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CONSTITUENTS' CORRESPONDENCE AND THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000

EDM number 1540 in 2006-07, proposed by Martin Salter on 22/05/2007.

That this House notes that the House of Commons guidance note Freedom of Information and Members' Correspondence with Public Authorities, published in December 2005, makes it clear that a public authority may be required to release a copy of hon. Members' correspondence if it receives a relevant request even though constituents may not be aware of the risk of material being disclosed; believes that it is absolutely essential that constituents are able to contact their hon. Member on a confidential basis; supports measures to protect from disclosure correspondence from constituents and their representatives to hon. Members and from hon. Members on behalf of constituents and their representatives to public authorities but believes that all other matters relating to the administration of the House, including hon. Members' allowances, budgets, use of contractors, purchasing policy and other matters, should be subject to public disclosure on an annual basis; and calls upon the Leader of the House to table a motion to this end to be voted upon by hon. and right hon. Members.

This motion has been signed by a total of 69 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Martin Salter22/05/2007Reading WestLabourProposed
John Spellar22/05/2007WarleyLabourSeconded
Bob Laxton22/05/2007Derby NorthLabourSeconded
Graham Allen22/05/2007Nottingham NorthLabourSeconded
Angela Smith22/05/2007Sheffield, HillsboroughLabourSeconded
Laura Moffatt22/05/2007CrawleyLabourSeconded
Colin Burgon22/05/2007ElmetLabourSigned
Andrew Gwynne22/05/2007Denton and ReddishLabourSigned
Roberta Blackman-Woods22/05/2007City of DurhamLabourSigned
David Wright22/05/2007TelfordLabourSigned
Russell Brown22/05/2007Dumfries and GallowayLabourSigned
Denis Murphy22/05/2007WansbeckLabourSigned
Robert Marshall-Andrews22/05/2007MedwayLabourSigned
David Marshall22/05/2007Glasgow EastLabourSigned
Tony Lloyd22/05/2007Manchester CentralLabourSigned
Tom Levitt22/05/2007High PeakLabourSigned
Martyn Jones22/05/2007Clwyd SouthLabourSigned
Kevan Jones22/05/2007North DurhamLabourSigned
Geoffrey Robinson23/05/2007Coventry North WestLabourSigned
Rudi Vis23/05/2007Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
David Taylor23/05/2007North West LeicestershireLabourSigned
Peter Bottomley23/05/2007Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Janet Anderson23/05/2007Rossendale and DarwenLabourSigned
Andrew Dismore23/05/2007HendonLabourSigned
Janet Dean23/05/2007BurtonLabourSigned
Harry Cohen23/05/2007Leyton and WansteadLabourSigned
Chris McCafferty23/05/2007Calder ValleyLabourSigned
Khalid Mahmood23/05/2007Birmingham, Perry BarrLabourSigned
Ken Purchase23/05/2007Wolverhampton North EastLabourSigned
Jim Devine24/05/2007LivingstonLabourSigned
Sarah McCarthy-Fry24/05/2007Portsmouth NorthLabourSigned
Ian Stewart24/05/2007EcclesLabourSigned
Clive Betts24/05/2007Sheffield, AttercliffeLabourSigned
Mike Gapes24/05/2007Ilford SouthLabourSigned
Ian Davidson24/05/2007Glasgow South WestLabourSigned
Colin Challen24/05/2007Morley and RothwellLabourSigned
Karen Buck24/05/2007Regent's Park and Kensington NorthLabourSigned
Alun Michael24/05/2007Cardiff South and PenarthLabourSigned
Dai Havard24/05/2007Merthyr Tydfil and RhymneyLabourSigned
Greg Pope24/05/2007HyndburnLabourSigned
Hywel Francis24/05/2007AberavonLabourSigned
Marsha Singh04/06/2007Bradford WestLabourSigned
Bob Spink04/06/2007Castle PointConservativeSigned
David Heyes04/06/2007Ashton-under-LyneLabourSigned
Rob Marris04/06/2007Wolverhampton South WestLabourSigned
Alasdair McDonnell04/06/2007Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Ann McKechin04/06/2007Glasgow NorthLabourSigned
Elliot Morley04/06/2007ScunthorpeLabourSigned
Betty Williams04/06/2007ConwyLabourSigned
Roger Godsiff05/06/2007Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small HeathLabourSigned
Jeff Ennis05/06/2007Barnsley East and MexboroughLabourSigned
Ann Cryer05/06/2007KeighleyLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin05/06/2007Heywood and MiddletonLabourSigned
Elfyn Llwyd06/06/2007Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Ronnie Campbell06/06/2007Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
John Robertson11/06/2007Glasgow North WestLabourSigned
Nick Harvey11/06/2007North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Joan Walley11/06/2007Stoke-on-Trent NorthLabourSigned
David Anderson11/06/2007BlaydonLabourSigned
John Austin13/06/2007Erith and ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Alan Simpson13/06/2007Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Eric Martlew14/06/2007CarlisleLabourSigned
Eric Illsley20/06/2007Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Jim Dowd20/06/2007Lewisham WestLabourSigned
Brian Jenkins25/06/2007TamworthLabourSigned
Bill Etherington28/06/2007Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Andrew Pelling24/07/2007Croydon CentralConservativeSigned
Mark TamiUnknownWithdrawn
Tom WatsonUnknownWithdrawn

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