What should an MP do if they sign an EDM? Encore

Well, well. It seems to be a trend.

First we had Labour MP David Anderson signing an EDM (Parliamentary petition) against something but voting for it in Parliament.

And now we have Labour MP Jim Dobbin who signed EDM 317: “That this House is concerned that the Government’s decision to withdraw funding from the institutions for equivalent or lower qualification students will have a disproportionate impact on the part-time sector in general and on specific institutions such as Birkbeck and the Open University…”

But when there was a vote in Parliament on the very same point what did he do? Well, having signed the EDM against the cuts didn’t stop him then voting for them.

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