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Conduct Of The Leader Of The Opposition

EDM number 164 in 1997-98, proposed by Paul Flynn on 24/06/1997.

That this House is shocked that the Leader of the Opposition accepted a gift of ú20,000 from David Steene, managing director of the City Mortgage Corporation which specialises in marketing oppressive mortgage deals to vulnerable and unsophisticated people who are judged to be high risks by reputable companies; deplores CMC's high interest rates that are doubled if a single payment is missed in order that increasing debts lead to homes being repossessed to the profit of CMC; is appalled that thousands of CMC's victims are left homeless and in debt; notes that the CMC Victims Group has accused the company of malpractice; and agrees with the Group's call that the Leader of the Opposition should give the ú20,000 to the victims of the CMC in order to convince the House that he is opposed to sleaze.

This motion has been signed by a total of 19 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Paul Flynn24/06/1997Newport WestLabourProposed
Lynne Jones25/06/1997Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Ken Livingstone25/06/1997Brent EastLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn25/06/1997Islington NorthLabourSigned
John Austin25/06/1997Erith & ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Harry Barnes25/06/1997North East DerbyshireLabourSigned
David Taylor25/06/1997North West LeicestershireLabour Co-operativeSigned
Alice Mahon26/06/1997HalifaxLabourSigned
Norman Godman26/06/1997Greenock & InverclydeLabourSigned
John Cummings26/06/1997EasingtonLabourSigned
Nigel Jones26/06/1997CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Dennis Skinner26/06/1997BolsoverLabourSigned
Eric Illsley02/07/1997Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Frank Cook02/07/1997Stockton NorthLabourSigned
Harold Best03/07/1997Leeds North WestLabourSigned
Gerry Steinberg07/07/1997Durham, City ofLabourSigned
John McDonnell08/07/1997Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Bill Etherington10/07/1997Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Huw Edwards04/06/1998MonmouthLabourSigned

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