PRIORITY ACCESS TO FACILITIES

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

This is an amendment to an existing motion

This motion was originally tabled by Lembit Öpik on 09 October 2007. This is amendment number 1.

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Suggested amendment

at end add `and further believes that the age of the executive washroom passed in the 1960s and that the toilets in the Palace of Westminster should be available on the basis of need not rank.'.

Original motion text

That this House notes with astonishment the announcement made on Tuesday 9th October that hon. Members should have priority access to services throughout the Commons part of the Parliamentary Estate; further notes that such an approach is expedient in certain areas at certain times, such as during a division, but not everywhere all the time; believes that this announcement serves to create a rigid two-tier system which is counter to an enlightened image of Parliament; further believes that there is merit in a general presumption of equality on the Parliamentary Estate; and urges the Administration Committee to reconsider.

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