Domestic Violence And Child Abuse (EDM567)

Domestic Violence And Child Abuse

EDM number 567 in 2003-04, proposed by Hilton Dawson on 05/02/2004.

That this House urges much greater recognition of the links between domestic violence and child abuse in the hope that all honourable Members who support the benefits of contact, parenting time and shared parenting will also back (a) a new legal definition of domestic violence which recognises all forms of abuse and violence affecting all family members, (b) amendments to the Children Act 1989 so that courts must not grant residence or unsupervised contact to the violent or abusive parent unless it is satisfied that this is what the child wants and it can be enacted safely, (c) an over-ruling of the Re H&R judgement so that family courts do not have to apply a higher standard of proof in cases involving more serious allegations and (d) an amendment to the Family Law Act 1986 on the use of recovery orders to prevent perpetrators from using this legislation to locate and remove a child from the care of a victim of domestic violence without a thorough assessment of all the risks involved.

This motion has been signed by a total of 45 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Hilton Dawson	05/02/2004	Lancaster & Wyre	Labour	Proposed
Andrew Dismore	06/02/2004	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Harry Barnes	06/02/2004	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	09/02/2004	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Spink	09/02/2004	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
Martin Caton	09/02/2004	Gower	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	09/02/2004	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	09/02/2004	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Paul Flynn	09/02/2004	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	09/02/2004	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynne Jones	10/02/2004	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Jenny Tonge	10/02/2004	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew George	10/02/2004	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Huw Edwards	10/02/2004	Monmouth	Labour	Signed
David Drew	10/02/2004	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Alice Mahon	10/02/2004	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	10/02/2004	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Glenda Jackson	10/02/2004	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	11/02/2004	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Win Griffiths	11/02/2004	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Tom Cox	11/02/2004	Tooting	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	11/02/2004	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Mark Hendrick	11/02/2004	Preston	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Syd Rapson	11/02/2004	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	11/02/2004	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Chris McCafferty	12/02/2004	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	12/02/2004	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Paul Tyler	12/02/2004	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Patsy Calton	23/02/2004	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	23/02/2004	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Vera Baird	25/02/2004	Redcar	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	26/02/2004	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	01/03/2004	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
John Austin	01/03/2004	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Julia Drown	01/03/2004	South Swindon	Labour	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	04/03/2004	Glasgow, Govan	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	04/03/2004	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Martin Salter	17/03/2004	Reading West	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	18/03/2004	Burton	Labour	Signed
Sandra Gidley	18/03/2004	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Barrett	22/03/2004	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	31/03/2004	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	30/04/2004	Bristol North West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Russell Brown	18/06/2004	Dumfries	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	06/07/2004	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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