§ Mr. AllenTo 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. MacGregorThe 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:
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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