Modernisation of the House of Commons — Handheld email devices — 25 Oct 2007 at 16:45

The majority voted to accept the recommendation by the Select Committee on the Modernisation of the House of Commons[1] to permit the use of handheld devices to keep up to date with emails in the Chamber where the votes and speeches take place.

This was done by voting against inserting the statement:

  • "...but excluding the proposed acceptance of the Committee's recommendation 35, as set out in paragraph 31 of the Government's response, that the use of handheld devices to keep up to date with emails should be permitted in the Chamber."[2]

at the end of the motion:

  • This House welcomes the First Report of the Select Committee on Modernisation of the House of Commons on Revitalising the Chamber: the role of the back bench Member (House of Commons Paper No. 337)[3] and approves the proposals for changes in the procedures and practices of the House set out in the Government's response to the report (Cm. 7231),[4] including the proposals for topical questions.

which passed without a vote following the rejection of the amendment.

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NameConstituencyPartyVote
Gerald HowarthAldershotCon (front bench)aye
Richard ShepherdAldridge-BrownhillsCon (front bench)aye
Geoff HoonAshfieldLab (minister)no
David LidingtonAylesburyCon (front bench)no
Tony BaldryBanburyConno
Martin LintonBatterseaLabno
Dominic GrieveBeaconsfieldCon (front bench)no
Patrick HallBedfordLab (minister)no
Gisela StuartBirmingham, EdgbastonLab (minister)aye
Steve McCabeBirmingham, Hall GreenLab (minister)no
Helen GoodmanBishop AucklandLab (minister)no
Dai DaviesBlaenau GwentIndependentno
Dennis SkinnerBolsoverLab (minister)aye
Brian IddonBolton South EastLab (minister)aye
Tobias EllwoodBournemouth EastCon (front bench)no
Ian CawseyBrigg and GooleLabno
Kerry McCarthyBristol EastLab (minister)no
John BercowBuckinghamwhilst Con (front bench)no
Wayne DavidCaerphillyLab (minister)no
Harriet HarmanCamberwell and PeckhamLab (minister)no
David HowarthCambridgeLDem (front bench)no
Jennifer WillottCardiff CentralLDem (front bench)no
Jonathan R ShawChatham and AylesfordLab (minister)no
Martin HorwoodCheltenhamLDem (front bench)no
Mark FieldCities of London and WestminsterConaye
Bob RussellColchesterLDem (front bench)aye
Ann WintertonCongletonCon (front bench)tellaye
Laura MoffattCrawleyLab (minister)no
Gwyneth DunwoodyCrewe and NantwichLab (minister)aye
Richard OttawayCroydon SouthCon (front bench)no
Steve PoundEaling NorthLab (minister)no
Jo SwinsonEast DunbartonshireLDem (front bench)no
Greg KnightEast YorkshireCon (front bench)no
Andrew LoveEdmontonLab (minister)no
Andrew MillerEllesmere Port and NestonLab (minister)no
David BurrowesEnfield, SouthgateCon (front bench)no
Martin CatonGowerLab (minister)no
Meg HillierHackney South and ShoreditchLab (minister)no
Derek TwiggHaltonLab (minister)no
Mike PenningHemel HempsteadCon (front bench)no
Paul KeetchHerefordLDem (front bench)aye
Tom LevittHigh PeakLabno
Peter LilleyHitchin and HarpendenConno
Barry SheermanHuddersfieldLab (minister)no
Jonathan DjanoglyHuntingdonCon (front bench)no
Ann CryerKeighleyLab (minister)no
Philip HolloboneKetteringCon (front bench)aye
John PrescottKingston upon Hull EastLabaye
Edward O'HaraKnowsley SouthLab (minister)no
Peter SoulsbyLeicester SouthLab (minister)tellno
Bill WigginLeominsterCon (front bench)no
Jim DowdLewisham WestLab (minister)aye
Joan RuddockLewisham, DeptfordLab (minister)no
Harry CohenLeyton and WansteadLab (minister)no
Gillian MerronLincolnLab (minister)no
Michael ConnartyLinlithgow and East FalkirkLab (minister)no
Maria EagleLiverpool, GarstonLab (minister)no
Kelvin HopkinsLuton NorthLab (minister)aye
Nicholas WintertonMacclesfieldCon (front bench)aye
Theresa MayMaidenheadCon (front bench)no
Ann WiddecombeMaidstone and The WealdContellaye
John WhittingdaleMaldon and East ChelmsfordCon (front bench)no
Tony LloydManchester CentralLab (minister)no
Gerald KaufmanManchester, GortonLab (minister)aye
Peter LuffMid WorcestershireCon (front bench)no
Ashok KumarMiddlesbrough South and East ClevelandLab (minister)no
Phyllis StarkeyMilton Keynes South WestLab (minister)no
Kevan JonesNorth DurhamLab (minister)tellno
Simon HughesNorth Southwark and BermondseyLDem (front bench)aye
Stephen ByersNorth TynesideLabno
Hilary ArmstrongNorth West DurhamLabno
George YoungNorth West HampshireCon (front bench)no
Sally KeebleNorthampton NorthLab (minister)no
Brian BinleyNorthampton SouthCon (front bench)aye
Ian GibsonNorwich NorthLab (minister)no
Bill OlnerNuneatonLab (minister)no
John HoramOrpingtonCon (front bench)aye
Justine GreeningPutneyCon (front bench)aye
Martin SalterReading WestLab (minister)no
Vera BairdRedcarLab (minister)no
Chris BryantRhonddaLab (minister)no
Andrew RosindellRomfordCon (front bench)no
Janet AndersonRossendale and DarwenLab (minister)aye
Denis MacShaneRotherhamLabno
Meg MunnSheffield, HeeleyLab (minister)no
Philip DaviesShipleyConaye
David HeathSomerton and FromeLDem (front bench)aye
John HayesSouth Holland and The DeepingsCon (front bench)aye
Patrick CormackSouth StaffordshireCon (front bench)aye
Tim YeoSouth SuffolkCon (front bench)no
Andrew SelousSouth West BedfordshireCon (front bench)no
Sir David AmessSouthend WestCon (front bench)aye
David WilshireSpelthorneCon (front bench)aye
Dave WattsSt Helens NorthLab (minister)no
Bill CashStoneCon (front bench)aye
John MaplesStratford-on-AvonCon (front bench)no
David DrewStroudLab (minister)no
Sadiq KhanTootingLab (minister)no
Adrian SandersTorbayLDem (front bench)aye
Anthony SteenTotnesCon (front bench)aye
Matthew TaylorTruro and St AustellLDemno
Kate HoeyVauxhallLabaye
Angela EagleWallaseyLab (minister)no
Ed VaizeyWantageCon (front bench)no
John SpellarWarleyLabno
Bob BlizzardWaveneyLab (minister)no
Peter BoneWellingboroughCon (front bench)aye
David Heathcoat-AmoryWellsCon (front bench)aye
Tom WatsonWest Bromwich EastLab (minister)no
Michael SpicerWest WorcestershireCon (front bench)aye
Andrew MurrisonWestburyCon (front bench)aye
Humfrey MalinsWokingCon (front bench)aye
John RedwoodWokinghamConno
Peter BottomleyWorthing WestCon (front bench)aye

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