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Early Day Motions
An Early Day Motion, or EDM, is a motion put down ("tabled") by Members of Parliament calling for a debate on a particular subject. It can be on any area of policy or on issues which affect every day life.
In practice, there is rarely time to debate all EDMs nowadays and their true modern-day purpose is to enable MPs to draw attention to an issue and to canvass support for their views by inviting other Members to add their signatures in support of the motion.
Members may table amendments to existing EDMs. The House of Commons Factsheet Series P no 3 on Early Day Motions, which is available for downloading in PDF format here, gives more information about EDMs.
Click here to see all the EDMs I have signed or sponsored in this session.