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Prisons And The Private Sector

EDM number 1450 in 2008-09, proposed by Paul Rowen on 07/05/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Prisons.

That this House notes the recent trend towards privatisation of prisons; further notes the persistently low performance of such privatised prisons in the prison service league table and the prison quarterly league tables; questions the ability of privatised prisons to maintain prison discipline and a safe environment for prison employees; agrees with the Prison Officers' Association in its opposition to prison privatisation; and calls for an end to further privatisation of prisons including HMP Buckley Hall in Rochdale which is currently tendering private applications.

This motion has been signed by a total of 46 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Paul Rowen07/05/2009RochdaleLiberal DemocratProposed
Lynne Jones08/05/2009Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSeconded
Linda Riordan11/05/2009HalifaxLabourSeconded
Lindsay Hoyle11/05/2009ChorleyLabourSeconded
Robert Wareing11/05/2009Liverpool, West DerbyIndependentSeconded
Jim Dobbin11/05/2009Heywood and MiddletonLabourSeconded
Bob Russell12/05/2009ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Martin Caton12/05/2009GowerLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn12/05/2009Islington NorthLabourSigned
Ann Cryer12/05/2009KeighleyLabourSigned
John Cummings12/05/2009EasingtonLabourSigned
David Taylor12/05/2009North West LeicestershireLabourSigned
Ronnie Campbell13/05/2009Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Rudi Vis13/05/2009Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
David Drew13/05/2009StroudLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins13/05/2009Luton NorthLabourSigned
John McDonnell14/05/2009Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
John Hemming14/05/2009Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Dai Davies14/05/2009Blaenau GwentIndependentSigned
George Galloway18/05/2009Bethnal Green and BowRespectSigned
Mike Hancock18/05/2009Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Lindsay Roy19/05/2009GlenrothesLabourSigned
John Leech21/05/2009Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Truswell21/05/2009PudseyLabourSigned
Neil Gerrard21/05/2009WalthamstowLabourSigned
Nick Harvey01/06/2009North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
William McCrea01/06/2009South AntrimDUPSigned
Bill Etherington01/06/2009Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Alan Simpson11/06/2009Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Mark Hunter01/07/2009CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
Graham Stringer07/07/2009Manchester, BlackleyLabourSigned
Janet Anderson08/07/2009Rossendale and DarwenLabourSigned
Geraldine Smith13/07/2009Morecambe and LunesdaleLabourSigned
Michael Weir14/07/2009AngusScottish National PartySigned
Andrew Stunell20/07/2009Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Clare Short13/10/2009Birmingham, LadywoodIndependent LabourSigned
Diane Abbott13/10/2009Hackney North and Stoke NewingtonLabourSigned
Frank Cook13/10/2009Stockton NorthLabourSigned
Alan Keen13/10/2009Feltham and HestonLabourSigned
Jimmy Hood13/10/2009Lanark and Hamilton EastLabourSigned
David Heyes13/10/2009Ashton-under-LyneLabourSigned
Evan Harris13/10/2009Oxford West and AbingdonLiberal DemocratSigned
Roger Williams14/10/2009Brecon and RadnorshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Desmond Turner27/10/2009Brighton, KemptownLabourSigned
Harry Cohen11/11/2009Leyton and WansteadLabourSigned
John Austin11/11/2009Erith and ThamesmeadLabourSigned

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