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Trafficking Of Children

EDM number 1431 in 2002-03, proposed by Hilton Dawson on 17/06/2003.

That this House is gravely concerned about the evidence of children being trafficked into and through the United Kingdom which has been revealed by the work of the West Sussex Safe House Project with children arriving at Gatwick Airport from West Africa, ECPAT (End child prostitution, pornography and trafficking) UK and Unicef UK's End Child Exploitation Campaign; notes that there is evidence of several hundred children being brought to this country in recent years to be abused through prostitution somewhere in the UK and Europe; is alarmed at the lack of information about children in such circumstances arriving at other UK ports; deplores the planned closure of the West Sussex Safe House; urges the Government to instigate a major research project to define the numbers and situation of all children being trafficked to this country and to promote the best interests of each and every such child under the provisions of the Children Act 1989 rather than asylum and immigration legislation; further urges the Government to accommodate the children under section 20 of the Children Act 1989 rather than merely assist them under section 17 and to develop models of best practice and a range of central government funded resources to support children who have been trafficked; calls upon the Government to use the full force of the provisions of the Sexual Offences Bill against all those involved in any aspect of this form of child abuse; and calls upon West Sussex County Council to keep the Safe House open and functioning until this work has been completed.

This motion has been signed by a total of 79 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Hilton Dawson17/06/2003Lancaster & WyreLabourProposed
David Kidney17/06/2003StaffordLabourSigned
Lembit 17/06/2003MontgomeryshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Annette Brooke17/06/2003Mid Dorset & North PooleLiberal DemocratSigned
Huw Edwards17/06/2003MonmouthLabourSigned
Sandra Gidley17/06/2003RomseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Ann Cryer18/06/2003KeighleyLabourSigned
Derek Wyatt18/06/2003Sittingbourne & SheppeyLabourSigned
Michael Weir18/06/2003AngusScottish National PartySigned
Harry Barnes18/06/2003North East DerbyshireLabourSigned
Mike Hancock18/06/2003Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Win Griffiths18/06/2003BridgendLabourSigned
Paul Flynn18/06/2003Newport WestLabourSigned
David Drew18/06/2003StroudLabour Co-operativeSigned
Jim Dobbin18/06/2003Heywood & MiddletonLabour Co-operativeSigned
Wayne David18/06/2003CaerphillyLabourSigned
Vincent Cable18/06/2003TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Syd Rapson18/06/2003Portsmouth NorthLabourSigned
Bob Russell18/06/2003ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Holmes18/06/2003ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
Brian Iddon18/06/2003Bolton South EastLabourSigned
Glenda Jackson18/06/2003Hampstead & HighgateLabourSigned
Paul Marsden18/06/2003Shrewsbury & AtchamLiberal DemocratSigned
John McDonnell18/06/2003Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Kevin McNamara18/06/2003Kingston upon Hull NorthLabourSigned
Paul Burstow18/06/2003Sutton & CheamLiberal DemocratSigned
Brian White19/06/2003North East Milton KeynesLabourSigned
Bill Tynan19/06/2003Hamilton SouthLabourSigned
Paul Tyler19/06/2003North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
David Borrow19/06/2003South RibbleLabourSigned
David Hamilton19/06/2003MidlothianLabourSigned
Ian Gibson19/06/2003Norwich NorthLabourSigned
Annabelle Ewing19/06/2003PerthScottish National PartySigned
Jeremy Corbyn19/06/2003Islington NorthLabourSigned
Harry Cohen19/06/2003Leyton & WansteadLabourSigned
Martin Caton19/06/2003GowerLabourSigned
David Cairns19/06/2003Greenock & InverclydeLabourSigned
Colin Breed19/06/2003South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Siobhain McDonagh19/06/2003Mitcham & MordenLabourSigned
Rob Marris19/06/2003Wolverhampton South WestLabourSigned
David Crausby19/06/2003Bolton North EastLabourSigned
Tony Colman20/06/2003PutneyLabourSigned
Neil Gerrard20/06/2003WalthamstowLabourSigned
John Barrett20/06/2003Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Nigel Jones23/06/2003CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Betty Williams23/06/2003ConwyLabourSigned
Michael Clapham23/06/2003Barnsley West & PenistoneLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins23/06/2003Luton NorthLabourSigned
Elfyn Llwyd24/06/2003Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Alice Mahon24/06/2003HalifaxLabourSigned
David Taylor24/06/2003North West LeicestershireLabour Co-operativeSigned
Paul Keetch25/06/2003HerefordLiberal DemocratSigned
Janet Dean25/06/2003BurtonLabourSigned
Roy Beggs25/06/2003East AntrimUUPSigned
Harold Best25/06/2003Leeds North WestLabourSigned
Judy Mallaber30/06/2003Amber ValleyLabourSigned
Jenny Tonge30/06/2003Richmond ParkLiberal DemocratSigned
Vera Baird30/06/2003RedcarLabourSigned
Michael Moore30/06/2003Tweeddale, Ettrick & LauderdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
Lady Hermon30/06/2003North DownUUPSigned
Andrew Dismore30/06/2003HendonLabourSigned
John Lyons02/07/2003Strathkelvin & BearsdenLabourSigned
Rudi Vis02/07/2003Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
Eric Illsley03/07/2003Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Eric Martlew03/07/2003CarlisleLabourSigned
Bill Etherington03/07/2003Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Howard Stoate08/07/2003DartfordLabourSigned
Jeff Ennis09/07/2003Barnsley East & MexboroughLabourSigned
Marsha Singh09/07/2003Bradford WestLabourSigned
Debra Shipley10/07/2003StourbridgeLabourSigned
Nick Harvey14/07/2003North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Iain Coleman14/07/2003Hammersmith & FulhamLabourSigned
Chris McCafferty15/07/2003Calder ValleyLabourSigned
Alan Simpson16/07/2003Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Chris Ruane17/07/2003Vale of ClwydLabourSigned
Janet Anderson17/07/2003Rossendale & DarwenLabourSigned
Tony Clarke10/09/2003Northampton SouthLabourSigned
Russell Brown29/10/2003DumfriesLabourSigned
Marion RoeUnknownWithdrawn

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