CHILDREN'S RIGHTS COMMISSIONER
EDM number 231 in 1997-98, proposed by Hilton Dawson on 10/07/1997.
That this House supports the establishment of an Office of Children's Rights Commissioner with separate but linked commissioners in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland; and notes that this would be an independent statutory office to promote the rights and interests of children and young people in accordance with the principles and standards of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
This motion has been signed by a total of 114 MPs.
MP | Date | Constituency | Party | Type |
Hilton Dawson | 10/07/1997 | Lancaster & Wyre | Labour | Proposed |
Phil Hope | 14/07/1997 | Corby | Labour Co-operative | Seconded |
Caroline Flint | 14/07/1997 | Don Valley | Labour | Seconded |
Jacqui Smith | 14/07/1997 | Redditch | Labour | Seconded |
Stephen McCabe | 14/07/1997 | Birmingham, Hall Green | Labour | Seconded |
Lawrence Cunliffe | 14/07/1997 | Leigh | Labour | Seconded |
Lindsay Hoyle | 15/07/1997 | Chorley | Labour | Signed |
Brian Iddon | 15/07/1997 | Bolton South East | Labour | Signed |
David Kidney | 15/07/1997 | Stafford | Labour | Signed |
Ken Livingstone | 15/07/1997 | Brent East | Labour | Signed |
John Cryer | 15/07/1997 | Hornchurch | Labour | Signed |
Janet Dean | 15/07/1997 | Burton | Labour | Signed |
Jim Dobbin | 15/07/1997 | Heywood & Middleton | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
Ronnie Fearn | 15/07/1997 | Southport | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Mike Hancock | 15/07/1997 | Portsmouth South | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Harry Barnes | 15/07/1997 | North East Derbyshire | Labour | Signed |
Audrey Wise | 15/07/1997 | Preston | Labour | Signed |
Julie Morgan | 16/07/1997 | Cardiff North | Labour | Signed |
Peter Pike | 16/07/1997 | Burnley | Labour | Signed |
Martin Smyth | 16/07/1997 | Belfast South | UUP | Signed |
Stephen Hesford | 16/07/1997 | Wirral West | Labour | Signed |
Brian Jenkins | 16/07/1997 | Tamworth | Labour | Signed |
Fraser Kemp | 16/07/1997 | Houghton & Washington East | Labour | Signed |
Andy King | 16/07/1997 | Rugby & Kenilworth | Labour | Signed |
Oona King | 16/07/1997 | Bethnal Green & Bow | Labour | Signed |
Alice Mahon | 16/07/1997 | Halifax | Labour | Signed |
John Marek | 16/07/1997 | Wrexham | Labour | Signed |
John McAllion | 16/07/1997 | Dundee East | Labour | Signed |
Chris McCafferty | 16/07/1997 | Calder Valley | Labour | Signed |
Laura Moffatt | 16/07/1997 | Crawley | Labour | Signed |
Rhodri Morgan | 16/07/1997 | Cardiff West | Labour | Signed |
Sandra Osborne | 16/07/1997 | Ayr | Labour | Signed |
Des Browne | 16/07/1997 | Kilmarnock & Loudoun | Labour | Signed |
Richard Burden | 16/07/1997 | Birmingham, Northfield | Labour | Signed |
Dale Campbell-Savours | 16/07/1997 | Workington | Labour | Signed |
Martin Caton | 16/07/1997 | Gower | Labour | Signed |
Michael Clapham | 16/07/1997 | Barnsley West & Penistone | Labour | Signed |
Ann Cryer | 16/07/1997 | Keighley | Labour | Signed |
Claire Curtis-Thomas | 16/07/1997 | Crosby | Labour | Signed |
Huw Edwards | 16/07/1997 | Monmouth | Labour | Signed |
Jim Fitzpatrick | 16/07/1997 | Poplar & Canning Town | Labour | Signed |
Paul Flynn | 16/07/1997 | Newport West | Labour | Signed |
Barbara Follett | 16/07/1997 | Stevenage | Labour | Signed |
Maria Fyfe | 16/07/1997 | Glasgow, Maryhill | Labour | Signed |
Mike Gapes | 16/07/1997 | Ilford South | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
Irene Adams | 16/07/1997 | Paisley North | Labour | Signed |
John Gunnell | 16/07/1997 | Morley & Rothwell | Labour | Signed |
Fabian Hamilton | 16/07/1997 | Leeds North East | Labour | Signed |
John Austin | 16/07/1997 | Erith & Thamesmead | Labour | Signed |
Tony Benn | 16/07/1997 | Chesterfield | Labour | Signed |
Harold Best | 16/07/1997 | Leeds North West | Labour | Signed |
Hazel Blears | 16/07/1997 | Salford | Labour | Signed |
David Borrow | 16/07/1997 | South Ribble | Labour | Signed |
David Stewart | 16/07/1997 | Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber | Labour | Signed |
Ian Stewart | 16/07/1997 | Eccles | Labour | Signed |
Mark Todd | 16/07/1997 | South Derbyshire | Labour | Signed |
Paul Truswell | 16/07/1997 | Pudsey | Labour | Signed |
Desmond Turner | 16/07/1997 | Brighton, Kemptown | Labour | Signed |
Derek Twigg | 16/07/1997 | Halton | Labour | Signed |
Joan Walley | 16/07/1997 | Stoke-on-Trent North | Labour | Signed |
Alan Williams | 16/07/1997 | Carmarthen East & Dinefwr | Labour | Signed |
David Winnick | 16/07/1997 | Walsall North | Labour | Signed |
David Hinchliffe | 17/07/1997 | Wakefield | Labour | Signed |
Jeremy Corbyn | 17/07/1997 | Islington North | Labour | Signed |
John Cummings | 17/07/1997 | Easington | Labour | Signed |
Linda Gilroy | 17/07/1997 | Plymouth, Sutton | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
Eileen Gordon | 17/07/1997 | Romford | Labour | Signed |
Tommy Graham | 17/07/1997 | West Renfrewshire | Labour | Signed |
Gerry Sutcliffe | 17/07/1997 | Bradford South | Labour | Signed |
Derek Wyatt | 17/07/1997 | Sittingbourne & Sheppey | Labour | Signed |
Bill Etherington | 18/07/1997 | Sunderland North | Labour | Signed |
Ben Bradshaw | 22/07/1997 | Exeter | Labour | Signed |
Edward O'Hara | 23/07/1997 | Knowsley South | Labour | Signed |
John McDonnell | 24/07/1997 | Hayes & Harlington | Labour | Signed |
Tony Colman | 24/07/1997 | Putney | Labour | Signed |
Valerie Davey | 28/07/1997 | Bristol West | Labour | Signed |
Jim Wallace | 28/07/1997 | Orkney & Shetland | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Dennis Turner | 29/07/1997 | Wolverhampton South East | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
Nick Harvey | 31/07/1997 | North Devon | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Anne Campbell | 31/07/1997 | Cambridge | Labour | Signed |
Tony McWalter | 24/11/1997 | Hemel Hempstead | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
Bill Michie | 27/11/1997 | Sheffield, Heeley | Labour | Signed |
Frank Cook | 28/11/1997 | Stockton North | Labour | Signed |
Lembit | 01/12/1997 | Montgomeryshire | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Barry Jones | 02/12/1997 | Alyn & Deeside | Labour | Signed |
Menzies Campbell | 02/12/1997 | Fife North East | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Piara S Khabra | 03/12/1997 | Ealing, Southall | Labour | Signed |
Stephen Pound | 04/12/1997 | Ealing North | Labour | Signed |
Alan Simpson | 04/12/1997 | Nottingham South | Labour | Signed |
Lynne Jones | 04/12/1997 | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Labour | Signed |
Tom Brake | 05/12/1997 | Carshalton & Wallington | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Dafydd Wigley | 08/12/1997 | Caernarfon | Plaid Cymru | Signed |
Roger Berry | 09/12/1997 | Kingswood | Labour | Signed |
Alan Hurst | 10/12/1997 | Braintree | Labour | Signed |
Ivan Henderson | 11/12/1997 | Harwich | Labour | Signed |
Brian Cotter | 11/12/1997 | Weston-Super-Mare | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Rudi Vis | 11/12/1997 | Finchley & Golders Green | Labour | Signed |
Ray Michie | 17/12/1997 | Argyll & Bute | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Barry Sheerman | 18/12/1997 | Huddersfield | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
Nick Palmer | 22/12/1997 | Broxtowe | Labour | Signed |
Marsha Singh | 12/01/1998 | Bradford West | Labour | Signed |
Ieuan Wyn Jones | 13/01/1998 | Ynys M | Plaid Cymru | Signed |
Diane Abbott | 15/01/1998 | Hackney North & Stoke Newington | Labour | Signed |
Allan Rogers | 19/01/1998 | Rhondda | Labour | Signed |
Martyn Jones | 09/02/1998 | Clwyd South | Labour | Signed |
Paul Goggins | 17/02/1998 | Wythenshawe & Sale East | Labour | Signed |
Joan Humble | 19/02/1998 | Blackpool North & Fleetwood | Labour | Signed |
Graham Stringer | 19/02/1998 | Manchester, Blackley | Labour | Signed |
Austin Mitchell | 24/02/1998 | Great Grimsby | Labour | Signed |
Nigel Jones | 26/02/1998 | Cheltenham | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Joe Benton | 20/03/1998 | Bootle | Labour | Signed |
Phil Willis | 08/04/1998 | Harrogate & Knaresborough | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Melanie Johnson | 12/05/1998 | Welwyn Hatfield | Labour | Signed |
Donald Gorrie | 21/10/1998 | Edinburgh West | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
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