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| Iddon wins ballot to set own law | Iddon wins ballot to set own law |
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| Labour's Brian Iddon has topped the annual MPs' ballot to get a shot at making their own law. | Labour's Brian Iddon has topped the annual MPs' ballot to get a shot at making their own law. |
| Fellow Labour MPs David Chaytor, Andrew Gwynne and Albert Owen followed him in the private members' bills ballot. | |
| They will be given parliamentary time to launch bills but to get them through they must have government and cross-party support. | They will be given parliamentary time to launch bills but to get them through they must have government and cross-party support. |
| Bolton South East MP Mr Iddon came 17th in the 2002 ballot but still got his Marine Safety Bill through Parliament. | Bolton South East MP Mr Iddon came 17th in the 2002 ballot but still got his Marine Safety Bill through Parliament. |
| But the government already faces time pressures on its own bills, announced in the Queen's Speech, and has admitted it will not get all of them through before the general election, which must be called by June 2010 and at which Mr Iddon is retiring. | But the government already faces time pressures on its own bills, announced in the Queen's Speech, and has admitted it will not get all of them through before the general election, which must be called by June 2010 and at which Mr Iddon is retiring. |
| TOP TEN FROM BALLOT Brian Iddon, LabDavid Chaytor, LabAndrew Gwynne, LabAlbert Owen, LabJulie Morgan, LabAnthony Steen, ConAlistair Burt, ConJohn Smith, LabChris Grayling, ConNigel Dodds, DUP | |
| Mr Iddon's office said that he did not yet know what subject he would choose for his bill. | Mr Iddon's office said that he did not yet know what subject he would choose for his bill. |
| But they had already been contacted by campaign groups within half an hour of his name being drawn on Thursday morning. As his name was first out of the ballot, his will be the first to be debated. | But they had already been contacted by campaign groups within half an hour of his name being drawn on Thursday morning. As his name was first out of the ballot, his will be the first to be debated. |
| MPs do not have to decide on the subject of their bills for some weeks and in the meantime are subject to intense lobbying from pressure groups, campaigners and their own colleagues. | MPs do not have to decide on the subject of their bills for some weeks and in the meantime are subject to intense lobbying from pressure groups, campaigners and their own colleagues. |
| Last year's winner, Conservative MP Cheryl Gillan, successfully piloted an Autism Bill through Parliament which became law in October. | Last year's winner, Conservative MP Cheryl Gillan, successfully piloted an Autism Bill through Parliament which became law in October. |
| Another Conservative, Michael Fallon, topped the bill the previous year and got a planning and energy bill, relating to energy efficiency in new homes, made law. | Another Conservative, Michael Fallon, topped the bill the previous year and got a planning and energy bill, relating to energy efficiency in new homes, made law. |
| The ballot is held every year, on the second Thursday of the parliamentary session. Time for private members' bills is limited and the ballot allows for a degree of prioritising. Several Fridays are set aside for debates. | The ballot is held every year, on the second Thursday of the parliamentary session. Time for private members' bills is limited and the ballot allows for a degree of prioritising. Several Fridays are set aside for debates. |