Standard Size Of Departmental Select Committees (EDM1214)

Standard Size Of Departmental Select Committees

EDM number 1214 in 2001-02, proposed by Alan Williams on 30/04/2002.

That this House endorses the Liaison Committee's welcome for the Modernisation Committee's belief in the central role of select committees in parliamentary scrutiny; also endorses the Liaison Committee's support for most of the proposals in the Modernisation Committee's report on Select Committees; regrets, however, that the Liaison Committee's strong concerns that the standard size of departmental select committees should remain as 11 have been overlooked; notes that the collective objections of chairmen are related to their experience in maintaining the cohesion of committees in carrying out the crucial task of scrutiny; points out that an increase of over one-third in the size of most committees would substantially alter their effectiveness and method of working; and urges the Leader of the House to reconsider this important issue.

This motion has been signed by a total of 58 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Alan Williams	30/04/2002	Swansea West	Labour	Proposed
Gerald Kaufman	30/04/2002	Manchester, Gorton	Labour	Seconded
Jean Corston	30/04/2002	Bristol East	Labour	Seconded
George Young	30/04/2002	North West Hampshire	Conservative	Seconded
Archy Kirkwood	30/04/2002	Roxburgh & Berwickshire	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Edward Leigh	30/04/2002	Gainsborough	Conservative	Seconded
Gwyneth Dunwoody	30/04/2002	Crewe & Nantwich	Labour	Signed
Tony Wright	30/04/2002	Cannock Chase	Labour	Signed
Dennis Turner	30/04/2002	Wolverhampton South East	Labour Co-operative	Signed
David Tredinnick	30/04/2002	Bosworth	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Bennett	30/04/2002	Denton & Reddish	Labour	Signed
Tony Baldry	30/04/2002	Banbury	Conservative	Signed
Donald Anderson	30/04/2002	Swansea East	Labour	Signed
Irene Adams	30/04/2002	Paisley North	Labour	Signed
Ian Gibson	30/04/2002	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Bruce George	30/04/2002	Walsall South	Labour	Signed
Michael Fabricant	30/04/2002	Lichfield	Conservative	Signed
David Curry	30/04/2002	Skipton & Ripon	Conservative	Signed
Martin O'Neill	30/04/2002	Ochil	Labour	Signed
Chris Mullin	30/04/2002	Sunderland South	Labour	Signed
John McFall	30/04/2002	Dumbarton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Michael Mates	30/04/2002	East Hampshire	Conservative	Signed
Martyn Jones	30/04/2002	Clwyd South	Labour	Signed
Barry Sheerman	30/04/2002	Huddersfield	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Marion Roe	30/04/2002	Broxbourne	Conservative	Signed
Win Griffiths	01/05/2002	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Jon Trickett	01/05/2002	Hemsworth	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	01/05/2002	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	01/05/2002	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Brian Sedgemore	01/05/2002	Hackney South & Shoreditch	Labour	Signed
David Hinchliffe	01/05/2002	Wakefield	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	02/05/2002	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Robert Key	02/05/2002	Salisbury	Conservative	Signed
David Laws	02/05/2002	Yeovil	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Lepper	02/05/2002	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	02/05/2002	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Tom Cox	02/05/2002	Tooting	Labour	Signed
Ian Davidson	02/05/2002	Glasgow, Pollok	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Bill Etherington	02/05/2002	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Derek Wyatt	07/05/2002	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Valerie Davey	07/05/2002	Bristol West	Labour	Signed
Jackie Lawrence	07/05/2002	Preseli Pembrokeshire	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	07/05/2002	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Meg Munn	07/05/2002	Sheffield, Heeley	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	08/05/2002	Luton North	Labour	Signed
George Mudie	08/05/2002	Leeds East	Labour	Signed
Paul Farrelly	09/05/2002	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	09/05/2002	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
David Drew	09/05/2002	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Janet Dean	09/05/2002	Burton	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	09/05/2002	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Angela Watkinson	10/05/2002	Upminster	Conservative	Signed
Ann Cryer	13/05/2002	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Jonathan R Shaw	15/05/2002	Chatham & Aylesford	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	16/05/2002	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Jenny Tonge	20/05/2002	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeff Ennis	21/05/2002	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	02/07/2002	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed

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