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CONDUCT OF THE PRIME MINISTER (No. 3)

EDM (Early Day Motion) 436: tabled on 16 March 1999

Tabled in the 1998-99 session.

This motion has been signed by 62 Members. It has not yet had any amendments submitted.

As this motion is using historical data, we may not have the record of the original ordering, in which case signatories are listed alphabetically.

Motion text

That this House notes with concern the Prime Minister's Answer of 10th March, Official Report, c358 that there is a 'net tax cut of £4.5 billion' for the coming year, because the total tax increase in the coming year is £7.1 billion; further notes that the Prime Minister's claim not to have raised taxes but to have cut them has been described by the eminent economist Anatole Kaletsky as 'simply false'; recalls the Prime Minister's previous assertion that any Minister giving false information to the House would speedily correct the mistake; and calls on the Prime Minister immediately to correct his false assertion and apologise to the House.

The first 6 Members who have signed to support the motion are the sponsors. The primary sponsor is generally the person who tabled the motion and has responsibility for it. The date shown is when the Member signed the motion.

In addition to the sponsors, the following Members have signed to support the motion.

Cash, Mr William
Conservative
Signed on 16 March 1999
Stone
Chapman, Sir Sydney
Conservative
Signed on 16 March 1999
Chipping Barnet
Clappison, Mr James
Conservative
Signed on 16 March 1999
Hertsmere
Clifton-Brown, Mr Geoffrey
Conservative
Signed on 16 March 1999
Cotswold
Dorrell, Mr Stephen
Conservative
Signed on 16 March 1999
Charnwood
Evans, Mr Nigel
Conservative
Signed on 16 March 1999
Ribble Valley
Fabricant, Michael
Conservative
Signed on 16 March 1999
Lichfield
Fallon, Mr Michael
Conservative
Signed on 17 March 1999
Sevenoaks
Gibb, Mr Nick
Conservative
Signed on 16 March 1999
Bognor Regis and Littlehampton
Gill, Mr Christopher
Conservative
Signed on 16 March 1999
Ludlow
Gillan, Mrs Cheryl
Conservative
Signed on 16 March 1999
Chesham and Amersham
Gorman, Mrs Teresa
Conservative
Signed on 16 March 1999
Billericay
Gray, Mr James
Conservative
Signed on 16 March 1999
North Wiltshire
Greenway, Mr John
Conservative
Signed on 16 March 1999
Ryedale
Gummer, Mr John
Conservative
Signed on 16 March 1999
Suffolk Coastal
Hammond, Mr Philip
Conservative
Signed on 16 March 1999
Runnymede and Weybridge
Hawkins, Mr Nick
Conservative
Signed on 18 March 1999
Surrey Heath
Hayes, Mr John
Conservative
Signed on 16 March 1999
South Holland and The Deepings
Hunter, Mr Andrew
Conservative
Signed on 16 March 1999
Basingstoke
Jack, Mr Michael
Conservative
Signed on 16 March 1999
Fylde
Jenkin, Mr Bernard
Conservative
Signed on 16 March 1999
North Essex
Johnson Smith, Sir Geoffrey
Conservative
Signed on 16 March 1999
Wealden
Kirkbride, Julie
Conservative
Signed on 16 March 1999
Bromsgrove
Lansley, Mr Andrew
Conservative
Signed on 16 March 1999
South Cambridgeshire
Leigh, Mr Edward
Conservative
Signed on 16 March 1999
Gainsborough
Lewis, Dr Julian
Conservative
Signed on 18 March 1999
New Forest East
Loughton, Tim
Conservative
Signed on 16 March 1999
East Worthing and Shoreham
Luff, Peter
Conservative
Signed on 16 March 1999
Mid Worcestershire
Maclean, David
Conservative
Signed on 16 March 1999
Penrith and The Border
Malins, Mr Humfrey
Conservative
Signed on 16 March 1999
Woking
Mawhinney, Sir Brian
Conservative
Signed on 16 March 1999
North West Cambridgeshire
Moss, Mr Malcolm
Conservative
Signed on 16 March 1999
North East Cambridgeshire
Nicholls, Mr Patrick
Conservative
Signed on 16 March 1999
Teignbridge
Norman, Mr Archie
Conservative
Signed on 16 March 1999
Tunbridge Wells
Ottaway, Richard
Conservative
Signed on 16 March 1999
Croydon South
Page, Mr Richard
Conservative
Signed on 16 March 1999
South West Hertfordshire
Paterson, Mr Owen
Conservative
Signed on 16 March 1999
North Shropshire
Pickles, Mr Eric
Conservative
Signed on 16 March 1999
Brentwood and Ongar
Prior, Mr David
Conservative
Signed on 16 March 1999
North Norfolk
Randall, Mr John
Conservative
Signed on 16 March 1999
Uxbridge
Robathan, Mr Andrew
Conservative
Signed on 16 March 1999
Blaby
Robertson, Mr Laurence
Conservative
Signed on 16 March 1999
Tewkesbury
Roe, Mrs Marion
Conservative
Signed on 18 March 1999
Broxbourne
Ross, Mr William
Ulster Unionist Party
Signed on 16 March 1999
East Londonderry
Ruffley, Mr David
Conservative
Signed on 16 March 1999
Bury St. Edmunds
Smyth, The Rev Martin
Ulster Unionist Party
Signed on 16 March 1999
Belfast South
Spicer, Sir Michael
Conservative
Signed on 16 March 1999
West Worcestershire
Taylor, Mr Ian
Conservative
Signed on 16 March 1999
Esher and Walton
Thompson, Mr William
Ulster Unionist Party
Signed on 16 March 1999
West Tyrone
Tyrie, Mr Andrew
Conservative
Signed on 16 March 1999
Chichester
Wells, Mr Bowen
Conservative
Signed on 16 March 1999
Hertford and Stortford
Whitney, Sir Ray
Conservative
Signed on 16 March 1999
Wycombe
Whittingdale, Mr John
Conservative
Signed on 16 March 1999
Maldon and East Chelmsford
Wilkinson, Mr John
Conservative
Signed on 17 March 1999
Ruislip-Northwood
Winterton, Sir Nicholas
Conservative
Signed on 16 March 1999
Macclesfield
Woodward, Mr Shaun
Conservative
Signed on 16 March 1999
Witney

There are no withdrawn signatures for this motion.