Working Of The Children Act 2004

EDM number 869 in 2005-06, proposed by Eric Pickles on 26/10/2005.

That this House urges the Government to remove the veil of secrecy from the workings of the Children Act 2004; considers that the closed door policy of the family courts breeds suspicion and a culture of secrecy which does nothing to instil confidence in those using them, which affects not just the courts but the social services departments of local authorities; and believes that it is possible to preserve the anonymity of children involved in the proceedings without the cumbersome rules which obstruct parents from receiving advice and support, which in particular works to the disadvantage of parents with special learning difficulty.

This motion has been signed by a total of 217 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Eric Pickles	26/10/2005	Brentwood & Ongar	Conservative	Proposed
Vincent Cable	26/10/2005	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Brian Jenkins	26/10/2005	Tamworth	Labour	Seconded
Iris Robinson	26/10/2005	Strangford	DUP	Seconded
Mark Field	26/10/2005	Cities of London & Westminster	Conservative	Seconded
James Brokenshire	26/10/2005	Hornchurch	Conservative	Seconded
Gregory Barker	26/10/2005	Bexhill & Battle	Conservative	Signed
John Baron	26/10/2005	Billericay	Conservative	Signed
Henry Bellingham	26/10/2005	North West Norfolk	Conservative	Signed
John Bercow	26/10/2005	Buckingham	Conservative	Signed
Howard Stoate	26/10/2005	Dartford	Labour	Signed
Graham Stringer	26/10/2005	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Signed
Robert Syms	26/10/2005	Poole	Conservative	Signed
Sarah Teather	26/10/2005	Brent East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Atkinson	26/10/2005	Hexham	Conservative	Signed
Mike Hancock	26/10/2005	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Derek Conway	26/10/2005	Old Bexley & Sidcup	Conservative	Signed
Ann Cryer	26/10/2005	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	26/10/2005	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Davis	26/10/2005	Haltemprice & Howden	Conservative	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	26/10/2005	Lagan Valley	DUP	Signed
Nigel Evans	26/10/2005	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Signed
Mark Francois	26/10/2005	Rayleigh	Conservative	Signed
Dominic Grieve	26/10/2005	Beaconsfield	Conservative	Signed
Keith Vaz	26/10/2005	Leicester East	Labour	Signed
Ben Wallace	26/10/2005	Lancaster & Wyre	Conservative	Signed
John Whittingdale	26/10/2005	Maldon & East Chelmsford	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Pelling	26/10/2005	Croydon Central	Conservative	Signed
Brooks Newmark	26/10/2005	Braintree	Conservative	Signed
Anne Main	26/10/2005	St Albans	Conservative	Signed
Shahid Malik	26/10/2005	Dewsbury	Labour	Signed
Mark Harper	26/10/2005	Forest of Dean	Conservative	Signed
Justine Greening	26/10/2005	Putney	Conservative	Signed
Michael Gove	26/10/2005	Surrey Heath	Conservative	Signed
Lynne Featherstone	26/10/2005	Hornsey & Wood Green	Liberal Democrat	Signed
James Duddridge	26/10/2005	Rochford & Southend East	Conservative	Signed
Nadine Dorries	26/10/2005	Mid Bedfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Philip Davies	26/10/2005	Shipley	Conservative	Signed
Greg Clark	26/10/2005	Tunbridge Wells	Conservative	Signed
Douglas Carswell	26/10/2005	Harwich	Conservative	Signed
Peter Bone	26/10/2005	Wellingborough	Conservative	Signed
Brian Binley	26/10/2005	Northampton South	Conservative	Signed
John Hemming	26/10/2005	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	26/10/2005	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Williams	26/10/2005	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Prisk	26/10/2005	Hertford & Stortford	Conservative	Signed
Jacqui Lait	26/10/2005	Beckenham	Conservative	Signed
Eleanor Laing	26/10/2005	Epping Forest	Conservative	Signed
Helen Jones	26/10/2005	Warrington North	Labour	Signed
Boris Johnson	26/10/2005	Henley	Conservative	Signed
Bernard Jenkin	26/10/2005	North Essex	Conservative	Signed
John Horam	26/10/2005	Orpington	Conservative	Signed
Kate Hoey	26/10/2005	Vauxhall	Labour	Signed
Charles Hendry	26/10/2005	Wealden	Conservative	Signed
John Hayes	26/10/2005	South Holland & The Deepings	Conservative	Signed
Geraldine Smith	26/10/2005	Morecambe & Lunesdale	Labour	Signed
Keith Simpson	26/10/2005	Mid Norfolk	Conservative	Signed
Si	26/10/2005	Birmingham, Erdington	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	26/10/2005	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Rosindell	26/10/2005	Romford	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Robathan	26/10/2005	Blaby	Conservative	Signed
John Randall	26/10/2005	Uxbridge	Conservative	Signed
Ken Purchase	26/10/2005	Wolverhampton North East	Labour	Signed
Ian Liddell-Grainger	26/10/2005	Bridgwater	Conservative	Signed
Tony Lloyd	26/10/2005	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Tim Loughton	26/10/2005	East Worthing & Shoreham	Conservative	Signed
Richard Ottaway	26/10/2005	Croydon South	Conservative	Signed
Colin Breed	26/10/2005	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Simon Burns	26/10/2005	West Chelmsford	Conservative	Signed
Paul Burstow	26/10/2005	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alistair Burt	26/10/2005	North East Bedfordshire	Conservative	Signed
John Butterfill	26/10/2005	Bournemouth West	Conservative	Signed
James Clappison	26/10/2005	Hertsmere	Conservative	Signed
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown	26/10/2005	Cotswold	Conservative	Signed
Stephen O'Brien	26/10/2005	Eddisbury	Conservative	Signed
Austin Mitchell	26/10/2005	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Peter Luff	26/10/2005	Mid Worcestershire	Conservative	Signed
Andrew MacKinlay	26/10/2005	Thurrock	Labour	Signed
David Maclean	26/10/2005	Penrith & The Border	Conservative	Signed
Khalid Mahmood	26/10/2005	Birmingham, Perry Barr	Labour	Signed
Humfrey Malins	26/10/2005	Woking	Conservative	Signed
Rob Marris	26/10/2005	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Theresa May	26/10/2005	Maidenhead	Conservative	Signed
Patrick McLoughlin	26/10/2005	West Derbyshire	Conservative	Signed
Mark Hunter	27/10/2005	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Desmond Turner	27/10/2005	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	27/10/2005	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Andrew George	27/10/2005	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nigel Dodds	27/10/2005	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Chris McCafferty	27/10/2005	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Andrew MacKay	27/10/2005	Bracknell	Conservative	Signed
Julian Lewis	27/10/2005	New Forest East	Conservative	Signed
Piara S Khabra	27/10/2005	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	27/10/2005	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Michael Penning	28/10/2005	Hemel Hempstead	Conservative	Signed
Nicholas Winterton	28/10/2005	Macclesfield	Conservative	Signed
Ann Winterton	28/10/2005	Congleton	Conservative	Signed
John Greenway	28/10/2005	Ryedale	Conservative	Signed
Mark Durkan	28/10/2005	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Andrew Dismore	28/10/2005	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	31/10/2005	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Edward Garnier	31/10/2005	Harborough	Conservative	Signed
Christopher Fraser	31/10/2005	South West Norfolk	Conservative	Signed
Gregory Campbell	31/10/2005	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	31/10/2005	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Adam Holloway	01/11/2005	Gravesham	Conservative	Signed
Rudi Vis	01/11/2005	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	01/11/2005	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Michael Fabricant	01/11/2005	Lichfield	Conservative	Signed
Brian H Donohoe	01/11/2005	Ayrshire Central	Labour	Signed
David Mundell	01/11/2005	Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale & Tweeddale	Conservative	Signed
William McCrea	01/11/2005	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
David Simpson	01/11/2005	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Andrew Selous	01/11/2005	South West Bedfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Malcolm Rifkind	01/11/2005			Signed
Caroline Spelman	02/11/2005	Meriden	Conservative	Signed
Greg Pope	02/11/2005	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
John Leech	03/11/2005	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Hammond	03/11/2005	Wimbledon	Conservative	Signed
Lyn Brown	03/11/2005	West Ham	Labour	Signed
Cheryl Gillan	03/11/2005	Chesham & Amersham	Conservative	Signed
Clive Efford	03/11/2005	Eltham	Labour	Signed
Julian Brazier	03/11/2005	Canterbury	Conservative	Signed
Malcolm Moss	03/11/2005	North East Cambridgeshire	Conservative	Signed
Alan Simpson	03/11/2005	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Bob Spink	07/11/2005	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
Frank Cook	07/11/2005	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Sarah McCarthy-Fry	07/11/2005	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Oliver Heald	08/11/2005	North East Hertfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Patrick Mercer	08/11/2005	Newark	Conservative	Signed
Martin Caton	09/11/2005	Gower	Labour	Signed
Lembit	11/11/2005	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Janet Dean	11/11/2005	Burton	Labour	Signed
Paul Rowen	11/11/2005	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eric Illsley	14/11/2005	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Bruce George	14/11/2005	Walsall South	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	14/11/2005	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
David Amess	16/11/2005	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
David Burrowes	17/11/2005	Enfield, Southgate	Conservative	Signed
Hugh Robertson	21/11/2005	Faversham & Mid Kent	Conservative	Signed
Tom Brake	22/11/2005	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	22/11/2005	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	22/11/2005	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	23/11/2005	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
George Galloway	24/11/2005	Bethnal Green & Bow	Respect	Signed
Julia Goldsworthy	28/11/2005	Falmouth & Camborne	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Philip Dunne	29/11/2005	Ludlow	Conservative	Signed
Philip Hammond	01/12/2005	Runnymede & Weybridge	Conservative	Signed
Bill Wiggin	05/12/2005	Leominster	Conservative	Signed
Rosie Cooper	08/12/2005	West Lancashire	Labour	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	14/12/2005	Dover	Labour	Signed
Robert Walter	14/12/2005	North Dorset	Conservative	Signed
Angela Watkinson	14/12/2005	Upminster	Conservative	Signed
David Wilshire	19/12/2005	Spelthorne	Conservative	Signed
John Gummer	20/12/2005	Suffolk Coastal	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Murrison	20/12/2005	Westbury	Conservative	Signed
Richard Benyon	09/01/2006	Newbury	Conservative	Signed
Stewart Jackson	30/01/2006	Peterborough	Conservative	Signed
Hugo Swire	06/03/2006	East Devon	Conservative	Signed
Robert Wilson	09/03/2006	Reading East	Conservative	Signed
Mark Pritchard	29/03/2006	Wrekin, The	Conservative	Signed
Norman Lamb	29/03/2006	North Norfolk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lee Scott	18/04/2006	Ilford North	Conservative	Signed
Daniel Rogerson	18/04/2006	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeremy Hunt	18/04/2006	South West Surrey	Conservative	Signed
Lorely Burt	18/04/2006	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gary Streeter	18/04/2006	South West Devon	Conservative	Signed
Don Foster	18/04/2006	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Challen	18/04/2006	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Alan Reid	18/04/2006	Argyll & Bute	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Adrian Sanders	18/04/2006	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lady Hermon	18/04/2006	North Down	UUP	Signed
Robert Key	18/04/2006	Salisbury	Conservative	Signed
Colin Burgon	18/04/2006	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Frank Field	19/04/2006	Birkenhead	Labour	Signed
Joan Walley	19/04/2006	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Maria Miller	20/04/2006	Basingstoke	Conservative	Signed
Neil Gerrard	20/04/2006	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Andrew Love	20/04/2006	Edmonton	Labour	Signed
Doug Henderson	20/04/2006	Newcastle upon Tyne North	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	24/04/2006	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Holmes	24/04/2006	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Goodwill	24/04/2006	Scarborough & Whitby	Conservative	Signed
David Tredinnick	24/04/2006	Bosworth	Conservative	Signed
Graham Stuart	25/04/2006	Beverley & Holderness	Conservative	Signed
Doug Naysmith	26/04/2006	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
Danny Alexander	26/04/2006	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Smith	27/04/2006	Vale of Glamorgan	Labour	Signed
Michael Mates	27/04/2006	East Hampshire	Conservative	Signed
Jon Trickett	27/04/2006	Hemsworth	Labour	Signed
Katy Clark	02/05/2006	Ayrshire North & Arran	Labour	Signed
Steve Webb	02/05/2006	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Oliver Letwin	02/05/2006	West Dorset	Conservative	Signed
David Howarth	03/05/2006	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jennifer Willott	03/05/2006	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Susan Kramer	08/05/2006	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Gauke	11/05/2006	South West Hertfordshire	Conservative	Signed
John Penrose	15/05/2006	Weston-Super-Mare	Conservative	Signed
John Austin	22/05/2006	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Graham Brady	22/05/2006	Altrincham & Sale West	Conservative	Signed
Jon Cruddas	23/05/2006	Dagenham	Labour	Signed
Roger Williams	05/06/2006	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeff Ennis	15/06/2006	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
Bill Olner	19/06/2006	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Fabian Hamilton	20/06/2006	Leeds North East	Labour	Signed
Martyn Jones	26/06/2006	Clwyd South	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Browne	27/06/2006	Taunton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian Austin	28/06/2006	Dudley North	Labour	Signed
Charles Kennedy	03/07/2006	Ross, Skye & Lochaber	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Phil Willis	10/07/2006	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Oaten	19/07/2006	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	24/07/2006	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Simon Hughes	24/07/2006	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Grogan	25/07/2006	Selby	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	09/10/2006	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Vera Baird	Unknown			Withdrawn
Peter Law	Unknown			Withdrawn

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