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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.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Hilton Dawson10/07/1997Lancaster & WyreLabourProposed
Phil Hope14/07/1997CorbyLabour Co-operativeSeconded
Caroline Flint14/07/1997Don ValleyLabourSeconded
Jacqui Smith14/07/1997RedditchLabourSeconded
Stephen McCabe14/07/1997Birmingham, Hall GreenLabourSeconded
Lawrence Cunliffe14/07/1997LeighLabourSeconded
Lindsay Hoyle15/07/1997ChorleyLabourSigned
Brian Iddon15/07/1997Bolton South EastLabourSigned
David Kidney15/07/1997StaffordLabourSigned
Ken Livingstone15/07/1997Brent EastLabourSigned
John Cryer15/07/1997HornchurchLabourSigned
Janet Dean15/07/1997BurtonLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin15/07/1997Heywood & MiddletonLabour Co-operativeSigned
Ronnie Fearn15/07/1997SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Mike Hancock15/07/1997Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Harry Barnes15/07/1997North East DerbyshireLabourSigned
Audrey Wise15/07/1997PrestonLabourSigned
Julie Morgan16/07/1997Cardiff NorthLabourSigned
Peter Pike16/07/1997BurnleyLabourSigned
Martin Smyth16/07/1997Belfast SouthUUPSigned
Stephen Hesford16/07/1997Wirral WestLabourSigned
Brian Jenkins16/07/1997TamworthLabourSigned
Fraser Kemp16/07/1997Houghton & Washington EastLabourSigned
Andy King16/07/1997Rugby & KenilworthLabourSigned
Oona King16/07/1997Bethnal Green & BowLabourSigned
Alice Mahon16/07/1997HalifaxLabourSigned
John Marek16/07/1997WrexhamLabourSigned
John McAllion16/07/1997Dundee EastLabourSigned
Chris McCafferty16/07/1997Calder ValleyLabourSigned
Laura Moffatt16/07/1997CrawleyLabourSigned
Rhodri Morgan16/07/1997Cardiff WestLabourSigned
Sandra Osborne16/07/1997AyrLabourSigned
Des Browne16/07/1997Kilmarnock & LoudounLabourSigned
Richard Burden16/07/1997Birmingham, NorthfieldLabourSigned
Dale Campbell-Savours16/07/1997WorkingtonLabourSigned
Martin Caton16/07/1997GowerLabourSigned
Michael Clapham16/07/1997Barnsley West & PenistoneLabourSigned
Ann Cryer16/07/1997KeighleyLabourSigned
Claire Curtis-Thomas16/07/1997CrosbyLabourSigned
Huw Edwards16/07/1997MonmouthLabourSigned
Jim Fitzpatrick16/07/1997Poplar & Canning TownLabourSigned
Paul Flynn16/07/1997Newport WestLabourSigned
Barbara Follett16/07/1997StevenageLabourSigned
Maria Fyfe16/07/1997Glasgow, MaryhillLabourSigned
Mike Gapes16/07/1997Ilford SouthLabour Co-operativeSigned
Irene Adams16/07/1997Paisley NorthLabourSigned
John Gunnell16/07/1997Morley & RothwellLabourSigned
Fabian Hamilton16/07/1997Leeds North EastLabourSigned
John Austin16/07/1997Erith & ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Tony Benn16/07/1997ChesterfieldLabourSigned
Harold Best16/07/1997Leeds North WestLabourSigned
Hazel Blears16/07/1997SalfordLabourSigned
David Borrow16/07/1997South RibbleLabourSigned
David Stewart16/07/1997Inverness East, Nairn and LochaberLabourSigned
Ian Stewart16/07/1997EcclesLabourSigned
Mark Todd16/07/1997South DerbyshireLabourSigned
Paul Truswell16/07/1997PudseyLabourSigned
Desmond Turner16/07/1997Brighton, KemptownLabourSigned
Derek Twigg16/07/1997HaltonLabourSigned
Joan Walley16/07/1997Stoke-on-Trent NorthLabourSigned
Alan Williams16/07/1997Carmarthen East & DinefwrLabourSigned
David Winnick16/07/1997Walsall NorthLabourSigned
David Hinchliffe17/07/1997WakefieldLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn17/07/1997Islington NorthLabourSigned
John Cummings17/07/1997EasingtonLabourSigned
Linda Gilroy17/07/1997Plymouth, SuttonLabour Co-operativeSigned
Eileen Gordon17/07/1997RomfordLabourSigned
Tommy Graham17/07/1997West RenfrewshireLabourSigned
Gerry Sutcliffe17/07/1997Bradford SouthLabourSigned
Derek Wyatt17/07/1997Sittingbourne & SheppeyLabourSigned
Bill Etherington18/07/1997Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Ben Bradshaw22/07/1997ExeterLabourSigned
Edward O'Hara23/07/1997Knowsley SouthLabourSigned
John McDonnell24/07/1997Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Tony Colman24/07/1997PutneyLabourSigned
Valerie Davey28/07/1997Bristol WestLabourSigned
Jim Wallace28/07/1997Orkney & ShetlandLiberal DemocratSigned
Dennis Turner29/07/1997Wolverhampton South EastLabour Co-operativeSigned
Nick Harvey31/07/1997North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Anne Campbell31/07/1997CambridgeLabourSigned
Tony McWalter24/11/1997Hemel HempsteadLabour Co-operativeSigned
Bill Michie27/11/1997Sheffield, HeeleyLabourSigned
Frank Cook28/11/1997Stockton NorthLabourSigned
Lembit 01/12/1997MontgomeryshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Barry Jones02/12/1997Alyn & DeesideLabourSigned
Menzies Campbell02/12/1997Fife North EastLiberal DemocratSigned
Piara S Khabra03/12/1997Ealing, SouthallLabourSigned
Stephen Pound04/12/1997Ealing NorthLabourSigned
Alan Simpson04/12/1997Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Lynne Jones04/12/1997Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Tom Brake05/12/1997Carshalton & WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Dafydd Wigley08/12/1997CaernarfonPlaid CymruSigned
Roger Berry09/12/1997KingswoodLabourSigned
Alan Hurst10/12/1997BraintreeLabourSigned
Ivan Henderson11/12/1997HarwichLabourSigned
Brian Cotter11/12/1997Weston-Super-MareLiberal DemocratSigned
Rudi Vis11/12/1997Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
Ray Michie17/12/1997Argyll & ButeLiberal DemocratSigned
Barry Sheerman18/12/1997HuddersfieldLabour Co-operativeSigned
Nick Palmer22/12/1997BroxtoweLabourSigned
Marsha Singh12/01/1998Bradford WestLabourSigned
Ieuan Wyn Jones13/01/1998Ynys MPlaid CymruSigned
Diane Abbott15/01/1998Hackney North & Stoke NewingtonLabourSigned
Allan Rogers19/01/1998RhonddaLabourSigned
Martyn Jones09/02/1998Clwyd SouthLabourSigned
Paul Goggins17/02/1998Wythenshawe & Sale EastLabourSigned
Joan Humble19/02/1998Blackpool North & FleetwoodLabourSigned
Graham Stringer19/02/1998Manchester, BlackleyLabourSigned
Austin Mitchell24/02/1998Great GrimsbyLabourSigned
Nigel Jones26/02/1998CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Joe Benton20/03/1998BootleLabourSigned
Phil Willis08/04/1998Harrogate & KnaresboroughLiberal DemocratSigned
Melanie Johnson12/05/1998Welwyn HatfieldLabourSigned
Donald Gorrie21/10/1998Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned

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