Lisa Potts Compensation Award (EDM304)

Lisa Potts Compensation Award

EDM number 304 in 2000-01, proposed by Roger Godsiff on 07/02/2001.

That this House regards the recently announced compensation award of Ãº49,000 to Ms Lisa Potts by the Criminal Compensation Authority as wholly inadequate; remembers that Ms Potts was a 21 year old nursery nurse who in 1996 shielded children from a machete attacker during a picnic at school and sustained horrific injuries as a result; further recalls that after this attack, Ms Potts was awarded the George Medal for her bravery and subsequently has suffered from post traumatic stress disorder and has been unable to work full-time; believes that the tariff scheme used by the Criminal Compensation Authority to calculate awards has failed to adequately reflect the nature and consequences of the injuries sustained by Ms Potts; calls on the Criminal Compensation Authority to revaluate this award as a priority; and further calls on the Government first, to take into account submissions made by Ms Pott's trade union, Unison, in respect of changing to a simpler banding of awards and secondly, to examine as a matter of urgency the levels and type of awards made by the Criminal Compensation Authority with a view to ensuring that future victims of violent crime who demonstrate conspicuous courage and bravery should not have to endure further injustice.

This motion has been signed by a total of 42 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Roger Godsiff	07/02/2001	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Proposed
Alan Simpson	08/02/2001	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	08/02/2001	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	08/02/2001	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Vincent Cable	08/02/2001	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Clapham	08/02/2001	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Tom Cox	08/02/2001	Tooting	Labour	Signed
Hilton Dawson	08/02/2001	Lancaster & Wyre	Labour	Signed
David Drew	08/02/2001	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Win Griffiths	08/02/2001	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Simon Thomas	08/02/2001	Ceredigion	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Paul Tyler	08/02/2001	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dennis Skinner	12/02/2001	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	12/02/2001	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	13/02/2001	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Brian Cotter	13/02/2001	Weston-Super-Mare	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Norman Godman	13/02/2001	Greenock & Inverclyde	Labour	Signed
John Gunnell	13/02/2001	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	13/02/2001	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Harry Barnes	13/02/2001	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Gerry Steinberg	13/02/2001	Durham, City of	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	14/02/2001	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	14/02/2001	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
John Austin	14/02/2001	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Paul Marsden	14/02/2001	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Labour	Signed
Terry Davis	14/02/2001	Birmingham, Hodge Hill	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	15/02/2001	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	15/02/2001	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	15/02/2001	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Jon Trickett	15/02/2001	Hemsworth	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	26/02/2001	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Adrian Bailey	26/02/2001	West Bromwich West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Barry Jones	26/02/2001	Alyn & Deeside	Labour	Signed
Alan Hurst	26/02/2001	Braintree	Labour	Signed
Russell Brown	27/02/2001	Dumfries	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	27/02/2001	Gower	Labour	Signed
William Ross	28/02/2001	East Londonderry	UUP	Signed
Tony Clarke	28/02/2001	Northampton South	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	05/03/2001	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
David Kidney	06/03/2001	Stafford	Labour	Signed
Stephen McCabe	08/03/2001	Birmingham, Hall Green	Labour	Signed
Jeff Ennis	27/03/2001	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed

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