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Treatment Of Vulnerable Victims

EDM number 761 in 1997-98, proposed by Tom Levitt on 09/02/1998.

That this House notes that a number of boys under 13 years old were recently called to give evidence in court as victims of sexual abuse, that over a year had elapsed between the offences and the court appearances, a time of great distress and trauma for the victims and their families and that during this time normal family relationships were effectively suspended because of the need for adults to be seen to be exerting no influence on the nature or presentation of evidence by their sons; is concerned that in cases like this, especially if they go to appeal, children may be subjected to many days of re-living their abuse in court when what they most need is a period of counselling, rest and recovery; and calls for early reforms in the treatment of young and vulnerable witnesses so as to minimise the trauma of court and avoid the perception that the legal process is more of a punishment for some victims of crime than for some perpetrators.

This motion has been signed by a total of 49 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Tom Levitt09/02/1998High PeakLabourProposed
Ashok Kumar10/02/1998Middlesbrough South & East ClevelandLabourSigned
Ken Livingstone10/02/1998Brent EastLabourSigned
Bill Michie10/02/1998Sheffield, HeeleyLabourSigned
Hilton Dawson10/02/1998Lancaster & WyreLabourSigned
Harry Barnes10/02/1998North East DerbyshireLabourSigned
Jenny Tonge10/02/1998Richmond ParkLiberal DemocratSigned
Derek Wyatt10/02/1998Sittingbourne & SheppeyLabourSigned
Edward O'Hara11/02/1998Knowsley SouthLabourSigned
Dari Taylor11/02/1998Stockton SouthLabourSigned
Peter Bottomley11/02/1998Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Jackie Ballard11/02/1998TauntonLiberal DemocratSigned
John Austin11/02/1998Erith & ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Mike Hancock11/02/1998Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Donald Gorrie11/02/1998Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
John Cryer11/02/1998HornchurchLabourSigned
Lynne Jones11/02/1998Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Gordon Prentice11/02/1998PendleLabourSigned
Bill Etherington12/02/1998Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Lawrence Cunliffe12/02/1998LeighLabourSigned
Ann Cryer12/02/1998KeighleyLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins12/02/1998Luton NorthLabourSigned
Ernie Ross12/02/1998Dundee WestLabourSigned
Colin Pickthall12/02/1998West LancashireLabourSigned
Kevin McNamara12/02/1998Kingston upon Hull NorthLabourSigned
Tom Brake16/02/1998Carshalton & WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Ronnie Fearn16/02/1998SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
John McDonnell17/02/1998Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Norman Godman17/02/1998Greenock & InverclydeLabourSigned
Rudi Vis17/02/1998Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
Paul Flynn18/02/1998Newport WestLabourSigned
Audrey Wise18/02/1998PrestonLabourSigned
Alice Mahon19/02/1998HalifaxLabourSigned
Dan Norris19/02/1998WansdykeLabourSigned
Terry Lewis19/02/1998WorsleyLabourSigned
Stephen Ladyman19/02/1998South ThanetLabourSigned
Joan Humble19/02/1998Blackpool North & FleetwoodLabourSigned
Vincent Cable26/02/1998TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Martyn Jones27/02/1998Clwyd SouthLabourSigned
Terry Davis11/03/1998Birmingham, Hodge HillLabourSigned
Vernon Coaker17/03/1998GedlingLabourSigned
Ivan Lewis18/03/1998Bury SouthLabourSigned
Dale Campbell-Savours18/03/1998WorkingtonLabourSigned
Alan Simpson23/03/1998Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Nigel Jones23/03/1998CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Nick Palmer31/03/1998BroxtoweLabourSigned
Jim Marshall01/06/1998Leicester SouthLabourSigned
Graham Stringer21/07/1998Manchester, BlackleyLabourSigned
Phil Sawford02/09/1998KetteringLabourSigned

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