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Conduct Of The Hon Member For Enfield North

EDM number 1344 in 1992-93, proposed by Gerry Steinberg on 08/02/1993.

That this House is dismayed by the revelation that the Treasury paid the legal costs of the honourable Member for Enfield North after he was forced to retract a statement made when, as a Minister for Education, he broadcast live from the Conservative Party Conference in October 1991 and made false allegations against the National Union of Teachers; believes that his accusation that the NUT 'subscribed heavily to the Labour Party' did not arise from government business but was a party political statement made against a union not affiliated to any political party and whose rules do not allow for the funding of political parties; notes the legal proceedings had been issued only when a retraction and apology were not forthcoming from the honourable Member and his delay in apologising led to an increase in costs to a total of ú1,435.65; recalls a motion before the House saying the costs arising from this case should be paid by the honourable Member and not the Treasury; demands the honourable Member for Enfield North reimburses the Treasury to the amount of ú1,435.65; and calls for a detailed inquiry into the practice and rules governing the payment of money by the Treasury to meet the legal bills of Government Ministers.

This motion has been signed by a total of 68 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Gerry Steinberg08/02/1993Durham, City ofProposed
Colin Pickthall08/02/1993West LancashireSigned
Andrew Welsh08/02/1993Angus EastSigned
Gareth Wardell08/02/1993GowerSigned
Kevin Barron08/02/1993Rother ValleySigned
Mike Hall08/02/1993Warrington SouthSigned
Win Griffiths08/02/1993BridgendSigned
Don Foster08/02/1993BathSigned
Kenneth Eastham08/02/1993Manchester, BlackleySigned
Alistair Darling08/02/1993Edinburgh CentralSigned
Lawrence Cunliffe08/02/1993LeighSigned
Ann Coffey08/02/1993StockportSigned
David Clelland08/02/1993Tyne BridgeSigned
Richard Caborn08/02/1993Sheffield CentralSigned
Stephen Byers08/02/1993WallsendSigned
Roland Boyes08/02/1993Houghton and WashingtonSigned
Peter Pike08/02/1993BurnleySigned
Greg Pope08/02/1993HyndburnSigned
Bridget Prentice08/02/1993Lewisham EastSigned
David Hinchliffe08/02/1993WakefieldSigned
David Jamieson08/02/1993Plymouth, DevonportSigned
Tony Lloyd08/02/1993StretfordSigned
Eddie Loyden08/02/1993Liverpool, GarstonSigned
Eric Martlew08/02/1993CarlisleSigned
Elliot Morley08/02/1993Glanford and ScunthorpeSigned
Estelle Morris08/02/1993Birmingham, YardleySigned
Stan Orme08/02/1993Salford EastSigned
Keith Bradley08/02/1993Manchester, WithingtonSigned
Mike Watson09/02/1993Glasgow CentralSigned
Harry Barnes09/02/1993North East DerbyshireSigned
Janet Anderson09/02/1993Rossendale & DarwenSigned
Norman Godman09/02/1993Greenock and Port GlasgowSigned
John Evans09/02/1993St Helens NorthSigned
Jimmy Dunnachie09/02/1993Glasgow, PollokSigned
William McKelvey09/02/1993Kilmarnock & LoudounSigned
Jim Dowd09/02/1993Lewisham WestSigned
John Cummings09/02/1993EasingtonSigned
Ronnie Campbell09/02/1993Blyth ValleySigned
John McAllion09/02/1993Dundee EastSigned
Terry Lewis09/02/1993WorsleySigned
Lynne Jones09/02/1993Birmingham, Selly OakSigned
Peter Hardy09/02/1993WentworthSigned
Dennis Skinner09/02/1993BolsoverSigned
Ernie Ross09/02/1993Dundee WestSigned
Michael Connarty09/02/1993Falkirk EastSigned
John Gunnell10/02/1993Leeds South and MorleySigned
Tony Worthington10/02/1993Clydebank & MilngavieSigned
Jack Thompson10/02/1993WansbeckSigned
Paul Flynn10/02/1993Newport WestSigned
Derek Enright10/02/1993HemsworthSigned
Michael Clapham10/02/1993Barnsley West & PenistoneSigned
Jamie Cann10/02/1993IpswichSigned
Ken Livingstone10/02/1993Brent EastSigned
Eric Illsley10/02/1993Barnsley CentralSigned
Ian Davidson10/02/1993Glasgow, GovanSigned
Bill Etherington11/02/1993Sunderland NorthSigned
Max Madden15/02/1993Bradford WestSigned
Bruce Grocott16/02/1993Wrekin, TheSigned
Ian McCartney16/02/1993MakerfieldSigned
Martyn Jones16/02/1993Clwyd South WestSigned
Alan Milburn17/02/1993DarlingtonSigned
Alan Simpson18/02/1993Nottingham SouthSigned
Tommy Graham25/02/1993Renfrew West and InverclydeSigned
Allan Rogers04/03/1993RhonddaSigned
Doug Hoyle04/03/1993Warrington NorthSigned
Dale Campbell-Savours04/03/1993WorkingtonSigned
Audrey Wise17/03/1993PrestonSigned
Frank Cook23/03/1993Stockton NorthSigned

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