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Profits From Murder

EDM number 1251 in 1997-98, proposed by Lindsay Hoyle on 27/04/1998.

That this House notes with disgust reports that payments of ú50,000 have been given to Mary Bell, a child killer convicted in 1968 of murdering two children; notes that this payment has been offered for her collaboration in a book about her life entitled 'Cries Unheard', published by Macmillan and written by Gitta Sereny; believes that this payment is deeply offensive to the general population and to the parents of the victims, as Mary Bell should not be permitted to profit from these tragedies; further notes that this book should be banned; and calls upon the Home Secretary to take action to ensure that other criminals are not able to make money from their crimes.

This motion has been signed by a total of 25 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Lindsay Hoyle27/04/1998ChorleyLabourProposed
Syd Rapson27/04/1998Portsmouth NorthLabourSigned
Brian Iddon27/04/1998Bolton South EastLabourSigned
Bob Laxton27/04/1998Derby NorthLabourSigned
Lawrence Cunliffe27/04/1998LeighLabourSigned
Janet Dean27/04/1998BurtonLabourSigned
Norman Godman27/04/1998Greenock & InverclydeLabourSigned
David Borrow27/04/1998South RibbleLabourSigned
Paul Flynn28/04/1998Newport WestLabourSigned
Tim Loughton28/04/1998East Worthing & ShorehamConservativeSigned
Ashok Kumar28/04/1998Middlesbrough South & East ClevelandLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins28/04/1998Luton NorthLabourSigned
Dennis Skinner28/04/1998BolsoverLabourSigned
Martin Salter29/04/1998Reading WestLabourSigned
Ivan Henderson29/04/1998HarwichLabourSigned
Elfyn Llwyd29/04/1998Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Gordon Marsden29/04/1998Blackpool SouthLabourSigned
Eric Clarke29/04/1998MidlothianLabourSigned
Tom Cox29/04/1998TootingLabourSigned
Ian Gibson29/04/1998Norwich NorthLabourSigned
Mike Hancock29/04/1998Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Bill Michie30/04/1998Sheffield, HeeleyLabourSigned
Paul Truswell30/04/1998PudseyLabourSigned
Evan Harris05/05/1998Oxford West & AbingdonLiberal DemocratSigned
Jeff Ennis06/05/1998Barnsley East & MexboroughLabourSigned

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