Molly Kelly, 1917 To 2004 (EDM558)

Molly Kelly, 1917 To 2004

EDM number 558 in 2003-04, proposed by Jeremy Corbyn on 04/02/2004.

That this House mourns the death of Australian aboriginal, Molly Kelly, who was one of up to 100,000 aboriginal children forcibly taken from their families between 1910 and 1970, and at age 14, was, along with her sister and cousin, placed in an institution far from home as part of Australia's policy to breed out the 'aboriginal' in youngsters; recalls how Molly walked 1,200 miles along a rabbit-proof fence to escape the institution and return to her mother; and calls upon the Australian Government to say sorry to the very many aboriginals who are recovering from this traumatic policy which went on to inflict an equally traumatic scenario on her daughters, Doris and Annabel, one of whom made a similar journey escaping an institution 10 years later in 1941, and to do everything within its means to ensure the recommendations of the 1997 report 'Bringing them Home' are implemented as a matter of the utmost urgency.

This motion has been signed by a total of 39 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Jeremy Corbyn	04/02/2004	Islington North	Labour	Proposed
Iris Robinson	05/02/2004	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Derek Wyatt	05/02/2004	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Simon Thomas	05/02/2004	Ceredigion	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Paul Flynn	05/02/2004	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Hilton Dawson	05/02/2004	Lancaster & Wyre	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	05/02/2004	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	05/02/2004	Gower	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	05/02/2004	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Paul Marsden	05/02/2004	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rob Marris	05/02/2004	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	05/02/2004	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	05/02/2004	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	06/02/2004	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Harry Barnes	06/02/2004	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	09/02/2004	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Iddon	09/02/2004	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	09/02/2004	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	09/02/2004	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	10/02/2004	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	10/02/2004	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Jenny Tonge	10/02/2004	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alice Mahon	10/02/2004	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	10/02/2004	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
David Taylor	10/02/2004	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Syd Rapson	11/02/2004	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Richard Burden	11/02/2004	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
John Austin	23/02/2004	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	23/02/2004	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	23/02/2004	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	23/02/2004	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	23/02/2004	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	26/02/2004	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	01/03/2004	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Angus Robertson	04/03/2004	Moray	Scottish National Party	Signed
Nick Harvey	15/03/2004	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Janet Dean	18/03/2004	Burton	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	31/03/2004	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Terry Davis	Unknown			Withdrawn

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