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Human Rights Commissioner And Human Rights Commission

EDM number 1017 in 1997-98, proposed by Paul Stinchcombe on 13/03/1998.

That this House welcomes the priority which the Government has given to incorporation of the European Convention on Human Rights into domestic law and its willingness to discuss the establishment of a human rights commission or commissioner; expresses its firm belief that a statutory body will be needed from the beginning to promote awareness of the Act and to assist individuals who believe that their rights have been infringed; therefore urges the Government to consider the early appointment of a human rights commissioner with a specific remit to undertake those functions; and proposes that the commissioner should, after wide consultation, advise the Government and the proposed parliamentary human rights committee on the long-term options for a broader human rights commission and its potential relationship with existing statutory bodies.

This motion has been signed by a total of 71 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Paul Stinchcombe13/03/1998WellingboroughLabourProposed
Bill Rammell13/03/1998HarlowLabourSigned
Phil Sawford13/03/1998KetteringLabourSigned
Brian Sedgemore13/03/1998Hackney South & ShoreditchLabourSigned
Andy King13/03/1998Rugby & KenilworthLabourSigned
Robert Marshall-Andrews13/03/1998MedwayLabourSigned
Ivor Caplin13/03/1998HoveLabourSigned
Bill Etherington13/03/1998Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
David Drew16/03/1998StroudLabour Co-operativeSigned
Derek Wyatt16/03/1998Sittingbourne & SheppeyLabourSigned
David Borrow16/03/1998South RibbleLabourSigned
Harry Barnes16/03/1998North East DerbyshireLabourSigned
Lynne Jones16/03/1998Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
James Plaskitt16/03/1998Warwick & LeamingtonLabourSigned
Bill Michie17/03/1998Sheffield, HeeleyLabourSigned
Robert Wareing17/03/1998Liverpool, West DerbyLabourSigned
David Taylor17/03/1998North West LeicestershireLabour Co-operativeSigned
Lawrence Cunliffe17/03/1998LeighLabourSigned
Tom Cox17/03/1998TootingLabourSigned
Eric Clarke17/03/1998MidlothianLabourSigned
Chris Mullin17/03/1998Sunderland SouthLabourSigned
Gordon Marsden17/03/1998Blackpool SouthLabourSigned
Martin Linton17/03/1998BatterseaLabourSigned
Ashok Kumar17/03/1998Middlesbrough South & East ClevelandLabourSigned
Piara S Khabra17/03/1998Ealing, SouthallLabourSigned
Joan Humble17/03/1998Blackpool North & FleetwoodLabourSigned
Alice Mahon18/03/1998HalifaxLabourSigned
Andrew Dismore18/03/1998HendonLabourSigned
Paul Flynn18/03/1998Newport WestLabourSigned
Desmond Turner18/03/1998Brighton, KemptownLabourSigned
Audrey Wise18/03/1998PrestonLabourSigned
Huw Edwards19/03/1998MonmouthLabourSigned
Harry Cohen20/03/1998Leyton & WansteadLabourSigned
Neil Gerrard20/03/1998WalthamstowLabourSigned
John Austin20/03/1998Erith & ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Lorna Fitzsimons23/03/1998RochdaleLabourSigned
Rudi Vis23/03/1998Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
Elfyn Llwyd23/03/1998Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Ann Cryer23/03/1998KeighleyLabourSigned
Julia Drown23/03/1998South SwindonLabourSigned
Vincent Cable24/03/1998TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Donald Gorrie24/03/1998Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Dennis Turner24/03/1998Wolverhampton South EastLabour Co-operativeSigned
Brian White24/03/1998North East Milton KeynesLabourSigned
Kevin McNamara26/03/1998Kingston upon Hull NorthLabourSigned
Lembit 26/03/1998MontgomeryshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Clapham26/03/1998Barnsley West & PenistoneLabourSigned
Dafydd Wigley27/03/1998CaernarfonPlaid CymruSigned
Dale Campbell-Savours30/03/1998WorkingtonLabourSigned
Austin Mitchell31/03/1998Great GrimsbyLabourSigned
John Maxton01/04/1998Glasgow, CathcartLabourSigned
Ian Davidson01/04/1998Glasgow, PollokLabour Co-operativeSigned
Phil Woolas02/04/1998Oldham East & SaddleworthLabourSigned
Janet Dean02/04/1998BurtonLabourSigned
Brian Cotter02/04/1998Weston-Super-MareLiberal DemocratSigned
Tony Clarke02/04/1998Northampton SouthLabourSigned
Nigel Jones02/04/1998CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Julie Morgan06/04/1998Cardiff NorthLabourSigned
Phil Hope06/04/1998CorbyLabour Co-operativeSigned
Lindsay Hoyle06/04/1998ChorleyLabourSigned
Alan Beith07/04/1998Berwick-upon-TweedLiberal DemocratSigned
Geraldine Smith08/04/1998Morecambe & LunesdaleLabourSigned
Ian Gibson08/04/1998Norwich NorthLabourSigned
Peter Brand20/04/1998Isle of WightLiberal DemocratSigned
David Lepper22/04/1998Brighton, PavilionLabour Co-operativeSigned
Evan Harris05/05/1998Oxford West & AbingdonLiberal DemocratSigned
Norman Baker18/06/1998LewesLiberal DemocratSigned
Ken Livingstone16/07/1998Brent EastLabourSigned
Terry Davis24/07/1998Birmingham, Hodge HillLabourSigned
John McDonnell04/11/1998Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Patricia HewittUnknownWithdrawn

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