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PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
THE LORD CHANCELLOR AND THE MENTAL CAPACITY BILL (15 December 2004)

Motion Details

That this House expresses its deep concern that during the debate on consideration of the Mental Capacity Bill on 14th December, a document relating to and important to the debate was not made available by Ministers to honourable Members in all parts of the House, but only to Labour honourable Members, namely a letter from the Lord Chancellor to the Archbishop of Cardiff; considers that it is a matter of constitutional importance that all relevant documents referred to by Ministers in the House should be made available to all honourable Members; notes the remarks of the Lord Chancellor on the Today programme of 15th December that the correspondence took place at around lunchtime and was sent straight down to the Commons and distributed around the Commons; further notes that despite these remarks the letter from the Lord Chancellor was not available in the Vote Office at 3.45 p.m.; applauds the ruling of Mr Deputy Speaker that this should not happen again; and calls on the Leader of the House to make a statement giving such an assurance on behalf of the Government.

Sponsored by:
Sir Oliver Heald (Conservative)

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Conservative
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83%
 
 
Independent
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6%
 
 
Democratic Unionist Party
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2%
 
 
Not Available
2
2%
 
 
Liberal Democrat
2
2%
 
 
Reform UK
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1%
 
 
Ulster Unionist Party
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1%
 
 
Labour
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1%
 
 
Non-affiliated
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1%
 
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Member
Constituency
Con
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Con
Lord Barker of Battle
Con
Lord Bellingham
Con
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Ind
Crispin Blunt
Lord Boswell of Aynho
Con
Sir Peter Bottomley
Con
Lord Brady of Altrincham
Con
Sir Julian Brazier
Con
Sir Simon Burns
Con
Alistair Burt
LD
Mrs Patsy Calton
Con
Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton
DUP
Mr Gregory Campbell
East Londonderry
Con
Sir Sydney Chapman
Con
Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
North Cotswolds
Derek Conway
Lab
Lord Davies of Stamford
Con
Lord Deben
Con
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
DUP
Lord Dodds of Duncairn
Con
Mr Peter Duncan
Con
Sir Alan Duncan
Con
Mr Nigel Evans
Con
Michael Fabricant
Con
Sir Michael Fallon
Con
Mark Field
Con
Lord Flight
Con
Mr Adrian Flook
Con
Mr Mark Francois
Rayleigh and Wickford
Con
Lord Garnier
Con
Dame Cheryl Gillan
Con
James Gray
Con
Damian Green
Con
Viscount Hailsham
Con
Lord Hammond of Runnymede
Ind
Mr Mike Hancock
Con
Sir Oliver Heald (Sponsor)
Con
Charles Hendry
Ind
Lady Hermon
Con
Mr Mark Hoban
LD
Paul Holmes
Con
Lord Horam
Con
Sir Gerald Howarth
Con
Robert Key
Con
Julie Kirkbride
Con
Sir Greg Knight
Con
Sir Edward Leigh
Gainsborough
Ind
Sir Oliver Letwin
Con
Sir Julian Lewis
New Forest East
Con
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger
Con
Sir David Lidington
Con
The Marquess of Lothian
Con
Tim Loughton
Con
Sir Peter Luff
Con
Mr Andrew Mackay
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
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Con
Mr George Osborne
Con
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Con
Sir James Paice
Con
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Con
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Con
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Con
Dame Marion Roe
RUK
Andrew Rosindell
Romford
Mr Jonathan Sayeed
Con
Andrew Selous
Con
Baroness Shephard of Northwold
Con
Mr Keith Simpson
UUP
The Rev Martin Smyth
Con
Dame Caroline Spelman
Ind
Bob Spink
Con
Mr Anthony Steen
Con
Lord Swire
Con
Mr John D. Taylor
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
Ann Winterton
Con
Sir Nicholas Winterton
Con
Mr Tim Yeo
Con
Lord Young of Cookham

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