Penalties For Dangerous Driving (EDM159)

Penalties For Dangerous Driving

EDM number 159 in 1999-00, proposed by Tim Loughton on 07/12/1999.

That this House notes with concern that the killer of PC Jeff Tooley, who was run down by a driver who failed to stop, whilst on active duty in Shoreham, West Sussex, has been sentenced to a term of just seven years imprisonment, and will be eligible for parole in three years; further notes that the judge in the case highlighted the inconsistencies in the law when passing sentence when he stated that 'Parliament has decided that the maximum penalty for death by dangerous driving is 10 years, whereas the maximum penalty for burglary is 14 years'; agrees with the comments by the judge that 'this might strike the public as an odd approach to the value placed on human life'; and calls on the Government urgently to review the level of penalties for causing death by dangerous driving with a view to making life sentences available for the worst offences.

This motion has been signed by a total of 61 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Tim Loughton	07/12/1999	East Worthing & Shoreham	Conservative	Proposed
Nicholas Soames	07/12/1999	Mid Sussex	Conservative	Signed
Norman Baker	07/12/1999	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Laura Moffatt	07/12/1999	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Howard Flight	07/12/1999	Arundel & South Downs	Conservative	Signed
Peter Bottomley	08/12/1999	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Paul Tyler	08/12/1999	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Desmond Swayne	08/12/1999	New Forest West	Conservative	Signed
Harry Barnes	08/12/1999	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Jane Griffiths	08/12/1999	Reading East	Labour	Signed
James Gray	08/12/1999	North Wiltshire	Conservative	Signed
Norman Godman	08/12/1999	Greenock & Inverclyde	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	08/12/1999	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Huw Edwards	08/12/1999	Monmouth	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	08/12/1999	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	08/12/1999	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ashok Kumar	08/12/1999	Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	08/12/1999	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	08/12/1999	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew George	08/12/1999	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Lepper	09/12/1999	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Joan Walley	09/12/1999	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Fearn	09/12/1999	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian Davidson	09/12/1999	Glasgow, Pollok	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Kevin McNamara	09/12/1999	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Syd Rapson	09/12/1999	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	13/12/1999	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	14/12/1999	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Drew	14/12/1999	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Derek Wyatt	14/12/1999	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Bob Laxton	15/12/1999	Derby North	Labour	Signed
Russell Brown	15/12/1999	Dumfries	Labour	Signed
Gillian Shephard	16/12/1999	South West Norfolk	Conservative	Signed
Michael Clark	16/12/1999	Rayleigh	Conservative	Signed
Jackie Ballard	16/12/1999	Taunton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gerry Steinberg	16/12/1999	Durham, City of	Labour	Signed
John Wilkinson	16/12/1999	Ruislip - Northwood	Conservative	Signed
Jonathan Sayeed	20/12/1999	Mid Bedfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Gerald Howarth	20/12/1999	Aldershot	Conservative	Signed
Geoffrey Johnson Smith	20/12/1999	Wealden	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Love	20/12/1999	Edmonton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
David Madel	20/12/1999	South West Bedfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Richard Body	20/12/1999	Boston & Skegness	Conservative	Signed
Teddy Taylor	20/12/1999	Rochford & Southend East	Conservative	Signed
Ann Winterton	20/12/1999	Congleton	Conservative	Signed
John Townend	21/12/1999	East Yorkshire	Conservative	Signed
John Horam	21/12/1999	Orpington	Conservative	Signed
David Prior	10/01/2000	North Norfolk	Conservative	Signed
John McDonnell	10/01/2000	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Teresa Gorman	10/01/2000	Billericay	Conservative	Signed
Eric Illsley	12/01/2000	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Win Griffiths	13/01/2000	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Robert Jackson	19/01/2000	Wantage	Conservative	Signed
John Gunnell	25/01/2000	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Tony McWalter	27/01/2000	Hemel Hempstead	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	02/02/2000	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Nigel Griffiths	03/02/2000	Edinburgh South	Labour	Signed
Paul Truswell	10/02/2000	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	11/02/2000	Glasgow, Govan	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	14/02/2000	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
John Randall	Unknown			Withdrawn

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