CHILDREN'S COMMISSIONER (EDM775)

CHILDREN'S COMMISSIONER

EDM number 775 in 2003-04, proposed by Hilton Dawson on 04/03/2004.

That this House welcomes the publication of the Children Bill and the Government's commitment to the establishment of an Office of Children's Commissioner, but regrets the lack of a clear duty to promote the rights and interests of children, the prohibition on the Commissioner from investigating the case of an individual child unless so directed by the Secretary of State, the exclusion of children in custody in adult offender institutions and children affected by immigration and asylum law from the functions of the Commissioner, and the lack of a power for the Commissioner to take legal action on behalf of children or to obtain information about the impact of particular Government policy upon children; and urges a Government which is rightly ambitious for all children to bring forward suitable amendments to the Bill to ensure that children and all those concerned to improve children's lives can benefit from the presence of a bold, independent and powerful ally to face the challenges ahead.

This motion has been signed by a total of 68 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Hilton Dawson	04/03/2004	Lancaster & Wyre	Labour	Proposed
Nick Harvey	08/03/2004	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	08/03/2004	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Harold Best	08/03/2004	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Harry Barnes	08/03/2004	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	08/03/2004	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Tony Colman	08/03/2004	Putney	Labour	Signed
Andrew Hunter	08/03/2004	Basingstoke	Independent Conservative	Signed
Mike Hancock	08/03/2004	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Hinchliffe	09/03/2004	Wakefield	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	09/03/2004	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	09/03/2004	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	09/03/2004	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	09/03/2004	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
David Drew	09/03/2004	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Kevin McNamara	10/03/2004	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	10/03/2004	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	10/03/2004	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	10/03/2004	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	10/03/2004	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Nigel Jones	10/03/2004	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Syd Rapson	10/03/2004	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	10/03/2004	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Phil Sawford	11/03/2004	Kettering	Labour	Signed
Lembit	11/03/2004	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Julia Drown	11/03/2004	South Swindon	Labour	Signed
Norman Baker	11/03/2004	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jenny Tonge	11/03/2004	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Tyler	11/03/2004	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Don Foster	12/03/2004	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Betty Williams	15/03/2004	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	16/03/2004	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Patsy Calton	16/03/2004	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Breed	16/03/2004	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Keetch	16/03/2004	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rob Marris	16/03/2004	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
David Rendel	16/03/2004	Newbury	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Reid	17/03/2004	Argyll & Bute	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Edward O'Hara	17/03/2004	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Colin Challen	17/03/2004	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Matthew Green	17/03/2004	Ludlow	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Win Griffiths	17/03/2004	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	18/03/2004	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	18/03/2004	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	18/03/2004	Burton	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	18/03/2004	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Matthew Taylor	18/03/2004	Truro & St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Steve Webb	18/03/2004	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tony Lloyd	22/03/2004	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Sue Doughty	22/03/2004	Guildford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Barrett	22/03/2004	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Beith	23/03/2004	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Allan	24/03/2004	Sheffield, Hallam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Debra Shipley	25/03/2004	Stourbridge	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	25/03/2004	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Evan Harris	26/03/2004	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	26/03/2004	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Sandra Gidley	26/03/2004	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Simon Hughes	30/03/2004	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Greg Pope	01/04/2004	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Iain Coleman	01/04/2004	Hammersmith & Fulham	Labour	Signed
Tom Cox	01/04/2004	Tooting	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	26/04/2004	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Doug Naysmith	30/04/2004	Bristol North West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Brian Jenkins	04/05/2004	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Tony McWalter	17/05/2004	Hemel Hempstead	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Diane Abbott	25/05/2004	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	07/09/2004	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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