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Websites Which Encourage Suicide

EDM number 256 in 2010-12, proposed by Tony Cunningham on 16/06/2010.

That this House is deeply saddened by the tragic death of 16-year old Shane Martin Reid; and calls on the Attorney General to investigate whether legal action can or should be taken against those who write, publish, sell material or distribute information on the internet which encourage people to commit suicide, particularly when they are reckless about making this available to those who are young and vulnerable.

This motion has been signed by a total of 44 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Tony Cunningham16/06/2010WorkingtonLabourProposed
Peter Bottomley16/06/2010Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Eric Illsley17/06/2010Barnsley CentralLabourWithdrawn
Jim Dobbin17/06/2010Heywood and MiddletonLabourSeconded
Andrew George17/06/2010St IvesLiberal DemocratSeconded
Chris Bryant17/06/2010RhonddaLabourSeconded
Ian Davidson21/06/2010Glasgow South WestLabourSigned
Robert Halfon21/06/2010HarlowConservativeSigned
Mike Gapes21/06/2010Ilford SouthLabourSigned
Mark Durkan21/06/2010FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Jeremy Corbyn21/06/2010Islington NorthLabourSigned
Annette Brooke21/06/2010Mid Dorset and North PooleLiberal DemocratSigned
David Simpson22/06/2010Upper BannDUPSigned
Andrew Stephenson22/06/2010PendleConservativeSigned
Tom Blenkinsop22/06/2010Middlesbrough South and East ClevelandLabourSigned
John Leech22/06/2010Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Keith Vaz22/06/2010Leicester EastLabourSigned
James Gray22/06/2010North WiltshireConservativeSigned
Nigel Dodds22/06/2010Belfast NorthDUPSigned
John Cryer22/06/2010Leyton and WansteadLabourSigned
Ian Paisley Jnr22/06/2010North AntrimDUPSigned
Mark Lazarowicz22/06/2010Edinburgh North and LeithLabourSigned
Jim Shannon23/06/2010StrangfordDUPSigned
William McCrea23/06/2010South AntrimDUPSigned
Kelvin Hopkins23/06/2010Luton NorthLabourSigned
Gordon Marsden23/06/2010Blackpool SouthLabourSigned
John Pugh24/06/2010SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Simon Hughes24/06/2010Bermondsey and Old SouthwarkLiberal DemocratSigned
Julian Lewis24/06/2010New Forest EastConservativeSigned
Cathy Jamieson28/06/2010Kilmarnock and LoudounLabourSigned
Paul Flynn28/06/2010Newport WestLabourSigned
David Anderson28/06/2010BlaydonLabourSigned
Russell Brown29/06/2010Dumfries and GallowayLabourSigned
Gregory Campbell29/06/2010East LondonderryDUPSigned
John McDonnell29/06/2010Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Alasdair McDonnell29/06/2010Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Greg Mulholland01/07/2010Leeds North WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Robert Flello07/07/2010Stoke-on-Trent SouthLabourSigned
David Crausby08/07/2010Bolton North EastLabourSigned
Virendra Sharma08/07/2010Ealing, SouthallLabourSigned
Lady Hermon12/07/2010North DownIndependentSigned
Jonathan Evans27/07/2010Cardiff NorthConservativeSigned
Linda Riordan27/07/2010HalifaxLabourSigned
Tom Brake06/09/2010Carshalton and WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned

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