On 27/10/06, Randolph Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Oct 27, 2006, at 3:54 PM, Martin wrote:
>
> > John and Ann wrote...
> >> From: [email protected] [mailto:canals-
> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> >> Behalf Of Randolph Lee
> >>> On Oct 27, 2006, at 12:25 PM, Phil Rushton wrote:
> >>>> I am a little confused by that statement as her husband,
> >>>> who is the Tory MP for the adjoining constituency, has
> >>>> signed EDM 2757.
> >>
> >>> Would someone like to translate/explain that to those of us
> >>> not up on the arcane points of parliamentary procedure?
> >>> I am more than a little confused as to why any MP Front or
> >>> Back bench is not able to sign on to anything they agree with!
There is no such rule. That is why the EDM has been signed by MPs from
all parties.
It is true that it can be good tactics to get MPs from as many parties
as possible to be in the first six if you are going for maximum
signatories. But MPs tend to stick with their own, and tend to ask
their mates for signatories at first.
But there are also MPs who refuse to sign all-party EDMs (and others
who think EDMs are a waste of time, and won't sign any).
And in any case a lot of what are called rules are simply conventions
- such as front benchers not signing EDMs. It is not always observed.
--
Nigel Stanley
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