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Sunderland Echo And Bogus Callers On Wearside

EDM number 2900 in 2005-06, proposed by Fraser Kemp on 01/11/2006.

That this House congratulates the Sunderland Echo newspaper on its campaign to expose bogus callers on Wearside; notes that information obtained by the newspaper under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 shows that 315 victims were targeted by bogus callers over two years; further notes that some of the bogus callers pretended to be police officers and charity workers; and welcomes the excellent work carried out by the Sunderland Echo to expose this fraud and warn Wearsiders of the danger of bogus callers.

This motion has been signed by a total of 13 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Fraser Kemp01/11/2006Houghton and Washington EastLabourProposed
Lynne Jones02/11/2006Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSeconded
Jeremy Corbyn02/11/2006Islington NorthLabourSeconded
Keith Vaz02/11/2006Leicester EastLabourSeconded
Peter Atkinson02/11/2006HexhamConservativeSeconded
Derek Conway02/11/2006Old Bexley & SidcupConservativeSeconded
Lindsay Hoyle06/11/2006ChorleyLabourSigned
John McDonnell06/11/2006Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Ann Cryer06/11/2006KeighleyLabourSigned
John Hemming06/11/2006Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
John Cummings07/11/2006EasingtonLabourSigned
Mike Hancock07/11/2006Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Rudi Vis07/11/2006Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned

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