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Time Taken To Answer Parliamentary Questions

EDM number 1695 in 2001-02, proposed by Andrew Stunell on 23/07/2002.

That this House notes that despite Early Day Motion 869 on the time taken to answer written parliamentary questions and the subsequent suspension of a Department of Health official for falsification in recording the handling of parliamentary questions in the Department's parliamentary section, the Department of Health's record for answering parliamentary questions is still poor; further notes that the department blamed a civil servant and aimed to provide timely and accurate responses to parliamentary questions yet has failed in its stated objective; further notes that despite assurances by the Secretary of State for Health that the timeliness of parliamentary answers would be externally monitored, the President of the Council had made no assessment by 2nd July of the evidence of delays provided to him by the Library on 1st May; and calls upon the House to consider a cut in the pay of any Minister who consistently fails to provide adequate and timely answers to parliamentary questions.

This motion has been signed by a total of 29 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Andrew Stunell23/07/2002Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratProposed
Paul Burstow23/07/2002Sutton & CheamLiberal DemocratSigned
Matthew Taylor23/07/2002Truro & St AustellLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Tyler23/07/2002North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Phil Willis23/07/2002Harrogate & KnaresboroughLiberal DemocratSigned
Vincent Cable24/07/2002TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Steve Webb24/07/2002NorthavonLiberal DemocratSigned
Norman Baker24/07/2002LewesLiberal DemocratSigned
Mike Hancock24/07/2002Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew George24/07/2002St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Tom Brake24/07/2002Carshalton & WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Marsden24/07/2002Shrewsbury & AtchamLiberal DemocratSigned
Nigel Jones24/07/2002CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Simon Hughes24/07/2002North Southwark & BermondseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Lindsay Hoyle24/07/2002ChorleyLabourSigned
Paul Holmes24/07/2002ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
Nick Harvey24/07/2002North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Rosindell24/07/2002RomfordConservativeSigned
Elfyn Llwyd24/07/2002Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Colin Breed24/09/2002South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Roger Williams24/09/2002Brecon & RadnorshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Sandra Gidley24/09/2002RomseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Patsy Calton24/09/2002CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
David Rendel24/09/2002NewburyLiberal DemocratSigned
Lynne Jones15/10/2002Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Michael Moore17/10/2002Tweeddale, Ettrick & LauderdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
Matthew Green17/10/2002LudlowLiberal DemocratSigned
Richard Younger-Ross17/10/2002TeignbridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
Adam Price07/11/2002Carmarthen East & DinefwrPlaid CymruSigned

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