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Relocation Cases

EDM number 2059 in 2008-09, proposed by David Maclean on 15/10/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Family law.

That this House believes that a child's relationship with its parents requires greater legislative protection with regard to the Family Court's current application of precedent in international and national relocation cases; further believes that the Family Courts of England and Wales' position on the importance of the father / child relationship does not reflect the current authoritative research on the importance of father involvement in educational and psychological development in relocation cases; further believes that the courts in practice place too great an emphasis on the unsubstantiated emotional risk to the child from the mother's possible distress and disappointment if not allowed to relocate; considers that this emphasis over-rides all other considerations including the needs and rights of the child; and calls upon the Government to respond positively to the research report by the charity Reunite entitled Relocation, funded by the Ministry of Justice and published in July 2009.

This motion has been signed by a total of 15 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
David Maclean15/10/2009Penrith and The BorderConservativeProposed
Peter Bottomley16/10/2009Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Stewart Jackson19/10/2009PeterboroughConservativeSeconded
Bob Russell19/10/2009ColchesterLiberal DemocratSeconded
Mike Hancock19/10/2009Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSeconded
Roger Godsiff26/10/2009Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small HeathLabourSeconded
Peter Atkinson26/10/2009HexhamConservativeSigned
Robert Syms26/10/2009PooleConservativeSigned
Patrick Hall28/10/2009BedfordLabourSigned
Simon Burns29/10/2009West ChelmsfordConservativeSigned
David Taylor04/11/2009North West LeicestershireLabourSigned
John Hemming05/11/2009Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Graham Brady09/11/2009Altrincham and Sale WestConservativeSigned
Howard Stoate09/11/2009DartfordLabourSigned
Malcolm Moss10/11/2009North East CambridgeshireConservativeSigned

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