HC Deb 20 December 1991 vol 201 cc378-9W
Mr. Allen

To ask the Lord President of the Council if he will publish a table showing in descending order the 30 Members who tabled the most written questions in Session 1990–91, indicating how many were tabled.

Mr. MacGregor

The precise information requested, on questions tabled, is not available. The Members receiving the most answers to written questions, as recorded on the House of Commons Library's POLIS database, were as follows:

Number of questions
1. The hon. Member for Newport, West (Mr. Flynn) 928
2. The hon. Member for Don Valley (Mr. Redmond) 646
3. The hon. Member for Holborn and St. Pancras (Mr. Dobson) 593
4. The hon. Member for Cardiff, West (Mr. Morgan) 560
5. The hon. Member for Leyton (Mr. Cohen) 527
6. The hon. Member for Nottingham, North (Mr. Allen) 465
7. The hon. Member for Linlithgow (Mr. Dalyell) 429
8. The hon. Member for Wakefield (Mr. Hinchliffe) 393
9. The hon. Member for Southwark and Bermondsey (Mr. S. Hughes) 384
10. The hon. Member for South Shields (Dr. D. Clark) 359
11. The hon. Member for Great Grimsby (Mr. Austin Mitchell) 353
12. The hon. Member for Clackmannan (Mr. O'Neill) 345
13. The hon. Member for Caernarfon (Mr. Wigley) 339
14. The hon. Member for Alyn and Deeside (Mr. B. Jones) 329
15. The hon. Member for Caerphilly (Mr. R. Davies) 314
16. The hon. Member for Cardiff, South and Penarth (Mr. Michael) 301
17. The hon. Member for Paisley, South (Mr. McMaster) 275
18. The hon. Member for Gower (Mr. Wardell) 242
19. The hon. Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire (Mr. Kirkwood) 237
20. The hon. Member for Sheffield, Brightside (Mr. Blunkett) 230
21. The hon. Member for Ncwham, North West (Mr. T. Banks) 218
22. The hon. Member for Cynon Valley (Mrs. Clwyd) 216

Number of questions
23. The hon. Member for Newcastle Upon Tyne, Central (Mr. Cousins) 216
24. The hon. Member for Greenock and Port Glasgow (Dr. Godman) 212
25. The hon. Member for Strangford (Mr. John D. Taylor) 210
26. The hon. Member for Dundee, East (Mr. McAllion) 209
27. The hon. Member for Coventry, South East (Mr. Nellist) 205
28. The hon. Member for Bradford, West (Mr. Madden) 203
29. The hon. Member for Southport (Mr. Fearn) 197
30. The hon. Member for Leeds, West (Mr. Battle) 191