Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Gordon Prentice (Labour), on Wednesday, 17 December 2008, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 13 members in total.
ELECTION OF THE SPEAKER
That this House hopes a convention will be established which sees the election of the Speaker taking place towards the end of a Parliament when hon. Members are well placed to assess the merits of the candidates and not as the first item of business of a newly-elected Parliament.
Secondary information
- Type
- Early day motion
- Reference
- 336
- Session
- 2008-09
- Other sponsors
- Peter Bottomley
- Paul Flynn
- Kelvin Hopkins
- Lynne Jones
- Mike Hancock
- Subjects
- Parliamentary procedure Speaker
- Link
- View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk
Librarians' tools
- Timestamp
- 2022-10-15 19:12:11 +0100
- URI
- http://data.parliament.uk/edms/37347
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