Con
Tim Loughton
Con
Mr Andrew Mackay
Con
Sir David Madel
Con
Lord Mawhinney
Con
Baroness May of Maidenhead
Con
Mr Patrick Nicholls
Lord Prior of Brampton
Con
Sir John Redwood
Con
Mr Laurence Robertson
Con
Mr David Ruffley
Mr Jonathan Sayeed
Con
Baroness Shephard of Northwold (Sponsor)
Con
Mr Keith Simpson
Con
Sir Gary Streeter
Con
Sir Desmond Swayne
New Forest West
Con
Sir Robert Syms
Con
Sir Teddy Taylor
Con
Mr John Townend
Con
Mr Michael Trend
Mr Charles Wardle
Con
Mr Nigel Waterson
Con
Mr Bowen Wells
Con
Sir John Whittingdale
Maldon

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