Volunteers And The Criminal Records Bureau

EDM number 222 in 1998-99, proposed by Howard Stoate on 20/01/1999.

That this House recognises the enormous contribution made by the four million volunteers in Britain; welcomes the Government's decision to set up a Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) to manage police checks on those who work with vulnerable people; recognises that the financial burden of paying for their own checks may deter many disadvantaged potential volunteers; and calls on the Government to consider making checks on volunteers free when it is affordable to do so.

This motion has been signed by a total of 74 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.