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PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
REVIEW OF SELECT COMMITTEES (3 March 2004)

Motion Details

That this House expresses its concern that select committees are not able to obtain from the Government the documents and witnesses necessary in order to fulfil their role of scrutinizing the Executive; notes the comments of the honourable Member for Thurrock in the debate on the Hutton Report when he said that Lord Hutton had been able to cross-examine John Scarlet in public, but the Foreign Affairs Committee was refused access to him, and that they had been refused the drafts of the September dossier but Lord Hutton published them on the worldwide web; and calls on the Leader of the House to institute a major review into the way in which Government and ministers treat select committees and the provisions of the Osmotherly Rules and the Ministerial Code.

Sponsored by:
Sir Oliver Heald (Conservative)

EDMS Sponsor By Party

Party
Votes
%
 
Conservative
82
83%
 
 
Independent
4
4%
 
 
Liberal Democrat
3
3%
 
 
Labour
2
2%
 
 
Non-affiliated
2
2%
 
 
Reform UK
1
1%
 
 
Not Available
1
1%
 
 
Speaker
1
1%
 
 
Democratic Unionist Party
1
1%
 
 
Ulster Unionist Party
1
1%
 
 
Scottish National Party
1
1%
 
Sponsor List (99 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Con
Mr Peter Ainsworth
Con
Sir David Amess
Con
Mr David Atkinson
Con
Mr Peter Atkinson
Con
Mr Richard Bacon
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
Sir Simon Burns
LD
Mrs Patsy Calton
Con
Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton
Con
Sir William Cash
Con
Sir Sydney Chapman
Con
Mr David Curry
Lab
Lord Davies of Stamford
Con
David Davis
Goole and Pocklington
Con
Lord Deben
Con
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Con
Mr Stephen Dorrell
Con
Mr Peter Duncan
Con
Sir Alan Duncan
Con
Mr Nigel Evans
SNP
Annabelle Ewing
Con
Michael Fabricant
Con
Sir Michael Fallon
Con
Mark Field
Con
Lord Flight
Con
Mr Mark Francois
Rayleigh and Wickford
Con
Lord Garnier
Con
Dame Cheryl Gillan
Con
Lord Goodman of Wycombe
Con
James Gray
Con
Lord Grayling
Con
Mr John Greenway
Ind
Mr Dominic Grieve
Con
Lord Hammond of Runnymede
LD
Sir Nick Harvey
Con
Sir Oliver Heald (Sponsor)
Con
Charles Hendry
LD
Paul Holmes
Con
Lord Horam
DUP
Mr Andrew Hunter
Lab
Mr Robert Jackson
Con
Boris Johnson
Con
Robert Key
Con
Sir Greg Knight
Con
Baroness Laing of Elderslie
Con
Mrs Jacqui Lait
Con
Lord Lansley
Con
Sir Edward Leigh
Gainsborough
Con
Sir Julian Lewis
New Forest East
Con
Sir David Lidington
Con
Lord Lilley
Con
The Marquess of Lothian
Con
Sir Peter Luff
Con
Mr Humfrey Malins
Con
Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
Con
Lord McLoughlin
Ind
Patrick Mercer
Con
Mr Malcolm Moss
Con
Dr Andrew Murrison
South West Wiltshire
Con
Mr Archie Norman
Con
Mr Stephen O'Brien
Con
Sir Richard Ottaway
Con
Lord Pickles
Con
Lord Randall of Uxbridge
Con
Sir John Redwood
Con
Sir Hugh Robertson
Con
Dame Marion Roe
RUK
Andrew Rosindell
Romford
Mr Jonathan Sayeed
Con
Andrew Selous
Con
Baroness Shephard of Northwold
Con
Sir Richard Shepherd
Con
Mr Keith Simpson
UUP
The Rev Martin Smyth
Con
Lord Soames of Fletching
Con
Dame Caroline Spelman
Ind
Bob Spink
Con
Lord Swire
Con
Mr Ian Taylor
Con
Sir Teddy Taylor
Con
Mr Michael Trend
Lord Tyrie
Con
Sir Peter Viggers
Con
Mr Robert Walter
Con
Mr Nigel Waterson
Con
Dame Angela Watkinson
Con
Sir John Whittingdale
Maldon
Con
Miss Ann Widdecombe
Con
Sir Bill Wiggin
Con
Mr John Wilkinson
Con
Mr David Wilshire
Con
Mr Tim Yeo

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