CHILDREN'S RIGHTS COMMISSIONER (EDM231)

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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