Prosecution In Child Deaths (EDM286)

Prosecution In Child Deaths

EDM number 286 in 2002-03, proposed by Desmond Turner on 04/12/2002.

That this House is concerned that over 200 children under the age of two are killed or seriously injured each year by their parents or carers, but that only approximately a quarter of these cases are followed by successful prosecutions and then not for murder or manslaughter, but for lesser offences such as cruelty, which carry only a light sentence; notes that the main reason for this failure is joint enterprise, meaning that it is not possible to prove which member of a couple was responsible, leading to the failure of the attempt to prosecute for more serious charges; and calls on the Government to incorporate in legislation at the earliest opportunity, and preferably in the Criminal Justice Bill currently before the House, measures to facilitate successful prosecution of those responsible for killing small children on charges which reflect the gravity of the act.

This motion has been signed by a total of 159 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Desmond Turner	04/12/2002	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Proposed
Brian Iddon	04/12/2002	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Frank Dobson	04/12/2002	Holborn & St Pancras	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	04/12/2002	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Graham Allen	04/12/2002	Nottingham North	Labour	Signed
Syd Rapson	05/12/2002	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Debra Shipley	05/12/2002	Stourbridge	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	05/12/2002	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	05/12/2002	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	05/12/2002	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Helen Jones	05/12/2002	Warrington North	Labour	Signed
Ashok Kumar	05/12/2002	Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	05/12/2002	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Martin Caton	05/12/2002	Gower	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	05/12/2002	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Tony Clarke	05/12/2002	Northampton South	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	05/12/2002	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Tom Cox	05/12/2002	Tooting	Labour	Signed
Terry Davis	05/12/2002	Birmingham, Hodge Hill	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	05/12/2002	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
David Drew	05/12/2002	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Win Griffiths	05/12/2002	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	05/12/2002	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Palmer	09/12/2002	Broxtowe	Labour	Signed
Martin Smyth	09/12/2002	Belfast South	UUP	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	09/12/2002	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Andy King	09/12/2002	Rugby & Kenilworth	Labour	Signed
Lembit	09/12/2002	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Harry Barnes	09/12/2002	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	09/12/2002	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Rudi Vis	09/12/2002	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Greg Pope	10/12/2002	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	10/12/2002	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Peter Kilfoyle	10/12/2002	Liverpool, Walton	Labour	Signed
Paul Marsden	10/12/2002	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Meale	10/12/2002	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Keith Bradley	10/12/2002	Manchester, Withington	Labour	Signed
Richard Burden	10/12/2002	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Tony Colman	10/12/2002	Putney	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	10/12/2002	Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	10/12/2002	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	10/12/2002	Newport West	Labour	Signed
John Austin	10/12/2002	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Simon Thomas	10/12/2002	Ceredigion	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Betty Williams	10/12/2002	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Peter Robinson	11/12/2002	Belfast East	DUP	Signed
Joan Humble	11/12/2002	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	11/12/2002	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Jon Owen Jones	11/12/2002	Cardiff Central	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Lynne Jones	11/12/2002	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Julian Lewis	11/12/2002	New Forest East	Conservative	Signed
Chris McCafferty	11/12/2002	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Meg Munn	11/12/2002	Sheffield, Heeley	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Edward O'Hara	11/12/2002	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Martin O'Neill	11/12/2002	Ochil	Labour	Signed
Paul Burstow	11/12/2002	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sydney Chapman	11/12/2002	Chipping Barnet	Conservative	Signed
Helen Clark	11/12/2002	Peterborough	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	11/12/2002	Keighley	Labour	Signed
David Amess	11/12/2002	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
Peter Bottomley	11/12/2002	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Gerry Steinberg	11/12/2002	Durham, City of	Labour	Signed
Bill Tynan	11/12/2002	Hamilton South	Labour	Signed
Bill Wiggin	11/12/2002	Leominster	Conservative	Signed
Jimmy Wray	11/12/2002	Glasgow, Baillieston	Labour	Signed
David Wright	11/12/2002	Telford	Labour	Signed
Marion Roe	12/12/2002	Broxbourne	Conservative	Signed
Terry Rooney	12/12/2002	Bradford North	Labour	Signed
Christine Russell	12/12/2002	Chester, City of	Labour	Signed
Gillian Shephard	12/12/2002	South West Norfolk	Conservative	Signed
Piara S Khabra	12/12/2002	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	12/12/2002	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Andrew MacKinlay	12/12/2002	Thurrock	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	12/12/2002	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Harold Best	12/12/2002	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
David Stewart	12/12/2002	Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber	Labour	Signed
Graham Stringer	12/12/2002	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Signed
Teddy Taylor	12/12/2002	Rochford & Southend East	Conservative	Signed
Dennis Turner	12/12/2002	Wolverhampton South East	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Robert Walter	12/12/2002	North Dorset	Conservative	Signed
John Wilkinson	12/12/2002	Ruislip - Northwood	Conservative	Signed
Derek Wyatt	12/12/2002	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Joan Ruddock	16/12/2002	Lewisham, Deptford	Labour	Signed
Phil Sawford	16/12/2002	Kettering	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	16/12/2002	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kevin Hughes	16/12/2002	Doncaster North	Labour	Signed
Helen Jackson	16/12/2002	Sheffield, Hillsborough	Labour	Signed
Andrew Lansley	16/12/2002	South Cambridgeshire	Conservative	Signed
Terry Lewis	16/12/2002	Worsley	Labour	Signed
Tony Lloyd	16/12/2002	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Tim Loughton	16/12/2002	East Worthing & Shoreham	Conservative	Signed
Alice Mahon	16/12/2002	Halifax	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	16/12/2002	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	16/12/2002	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Chris Mole	16/12/2002	Ipswich	Labour	Signed
Colin Challen	16/12/2002	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Julia Drown	16/12/2002	South Swindon	Labour	Signed
Gwyneth Dunwoody	16/12/2002	Crewe & Nantwich	Labour	Signed
Mike Gapes	16/12/2002	Ilford South	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Austin Mitchell	17/12/2002	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Patsy Calton	17/12/2002	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeff Ennis	17/12/2002	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
Paul Farrelly	17/12/2002	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
Adrian Bailey	17/12/2002	West Bromwich West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Vera Baird	17/12/2002	Redcar	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	17/12/2002	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	18/12/2002	Dover	Labour	Signed
Caroline Spelman	18/12/2002	Meriden	Conservative	Signed
Jim Knight	18/12/2002	South Dorset	Labour	Signed
Oliver Letwin	18/12/2002	West Dorset	Conservative	Signed
Angela Eagle	18/12/2002	Wallasey	Labour	Signed
Barbara Follett	18/12/2002	Stevenage	Labour	Signed
John Barrett	18/12/2002	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Jackson	19/12/2002	Wantage	Conservative	Signed
Julie Kirkbride	19/12/2002	Bromsgrove	Conservative	Signed
John McWilliam	19/12/2002	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Andy Burnham	19/12/2002	Leigh	Labour	Signed
David Clelland	19/12/2002	Tyne Bridge	Labour	Signed
Ann Widdecombe	19/12/2002	Maidstone & The Weald	Conservative	Signed
Peter Pike	07/01/2003	Burnley	Labour	Signed
John Randall	07/01/2003	Uxbridge	Conservative	Signed
John Robertson	07/01/2003	Glasgow, Anniesland	Labour	Signed
Martyn Jones	07/01/2003	Clwyd South	Labour	Signed
Diana Organ	07/01/2003	Forest of Dean	Labour	Signed
Ann Clwyd	07/01/2003	Cynon Valley	Labour	Signed
Claire Curtis-Thomas	07/01/2003	Crosby	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	07/01/2003	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Jonathan Sayeed	08/01/2003	Mid Bedfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Howard Flight	08/01/2003	Arundel & South Downs	Conservative	Signed
Stephen O'Brien	09/01/2003	Eddisbury	Conservative	Signed
Nigel Jones	13/01/2003	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Crausby	13/01/2003	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Adrian Flook	13/01/2003	Taunton	Conservative	Signed
Cheryl Gillan	13/01/2003	Chesham & Amersham	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Hunter	14/01/2003	Basingstoke	Independent Conservative	Signed
Angela Watkinson	15/01/2003	Upminster	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Rosindell	16/01/2003	Romford	Conservative	Signed
Barry Sheerman	16/01/2003	Huddersfield	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Peter Luff	16/01/2003	Mid Worcestershire	Conservative	Signed
Oliver Heald	21/01/2003	North East Hertfordshire	Conservative	Signed
David Maclean	21/01/2003	Penrith & The Border	Conservative	Signed
Janet Dean	21/01/2003	Burton	Labour	Signed
Julian Brazier	22/01/2003	Canterbury	Conservative	Signed
John Horam	23/01/2003	Orpington	Conservative	Signed
Diane Abbott	23/01/2003	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	27/01/2003	Glasgow, Govan	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	27/01/2003	North Down	UUP	Signed
Anne McIntosh	11/02/2003	Vale of York	Conservative	Signed
James Gray	12/02/2003	North Wiltshire	Conservative	Signed
Wayne David	13/02/2003	Caerphilly	Labour	Signed
Tony McWalter	24/02/2003	Hemel Hempstead	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Philip Hammond	25/02/2003	Runnymede & Weybridge	Conservative	Signed
Peter Duncan	07/03/2003	Galloway & Upper Nithsdale	Conservative	Signed
David Heath	13/03/2003	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Edward Garnier	17/03/2003	Harborough	Conservative	Signed
Nigel Evans	19/03/2003	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Selous	24/03/2003	South West Bedfordshire	Conservative	Signed
James Paice	23/06/2003	South East Cambridgeshire	Conservative	Signed
Chris Mullin	Unknown			Withdrawn

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