REMOVAL OF HEREDITARY PEERAGE

Early day motion 520, tabled 17 January 2005 by Neil Gerrard (Labour). Signed by 48 members.

That this House believes that immediate steps should be taken to strip Mark Thatcher of his hereditary peerage after his plea of guilty to helping to finance a coup plot in Equatorial Guinea; and urges the Government to bring forward the necessary legislation.

Signatures by party: Labour 29, Liberal Democrat 12, Plaid Cymru 4, Labour/Co-operative 3.