Help For Small Businesses (EDM1733)

Help For Small Businesses

EDM number 1733 in 2001-02, proposed by Kerry Pollard on 15/10/2002.

That this House notes that cheques drawn on banks in the United Kingdom can take up to five days to clear; further notes that delays in payment can jeopardise the future of small businesses; believes that in the 21st century it is possible to transfer funds from one bank account to another rapidly by means of information technology; believes that banks profit from keeping such funds in high interest accounts before transferring to their destination; recognises that the economy depends on the success of small business; and calls on the Government to introduce legislation to force banks to clear cheques more speedily.

This motion has been signed by a total of 57 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Kerry Pollard	15/10/2002	St Albans	Labour	Proposed
Bob Russell	16/10/2002	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Weir	16/10/2002	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Joan Walley	16/10/2002	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	16/10/2002	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Roy Beggs	16/10/2002	East Antrim	UUP	Signed
Jim Dobbin	16/10/2002	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
John Cummings	16/10/2002	Easington	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	16/10/2002	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Iain Luke	16/10/2002	Dundee East	Labour	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	16/10/2002	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Lynne Jones	16/10/2002	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	16/10/2002	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	17/10/2002	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	17/10/2002	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Paul Tyler	17/10/2002	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Bottomley	17/10/2002	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Harry Barnes	17/10/2002	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	17/10/2002	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rob Marris	17/10/2002	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Iris Robinson	17/10/2002	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Linda Perham	21/10/2002	Ilford North	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	21/10/2002	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Annabelle Ewing	21/10/2002	Perth	Scottish National Party	Signed
Paul Flynn	21/10/2002	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	21/10/2002	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Tony Colman	22/10/2002	Putney	Labour	Signed
David Borrow	22/10/2002	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	22/10/2002	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	22/10/2002	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Burnside	22/10/2002	South Antrim	UUP	Signed
Piara S Khabra	22/10/2002	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	22/10/2002	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Syd Rapson	23/10/2002	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	23/10/2002	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Hurst	23/10/2002	Braintree	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	23/10/2002	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	23/10/2002	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Kevin McNamara	23/10/2002	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Peter Bradley	23/10/2002	Wrekin, The	Labour	Signed
David Drew	23/10/2002	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Harold Best	23/10/2002	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Jenny Tonge	23/10/2002	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	24/10/2002	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Simon Thomas	24/10/2002	Ceredigion	Plaid Cymru	Signed
John Lyons	30/10/2002	Strathkelvin & Bearsden	Labour	Signed
Paul Truswell	30/10/2002	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	30/10/2002	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Tony McWalter	31/10/2002	Hemel Hempstead	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Jeff Ennis	04/11/2002	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
David Heyes	05/11/2002	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Tony Clarke	05/11/2002	Northampton South	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	06/11/2002	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	06/11/2002	Bristol North West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Michael Connarty	06/11/2002	Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Brian Cotter	06/11/2002	Weston-Super-Mare	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Barrett	07/11/2002	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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