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PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
CONDUCT OF THE OPPOSITION ON LAW AND ORDER (23 February 1993)

Motion Details

That this House notes that since 1979 Her Majesty's Opposition has opposed, or tried to weaken substantially, every major piece of legislation the Government has brought forward to crack down on criminals and protect the public, that these measures include the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, the Public Order Act 1986, the Criminal Justice Acts 1988 and 1991 and the renewal of the Prevention of Terrorism Act, that its voting record shows many other maximum sentences and opposing the Attorney General's power to refer lenient sentences to the Court of Appeal; notes that the honourable Member for Sedgefield whilst pretending to support the Government's new regime to deal with persistent young offenders in reality merely wants an extension of existing local authority secure accommodation; notes that in all other respects the honourable Member for Sedgefield in his Press briefing on 23rd February has merely plagiarised the Government's law and order policy; and concludes that Her Majesty's Opposition has no new ideas whatever to offer the British public on the fight against crime.

Sponsored by:
Sir Ivan Lawrence (Conservative)

EDMS Sponsor By Party

Party
Votes
%
 
Conservative
69
96%
 
 
Labour
2
3%
 
 
Crossbench
1
1%
 
Sponsor List (72 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Con
Richard Alexander
Con
David Ashby
Con
Lord Bates
Con
Spencer Batiste
Con
Sir Andrew Bowden
Con
Gyles Brandreth
Con
Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
North Cotswolds
Con
Lord Coe
Con
Michael Colvin
Con
Anthony Coombs
Con
Mrs Edwina Currie
Lab
Lord Davies of Stamford
Con
Nirj Deva
Con
Geoffrey Dickens
Con
Terry Dicks
Con
Sir Alan Duncan
Con
Sir Anthony Durant
XB
Lord Dykes
Con
Harold Elletson
Lab
Derek Enright
Con
David Evans
Con
Mr Nigel Evans
Con
Mr David Faber
Con
Michael Fabricant
Con
Dame Peggy Fenner
Con
Sir Liam Fox
Con
Lord Framlingham
Con
Mr Phil Gallie
Con
Mr Christopher Gill
Con
Dame Cheryl Gillan
Con
Mrs Teresa Gorman
Con
Harry Greenway
Con
Mr John Greenway
Con
Sir Michael Grylls
Con
Sir John Hannam
Con
Mr Nick Hawkins
Con
Charles Hendry
Con
Sir Bernard Jenkin
Harwich and North Essex
Con
Baroness Knight of Collingtree
Con
Mrs Angela Knight
Con
Sir David Knox
Con
Sir Ivan Lawrence (Sponsor)
Con
Sir James Lester
Con
Sir David Lidington
Con
The Marquess of Lothian
Con
Sir Peter Luff
Con
Mr John Marshall
Con
Sir Michael Marshall
Con
Sir Fergus Montgomery
Con
Mr Patrick Nicholls
Con
David Nicholson
Con
Mrs Elizabeth Peacock
Con
William Powell
Con
Tim Rathbone
Con
Rod Richards
Con
Dame Marion Roe
Con
Mr David Shaw
Con
Sir Giles Shaw
Con
Lord Spicer
Con
Michael Stern
Con
Sir Gary Streeter
Con
David Sumberg
Con
Mr John Sykes
Con
Richard Tracey
Con
Mr Michael Trend
Con
Sir John Ward
Con
Mr Nigel Waterson
Con
Mr Bowen Wells
Con
Sir John Wheeler
Con
Sir John Whittingdale
Maldon
Con
Sir Jerry Wiggin
Con
Lord Willetts

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