Time Taken To Answer Written Parliamentary Questions (EDM869)

Time Taken To Answer Written Parliamentary Questions

EDM number 869 in 2001-02, proposed by Paul Burstow on 14/02/2002.

That this House notes that the length of time taken by Ministers in the Department of Health to answer parliamentary questions far exceeds the accepted convention of one week; notes that it is taking up to three months and sometimes longer for answers to be supplied by Ministers; further notes that parliamentary questions are one of the few remaining ways that honourable Members are able to hold Her Majesty's Government to account and scrutinise its policies and programmes; believes that Ministers are either deliberately withholding information until it is no longer relevant or are incompetent; and calls upon the House authorities to investigate the reasons for the backlog of unanswered questions to ensure that this House is not bypassed or prevented from undertaking scrutiny of the Executive.

This motion has been signed by a total of 31 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Paul Burstow	14/02/2002	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Bob Spink	25/02/2002	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
Peter Lilley	25/02/2002	Hitchin & Harpenden	Conservative	Signed
Don Foster	25/02/2002	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Matthew Green	25/02/2002	Ludlow	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Hancock	25/02/2002	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Barrett	25/02/2002	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Simon Thomas	25/02/2002	Ceredigion	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Steve Webb	25/02/2002	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Russell	26/02/2002	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Norman Baker	26/02/2002	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew George	26/02/2002	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Breed	26/02/2002	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Laws	26/02/2002	Yeovil	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Holmes	26/02/2002	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Norman Lamb	27/02/2002	North Norfolk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Edward Davey	27/02/2002	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Chidgey	27/02/2002	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	27/02/2002	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Vincent Cable	27/02/2002	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Marsden	27/02/2002	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	28/02/2002	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Brian Cotter	28/02/2002	Weston-Super-Mare	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Tyler	28/02/2002	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Reid	01/03/2002	Argyll & Bute	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nigel Jones	05/03/2002	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Patsy Calton	05/03/2002	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sandra Gidley	08/03/2002	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Adam Price	13/03/2002	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Lembit	03/04/2002	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Widdecombe	11/04/2002	Maidstone & The Weald	Conservative	Signed

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