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Female Prisoners

EDM number 1921 in 2008-09, proposed by Neil Gerrard on 16/07/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Prisons.

That this House notes that there are 14 women's prisons, four purpose built female juvenile units and seven mother and baby units in England; further notes that over the last 10 years there has been a significant increase rise in the number of women in prison from an average of 1,560 in 1993 to around 4,463 in June 2006; is concerned at the large number of women in prison given that women tend to commit less crime and their offences are generally less serious; is alarmed at reports from the Prison Officers' Association of the high occurrence of mental illness within the female estate, with approximately 30 per cent. of female prisoners self-injuring each year; and therefore calls on the Government to reassess urgently all the factors, including sentencing policies as recommended by the Corston Report, which have led to the large increase in female prisoners and to ensure that female offenders receive the appropriate emotional, psychological and medical support whilst in prison and following release.

This motion has been signed by a total of 50 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Neil Gerrard16/07/2009WalthamstowLabourProposed
David Howarth16/07/2009CambridgeLiberal DemocratSeconded
Lynne Jones16/07/2009Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSeconded
Elfyn Llwyd16/07/2009Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSeconded
John McDonnell16/07/2009Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSeconded
Chris McCafferty16/07/2009Calder ValleyLabourSeconded
David Drew16/07/2009StroudLabourSigned
Katy Clark16/07/2009North Ayrshire and ArranLabourSigned
Mike Wood16/07/2009Batley and SpenLabourSigned
Diane Abbott16/07/2009Hackney North and Stoke NewingtonLabourSigned
Frank Cook16/07/2009Stockton NorthLabourSigned
Harry Cohen16/07/2009Leyton and WansteadLabourSigned
Eric Illsley20/07/2009Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Stephen Williams20/07/2009Bristol WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Betty Williams20/07/2009ConwyLabourSigned
John Battle20/07/2009Leeds WestLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin20/07/2009Heywood and MiddletonLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn20/07/2009Islington NorthLabourSigned
Laura Moffatt20/07/2009CrawleyLabourSigned
Glenda Jackson20/07/2009Hampstead and HighgateLabourSigned
Paul Holmes20/07/2009ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
Gordon Prentice20/07/2009PendleLabourSigned
Colin Breed21/07/2009South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Jo Swinson21/07/2009East DunbartonshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Peter Bottomley21/07/2009Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Mike Hancock21/07/2009Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew George21/07/2009St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Dismore21/07/2009HendonLabourSigned
Martin Caton21/07/2009GowerLabourSigned
Brian Jenkins21/07/2009TamworthLabourSigned
Simon Hughes21/07/2009North Southwark and BermondseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Simpson21/07/2009Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Janet Dean21/07/2009BurtonLabourSigned
Brian Iddon12/10/2009Bolton South EastLabourSigned
Alan Beith12/10/2009Berwick-upon-TweedLiberal DemocratSigned
Hywel Williams12/10/2009CaernarfonPlaid CymruSigned
Clare Short13/10/2009Birmingham, LadywoodIndependent LabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins13/10/2009Luton NorthLabourSigned
Alasdair McDonnell13/10/2009Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Rudi Vis14/10/2009Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Lorely Burt14/10/2009SolihullLiberal DemocratSigned
Julie Morgan15/10/2009Cardiff NorthLabourSigned
Nick Harvey15/10/2009North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Clapham19/10/2009Barnsley West and PenistoneLabourSigned
Ann Cryer19/10/2009KeighleyLabourSigned
Phil Willis21/10/2009Harrogate and KnaresboroughLiberal DemocratSigned
Bill Etherington22/10/2009Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Janet Anderson26/10/2009Rossendale and DarwenLabourSigned
John Hemming26/10/2009Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Williams26/10/2009CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned

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