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Postponement Of Criminal Record Bureau Checks

EDM number 1860 in 2001-02, proposed by Paul Burstow on 06/11/2002.

That this House agrees with the Home Secretary that the function of the Criminal Records Bureau is to reduce the risk of abuse by ensuring that those who are unsuitable are not able to work with children and vulnerable adults; deeply regrets the decision of the Home Office and Department of Health to postpone criminal records checks on 300,000 care home staff, agency nurses, agency domiciliary care staff, residential family centres, and adoption centres, is concerned that the establishment of the Protection of Vulnerable Adults list has been postponed indefinitely, believes that in reducing demand for CRB checks Ministers have put the lives of vulnerable people at risk; further believes that this announcement should have been made by way of a statement in the House of Commons not a written answer in the House of Lords on a Friday afternoon; calls on the Home Secretary to make a statement on this matter; and further calls on the Home Secretary to publish the report of the Carter Inquiry into the Criminal Records Bureau and Capita.

This motion has been signed by a total of 35 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Paul Burstow06/11/2002Sutton & CheamLiberal DemocratProposed
Simon Hughes06/11/2002North Southwark & BermondseyLiberal DemocratSeconded
David Rendel06/11/2002NewburyLiberal DemocratSeconded
Alan Reid06/11/2002Argyll & ButeLiberal DemocratSeconded
Phil Willis06/11/2002Harrogate & KnaresboroughLiberal DemocratSeconded
Evan Harris06/11/2002Oxford West & AbingdonLiberal DemocratSeconded
Richard Younger-Ross06/11/2002TeignbridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
Steve Webb06/11/2002NorthavonLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Tyler06/11/2002North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Jenny Tonge06/11/2002Richmond ParkLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Beith06/11/2002Berwick-upon-TweedLiberal DemocratSigned
John Barrett06/11/2002Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Norman Baker06/11/2002LewesLiberal DemocratSigned
Mike Hancock06/11/2002Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Richard Allan06/11/2002Sheffield, HallamLiberal DemocratSigned
Don Foster06/11/2002BathLiberal DemocratSigned
Sue Doughty06/11/2002GuildfordLiberal DemocratSigned
Brian Cotter06/11/2002Weston-Super-MareLiberal DemocratSigned
Patsy Calton06/11/2002CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
John Pugh06/11/2002SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Bob Russell06/11/2002ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Adrian Sanders06/11/2002TorbayLiberal DemocratSigned
Nick Harvey06/11/2002North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Keetch06/11/2002HerefordLiberal DemocratSigned
Archy Kirkwood06/11/2002Roxburgh & BerwickshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Norman Lamb06/11/2002North NorfolkLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Marsden06/11/2002Shrewsbury & AtchamLiberal DemocratSigned
Annette Brooke06/11/2002Mid Dorset & North PooleLiberal DemocratSigned
Vincent Cable06/11/2002TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Edward Davey06/11/2002Kingston & SurbitonLiberal DemocratSigned
Bob Spink07/11/2002Castle PointConservativeSigned
David Heath07/11/2002Somerton & FromeLiberal DemocratSigned
Nigel Jones07/11/2002CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Bruce George07/11/2002Walsall SouthLabourSigned
Peter Bottomley07/11/2002Worthing WestConservativeSigned

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