§ Mr. Simon HughesTo ask the Lord President of the Council if he will produce a table to show in descending order the 30 Members who tabled the most written questions last Session, indicating in each case how many were tabled.
§ Mr. MacGregor[holding answer 12 November 1990]: The information requested is as follows:
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Member Total number of written questions tabled 1. Mr. Austin Mitchell 820 2. Mr. Frank Dobson 705 3. Mr. Dafydd Elis Thomas 673 4. Mr. Paul Flynn 639 5. Mr. Dafydd Wigley 601 6. Mr. Graham Allen 581 7. Mr. Martin Redmond 580 8. Mr. Ron Davies 508
Member Total number of written questions tabled 9. Mr. Keith Vaz 500 10. Mr. Alun Michael 472 11. Mr. Tony Banks 459 12. Mr. Simon Hughes 440 13. Mr. Tam Dalyell 437 14. Mr. Harry Cohen 435 15. Dr. David Clark 402 16. Mr. Barry Jones 390 17. Rt. Hon. Jack Ashley 363 18. Mr. Rhodri Morgan 363 19. Mrs. Teresa Gorman 316 20. Mr. Jim Cousins 315 21. Mr. Nicholas Bennett 308 22. Mr. Michael Meacher 294 23. Ms. Joan Walley 291 24. Mr. Matthew Taylor 290 25. Mr. William Ross 286 26. Mr. Malcolm Bruce 285 27. Mr. Tony Lloyd 281 28. Mr. Martin O'Neill 278 29. Mr. Gareth Wardell 275 30. Mr. David Alton 275