Phil Rushton wrote... >I have been in correspondence with my own (Tory) MP who is a >Vice-President of the local canal society. She is very sympathetic >to the cause and has written to Barry Gardiner. >Regarding the EDM she wrote: > >*I regret I am unable to sign this EDM as this is not an >all-party EDM. The names of Members representing all parties >in the House of Commons should be included in the top six >signatories of an EDM if it is to attract maximum support. >Unfortunately this is not the case in this instance* > >I am a little confused by that statement as her husband, >who is the Tory MP for the adjoining constituency, has signed >EDM 2757. > Indeed he has. as have a number of other Tory MPs, including Peter Bottomley, Michael Spicer and Nicholas Soames -- Martin Clark
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