EARLY DAY MOTIONS OF MORE THAN ONE SENTENCE

Early day motion 1701, tabled 23 July 2002 by Richard Burden (Labour). Signed by 25 members.

That this House calls for the modernisation of the parliamentary rules regarding early day motions and in particular the requirement for a motion to be confined to one sentence; believes that it leads to poor expression, bad grammar, needless lists and excessive use of semi-colons, techniques which set poor grammatical standards unworthy of honourable Members; notes that a maximum word limit would suffice as a replacement ruling that would still encourage brevity; and resolves to end the requirement for early day motions to be no more than one sentence.

Signatures by party: Labour 17, Liberal Democrat 5, Labour/Co-operative 2, Plaid Cymru 1.