Appointment To Select Committees (EDM118)

Appointment To Select Committees

EDM number 118 in 2008-09, proposed by Dai Davies on 04/12/2008.
Categorised under the topic of Public administration.

That this House believes that appointment to select committees of this House should be based on experience, knowledge and merit; further believes that the work of Government departments is improved by proper scrutiny by select committees; and further believes that the political patronage of party whips and the way hon. Members have voted on Government motions should not be used as a definitive criterion in the selection of membership of select committees.

This motion has been signed by a total of 24 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Dai Davies	04/12/2008	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Proposed
Peter Bottomley	08/12/2008	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Bob Spink	08/12/2008	Castle Point	Independent	Seconded
Evan Harris	08/12/2008	Oxford West and Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Brian Iddon	08/12/2008	Bolton South East	Labour	Seconded
John McDonnell	08/12/2008	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	08/12/2008	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	08/12/2008	Keighley	Labour	Signed
David Drew	08/12/2008	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	08/12/2008	Newport West	Labour	Signed
John Leech	08/12/2008	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gregory Campbell	09/12/2008	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Andrew George	09/12/2008	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Durkan	09/12/2008	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Andrew Dismore	09/12/2008	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	09/12/2008	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	10/12/2008	Gower	Labour	Signed
Jo Swinson	10/12/2008	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Hemming	11/12/2008	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Frank Cook	16/12/2008	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Hywel Williams	18/12/2008	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Richard Taylor	12/01/2009	Wyre Forest	Independent	Signed
Marsha Singh	13/01/2009	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Ian Gibson	Unknown			Withdrawn

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