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PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
CONDUCT OF THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER (17 November 1999)

Motion Details

That this House notes the resolution of 19th March 1997 on Ministerial Accountability to Parliament that 'it is of paramount importance that Ministers give accurate and truthful information to Parliament, correcting any inadvertent error at the earliest opportunity' and that 'Ministers who knowingly mislead Parliament will be expected to offer their resignation to the Prime Minister'; and further notes that the Chancellor of the Exchequer, during exchanges on the pre-Budget Statement on 9th November, misled the House when he said that 'We have just heard this afternoon from the Shadow Chancellor that he opposed putting that £40 billion in ... to health and education' when in fact minutes earlier the Shadow Chancellor stated that 'I said that last year and I say it again today. We support increases in health and education spending'; and therefore expects the Chancellor to correct that error at the earliest opportunity.

Sponsored by:
Lord Fowler (Crossbench)

EDMS Sponsor By Party

Party
Votes
%
 
Conservative
99
88%
 
 
Independent
3
3%
 
 
Labour
3
3%
 
 
Non-affiliated
2
2%
 
 
Crossbench
1
1%
 
 
Not Available
1
1%
 
 
Speaker
1
1%
 
 
Democratic Unionist Party
1
1%
 
 
Ulster Unionist Party
1
1%
 
Sponsor List (112 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Con
Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom
Spk
John Bercow
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
Baroness Browning
Con
Mr Ian Bruce
Con
Sir John Butterfill
Con
Sir William Cash
Con
Sir Sydney Chapman
Con
Sir Christopher Chope
Christchurch
Con
Dr Michael Clark
Con
Lord Clarke of Nottingham
Con
Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
North Cotswolds
Con
Mr Tim Collins
Con
Michael Colvin
Con
Mr James Cran
Lab
Lord Davies of Stamford
Con
Lord Deben
Ind
Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson
Con
Mr Stephen Dorrell
Con
Sir Alan Duncan
Con
Sir Peter Emery
Con
Mr Nigel Evans
Con
Michael Fabricant
Con
Sir Michael Fallon
Con
Lord Flight
XB
Lord Fowler (Sponsor)
Con
Sir Liam Fox
Con
Christopher Fraser
Con
Sir Roger Gale
Herne Bay and Sandwich
Con
Lord Garnier
Con
Nick Gibb
Con
Mr Christopher Gill
Con
Mrs Teresa Gorman
Con
James Gray
Con
Mr John Greenway
Con
Lord Hamilton of Epsom
Con
Mr Nick Hawkins
Con
Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Con
Lord Heseltine
Con
Lord Horam
Con
Sir Gerald Howarth
DUP
Mr Andrew Hunter
Lab
Mr Robert Jackson
Con
Sir Bernard Jenkin
Harwich and North Essex
Con
Sir Geoffrey Johnson Smith
Con
Robert Key
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
Sir David Lidington
Con
Lord Lilley
Con
Sir Peter Lloyd
Con
The Marquess of Lothian
Con
Tim Loughton
Con
Sir Peter Luff
Con
Lord MacGregor of Pulham Market
Con
Sir David Madel
Con
Mr Humfrey Malins
Con
Lord Maples
Con
Mr Michael Mates
Con
Baroness May of Maidenhead
Con
Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
Con
Lord McLoughlin
Con
Mr Malcolm Moss
Con
Mr Patrick Nicholls
Con
Mr Stephen O'Brien
Con
Sir Richard Ottaway
Con
Mr Owen Paterson
Con
Lord Pickles
Lord Prior of Brampton
Con
Lord Randall of Uxbridge
Con
Lord Robathan
Con
Mr Laurence Robertson
Con
Dame Marion Roe
UUP
Mr William Ross
Con
Mr David Ruffley
Mr Jonathan Sayeed
Con
Sir Richard Shepherd
Con
Mr Keith Simpson
Con
Lord Soames of Fletching
Con
Dame Caroline Spelman
Con
Mr Nick St Aubyn
Con
Sir John Stanley
Con
Sir Desmond Swayne
New Forest West
Con
Sir Robert Syms
Con
Mr Ian Taylor
Con
Mr John D. Taylor
Con
Mr John Townend
Con
David Tredinnick
Con
Mr Michael Trend
Con
Sir Peter Viggers
Con
Mr Robert Walter
Con
Mr Bowen Wells
Con
Sir John Whittingdale
Maldon
Con
Miss Ann Widdecombe
Con
Mr John Wilkinson
Con
Lord Willetts
Con
Mr David Wilshire
Con
Ann Winterton
Con
Sir Nicholas Winterton
Lab
Mr Shaun Woodward
Con
Lord Young of Cookham

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