Early-Day Motions

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 10:03 pm on 6 February 2012.

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Photo of Graham Evans Graham Evans Conservative, Weaver Vale 10:03, 6 February 2012

I am most grateful for that intervention.

There is considerable and growing support from colleagues from both sides of this House for this issue to be looked at. Personally, I am very much open to debate on whether we simply abolish or dramatically reform early-day motions. I have had a number of conversations with colleagues and the staff of the Table Office and there are plenty of ideas floating around about how early-day motions can be improved. They must be made more cost-effective, but we could also look at limiting the number that an individual Member can table and sign in a single Parliament and perhaps guarantee that the few early-day motions with the most support are guaranteed to be debated.