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Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Louise Ellman (Labour and Co-operative Party), on Monday, 6 March 2000, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 141 members in total.

CAMPAIGN FOR THE ENGLISH REGIONS

That this House welcomes the launch of the Campaign for the English Regions on 7th March; backs the call for directly-elected regional assemblies; supports the current work undertaken by campaigns and constitutional conventions in the different English regions; and welcomes efforts to enable the regions of England to have devolved government appropriate to their needs, following the precedent set by Scotland, Wales and London, together with effective local government responsive to communities.

Amendments

The Early day motion has received an amendment.

CAMPAIGN FOR THE ENGLISH REGIONS (474A1)
The Early day motion has received an amendment sponsored by Andrew George (primary, Liberal Democrat) and tabled on Tuesday, 7 March 2000. It has been signed by 14 members in total.
leave out from beginning to end of line 6 and add 'recognises that some regions do not coincide with the boundaries of central government defined regions which were designed for administrative convenience rather than to reflect regional identity; and welcomes efforts to enable regions to have devolved government appropriate to their needs, following the precedent of devolving power to places with regional identity and cultural and historic integrity, as was the case in Scotland and Wales.'.

Secondary information

Type
Early day motion
Reference
474 
474A1 
Session
1999-00
Subjects
Devolution Regional government
Link
View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk