Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor David Howarth (Liberal Democrat), on Friday, 9 May 2008, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 82 members in total.
FIXED-TERM PARLIAMENTS
That this House supports the principle of fixing the duration of parliaments by law and removing from the Government the power to call general elections at times of its choosing.
Secondary information
- Type
- Early day motion
- Reference
- 1528
- Session
- 2007-08
- Other sponsors
- Peter Bone
- Kelvin Hopkins
- Graham Allen
- Julia Goldsworthy
- Adrian Sanders
- Subjects
- Elections Electoral systems
- Link
- View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk
Librarians' tools
- Timestamp
- 2022-10-09 11:09:08 +0100
- URI
- http://data.parliament.uk/edms/35798
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