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HOUSE OF LORDS REFORM

EDM (Early Day Motion) 800: tabled on 28 February 2005

Tabled in the 2004-05 session.

This motion has been signed by 35 Members. It has received 1 amendment.

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

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Motion text

That this House believes that a partly elected second chamber would be an unsustainable hybrid and would inevitably lead to a fully elected chamber and that an elected second chamber could not guarantee the spread of experience, knowledge, background, gender and ethnicity required for a chamber dedicated to the scrutiny and advisory role hitherto considered appropriate for a reformed House of Lords; further believes that a second chamber should add value to our system of governance and be more representative and more effective and that these qualities can be achieved without producing a whole new batch of elected politicians; and believes that the cobbled together proposals outlined in the recently published Second Chamber of Parliament Bill are a disappointing response to the opportunity that now presents itself.

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.

Chapman, Sir Sydney
Conservative
Signed on 7 March 2005
Chipping Barnet
Cox, Tom
Labour
Signed on 9 March 2005
Tooting
Cranston, Sir Ross
Labour
Signed on 2 March 2005
Dudley North
Dowd, Jim
Labour
Signed on 9 March 2005
Lewisham West
Foulkes, George
Labour
Signed on 1 March 2005
Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley
Garnier, Mr Edward
Conservative
Signed on 28 February 2005
Harborough
Harris, Mr Tom
Labour
Signed on 1 March 2005
Glasgow, Cathcart
Hepburn, Mr Stephen
Labour
Signed on 1 March 2005
Jarrow
Howarth, Alan
Labour
Signed on 1 March 2005
Newport East
Howarth, Mr Gerald
Conservative
Signed on 1 March 2005
Aldershot
Jenkins, Mr Brian
Labour
Signed on 1 March 2005
Tamworth
Jones, Mr Kevan
Labour
Signed on 1 March 2005
North Durham
Khabra, Mr Piara S
Labour
Signed on 2 March 2005
Ealing, Southall
MacDonald, Dr Calum
Labour
Signed on 4 March 2005
Western Isles
McDonagh, Siobhain
Labour
Signed on 1 March 2005
Mitcham and Morden
McFall, Mr John
Labour
Signed on 10 March 2005
Dumbarton
McWilliam, Mr John
Labour
Signed on 1 March 2005
Blaydon
Mountford, Kali
Labour
Signed on 1 March 2005
Colne Valley
Olner, Mr Bill
Labour
Signed on 1 March 2005
Nuneaton
Pickthall, Mr Colin
Labour
Signed on 1 March 2005
West Lancashire
Pike, Mr Peter
Labour
Signed on 14 March 2005
Burnley
Rapson, Syd
Labour
Signed on 8 March 2005
Portsmouth North
Roe, Dame Marion
Conservative
Signed on 2 March 2005
Broxbourne
Ross, Mr Ernie
Labour
Signed on 2 March 2005
Dundee West
Simon, Mr Siôn
Labour
Signed on 3 March 2005
Birmingham, Erdington
Smyth, The Rev Martin
Ulster Unionist Party
Signed on 9 March 2005
Belfast South
Trimble, Mr David
Ulster Unionist Party
Signed on 9 March 2005
Upper Bann
Turner, Mr Dennis
Labour
Signed on 1 March 2005
Wolverhampton South East

These members had previously signed the motion, but have now withdrawn their support. The date shown is when the Member withdrew their signature from the motion.

After a motion has been tabled, other Members can table amendments to it. Amendments to this motion are shown below.

HOUSE OF LORDS REFORM (Amendment 1)
Line 5, after `Lords', insert `further believes that a fully elected chamber would lead inevitably to the practice of rivalry as to which House represented more reliably the needs and aspirations of the electorate;'.
Labour, Stockton North
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signature
EDM 800A1: tabled on 7 March 2005