PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
COLD CALLING AND PROPERTY MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT (4 December 2003)
Motion Details
That this House is appalled by crimes committed particularly against older people by doorstep callers offering property maintenance and improvement services; condemns high pressure sales tactics employed by some doorstep callers; resulting in vulnerable people parting with extortionate sums of money for unnecessary, shoddy or grossly overpriced work; and calls for legislation to prohibit unsolicited doorstep calls for the purpose of offering property maintenance and improvement and for a national campaign to raise awareness of the dangers.
Sponsored by:
Mr Paul Truswell (Labour)
EDMS Sponsor By Party
Party
Votes
%
Labour
67
62%
Liberal Democrat
25
23%
Conservative
6
6%
Independent
6
6%
Your Party
1
1%
Democratic Unionist Party
1
1%
Ulster Unionist Party
1
1%
Plaid Cymru
1
1%
Sponsor List (108 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Lab
Mr Adrian Bailey
LD
Norman Baker
Lab
Mr Harry Barnes
LD
John Barrett
Lab
John Battle
LD
Lord Beith
Lab
Mr Harold Best
LD
Tom Brake
LD
Mr Colin Breed
LD
Annette Brooke
Lab
Mr Russell Brown
Lab
Richard Burden
Lab
Colin Burgon
LD
Paul Burstow
LD
Mrs Patsy Calton
DUP
Mr Gregory Campbell
East Londonderry
Lab
Mrs Anne Campbell
LD
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Orkney and Shetland
Lab
Martin Caton
Lab
Colin Challen
Lab
Mr Tony Clarke
Lab
Frank Cook
YP
Jeremy Corbyn
Islington North
LD
Lord Cotter
Lab
Tom Cox
Lab
Sir Ross Cranston
Lab
Sir David Crausby
Lab
Mrs Ann Cryer
Lab
John Cummings
LD
Ed Davey
Kingston and Surbiton
Lab
Mr Terry Davis
Lab
Mrs Janet Dean
Lab
Mr Andrew Dismore
Con
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Lab
Dr David Drew
Lab
Julia Drown
Lab
Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody
Lab
Mr Huw Edwards
Lab
Bill Etherington
Con
Mr Nigel Evans
Lab
Paul Flynn
LD
Andrew George
St Ives
LD
Sandra Gidley
Lab
Mr Roger Godsiff
LD
Matthew Green
Lab
Mr Win Griffiths
Lab
John Grogan
Lab
Fabian Hamilton
Leeds North East
Lab
Mr David Hamilton
Ind
Mr Mike Hancock
Lab
Mr Dai Havard
Lab
Sir Mark Hendrick
Preston
Ind
Mr Stephen Hepburn
LD
Paul Holmes
Ind
Kelvin Hopkins
Lab
Mrs Joan Humble
Lab
Dr Brian Iddon
Ind
Mr Eric Illsley
Lab
Mr Brian Jenkins
LD
Lord Jones of Cheltenham
Lab
Lynne Jones
LD
Mr Paul Keetch
Lab
Mark Lazarowicz
Lab
David Lepper
Lab
Mr Terry Lewis
Con
Sir Julian Lewis
New Forest East
PC
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Lab
Dr Calum MacDonald
Lab
Rob Marris
Lab
Gordon Marsden
Ind
Mr Paul Marsden
Lab
John McDonnell
Hayes and Harlington
Lab
Mr Kevin McNamara
Lab
Mr Tony McWalter
Lab
Sir Alan Meale
Lab
Chris Mole
LD
Michael Moore
Lab
Mr George Mudie
Lab
Mr Peter Pike
Lab
Gwyn Prosser
Con
Lord Randall of Uxbridge
Lab
Syd Rapson
LD
Mr David Rendel
Con
Lord Robathan
Lab
Mr Geoffrey Robinson
Lab
Christine Russell
LD
Sir Bob Russell
Lab
Jonathan Shaw
Lab
Mr Siôn Simon
Lab
Alan Simpson
Lab
Mr Marsha Singh
UUP
The Rev Martin Smyth
Ind
Bob Spink
Lab
Dr Howard Stoate
LD
Lord Stunell
Lab
David Taylor
LD
Sarah Teather
Lab
Jon Trickett
Normanton and Hemsworth
Lab
Mr Paul Truswell (Sponsor)
LD
Lord Tyler
Lab
Mr Bill Tynan
Lab
Dr Rudi Vis
Con
Mr John Wilkinson
Lab
Mrs Betty Williams
LD
Lord Willis of Knaresborough
Lab
Mike Wood
Lab
David Wright
LD
Richard Younger-Ross
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