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Suicide In Prison

EDM number 1487 in 2007-08, proposed by Keith Vaz on 06/05/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Mental health and Prisons.

That this House is appalled at the death in 2004 of Sheena Kotecha aged 22 who committed suicide in prison; notes that, despite communicating her intended actions to medical staff, the Prison Service failed in preventing her death; calls on the Prison Service to improve prevention of suicide; and calls upon the Government urgently to review the mechanisms in place which monitor and communicate the mental health of inmates.

This motion has been signed by a total of 43 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Keith Vaz06/05/2008Leicester EastLabourProposed
Bob Spink06/05/2008Castle PointUKIPSeconded
Bob Russell06/05/2008ColchesterLiberal DemocratSeconded
Andrew Dismore07/05/2008HendonLabourSeconded
Robert Wareing07/05/2008Liverpool, West DerbyIndependentSeconded
Mike Hancock07/05/2008Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSeconded
Ann Cryer07/05/2008KeighleyLabourSigned
Rudi Vis07/05/2008Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
David Taylor07/05/2008North West LeicestershireLabourSigned
Peter Bottomley07/05/2008Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Gregory Campbell07/05/2008East LondonderryDUPSigned
Alan Simpson07/05/2008Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
David Drew08/05/2008StroudLabourSigned
Jim Devine08/05/2008LivingstonLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn08/05/2008Islington NorthLabourSigned
Martin Caton08/05/2008GowerLabourSigned
Colin Breed08/05/2008South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Lynne Jones08/05/2008Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Glenda Jackson08/05/2008Hampstead and HighgateLabourSigned
Nick Harvey08/05/2008North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
John Pugh08/05/2008SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Greg Pope08/05/2008HyndburnLabourSigned
Alan Meale08/05/2008MansfieldLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins09/05/2008Luton NorthLabourSigned
Chris McCafferty09/05/2008Calder ValleyLabourSigned
Alistair Carmichael09/05/2008Orkney and ShetlandLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Durkan12/05/2008FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Betty Williams12/05/2008ConwyLabourSigned
Katy Clark12/05/2008North Ayrshire and ArranLabourSigned
Stephen Williams12/05/2008Bristol WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Annette Brooke13/05/2008Mid Dorset and North PooleLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Hunter13/05/2008CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
Vincent Cable13/05/2008TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Brian Jenkins14/05/2008TamworthLabourSigned
Elfyn Llwyd14/05/2008Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Bill Etherington15/05/2008Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
John Leech19/05/2008Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Alasdair McDonnell20/05/2008Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Julie Morgan02/06/2008Cardiff NorthLabourSigned
Edward Davey02/06/2008Kingston and SurbitonLiberal DemocratSigned
Mike Wood02/06/2008Batley and SpenLabourSigned
William McCrea17/06/2008South AntrimDUPSigned
John McDonnell23/06/2008Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned

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