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Rights Of The Child

EDM number 1165 in 1997-98, proposed by Martin Bell on 30/03/1998.

That this House notes the United Kingdom is a State Party to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child; further notes that Articles 9, 10 and 22 of the Convention lay out a child's rights in relation to nationality, immigration and asylum; further notes that unaccompanied asylum-seeking children continue to be held in detention centres and prisons; notes that in 1995 the Committee on the Rights of the Child called on the United Kingdom Government to review its immigration and nationality laws and procedures to ensure their conformity with the principles and provisions of the Convention; notes that the Government has not yet taken action to review the reservation relating to immigration, nationality and asylum; and calls on the Government immediately to withdraw this reservation to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and ensure its nationality and immigration law reflects the primacy of the welfare of the child.

This motion has been signed by a total of 77 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Martin Bell30/03/1998TattonIndependentProposed
Oona King30/03/1998Bethnal Green & BowLabourSigned
Elfyn Llwyd30/03/1998Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Tom Cox30/03/1998TootingLabourSigned
Hilton Dawson30/03/1998Lancaster & WyreLabourSigned
Julia Drown30/03/1998South SwindonLabourSigned
Roger Berry30/03/1998KingswoodLabourSigned
Paul Stinchcombe31/03/1998WellingboroughLabourSigned
Brian White31/03/1998North East Milton KeynesLabourSigned
John Austin31/03/1998Erith & ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Mike Hancock31/03/1998Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
David Drew31/03/1998StroudLabour Co-operativeSigned
Roseanna Cunningham31/03/1998PerthScottish National PartySigned
Eric Clarke31/03/1998MidlothianLabourSigned
Bill Michie31/03/1998Sheffield, HeeleyLabourSigned
Ashok Kumar31/03/1998Middlesbrough South & East ClevelandLabourSigned
Lynne Jones31/03/1998Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Syd Rapson31/03/1998Portsmouth NorthLabourSigned
Bob Russell31/03/1998ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Lawrence Cunliffe31/03/1998LeighLabourSigned
David Taylor01/04/1998North West LeicestershireLabour Co-operativeSigned
Jim Wallace01/04/1998Orkney & ShetlandLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Tyler01/04/1998North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
John Cummings01/04/1998EasingtonLabourSigned
Martin Caton01/04/1998GowerLabourSigned
Ronnie Campbell01/04/1998Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Edward O'Hara01/04/1998Knowsley SouthLabourSigned
Denis Murphy01/04/1998WansbeckLabourSigned
Jonathan R Shaw02/04/1998Chatham & AylesfordLabourSigned
Nigel Jones02/04/1998CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
John Cryer02/04/1998HornchurchLabourSigned
Janet Dean02/04/1998BurtonLabourSigned
Andrew George02/04/1998St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Donald Gorrie02/04/1998Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Harry Barnes02/04/1998North East DerbyshireLabourSigned
Andrew Stunell06/04/1998Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Ann Cryer06/04/1998KeighleyLabourSigned
Evan Harris06/04/1998Oxford West & AbingdonLiberal DemocratSigned
Harry Cohen06/04/1998Leyton & WansteadLabourSigned
Huw Edwards07/04/1998MonmouthLabourSigned
Harold Best07/04/1998Leeds North WestLabourSigned
Kevin McNamara07/04/1998Kingston upon Hull NorthLabourSigned
Mark Todd08/04/1998South DerbyshireLabourSigned
Maria Fyfe08/04/1998Glasgow, MaryhillLabourSigned
Jim Fitzpatrick08/04/1998Poplar & Canning TownLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin08/04/1998Heywood & MiddletonLabour Co-operativeSigned
Tam Dalyell08/04/1998LinlithgowLabourSigned
Alasdair Morgan08/04/1998Galloway & Upper NithsdaleScottish National PartySigned
Austin Mitchell08/04/1998Great GrimsbyLabourSigned
Vincent Cable20/04/1998TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Ann Clwyd20/04/1998Cynon ValleyLabourSigned
Mike Wood20/04/1998Batley & SpenLabourSigned
John Marek21/04/1998WrexhamLabourSigned
Valerie Davey21/04/1998Bristol WestLabourSigned
Tony Benn24/04/1998ChesterfieldLabourSigned
Rudi Vis24/04/1998Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
Laura Moffatt27/04/1998CrawleyLabourSigned
Barry Jones27/04/1998Alyn & DeesideLabourSigned
Andrew Rowe27/04/1998Faversham & Mid KentConservativeSigned
Ray Michie27/04/1998Argyll & ButeLiberal DemocratSigned
Jenny Jones30/04/1998Wolverhampton South WestLabourSigned
Bill Etherington30/04/1998Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Paul Truswell30/04/1998PudseyLabourSigned
Phil Willis05/05/1998Harrogate & KnaresboroughLiberal DemocratSigned
Derek Wyatt05/05/1998Sittingbourne & SheppeyLabourSigned
Vernon Coaker06/05/1998GedlingLabourSigned
John Gunnell11/05/1998Morley & RothwellLabourSigned
Christine Russell13/05/1998Chester, City ofLabourSigned
Desmond Turner13/05/1998Brighton, KemptownLabourSigned
Martin Smyth19/05/1998Belfast SouthUUPSigned
Nick Harvey21/05/1998North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Peter Bottomley01/06/1998Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Ken Livingstone16/07/1998Brent EastLabourSigned
Phil Sawford02/09/1998KetteringLabourSigned
Simon Hughes03/09/1998North Southwark & BermondseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Ronnie Fearn26/10/1998SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
John McDonnell04/11/1998Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned

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