CONDUCT OF THE HONOURABLE MEMBER FOR NORTH CORNWALL
- Session: 1999-00
- Date tabled: 27.01.2000
- Primary sponsor:
- Sponsors:
That this House notes with surprise the claimed support of the honourable Member for North Cornwall for Agreed Programme Motions (Official Report, 25th January, column 555), particularly because he agreed a Programme Motion for the Criminal Justice (Terrorism and Conspiracy) Bill on 2nd September 1998, then reneged on the agreement in mid-debate and ended up failing to vote at all in the consequent division; and further recalls and notes his comments at the time (Official Report, 2nd September 1998, column 728): 'I am sincerely sorry if I have in any way led the Right honourable Lady (the Member for Derby South) to expect my full support for the whole motion ... I shall withdraw my name from the motion.'; and expresses the hope that if the honourable Member agrees Programme Motions in future, he will abide by them.