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United Nations Convention On The Rights Of The Child

EDM number 338 in 1991-92, proposed by Joan Lestor on 05/12/1991.

That this House welcomes the adoption by consensus in the United Nations General Assembly on 20th November 1989 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and the signing of the Convention in April 1990 by Her Majesty's Government; believes that this Convention is of great importance to the enhancement of children's rights throughout the world, welcomes its ratification by 100 countries; and continues to call on Her Majesty's Government to proceed to ratification at the earliest possible opportunity.

This motion has been signed by a total of 143 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Joan Lestor05/12/1991EcclesProposed
Roger Sims05/12/1991ChislehurstSigned
Ray Michie05/12/1991Argyll & ButeSigned
Tom Cox06/12/1991TootingSigned
Harry Barnes06/12/1991North East DerbyshireSigned
Ernie Ross09/12/1991Dundee WestSigned
Peter Hardy09/12/1991WentworthSigned
Terry Lewis09/12/1991WorsleySigned
John McAllion09/12/1991Dundee EastSigned
William McKelvey09/12/1991Kilmarnock & LoudounSigned
Alan Meale09/12/1991MansfieldSigned
Terry Davis09/12/1991Birmingham, Hodge HillSigned
Ronnie Fearn09/12/1991SouthportSigned
Peter Pike10/12/1991BurnleySigned
Robert Hughes10/12/1991Aberdeen NorthSigned
Roy Hughes10/12/1991Newport EastSigned
Ronnie Campbell10/12/1991Blyth ValleySigned
Alex Carlile10/12/1991MontgomerySigned
Lawrence Cunliffe10/12/1991LeighSigned
Ron Davies10/12/1991CaerphillySigned
Tony Banks10/12/1991Newham North WestSigned
John Battle10/12/1991Leeds WestSigned
Keith Vaz10/12/1991Leicester EastSigned
Jim Wallace10/12/1991Orkney & ShetlandSigned
Martin Redmond11/12/1991Don ValleySigned
Kate Hoey11/12/1991VauxhallSigned
John Home Robertson11/12/1991East LothianSigned
Greville Janner11/12/1991Leicester WestSigned
John Marek11/12/1991WrexhamSigned
Alf Morris11/12/1991Manchester WythenshaweSigned
Paul Murphy11/12/1991TorfaenSigned
Bill O'Brien11/12/1991NormantonSigned
Edward O'Hara11/12/1991Knowsley SouthSigned
Keith Bradley11/12/1991Manchester, WithingtonSigned
Tom Clarke11/12/1991Monklands WestSigned
Frank Cook11/12/1991Stockton NorthSigned
Alistair Darling11/12/1991Edinburgh CentralSigned
Frank Doran11/12/1991Aberdeen SouthSigned
Alexander Eadie11/12/1991MidlothianSigned
Kenneth Eastham11/12/1991Manchester, BlackleySigned
Frank Field11/12/1991BirkenheadSigned
George Foulkes11/12/1991Carrick, Cumnock and Doon ValleySigned
Maria Fyfe11/12/1991Glasgow, MaryhillSigned
Norman Godman11/12/1991Greenock and Port GlasgowSigned
Llin Golding11/12/1991Newcastle-under-LymeSigned
Joe Ashton11/12/1991BassetlawSigned
Joe Benton11/12/1991BootleSigned
Gerry Steinberg11/12/1991Durham, City ofSigned
Matthew Taylor11/12/1991TruroSigned
Joan Walley11/12/1991Stoke-on-Trent NorthSigned
David Winnick11/12/1991Walsall NorthSigned
Robert Parry12/12/1991Liverpool, RiversideSigned
Tom Pendry12/12/1991Stalybridge & HydeSigned
Raymond Powell12/12/1991OgmoreSigned
Andrew Smith12/12/1991Oxford EastSigned
Peter Snape12/12/1991West Bromwich EastSigned
Nigel Spearing12/12/1991Newham SouthSigned
Sylvia Heal12/12/1991Staffordshire MidSigned
David Hinchliffe12/12/1991WakefieldSigned
George Howarth12/12/1991Knowsley NorthSigned
Simon Hughes12/12/1991Southwark and BermondseySigned
Russell Johnston12/12/1991Inverness, Nairn and LochaberSigned
Richard Livsey12/12/1991Brecon and RadnorSigned
Eddie Loyden12/12/1991Liverpool, GarstonSigned
Thomas McAvoy12/12/1991Glasgow, RutherglenSigned
Elliot Morley12/12/1991Glanford and ScunthorpeSigned
Menzies Campbell12/12/1991Fife North EastSigned
Harry Cohen12/12/1991LeytonSigned
Jimmy Dunnachie12/12/1991Glasgow, PollokSigned
Gwyneth Dunwoody12/12/1991Crewe & NantwichSigned
Irene Adams12/12/1991Paisley NorthSigned
Win Griffiths12/12/1991BridgendSigned
Gerry Bermingham12/12/1991St Helens SouthSigned
Jack Thompson12/12/1991WansbeckSigned
Alan Wynne Williams12/12/1991CarmarthenSigned
Tony Worthington12/12/1991Clydebank & MilngavieSigned
Allan Rogers13/12/1991RhonddaSigned
Clare Short13/12/1991Birmingham, LadywoodSigned
Geraint Howells13/12/1991Ceredigion and Pembroke NorthSigned
Mildred Gordon13/12/1991Bow and PoplarSigned
Joyce Quin16/12/1991Gateshead EastSigned
Tim Rathbone16/12/1991LewesSigned
Barry Sheerman16/12/1991HuddersfieldSigned
Alan Haselhurst16/12/1991Saffron WaldenSigned
Adam Ingram16/12/1991East KilbrideSigned
Ieuan Wyn Jones16/12/1991Ynys MSigned
Michael Lord16/12/1991Suffolk CentralSigned
Michael Martin16/12/1991Glasgow, SpringburnSigned
Eric Martlew16/12/1991CarlisleSigned
Lewis Moonie16/12/1991KirkcaldySigned
Rhodri Morgan16/12/1991Cardiff WestSigned
Mo Mowlam16/12/1991RedcarSigned
David Clelland16/12/1991Tyne BridgeSigned
John Evans16/12/1991St Helens NorthSigned
Paul Flynn16/12/1991Newport WestSigned
Peter Griffiths16/12/1991Portsmouth NorthSigned
Bruce Grocott16/12/1991Wrekin, TheSigned
Tony Benn16/12/1991ChesterfieldSigned
Dennis Turner16/12/1991Wolverhampton South EastSigned
Michael Welsh16/12/1991Doncaster NorthSigned
Jeff Rooker17/12/1991Birmingham, Perry BarrSigned
Chris Smith17/12/1991Islington South & FinsburySigned
David Knox17/12/1991Staffordshire MoorlandsSigned
Ken Livingstone17/12/1991Brent EastSigned
Robert Maclennan17/12/1991Caithness and SutherlandSigned
Alice Mahon17/12/1991HalifaxSigned
John Gilbert17/12/1991Dudley EastSigned
David Blunkett17/12/1991Sheffield, BrightsideSigned
Gavin Strang17/12/1991Edinburgh EastSigned
John Ward17/12/1991PooleSigned
Andrew Rowe18/12/1991Kent MidSigned
Eric Illsley18/12/1991Barnsley CentralSigned
David Lambie18/12/1991Cunninghame SouthSigned
Tony Lloyd18/12/1991StretfordSigned
Calum MacDonald18/12/1991Na h-Eileanan an IarSigned
Andrew Faulds18/12/1991Warley EastSigned
Sam Galbraith18/12/1991Strathkelvin & BearsdenSigned
Gerard Vaughan18/12/1991Reading EastSigned
Joan Ruddock19/12/1991Lewisham, DeptfordSigned
Doug Henderson19/12/1991Newcastle upon Tyne NorthSigned
John Maxton19/12/1991Glasgow, CathcartSigned
Michael Foot19/12/1991Blaenau GwentSigned
John Fraser19/12/1991NorwoodSigned
Donald Anderson19/12/1991Swansea EastSigned
Harriet Harman20/12/1991PeckhamSigned
Terry Patchett13/01/1992Barnsley EastSigned
John Smith13/01/1992Vale of GlamorganSigned
Barry Jones13/01/1992Alyn & DeesideSigned
Charles Kennedy13/01/1992Ross and Cromarty and SkyeSigned
John McFall13/01/1992DumbartonSigned
Eddie McGrady13/01/1992South DownSigned
John McWilliam13/01/1992BlaydonSigned
Alun Michael14/01/1992Cardiff South & PenarthSigned
Kevin Barron16/01/1992Rother ValleySigned
Mike Watson21/01/1992Glasgow CentralSigned
Jim Cousins22/01/1992Newcastle upon Tyne CentralSigned
Kim Howells23/01/1992PontypriddSigned
Tommy Graham23/01/1992Renfrew West and InverclydeSigned
Henry Bellingham29/01/1992North West NorfolkSigned
James Couchman30/01/1992GillinghamSigned
Mark Wolfson11/02/1992SevenoaksSigned
Audrey Wise25/02/1992PrestonSigned
Martyn JonesUnknownWithdrawn

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