Detention Of Asylum Seekers

EDM number 253 in 1997-98, proposed by Roseanna Cunningham on 15/07/1997.

That this House welcomes the Government's decision to review the procedures under which asylum seekers are detained; notes the view of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees that 'as a general rule, asylum seekers should not be detained' and that, in so far as such detention occurs, 'it should be proportional to the ends to be achieved and for a minimal period'; is gravely concerned that decisions to detain asylum seekers are not subject to automatic and independent review, with a presumption in favour of liberty as provided for in criminal cases under the Bail Act 1976; believes that asylum seekers who are detained should be informed in writing of the reasons for their detention; further believes that, in so far as detention occurs, asylum seekers should not be held in prisons unless charged with criminal offences; and calls on the Government to ensure that future practice meets these concerns and conforms with the fundamental principles of refugee protection and relevant international standards.

This motion has been signed by a total of 192 MPs, 6 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Roseanna Cunningham	15/07/1997	Perth	Scottish National Party	Proposed
Evan Harris	15/07/1997	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	15/07/1997	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Dafydd Wigley	15/07/1997	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Seconded
Barbara Follett	15/07/1997	Stevenage	Labour	Seconded
Ian Davidson	15/07/1997	Glasgow, Pollok	Labour Co-operative	Seconded
Vernon Coaker	15/07/1997	Gedling	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	15/07/1997	Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Yvette Cooper	15/07/1997	Pontefract & Castleford	Labour	Signed
John Cryer	15/07/1997	Hornchurch	Labour	Signed
Jim Cunningham	15/07/1997	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Keith Darvill	15/07/1997	Upminster	Labour	Signed
Anne Campbell	15/07/1997	Cambridge	Labour	Signed
Paul Burstow	15/07/1997	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gillian Merron	15/07/1997	Lincoln	Labour	Signed
James Plaskitt	15/07/1997	Warwick & Leamington	Labour	Signed
Brian Sedgemore	15/07/1997	Hackney South & Shoreditch	Labour	Signed
Beverley Hughes	15/07/1997	Stretford & Urmston	Labour	Signed
Helen Jackson	15/07/1997	Sheffield, Hillsborough	Labour	Signed
Denis MacShane	15/07/1997	Rotherham	Labour	Signed
Fiona Mactaggart	15/07/1997	Slough	Labour	Signed
Donald Gorrie	16/07/1997	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew George	16/07/1997	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Maria Fyfe	16/07/1997	Glasgow, Maryhill	Labour	Signed
Don Foster	16/07/1997	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ronnie Fearn	16/07/1997	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Huw Edwards	16/07/1997	Monmouth	Labour	Signed
Richard Allan	16/07/1997	Sheffield, Hallam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Hancock	16/07/1997	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Austin	16/07/1997	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Jackie Ballard	16/07/1997	Taunton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Matthew Taylor	16/07/1997	Truro & St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gareth Thomas	16/07/1997	Harrow West	Labour	Signed
Jim Wallace	16/07/1997	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Phil Willis	16/07/1997	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Audrey Wise	16/07/1997	Preston	Labour	Signed
Valerie Davey	16/07/1997	Bristol West	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	16/07/1997	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Palmer	16/07/1997	Broxtowe	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	16/07/1997	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dennis Skinner	16/07/1997	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Robert Smith	16/07/1997	West Aberdeenshire & Kincardine	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynne Jones	16/07/1997	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	16/07/1997	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ken Livingstone	16/07/1997	Brent East	Labour	Signed
Bill Michie	16/07/1997	Sheffield, Heeley	Labour	Signed
Michael Moore	16/07/1997	Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Clapham	16/07/1997	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Menzies Campbell	16/07/1997	Fife North East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Vincent Cable	16/07/1997	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Burden	16/07/1997	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Peter Brand	16/07/1997	Isle of Wight	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lembit	16/07/1997	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Derek Wyatt	17/07/1997	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Gerry Steinberg	17/07/1997	Durham, City of	Labour	Signed
Tony Benn	17/07/1997	Chesterfield	Labour	Signed
Hugh Bayley	17/07/1997	York, City of	Labour	Signed
Harry Barnes	17/07/1997	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	17/07/1997	Hendon	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	17/07/1997	Easington	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	17/07/1997	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Tom Cox	17/07/1997	Tooting	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	17/07/1997	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Phil Hope	17/07/1997	Corby	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Andrew Stunell	18/07/1997	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	18/07/1997	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	18/07/1997	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John McWilliam	18/07/1997	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Ieuan Wyn Jones	18/07/1997	Ynys M	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Peter Bradley	21/07/1997	Wrekin, The	Labour	Signed
David Chidgey	21/07/1997	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Harry Cohen	21/07/1997	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Norman Baker	21/07/1997	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Stinchcombe	21/07/1997	Wellingborough	Labour	Signed
Jenny Tonge	21/07/1997	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Steve Webb	21/07/1997	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Oaten	21/07/1997	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kevin McNamara	21/07/1997	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Robert Maclennan	21/07/1997	Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Rendel	21/07/1997	Newbury	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Adrian Sanders	21/07/1997	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Clive Soley	21/07/1997			Signed
Nick Harvey	21/07/1997	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Simon Hughes	21/07/1997	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Keetch	21/07/1997	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ashok Kumar	21/07/1997	Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland	Labour	Signed
Keith Vaz	22/07/1997	Leicester East	Labour	Signed
Alan Beith	22/07/1997	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Anne Begg	22/07/1997	Aberdeen South	Labour	Signed
Ian Gibson	22/07/1997	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Brian Cotter	22/07/1997	Weston-Super-Mare	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Frank Cook	22/07/1997	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Ben Bradshaw	22/07/1997	Exeter	Labour	Signed
Andrew Love	22/07/1997	Edmonton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Julie Morgan	22/07/1997	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	23/07/1997	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Stephen Twigg	23/07/1997	Enfield, Southgate	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	23/07/1997	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Neil Gerrard	23/07/1997	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Margaret Ewing	23/07/1997	Moray	Scottish National Party	Signed
Julia Drown	23/07/1997	South Swindon	Labour	Signed
Robin Corbett	23/07/1997	Birmingham, Erdington	Labour	Signed
Robert Marshall-Andrews	23/07/1997	Medway	Labour	Signed
Jim Fitzpatrick	24/07/1997	Poplar & Canning Town	Labour	Signed
Tony Colman	24/07/1997	Putney	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	24/07/1997	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John McDonnell	24/07/1997	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	24/07/1997	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Ernie Ross	24/07/1997	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
Debra Shipley	28/07/1997	Stourbridge	Labour	Signed
Graham Stringer	28/07/1997	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	28/07/1997	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Dennis Turner	29/07/1997	Wolverhampton South East	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Chris McCafferty	29/07/1997	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	29/07/1997	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Charles Kennedy	30/07/1997	Ross, Skye & Inverness West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	30/07/1997	Islington North	Labour	Signed
John Gunnell	30/07/1997	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Tony McWalter	31/07/1997	Hemel Hempstead	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Jacqui Smith	31/07/1997	Redditch	Labour	Signed
Christine Russell	31/07/1997	Chester, City of	Labour	Signed
Linda Perham	31/07/1997	Ilford North	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	27/10/1997	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	27/10/1997	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Harold Best	27/10/1997	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Mike Gapes	27/10/1997	Ilford South	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Louise Ellman	27/10/1997	Liverpool, Riverside	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Claire Curtis-Thomas	27/10/1997	Crosby	Labour	Signed
Karen Buck	27/10/1997			Signed
Doug Naysmith	27/10/1997	Bristol North West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Margaret Moran	27/10/1997	Luton South	Labour	Signed
Richard Livsey	27/10/1997	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Christopher Leslie	27/10/1997	Shipley	Labour	Signed
Alan Keen	27/10/1997	Feltham & Heston	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Jonathan R Shaw	27/10/1997	Chatham & Aylesford	Labour	Signed
Jane Griffiths	28/10/1997	Reading East	Labour	Signed
Diana Organ	29/10/1997	Forest of Dean	Labour	Signed
Ann Keen	30/10/1997	Brentford & Isleworth	Labour	Signed
Jenny Jones	30/10/1997	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Chris Pond	30/10/1997	Gravesham	Labour	Signed
Paul Goggins	03/11/1997	Wythenshawe & Sale East	Labour	Signed
Ray Michie	04/11/1997	Argyll & Bute	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Diane Abbott	04/11/1997	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Paul Tyler	04/11/1997	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Whitehead	04/11/1997	Southampton, Test	Labour	Signed
Ann Clwyd	05/11/1997	Cynon Valley	Labour	Signed
John Burnett	05/11/1997	Torridge & West Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Terry Rooney	06/11/1997	Bradford North	Labour	Signed
Jim Marshall	06/11/1997	Leicester South	Labour	Signed
Peter Pike	10/11/1997	Burnley	Labour	Signed
Archy Kirkwood	10/11/1997	Roxburgh & Berwickshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gisela Stuart	12/11/1997	Birmingham, Edgbaston	Labour	Signed
Roger Berry	12/11/1997	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Martin Salter	17/11/1997	Reading West	Labour	Signed
Mark Todd	17/11/1997	South Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
John Swinney	18/11/1997	North Tayside	Scottish National Party	Signed
John Grogan	20/11/1997	Selby	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	24/11/1997	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Geraldine Smith	26/11/1997	Morecambe & Lunesdale	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	28/11/1997	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Laura Moffatt	28/11/1997	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	03/12/1997	Glasgow, Govan	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	04/12/1997	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Robert Jackson	08/12/1997	Wantage	Conservative	Signed
Patrick Hall	09/12/1997	Bedford	Labour	Signed
John Randall	10/12/1997	Uxbridge	Conservative	Signed
Martin Caton	11/12/1997	Gower	Labour	Signed
Phil Woolas	11/12/1997	Oldham East & Saddleworth	Labour	Signed
Hilton Dawson	17/12/1997	Lancaster & Wyre	Labour	Signed
Andrew MacKinlay	18/12/1997	Thurrock	Labour	Signed
Piara S Khabra	12/01/1998	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed
Ivor Caplin	12/01/1998	Hove	Labour	Signed
Chris Mullin	19/01/1998	Sunderland South	Labour	Signed
Liz Blackman	20/01/1998	Erewash	Labour	Signed
Fabian Hamilton	22/01/1998	Leeds North East	Labour	Signed
Iain Coleman	27/01/1998	Hammersmith & Fulham	Labour	Signed
Dale Campbell-Savours	02/02/1998	Workington	Labour	Signed
David Borrow	09/02/1998	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Fraser Kemp	11/02/1998	Houghton & Washington East	Labour	Signed
Humfrey Malins	12/02/1998	Woking	Conservative	Signed
Terry Davis	11/03/1998	Birmingham, Hodge Hill	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Savidge	12/03/1998	Aberdeen North	Labour	Signed
Ivan Lewis	18/03/1998	Bury South	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Chisholm	26/03/1998	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour	Signed
Alasdair Morgan	08/04/1998	Galloway & Upper Nithsdale	Scottish National Party	Signed
Kerry Pollard	08/05/1998	St Albans	Labour	Signed
Keith Hill	Unknown			Withdrawn
Patricia Hewitt	Unknown			Withdrawn
Stephen Timms	Unknown			Withdrawn
John Hutton	Unknown			Withdrawn
Margaret Hodge	Unknown			Withdrawn
Charles Clarke	Unknown			Withdrawn

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