PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
GOVERNMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY (9 October 2007)
Motion Details
That this House believes that honesty, truth, transparency and accountability are essential to democracy; and welcomes the Prime Minister's recently stated aims in the Green Paper "The Governance of Britain" to `forge a new relationship between Parliament and citizen ... towards a new constitutional settlement... making the Government and our elected representatives more accountable to the people', with the aim of reasserting confidence in this country's democratic processes.
Sponsored by:
Lord Taylor of Goss Moor (Liberal Democrat)
EDMS Sponsor By Party
Party
Votes
%
Liberal Democrat
12
40%
Labour
11
37%
Independent
5
17%
Plaid Cymru
2
7%
Sponsor List (30 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
LD
Danny Alexander
Lab
John Austin
LD
Mr Colin Breed
Ind
Jeremy Corbyn
Islington North
Ind
Mr Dai Davies
Lab
Mrs Janet Dean
Lab
Dr David Drew
Lab
Paul Farrelly
LD
Tim Farron
Westmorland and Lonsdale
Lab
Michael Jabez Foster
LD
Andrew George
St Ives
Ind
Mr Mike Hancock
LD
Paul Holmes
Ind
Kelvin Hopkins
Lab
Lynne Jones
LD
Mr John Leech
PC
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Lab
Kerry McCarthy
Bristol East
PC
Adam Price
LD
John Pugh
Lab
Mrs Linda Riordan
LD
Paul Rowen
Lab
Alan Simpson
LD
Jo Swinson
LD
Lord Taylor of Goss Moor (Sponsor)
Lab
David Taylor
Ind
Dr Richard Taylor
Lab
Mr Paul Truswell
LD
Mr Mark Williams
LD
Stephen Williams
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