Missing Children

EDM number 1159 in 1989-90, proposed by John Reid on 21/06/1990.

That this House is concerned about the plight of the estimated 98, 000 incidences of children who run away each year and end up missing on the streets of our major cities; takes note of the Council of Europe recommendation R79(6) adopted in April 1979, which calls on member countries to develop systems to trace missing persons; further notes the recent report from the Association of Chief Police Officers recommending the establishment of a computerised national register to aid in tracing missing persons; and calls upon the Government to ensure that such a system is set up as a matter of urgency so that these children may be protected from danger, their problems may be addressed and reconciliation may be effected where possible.

This motion has been signed by a total of 184 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.