Orders of the Day — European Union (Audit of Benefits and Costs of UK Membership) Bill — 20 Jun 2008 at 13:37
I beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time.
I begin by thanking the sponsors of my Bill, my hon. Friends the Members for Wellingborough (Mr. Bone), for Stone (Mr. Cash) and for Ribble Valley (Mr. Evans), my right hon. Friend the Member for Wells (Mr. Heathcoat-Amory), my hon. Friends the Members for Poole (Mr. Syms), for Isle of Wight (Mr. Turner), for Gosport (Sir Peter Viggers) and for Macclesfield (Sir Nicholas Winterton) and the hon. Member for Castle Point (Bob Spink). At the time when the Bill was drafted and presented, they were all my hon. Friends. All bar one still are, and since then my hon. Friend the Member for Gosport has rightly been awarded a knighthood in the honours list.
Question put, That the Bill be read a Second time.
The House divided: Ayes 8, Noes 0.
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Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
John Baron | Billericay | Con (front bench) | aye |
Simon Burns | West Chelmsford | Con (front bench) | aye |
Christopher Chope | Christchurch | Con (front bench) | aye |
Nigel Evans | Ribble Valley | Con | tellaye |
Mark Francois | Rayleigh | Con (front bench) | aye |
David Heathcoat-Amory | Wells | Con (front bench) | aye |
Hugo Swire | East Devon | Con | aye |
Robert Syms | Poole | Con (front bench) | tellaye |
Ann Widdecombe | Maidstone and The Weald | Con | aye |
Tony Cunningham | Workington | Lab (minister) | tellno |
Sadiq Khan | Tooting | Lab (minister) | tellno |
Edward Davey | Kingston and Surbiton | LDem (front bench) | aye |