CONDUCT OF LABOUR HON. MEMBERS AT MAY 2006 FUNDRAISER

Early day motion 2224, tabled 22 May 2006 by Lord Jackson of Peterborough (Conservative). Signed by 43 members.

That this House notes that senior members of the Labour Party including hon. Members and Government Ministers attended a party fundraising event in May at the Arts Club in Mayfair; further notes that a copy of the official report by Lord Hutton into the death of Government scientist Dr David Kelly, signed by Ms Cherie Booth QC, was auctioned for party funds raising £400; believes this conduct to be in appalling bad taste, arrogant and crassly insensitive in seeking to make money, albeit indirectly, through hawking, as a novelty item, an official Government report into the death of a public servant; regrets the distress caused to the family and friends of the late Dr Kelly; calls on the Labour Party to apologise for such tasteless and offensive conduct and to donate the money raised to an appropriate charity; and deprecates such conduct by hon. Members.

Signatures by party: Conservative 29, Liberal Democrat 10, Labour 2, Plaid Cymru 2.