Part of the debate – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 13 Rhagfyr 1973.
Mr Kenneth Warren
, Hastings
12:00,
13 Rhagfyr 1973
Will my right hon. Friend be prepared to give time in the near future to debate Early Day Motion No. 103 calling for the banning of beam trawling by Her Majesty's Government around the coasts of this country which has received support from 60 hon. Members on both sides of the House?
An Early Day Motion (EDM) is a motion put down, or tabled, on the order paper by a group of Members of Parliament calling for a debate on a particular subject.
In recent years the increasing number of EDMs has meant that time is very rarely found for them to be debated.
The modern-day purpose of EDMs is to allow MPs to express their opinion on a subject and to canvass support for their views by inviting other members to add their signatures in support of the motion.
As a general rule, EDMs will only be debated if they can gain the support of over half the MPs in the House.
