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Amendment Of The Licensing Act 1964

EDM number 536 in 1997-98, proposed by Paul Truswell on 01/12/1997.

That this House expresses its deep sadness at the death of 14 year old David Knowles, who ran onto a busy dual carriageway shortly after consuming three cans of lager bought at Thresher's Drinks Cabin in Market Place, Pudsey; furthermore, shares the anger of his parents that a loophole in Section 169(1) of the Licensing Act 1964, confirmed by Russell v DPP 1996, prevents the prosecution of staff serving under 18 year olds with alcohol, unless those staff are the directly employed and paid servants of the actual holder of the liquor licence, which was not the case in this tragedy; and calls upon the Home Secretary to introduce appropriate amendments to this outdated legislation, in recognition of the fact that many staff selling alcohol are the employees of supermarket and off licence chains and are not, therefore, regarded in law as the servants of the individual names in the licence at their outlet.

This motion has been signed by a total of 37 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Paul Truswell01/12/1997PudseyLabourProposed
Marsha Singh01/12/1997Bradford WestLabourSigned
Chris McCafferty01/12/1997Calder ValleyLabourSigned
Diana Organ01/12/1997Forest of DeanLabourSigned
Colin Burgon01/12/1997ElmetLabourSigned
John Gunnell01/12/1997Morley & RothwellLabourSigned
Fabian Hamilton01/12/1997Leeds North EastLabourSigned
Harold Best01/12/1997Leeds North WestLabourSigned
Gareth Thomas01/12/1997Clwyd WestLabourSigned
Ashok Kumar02/12/1997Middlesbrough South & East ClevelandLabourSigned
Robert Wareing02/12/1997Liverpool, West DerbyLabourSigned
John Austin02/12/1997Erith & ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Kevin McNamara02/12/1997Kingston upon Hull NorthLabourSigned
Martin Smyth02/12/1997Belfast SouthUUPSigned
John Cryer03/12/1997HornchurchLabourSigned
John Cummings03/12/1997EasingtonLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin03/12/1997Heywood & MiddletonLabour Co-operativeSigned
Norman Godman03/12/1997Greenock & InverclydeLabourSigned
Lynne Jones04/12/1997Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Andrew Stunell04/12/1997Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Harry Barnes04/12/1997North East DerbyshireLabourSigned
Jonathan R Shaw09/12/1997Chatham & AylesfordLabourSigned
Brian Iddon09/12/1997Bolton South EastLabourSigned
Christopher Leslie09/12/1997ShipleyLabourSigned
Ken Livingstone10/12/1997Brent EastLabourSigned
Alan Simpson11/12/1997Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Paul Flynn11/12/1997Newport WestLabourSigned
Eric Illsley18/12/1997Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Ann Cryer22/12/1997KeighleyLabourSigned
Christine Russell14/01/1998Chester, City ofLabourSigned
Andrew Dismore14/01/1998HendonLabourSigned
Kali Mountford19/01/1998Colne ValleyLabourSigned
John McDonnell21/01/1998Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Joan Walley28/01/1998Stoke-on-Trent NorthLabourSigned
Audrey Wise02/02/1998PrestonLabourSigned
Martyn Jones09/02/1998Clwyd SouthLabourSigned
Dafydd Wigley25/03/1998CaernarfonPlaid CymruSigned

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