Law On Murder (EDM259)

Law On Murder

EDM number 259 in 1993-94, proposed by Alan Milburn on 14/12/1993.

That this House expresses its condolences to the family of Michael Gibson, who died on 30th August 1993, after a violent assault in Darlington town centre left him comatosed for 16 months; is horrified that Michael's assailant received a prison sentence of just two years because the existing definition of murder in England stipulates that a victim must die within 366 days of an assault taking place for a charge of murder to be brought; believes that this ancient law takes no account of advances in medical technology which can keep comatosed patients alive for many years; deplores the injustice suffered by the Gibson family; and calls for an urgent independent review of this law so that this House can decide on a new definition of murder.

This motion has been signed by a total of 47 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Type
Alan Milburn	14/12/1993	Darlington	Proposed
Colin Pickthall	15/12/1993	West Lancashire	Signed
Harry Barnes	15/12/1993	North East Derbyshire	Signed
Mike Hall	15/12/1993	Warrington South	Signed
John Evans	15/12/1993	St Helens North	Signed
Terry Davis	15/12/1993	Birmingham, Hodge Hill	Signed
Jean Corston	15/12/1993	Bristol East	Signed
Michael Connarty	15/12/1993	Falkirk East	Signed
Michael Clapham	15/12/1993	Barnsley West & Penistone	Signed
Keith Bradley	15/12/1993	Manchester, Withington	Signed
Edward O'Hara	15/12/1993	Knowsley South	Signed
William McKelvey	15/12/1993	Kilmarnock & Loudoun	Signed
John McAllion	15/12/1993	Dundee East	Signed
Ken Livingstone	15/12/1993	Brent East	Signed
Glenda Jackson	15/12/1993	Hampstead & Highgate	Signed
Eric Illsley	15/12/1993	Barnsley Central	Signed
Ernie Ross	15/12/1993	Dundee West	Signed
Bridget Prentice	15/12/1993	Lewisham East	Signed
Jack Thompson	16/12/1993	Wansbeck	Signed
Gerry Steinberg	16/12/1993	Durham, City of	Signed
Peter Bottomley	16/12/1993	Eltham	Signed
Hugh Bayley	16/12/1993	York, City of	Signed
John Gunnell	16/12/1993	Leeds South and Morley	Signed
Bill Etherington	16/12/1993	Sunderland North	Signed
Win Griffiths	16/12/1993	Bridgend	Signed
Jimmy Dunnachie	16/12/1993	Glasgow, Pollok	Signed
Jim Dowd	16/12/1993	Lewisham West	Signed
John Cummings	16/12/1993	Easington	Signed
Lynne Jones	16/12/1993	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Signed
John Hutton	16/12/1993	Barrow & Furness	Signed
Paul Flynn	16/12/1993	Newport West	Signed
Mike Gapes	17/12/1993	Ilford South	Signed
Llin Golding	17/12/1993	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Signed
Alex Carlile	11/01/1994	Montgomery	Signed
Geoff Hoon	12/01/1994	Ashfield	Signed
David Clelland	12/01/1994	Tyne Bridge	Signed
John Heppell	12/01/1994	Nottingham East	Signed
Terry Patchett	12/01/1994	Barnsley East	Signed
Robert Parry	13/01/1994	Liverpool, Riverside	Signed
Nigel Jones	13/01/1994	Cheltenham	Signed
Anne Campbell	13/01/1994	Cambridge	Signed
Greg Pope	25/01/1994	Hyndburn	Signed
Andrew Miller	27/01/1994	Ellesmere Port & Neston	Signed
Alan Simpson	03/02/1994	Nottingham South	Signed
Roland Boyes	03/02/1994	Houghton and Washington	Signed
Dale Campbell-Savours	03/02/1994	Workington	Signed
Tommy Graham	03/02/1994	Renfrew West and Inverclyde	Signed

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