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This motion has been signed by a total of 143 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Joan Lestor	05/12/1991	Eccles		Proposed
Roger Sims	05/12/1991	Chislehurst		Signed
Ray Michie	05/12/1991	Argyll & Bute		Signed
Tom Cox	06/12/1991	Tooting		Signed
Harry Barnes	06/12/1991	North East Derbyshire		Signed
Ronnie Fearn	09/12/1991	Southport		Signed
Terry Davis	09/12/1991	Birmingham, Hodge Hill		Signed
Alan Meale	09/12/1991	Mansfield		Signed
William McKelvey	09/12/1991	Kilmarnock & Loudoun		Signed
John McAllion	09/12/1991	Dundee East		Signed
Terry Lewis	09/12/1991	Worsley		Signed
Peter Hardy	09/12/1991	Wentworth		Signed
Ernie Ross	09/12/1991	Dundee West		Signed
Jim Wallace	10/12/1991	Orkney & Shetland		Signed
Keith Vaz	10/12/1991	Leicester East		Signed
John Battle	10/12/1991	Leeds West		Signed
Tony Banks	10/12/1991	Newham North West		Signed
Ron Davies	10/12/1991	Caerphilly		Signed
Lawrence Cunliffe	10/12/1991	Leigh		Signed
Alex Carlile	10/12/1991	Montgomery		Signed
Ronnie Campbell	10/12/1991	Blyth Valley		Signed
Roy Hughes	10/12/1991	Newport East		Signed
Robert Hughes	10/12/1991	Aberdeen North		Signed
Peter Pike	10/12/1991	Burnley		Signed
Norman Godman	11/12/1991	Greenock and Port Glasgow		Signed
Maria Fyfe	11/12/1991	Glasgow, Maryhill		Signed
George Foulkes	11/12/1991	Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley		Signed
Frank Field	11/12/1991	Birkenhead		Signed
Kenneth Eastham	11/12/1991	Manchester, Blackley		Signed
Llin Golding	11/12/1991	Newcastle-under-Lyme		Signed
Joe Ashton	11/12/1991	Bassetlaw		Signed
Joe Benton	11/12/1991	Bootle		Signed
Gerry Steinberg	11/12/1991	Durham, City of		Signed
Matthew Taylor	11/12/1991	Truro		Signed
Joan Walley	11/12/1991	Stoke-on-Trent North		Signed
David Winnick	11/12/1991	Walsall North		Signed
Alexander Eadie	11/12/1991	Midlothian		Signed
Frank Doran	11/12/1991	Aberdeen South		Signed
Alistair Darling	11/12/1991	Edinburgh Central		Signed
Martin Redmond	11/12/1991	Don Valley		Signed
Kate Hoey	11/12/1991	Vauxhall		Signed
John Home Robertson	11/12/1991	East Lothian		Signed
Greville Janner	11/12/1991	Leicester West		Signed
John Marek	11/12/1991	Wrexham		Signed
Alf Morris	11/12/1991	Manchester Wythenshawe		Signed
Paul Murphy	11/12/1991	Torfaen		Signed
Frank Cook	11/12/1991	Stockton North		Signed
Tom Clarke	11/12/1991	Monklands West		Signed
Keith Bradley	11/12/1991	Manchester, Withington		Signed
Edward O'Hara	11/12/1991	Knowsley South		Signed
Bill O'Brien	11/12/1991	Normanton		Signed
Elliot Morley	12/12/1991	Glanford and Scunthorpe		Signed
Menzies Campbell	12/12/1991	Fife North East		Signed
Harry Cohen	12/12/1991	Leyton		Signed
Jimmy Dunnachie	12/12/1991	Glasgow, Pollok		Signed
Gwyneth Dunwoody	12/12/1991	Crewe & Nantwich		Signed
Irene Adams	12/12/1991	Paisley North		Signed
Win Griffiths	12/12/1991	Bridgend		Signed
Gerry Bermingham	12/12/1991	St Helens South		Signed
Jack Thompson	12/12/1991	Wansbeck		Signed
Alan Wynne Williams	12/12/1991	Carmarthen		Signed
Tony Worthington	12/12/1991	Clydebank & Milngavie		Signed
Thomas McAvoy	12/12/1991	Glasgow, Rutherglen		Signed
Eddie Loyden	12/12/1991	Liverpool, Garston		Signed
Richard Livsey	12/12/1991	Brecon and Radnor		Signed
Robert Parry	12/12/1991	Liverpool, Riverside		Signed
Tom Pendry	12/12/1991	Stalybridge & Hyde		Signed
Raymond Powell	12/12/1991	Ogmore		Signed
Andrew Smith	12/12/1991	Oxford East		Signed
Peter Snape	12/12/1991	West Bromwich East		Signed
Nigel Spearing	12/12/1991	Newham South		Signed
Sylvia Heal	12/12/1991	Staffordshire Mid		Signed
David Hinchliffe	12/12/1991	Wakefield		Signed
George Howarth	12/12/1991	Knowsley North		Signed
Simon Hughes	12/12/1991	Southwark and Bermondsey		Signed
Russell Johnston	12/12/1991	Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber		Signed
Mildred Gordon	13/12/1991	Bow and Poplar		Signed
Geraint Howells	13/12/1991	Ceredigion and Pembroke North		Signed
Clare Short	13/12/1991	Birmingham, Ladywood		Signed
Allan Rogers	13/12/1991	Rhondda		Signed
Mo Mowlam	16/12/1991	Redcar		Signed
David Clelland	16/12/1991	Tyne Bridge		Signed
John Evans	16/12/1991	St Helens North		Signed
Paul Flynn	16/12/1991	Newport West		Signed
Peter Griffiths	16/12/1991	Portsmouth North		Signed
Bruce Grocott	16/12/1991	Wrekin, The		Signed
Tony Benn	16/12/1991	Chesterfield		Signed
Dennis Turner	16/12/1991	Wolverhampton South East		Signed
Michael Welsh	16/12/1991	Doncaster North		Signed
Rhodri Morgan	16/12/1991	Cardiff West		Signed
Lewis Moonie	16/12/1991	Kirkcaldy		Signed
Joyce Quin	16/12/1991	Gateshead East		Signed
Tim Rathbone	16/12/1991	Lewes		Signed
Barry Sheerman	16/12/1991	Huddersfield		Signed
Alan Haselhurst	16/12/1991	Saffron Walden		Signed
Adam Ingram	16/12/1991	East Kilbride		Signed
Ieuan Wyn Jones	16/12/1991	Ynys M		Signed
Michael Lord	16/12/1991	Suffolk Central		Signed
Michael Martin	16/12/1991	Glasgow, Springburn		Signed
Eric Martlew	16/12/1991	Carlisle		Signed
John Ward	17/12/1991	Poole		Signed
Gavin Strang	17/12/1991	Edinburgh East		Signed
David Blunkett	17/12/1991	Sheffield, Brightside		Signed
John Gilbert	17/12/1991	Dudley East		Signed
Alice Mahon	17/12/1991	Halifax		Signed
Robert Maclennan	17/12/1991	Caithness and Sutherland		Signed
Ken Livingstone	17/12/1991	Brent East		Signed
David Knox	17/12/1991	Staffordshire Moorlands		Signed
Chris Smith	17/12/1991	Islington South & Finsbury		Signed
Jeff Rooker	17/12/1991	Birmingham, Perry Barr		Signed
Gerard Vaughan	18/12/1991	Reading East		Signed
Sam Galbraith	18/12/1991	Strathkelvin & Bearsden		Signed
Andrew Faulds	18/12/1991	Warley East		Signed
Calum MacDonald	18/12/1991	Na h-Eileanan an Iar		Signed
Tony Lloyd	18/12/1991	Stretford		Signed
David Lambie	18/12/1991	Cunninghame South		Signed
Eric Illsley	18/12/1991	Barnsley Central		Signed
Andrew Rowe	18/12/1991	Kent Mid		Signed
John Fraser	19/12/1991	Norwood		Signed
Michael Foot	19/12/1991	Blaenau Gwent		Signed
John Maxton	19/12/1991	Glasgow, Cathcart		Signed
Doug Henderson	19/12/1991	Newcastle upon Tyne North		Signed
Joan Ruddock	19/12/1991	Lewisham, Deptford		Signed
Donald Anderson	19/12/1991	Swansea East		Signed
Harriet Harman	20/12/1991	Peckham		Signed
Terry Patchett	13/01/1992	Barnsley East		Signed
John Smith	13/01/1992	Vale of Glamorgan		Signed
Barry Jones	13/01/1992	Alyn & Deeside		Signed
Charles Kennedy	13/01/1992	Ross and Cromarty and Skye		Signed
John McFall	13/01/1992	Dumbarton		Signed
Eddie McGrady	13/01/1992	South Down		Signed
John McWilliam	13/01/1992	Blaydon		Signed
Alun Michael	14/01/1992	Cardiff South & Penarth		Signed
Kevin Barron	16/01/1992	Rother Valley		Signed
Mike Watson	21/01/1992	Glasgow Central		Signed
Jim Cousins	22/01/1992	Newcastle upon Tyne Central		Signed
Kim Howells	23/01/1992	Pontypridd		Signed
Tommy Graham	23/01/1992	Renfrew West and Inverclyde		Signed
Henry Bellingham	29/01/1992	North West Norfolk		Signed
James Couchman	30/01/1992	Gillingham		Signed
Mark Wolfson	11/02/1992	Sevenoaks		Signed
Audrey Wise	25/02/1992	Preston		Signed
Martyn Jones	Unknown			Withdrawn

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