Age Disputes For Separated Children Seeking Asylum (EDM2280)

Age Disputes For Separated Children Seeking Asylum

EDM number 2280 in 2005-06, proposed by Neil Gerrard on 05/06/2006.

That this House notes that the number of age disputed asylum seeking children is on the increase; expresses concern that the current process of age assessment is subjective and difficult to make rigorous, with appearance often being used as a deciding factor; further notes that separated children may have had to flee persecution from their home country or may be in the UK as a result of trafficking; welcomes the Student Action for Refugees (STAR) `Age Matters!' campaign calling for the present system for deciding the age of a separated child seeking asylum to be replaced by an independent decision-making body; and calls on the Government to take action on this issue to demonstrate that every child, including every child seeking asylum, really does matter.

This motion has been signed by a total of 67 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Neil Gerrard	05/06/2006	Walthamstow	Labour	Proposed
John Grogan	05/06/2006	Selby	Labour	Seconded
Jim Dobbin	05/06/2006	Heywood and Middleton	Labour	Seconded
Lynne Jones	05/06/2006	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Seconded
John Leech	05/06/2006	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Mary Creagh	05/06/2006	Wakefield	Labour	Seconded
Jim Cousins	06/06/2006	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
Katy Clark	06/06/2006	North Ayrshire and Arran	Labour	Signed
David Anderson	06/06/2006	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	06/06/2006	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	06/06/2006	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Mark Durkan	06/06/2006	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Andrew Dismore	06/06/2006	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	06/06/2006	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Meale	06/06/2006	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	06/06/2006	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	07/06/2006	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Jim Devine	07/06/2006	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	07/06/2006	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Diane Abbott	07/06/2006	Hackney North and Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	07/06/2006	Gower	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	07/06/2006	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Brian Jenkins	08/06/2006	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	08/06/2006	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Annette Brooke	08/06/2006	Mid Dorset and North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	08/06/2006	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	08/06/2006	Burton	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	12/06/2006	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Hywel Francis	12/06/2006	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Helen Goodman	12/06/2006	Bishop Auckland	Labour	Signed
David Howarth	12/06/2006	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	13/06/2006	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	13/06/2006	Edinburgh North and Leith	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	14/06/2006	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	14/06/2006	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	14/06/2006	Barnsley West and Penistone	Labour	Signed
David Drew	14/06/2006	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Roger Williams	15/06/2006	Brecon and Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sarah McCarthy-Fry	15/06/2006	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	16/06/2006	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Paul Rowen	16/06/2006	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Joan Ruddock	19/06/2006	Lewisham, Deptford	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	19/06/2006	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Harry Cohen	19/06/2006	Leyton and Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Mark Hunter	19/06/2006	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Russell	20/06/2006	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eddie McGrady	20/06/2006	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Ann Cryer	20/06/2006	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Dan Rogerson	20/06/2006	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Heyes	21/06/2006	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
John Hemming	22/06/2006	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	27/06/2006	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	29/06/2006	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Don Foster	04/07/2006	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Clare Short	05/07/2006	Birmingham, Ladywood	Labour	Signed
Lorely Burt	05/07/2006	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	06/07/2006	Glasgow Central	Labour	Signed
Simon Hughes	10/07/2006	North Southwark and Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Bercow	10/07/2006	Buckingham	Conservative	Signed
Lyn Brown	10/07/2006	West Ham	Labour	Signed
Michael Penning	17/07/2006	Hemel Hempstead	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Pelling	19/07/2006	Croydon Central	Conservative	Signed
Nick Harvey	20/07/2006	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Hywel Williams	25/07/2006	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Jo Swinson	25/07/2006	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Clive Efford	11/10/2006	Eltham	Labour	Signed
Louise Ellman	07/11/2006	Liverpool, Riverside	Labour	Signed

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