Child Soldiers

EDM number 128 in 2002-03, proposed by Paul Stinchcombe on 19/11/2002.

That this House welcomes Her Majesty's Government's commitment to ratifying the Optional Protocol on the Rights of the Child regarding the age of recruitment and deployment of armed service personnel; recognises that those under the age of 18 years have a special status in terms of international humanitarian law; welcomes the work of the Department for International Development in addressing the international scandal of child soldiers; and, in the light of the present international tension, calls upon the Government to make a commitment that no members of the UK Armed Forces under the age of 18 years will be deployed to the Middle East.

This motion has been signed by a total of 87 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Paul Stinchcombe	19/11/2002	Wellingborough	Labour	Proposed
Michael Weir	20/11/2002	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Roy Beggs	20/11/2002	East Antrim	UUP	Signed
Win Griffiths	20/11/2002	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	20/11/2002	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	20/11/2002	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	20/11/2002	Gower	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	20/11/2002	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Joan Walley	21/11/2002	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Paul Tyler	21/11/2002	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Harry Barnes	21/11/2002	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Huw Edwards	21/11/2002	Monmouth	Labour	Signed
Sue Doughty	21/11/2002	Guildford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Dismore	21/11/2002	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Valerie Davey	21/11/2002	Bristol West	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	21/11/2002	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Tony Lloyd	21/11/2002	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	21/11/2002	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	21/11/2002	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	21/11/2002	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	25/11/2002	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Hilton Dawson	25/11/2002	Lancaster & Wyre	Labour	Signed
Terry Davis	25/11/2002	Birmingham, Hodge Hill	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	25/11/2002	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Phil Sawford	25/11/2002	Kettering	Labour	Signed
Greg Pope	25/11/2002	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Harold Best	26/11/2002	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	26/11/2002	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Rob Marris	26/11/2002	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Terry Lewis	26/11/2002	Worsley	Labour	Signed
Iris Robinson	26/11/2002	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Angus Robertson	26/11/2002	Moray	Scottish National Party	Signed
David Chidgey	27/11/2002	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Meale	27/11/2002	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Tony Colman	28/11/2002	Putney	Labour	Signed
Adrian Bailey	28/11/2002	West Bromwich West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Betty Williams	28/11/2002	Conwy	Labour	Signed
John Barrett	02/12/2002	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Truswell	03/12/2002	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Annabelle Ewing	03/12/2002	Perth	Scottish National Party	Signed
Paul Holmes	03/12/2002	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alex Salmond	04/12/2002	Banff & Buchan	Scottish National Party	Signed
Bill Etherington	05/12/2002	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Tony Clarke	05/12/2002	Northampton South	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	11/12/2002	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Piara S Khabra	12/12/2002	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	12/12/2002	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Julia Drown	12/12/2002	South Swindon	Labour	Signed
John Austin	16/12/2002	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	16/12/2002	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	16/12/2002	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	17/12/2002	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Jeff Ennis	17/12/2002	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
Hywel Williams	17/12/2002	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Julie Morgan	18/12/2002	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	19/12/2002	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Janet Dean	19/12/2002	Burton	Labour	Signed
Peter Pike	07/01/2003	Burnley	Labour	Signed
Meg Munn	07/01/2003	Sheffield, Heeley	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Richard Allan	09/01/2003	Sheffield, Hallam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lady Hermon	09/01/2003	North Down	UUP	Signed
Nigel Jones	13/01/2003	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Mann	16/01/2003	Bassetlaw	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	16/01/2003	Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Denis Murphy	20/01/2003	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Adam Price	20/01/2003	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Vera Baird	21/01/2003	Redcar	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	23/01/2003	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	23/01/2003	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	27/01/2003	Bristol North West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Austin Mitchell	27/01/2003	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Roger Berry	28/01/2003	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
John McWilliam	29/01/2003	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Eddie McGrady	04/02/2003	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	10/02/2003	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Nigel Dodds	13/02/2003	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Tony McWalter	24/02/2003	Hemel Hempstead	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Iain Luke	28/02/2003	Dundee East	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	18/03/2003	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Ian Lucas	19/03/2003	Wrexham	Labour	Signed
Martyn Jones	28/03/2003	Clwyd South	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	04/04/2003	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Debra Shipley	28/04/2003	Stourbridge	Labour	Signed
Brian Cotter	10/06/2003	Weston-Super-Mare	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Russell Brown	15/07/2003	Dumfries	Labour	Signed
Chris Ruane	17/07/2003	Vale of Clwyd	Labour	Signed
Janet Anderson	17/07/2003	Rossendale & Darwen	Labour	Signed

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