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EDM number 259 in 1993-94, proposed by Alan Milburn on 14/12/1993.

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 left him comatosed for 16 months; is horrified that Michael's assailant received a prison sentence of just two years because the existing definition of murder in England 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 47 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Alan Milburn14/12/1993DarlingtonProposed
Colin Pickthall15/12/1993West LancashireSigned
Harry Barnes15/12/1993North East DerbyshireSigned
Mike Hall15/12/1993Warrington SouthSigned
John Evans15/12/1993St Helens NorthSigned
Terry Davis15/12/1993Birmingham, Hodge HillSigned
Jean Corston15/12/1993Bristol EastSigned
Michael Connarty15/12/1993Falkirk EastSigned
Michael Clapham15/12/1993Barnsley West & PenistoneSigned
Keith Bradley15/12/1993Manchester, WithingtonSigned
Edward O'Hara15/12/1993Knowsley SouthSigned
William McKelvey15/12/1993Kilmarnock & LoudounSigned
John McAllion15/12/1993Dundee EastSigned
Ken Livingstone15/12/1993Brent EastSigned
Glenda Jackson15/12/1993Hampstead & HighgateSigned
Eric Illsley15/12/1993Barnsley CentralSigned
Ernie Ross15/12/1993Dundee WestSigned
Bridget Prentice15/12/1993Lewisham EastSigned
Jack Thompson16/12/1993WansbeckSigned
Gerry Steinberg16/12/1993Durham, City ofSigned
Peter Bottomley16/12/1993ElthamSigned
Hugh Bayley16/12/1993York, City ofSigned
John Gunnell16/12/1993Leeds South and MorleySigned
Bill Etherington16/12/1993Sunderland NorthSigned
Win Griffiths16/12/1993BridgendSigned
Jimmy Dunnachie16/12/1993Glasgow, PollokSigned
Jim Dowd16/12/1993Lewisham WestSigned
John Cummings16/12/1993EasingtonSigned
Lynne Jones16/12/1993Birmingham, Selly OakSigned
John Hutton16/12/1993Barrow & FurnessSigned
Paul Flynn16/12/1993Newport WestSigned
Mike Gapes17/12/1993Ilford SouthSigned
Llin Golding17/12/1993Newcastle-under-LymeSigned
Alex Carlile11/01/1994MontgomerySigned
Geoff Hoon12/01/1994AshfieldSigned
David Clelland12/01/1994Tyne BridgeSigned
John Heppell12/01/1994Nottingham EastSigned
Terry Patchett12/01/1994Barnsley EastSigned
Robert Parry13/01/1994Liverpool, RiversideSigned
Nigel Jones13/01/1994CheltenhamSigned
Anne Campbell13/01/1994CambridgeSigned
Greg Pope25/01/1994HyndburnSigned
Andrew Miller27/01/1994Ellesmere Port & NestonSigned
Alan Simpson03/02/1994Nottingham SouthSigned
Roland Boyes03/02/1994Houghton and WashingtonSigned
Dale Campbell-Savours03/02/1994WorkingtonSigned
Tommy Graham03/02/1994Renfrew West and InverclydeSigned

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