Appointment Of First Suicide Prevention Minister (EDM1677)

Appointment Of First Suicide Prevention Minister

EDM number 1677 in 2017-19, proposed by Keith Vaz on 10/10/2018.

That this House supports the decision made by the Prime Minister to introduce a Suicide Prevention Minister on World Mental Health Day; notes that in 2017, 821 suicides were registered in the UK; further notes that in the UK men remain three times as likely to take their own life as women; recognises the work that is carried out by the charity The Samaritans in helping those in need; and calls on the Government to focus on suicide prevention alongside continuing to increase mental health support for schools and for the most at risk demographics.

This motion has been signed by a total of 28 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Keith Vaz	10/10/2018	Leicester East	Labour	Proposed
Jim Shannon	11/10/2018	Strangford	DUP	Seconded
Kelvin Hopkins	11/10/2018	Luton North	Labour	Seconded
Lisa Cameron	11/10/2018	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow	Scottish National Party	Seconded
Mary Glindon	11/10/2018	North Tyneside	Labour	Seconded
Chris Stephens	11/10/2018	Glasgow South West	Scottish National Party	Seconded
Martyn Day	15/10/2018	Linlithgow and East Falkirk	Scottish National Party	Signed
Michael Penning	15/10/2018	Hemel Hempstead	Conservative	Signed
Emma Little Pengelly	15/10/2018	Belfast South	DUP	Signed
Gavin Robinson	15/10/2018	Belfast East	DUP	Signed
Jim Cunningham	16/10/2018	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
David Simpson	16/10/2018	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Mike Hill	16/10/2018	Hartlepool	Labour	Signed
Gregory Campbell	17/10/2018	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
David Linden	17/10/2018	Glasgow East	Scottish National Party	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	17/10/2018	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Hannah Bardell	22/10/2018	Livingston	Scottish National Party	Signed
Alan Brown	22/10/2018	Kilmarnock and Loudoun	Scottish National Party	Signed
Ruth George	22/10/2018	High Peak	Labour	Signed
Chris Law	22/10/2018	Dundee West	Scottish National Party	Signed
Caroline Lucas	22/10/2018	Brighton, Pavilion	Green	Signed
Bob Blackman	23/10/2018	Harrow East	Conservative	Signed
Douglas Chapman	26/10/2018	Dunfermline and West Fife	Scottish National Party	Signed
David Crausby	01/11/2018	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Drew Hendry	06/11/2018	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey	Scottish National Party	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	19/11/2018	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Angus MacNeil	19/11/2018	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scottish National Party	Signed
Pete Wishart	21/11/2018	Perth and North Perthshire	Scottish National Party	Signed

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