Dungavel

EDM number 1661 in 2002-03, proposed by John Thurso on 10/09/2003.

That this House reiterates its strong support for the United Nation Convention on the Rights of the Child; notes the damning reports by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Prisons and Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Education on the educational provision made for the children detained at Dungavel; calls on the Government to take immediate action to implement the recommendations in the two reports; notes that some children have been kept at Dungavel for over a year; and calls upon the Government to ensure that asylum seeking families with children are only detained as a last resort and for as short a time as possible.

This motion has been signed by a total of 20 MPs.