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EDM number 2503 in 1992-93, proposed by Alan Milburn on 25/10/1993.

That this House expresses its condolences to the family of Michael Gibson who died on 30th August 1993 after a violent assault in Darlington town centre in April 1992 left him comatosed; is horrified that Michael's assailant received a prison sentence of just two years because the existing definition of murder stipulates that a victim must die within 366 days of an assault taking place for a charge of murder to be brought; believes that this ancient law takes no account of advances in medical technology which can keep comatosed patients alive for many years; deplores the injustice suffered by the Gibson family; and calls for an urgent independent review of this law so that this House can decide on a new definition of murder.

This motion has been signed by a total of 71 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Alan Milburn25/10/1993DarlingtonProposed
Stephen Byers26/10/1993WallsendSeconded
Roland Boyes26/10/1993Houghton and WashingtonSeconded
Jim Cousins26/10/1993Newcastle upon Tyne CentralSeconded
Angela Eagle26/10/1993WallaseySeconded
Ann Coffey26/10/1993StockportSeconded
Eric Clarke26/10/1993MidlothianSigned
Joan Walley26/10/1993Stoke-on-Trent NorthSigned
David Clelland26/10/1993Tyne BridgeSigned
Michael Connarty26/10/1993Falkirk EastSigned
Frank Cook26/10/1993Stockton NorthSigned
Alistair Darling26/10/1993Edinburgh CentralSigned
Jimmy Dunnachie26/10/1993Glasgow, PollokSigned
Mike Gapes26/10/1993Ilford SouthSigned
Llin Golding26/10/1993Newcastle-under-LymeSigned
Diane Abbott26/10/1993Hackney North & Stoke NewingtonSigned
Peter Hain26/10/1993NeathSigned
Harry Barnes26/10/1993North East DerbyshireSigned
Clive Betts26/10/1993Sheffield, AttercliffeSigned
Jimmy Boyce26/10/1993RotherhamSigned
Dennis Turner26/10/1993Wolverhampton South EastSigned
Keith Bradley26/10/1993Manchester, WithingtonSigned
Richard Caborn26/10/1993Sheffield CentralSigned
Nigel Griffiths26/10/1993Edinburgh SouthSigned
Bridget Prentice26/10/1993Lewisham EastSigned
Ken Purchase26/10/1993Wolverhampton North EastSigned
Andrew Smith26/10/1993Oxford EastSigned
Geoff Hoon26/10/1993AshfieldSigned
Kevin Hughes26/10/1993Doncaster NorthSigned
John Hutton26/10/1993Barrow & FurnessSigned
Adam Ingram26/10/1993East KilbrideSigned
Glenda Jackson26/10/1993Hampstead & HighgateSigned
Tessa Jowell26/10/1993DulwichSigned
Ken Livingstone26/10/1993Brent EastSigned
Calum MacDonald26/10/1993Na h-Eileanan an IarSigned
Alan Meale26/10/1993MansfieldSigned
Alan Williams27/10/1993Swansea WestSigned
Gerry Steinberg27/10/1993Durham, City ofSigned
Janet Anderson27/10/1993Rossendale & DarwenSigned
Nick Ainger27/10/1993PembrokeSigned
Paul Flynn27/10/1993Newport WestSigned
Kenneth Eastham27/10/1993Manchester, BlackleySigned
Terry Davis27/10/1993Birmingham, Hodge HillSigned
Jean Corston27/10/1993Bristol EastSigned
Michael Clapham27/10/1993Barnsley West & PenistoneSigned
Edward O'Hara27/10/1993Knowsley SouthSigned
Barry Jones27/10/1993Alyn & DeesideSigned
Nick Harvey27/10/1993North DevonSigned
Colin Pickthall27/10/1993West LancashireSigned
Ian Davidson27/10/1993Glasgow, GovanSigned
Greg Pope28/10/1993HyndburnSigned
Alan Simpson28/10/1993Nottingham SouthSigned
Eric Illsley28/10/1993Barnsley CentralSigned
Terry Lewis28/10/1993WorsleySigned
John Evans28/10/1993St Helens NorthSigned
Neil Gerrard28/10/1993WalthamstowSigned
Jack Thompson28/10/1993WansbeckSigned
Win Griffiths29/10/1993BridgendSigned
Terry Patchett01/11/1993Barnsley EastSigned
Lynne Jones01/11/1993Birmingham, Selly OakSigned
Ronnie Campbell01/11/1993Blyth ValleySigned
Alex Carlile02/11/1993MontgomerySigned
Derek Enright02/11/1993HemsworthSigned
Martin Redmond03/11/1993Don ValleySigned
Richard Burden03/11/1993Birmingham, NorthfieldSigned
Tom Cox03/11/1993TootingSigned
Nigel Jones04/11/1993CheltenhamSigned
Jamie Cann04/11/1993IpswichSigned
Bill Etherington04/11/1993Sunderland NorthSigned
John Gunnell04/11/1993Leeds South and MorleySigned
Mike Hall04/11/1993Warrington SouthSigned

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