Conduct Of Labour Hon. Members At May 2006 Fundraiser

EDM number 2224 in 2005-06, proposed by Stewart Jackson on 22/05/2006.

That this House notes that senior members of the Labour Party including hon. Members and Government Ministers attended a party fundraising event in May at the Arts Club in Mayfair; further notes that a copy of the official report by Lord Hutton into the death of Government scientist Dr David Kelly, signed by Ms Cherie Booth QC, was auctioned for party funds raising £400; believes this conduct to be in appalling bad taste, arrogant and crassly insensitive in seeking to make money, albeit indirectly, through hawking, as a novelty item, an official Government report into the death of a public servant; regrets the distress caused to the family and friends of the late Dr Kelly; calls on the Labour Party to apologise for such tasteless and offensive conduct and to donate the money raised to an appropriate charity; and deprecates such conduct by hon. Members.

This motion has been signed by a total of 43 MPs.