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Plight Of Abandoned Children

EDM number 193 in 1994-95, proposed by Nigel Griffiths on 06/12/1994.

That this House is deeply concerned at the growing global problem of abandoned children; welcomes the petition that Fired Up has handed to the British Prime Minister containing more than 78,000 signatures; notes that the petition calls upon the Prime Minister to do everything he can to keep the plight of street children at the forefront of the international agenda and to communicate the concerns of the British public to the relevant authorities wherever violence and abuse against street children occurs, urging the Prime Minister to show his commitment to the above by asking the Overseas Development Administration to match the monies raised by Fired Up's Streets Apart Weekend to provide direct assistance to long term strategic projects which benefit abandoned children; wholeheartedly supports this petition; and urges the Prime Minister to fulfil the requests embodies in it as a matter of urgency.

This motion has been signed by a total of 53 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Nigel Griffiths06/12/1994Edinburgh SouthProposed
David Alton06/12/1994Liverpool Mossley HillSigned
Andrew Bowden06/12/1994Brighton, KemptownSigned
Paul Tyler07/12/1994North CornwallSigned
James Wray07/12/1994Glasgow ProvanSigned
Paddy Tipping07/12/1994SherwoodSigned
John Battle07/12/1994Leeds WestSigned
Harry Barnes07/12/1994North East DerbyshireSigned
Janet Anderson07/12/1994Rossendale & DarwenSigned
Norman Godman07/12/1994Greenock and Port GlasgowSigned
John Evans07/12/1994St Helens NorthSigned
Jimmy Dunnachie07/12/1994Glasgow, PollokSigned
Terry Davis07/12/1994Birmingham, Hodge HillSigned
Lawrence Cunliffe07/12/1994LeighSigned
John Cummings07/12/1994EasingtonSigned
Eric Clarke07/12/1994MidlothianSigned
Michael Connarty07/12/1994Falkirk EastSigned
Greg Pope07/12/1994HyndburnSigned
Ernie Ross07/12/1994Dundee WestSigned
Martin Smyth07/12/1994Belfast SouthSigned
John Heppell07/12/1994Nottingham EastSigned
Lynne Jones07/12/1994Birmingham, Selly OakSigned
Andrew MacKinlay07/12/1994ThurrockSigned
John McAllion07/12/1994Dundee EastSigned
William McKelvey07/12/1994Kilmarnock & LoudounSigned
Alan Meale07/12/1994MansfieldSigned
Bill Michie07/12/1994Sheffield, HeeleySigned
Ray Michie07/12/1994Argyll & ButeSigned
Mike Hall08/12/1994Warrington SouthSigned
Tommy Graham08/12/1994Renfrew West and InverclydeSigned
Maria Fyfe08/12/1994Glasgow, MaryhillSigned
Jim Dowd08/12/1994Lewisham WestSigned
Alex Carlile08/12/1994MontgomerySigned
Calum MacDonald08/12/1994Na h-Eileanan an IarSigned
John Hutton08/12/1994Barrow & FurnessSigned
Jeremy Corbyn08/12/1994Islington NorthSigned
Peter Hardy09/12/1994WentworthSigned
Colin Pickthall12/12/1994West LancashireSigned
Joe Benton12/12/1994BootleSigned
Dennis Turner12/12/1994Wolverhampton South EastSigned
Max Madden13/12/1994Bradford WestSigned
Jack Thompson14/12/1994WansbeckSigned
Dafydd Wigley14/12/1994CaernarfonSigned
Ian McCartney14/12/1994MakerfieldSigned
Elfyn Llwyd15/12/1994Meirionnydd Nant ConwySigned
Harry Cohen15/12/1994LeytonSigned
Bill Etherington15/12/1994Sunderland NorthSigned
Win Griffiths15/12/1994BridgendSigned
Audrey Wise15/12/1994PrestonSigned
Martyn Jones10/01/1995Clwyd South WestSigned
Ken Livingstone10/01/1995Brent EastSigned
Roland Boyes19/01/1995Houghton and WashingtonSigned
Derek EnrightUnknownWithdrawn

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