CHILDREN'S RIGHTS COMMISSIONER

EDM number 176 in 1999-00, proposed by Hilton Dawson on 09/12/1999.

That this House supports the establishment of a children's rights commissioner for England with linked officers in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland; and recognises that the duties and powers of such an officer would be to promote children's rights and interests and ensure that they are taken into account by ministers, local authorities, private and voluntary bodies, to promote compliance with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and to ensure that children have effective ways of raising concerns and are able to participate in decision-making that affects their lives.

This motion has been signed by a total of 106 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Hilton Dawson	09/12/1999	Lancaster & Wyre	Labour	Proposed
Jeremy Corbyn	13/12/1999	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Harry Barnes	14/12/1999	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	14/12/1999	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Tom Cox	14/12/1999	Tooting	Labour	Signed
Brian Cotter	14/12/1999	Weston-Super-Mare	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Michie	14/12/1999	Sheffield, Heeley	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	14/12/1999	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Ashok Kumar	14/12/1999	Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	14/12/1999	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynne Jones	14/12/1999	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Martin Smyth	14/12/1999	Belfast South	UUP	Signed
Bob Russell	14/12/1999	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian Gibson	15/12/1999	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	15/12/1999	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	15/12/1999	Gower	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	15/12/1999	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Marsden	15/12/1999	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	16/12/1999	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	16/12/1999	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	20/12/1999	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Fearn	20/12/1999	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Phil Sawford	10/01/2000	Kettering	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	10/01/2000	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	10/01/2000	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Russell Brown	11/01/2000	Dumfries	Labour	Signed
Harold Best	13/01/2000	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Win Griffiths	13/01/2000	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
John Cryer	17/01/2000	Hornchurch	Labour	Signed
John Gunnell	25/01/2000	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Irene Adams	27/01/2000	Paisley North	Labour	Signed
Austin Mitchell	27/01/2000	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	27/01/2000	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Gordon Prentice	03/02/2000	Pendle	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	03/02/2000	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
George Galloway	07/02/2000	Glasgow, Kelvin	Labour	Signed
David Kidney	07/02/2000	Stafford	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	07/02/2000	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Jonathan R Shaw	07/02/2000	Chatham & Aylesford	Labour	Signed
Linda Perham	07/02/2000	Ilford North	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	08/02/2000	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Alan Williams	08/02/2000	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	08/02/2000	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Llin Golding	08/02/2000	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
Maria Fyfe	08/02/2000	Glasgow, Maryhill	Labour	Signed
George Mudie	08/02/2000	Leeds East	Labour	Signed
Piara S Khabra	08/02/2000	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed
Bill Rammell	08/02/2000	Harlow	Labour	Signed
Paul Stinchcombe	09/02/2000	Wellingborough	Labour	Signed
David Stewart	09/02/2000	Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber	Labour	Signed
Roy Beggs	09/02/2000	East Antrim	UUP	Signed
Norman Godman	09/02/2000	Greenock & Inverclyde	Labour	Signed
Keith Darvill	09/02/2000	Upminster	Labour	Signed
Peter Bradley	09/02/2000	Wrekin, The	Labour	Signed
Fraser Kemp	09/02/2000	Houghton & Washington East	Labour	Signed
Jon Owen Jones	09/02/2000	Cardiff Central	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Marsha Singh	09/02/2000	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Chris Ruane	09/02/2000	Vale of Clwyd	Labour	Signed
Paul Truswell	10/02/2000	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	10/02/2000	Burton	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	10/02/2000	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Ken Livingstone	10/02/2000	Brent East	Labour	Signed
Oona King	10/02/2000	Bethnal Green & Bow	Labour	Signed
Jenny Jones	10/02/2000	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Joan Ruddock	10/02/2000	Lewisham, Deptford	Labour	Signed
Derek Wyatt	11/02/2000	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Christine Butler	11/02/2000	Castle Point	Labour	Signed
Geraint Davies	14/02/2000	Croydon Central	Labour	Signed
Tommy Graham	14/02/2000	West Renfrewshire	Independent Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	14/02/2000	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Ian Stewart	15/02/2000	Eccles	Labour	Signed
Mark Todd	15/02/2000	South Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	15/02/2000	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Gareth Thomas	16/02/2000	Clwyd West	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	16/02/2000	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	16/02/2000	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Roger Berry	17/02/2000	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Mark Fisher	17/02/2000	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Signed
Lawrence Cunliffe	17/02/2000	Leigh	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	17/02/2000	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Bill Olner	17/02/2000	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Andy King	17/02/2000	Rugby & Kenilworth	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	17/02/2000	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Jimmy Hood	17/02/2000	Clydesdale	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	21/02/2000	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Ann Clwyd	21/02/2000	Cynon Valley	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	21/02/2000	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Martin Salter	21/02/2000	Reading West	Labour	Signed
David Chaytor	22/02/2000	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Charlotte Atkins	28/02/2000	Staffordshire Moorlands	Labour	Signed
Tony Benn	28/02/2000	Chesterfield	Labour	Signed
John D Taylor	28/02/2000	Strangford	UUP	Signed
Clive Efford	29/02/2000	Eltham	Labour	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	01/03/2000	Lagan Valley	UUP	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	02/03/2000	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Cecil Walker	02/03/2000	Belfast North	UUP	Signed
Kerry Pollard	09/03/2000	St Albans	Labour	Signed
Peter Pike	13/03/2000	Burnley	Labour	Signed
Dale Campbell-Savours	13/03/2000	Workington	Labour	Signed
Jeff Ennis	14/03/2000	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
Ken Maginnis	15/03/2000	Fermanagh & South Tyrone	UUP	Signed
Ivan Henderson	15/03/2000	Harwich	Labour	Signed
William Thompson	16/03/2000	West Tyrone	UUP	Signed
Karen Buck	27/03/2000			Signed
Allan Rogers	02/05/2000	Rhondda	Labour	Signed
Audrey Wise	Unknown			Withdrawn

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