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This motion has been signed by a total of 217 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Eric Pickles26/10/2005Brentwood and OngarConservativeProposed
James Brokenshire26/10/2005HornchurchConservativeSeconded
Mark Field26/10/2005Cities of London and WestminsterConservativeSeconded
Iris Robinson26/10/2005StrangfordDUPSeconded
Brian Jenkins26/10/2005TamworthLabourSeconded
Vincent Cable26/10/2005TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSeconded
Mark Prisk26/10/2005Hertford and StortfordConservativeSigned
Ken Purchase26/10/2005Wolverhampton North EastLabourSigned
John Randall26/10/2005UxbridgeConservativeSigned
Andrew Robathan26/10/2005BlabyConservativeSigned
Andrew Rosindell26/10/2005RomfordConservativeSigned
Bob Russell26/10/2005ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Si26/10/2005Birmingham, ErdingtonLabourSigned
Keith Simpson26/10/2005Mid NorfolkConservativeSigned
Geraldine Smith26/10/2005Morecambe and LunesdaleLabourSigned
John Hayes26/10/2005South Holland and The DeepingsConservativeSigned
Charles Hendry26/10/2005WealdenConservativeSigned
Kate Hoey26/10/2005VauxhallLabourSigned
John Horam26/10/2005OrpingtonConservativeSigned
Bernard Jenkin26/10/2005North EssexConservativeSigned
Boris Johnson26/10/2005HenleyConservativeSigned
Helen Jones26/10/2005Warrington NorthLabourSigned
Eleanor Laing26/10/2005Epping ForestConservativeSigned
Jacqui Lait26/10/2005BeckenhamConservativeSigned
Ian Liddell-Grainger26/10/2005BridgwaterConservativeSigned
Tony Lloyd26/10/2005Manchester CentralLabourSigned
Tim Loughton26/10/2005East Worthing and ShorehamConservativeSigned
Peter Luff26/10/2005Mid WorcestershireConservativeSigned
Andrew MacKinlay26/10/2005ThurrockLabourSigned
David Maclean26/10/2005Penrith and The BorderConservativeSigned
Khalid Mahmood26/10/2005Birmingham, Perry BarrLabourSigned
Humfrey Malins26/10/2005WokingConservativeSigned
Rob Marris26/10/2005Wolverhampton South WestLabourSigned
Theresa May26/10/2005MaidenheadConservativeSigned
Patrick McLoughlin26/10/2005West DerbyshireConservativeSigned
Austin Mitchell26/10/2005Great GrimsbyLabourSigned
Stephen O'Brien26/10/2005EddisburyConservativeSigned
Richard Ottaway26/10/2005Croydon SouthConservativeSigned
Colin Breed26/10/2005South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Simon Burns26/10/2005West ChelmsfordConservativeSigned
Paul Burstow26/10/2005Sutton and CheamLiberal DemocratSigned
Alistair Burt26/10/2005North East BedfordshireConservativeSigned
John Butterfill26/10/2005Bournemouth WestConservativeSigned
James Clappison26/10/2005HertsmereConservativeSigned
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown26/10/2005CotswoldConservativeSigned
Derek Conway26/10/2005Old Bexley & SidcupConservativeSigned
Ann Cryer26/10/2005KeighleyLabourSigned
Edward Davey26/10/2005Kingston and SurbitonLiberal DemocratSigned
David Davis26/10/2005Haltemprice & HowdenConservativeSigned
Jeffrey M Donaldson26/10/2005Lagan ValleyDUPSigned
Nigel Evans26/10/2005Ribble ValleyConservativeSigned
Mark Francois26/10/2005RayleighConservativeSigned
Dominic Grieve26/10/2005BeaconsfieldConservativeSigned
Mike Hancock26/10/2005Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Peter Atkinson26/10/2005HexhamConservativeSigned
Gregory Barker26/10/2005Bexhill and BattleConservativeSigned
John Baron26/10/2005BillericayConservativeSigned
Henry Bellingham26/10/2005North West NorfolkConservativeSigned
John Bercow26/10/2005BuckinghamConservativeSigned
Howard Stoate26/10/2005DartfordLabourSigned
Graham Stringer26/10/2005Manchester, BlackleyLabourSigned
Robert Syms26/10/2005PooleConservativeSigned
Sarah Teather26/10/2005Brent EastLiberal DemocratSigned
Keith Vaz26/10/2005Leicester EastLabourSigned
Ben Wallace26/10/2005Lancaster and WyreConservativeSigned
John Whittingdale26/10/2005Maldon and East ChelmsfordConservativeSigned
Richard Younger-Ross26/10/2005TeignbridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
John Hemming26/10/2005Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Brian Binley26/10/2005Northampton SouthConservativeSigned
Peter Bone26/10/2005WellingboroughConservativeSigned
Douglas Carswell26/10/2005HarwichConservativeSigned
Greg Clark26/10/2005Tunbridge WellsConservativeSigned
Philip Davies26/10/2005ShipleyConservativeSigned
Nadine Dorries26/10/2005Mid BedfordshireConservativeSigned
James Duddridge26/10/2005Rochford and Southend EastConservativeSigned
Lynne Featherstone26/10/2005Hornsey and Wood GreenLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Gove26/10/2005Surrey HeathConservativeSigned
Justine Greening26/10/2005PutneyConservativeSigned
Mark Harper26/10/2005Forest of DeanConservativeSigned
Shahid Malik26/10/2005DewsburyLabourSigned
Anne Main26/10/2005St AlbansConservativeSigned
Brooks Newmark26/10/2005BraintreeConservativeSigned
Andrew Pelling26/10/2005Croydon CentralConservativeSigned
Mark Williams26/10/2005CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
Lynne Jones27/10/2005Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Piara S Khabra27/10/2005Ealing, SouthallLabourSigned
Julian Lewis27/10/2005New Forest EastConservativeSigned
Andrew MacKay27/10/2005BracknellConservativeSigned
Chris McCafferty27/10/2005Calder ValleyLabourSigned
Nigel Dodds27/10/2005Belfast NorthDUPSigned
Andrew George27/10/2005St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Peter Bottomley27/10/2005Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Desmond Turner27/10/2005Brighton, KemptownLabourSigned
Mark Hunter27/10/2005CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Dismore28/10/2005HendonLabourSigned
Mark Durkan28/10/2005FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
John Greenway28/10/2005RyedaleConservativeSigned
Ann Winterton28/10/2005CongletonConservativeSigned
Nicholas Winterton28/10/2005MacclesfieldConservativeSigned
Michael Penning28/10/2005Hemel HempsteadConservativeSigned
Kelvin Hopkins31/10/2005Luton NorthLabourSigned
Gregory Campbell31/10/2005East LondonderryDUPSigned
Christopher Fraser31/10/2005South West NorfolkConservativeSigned
Edward Garnier31/10/2005HarboroughConservativeSigned
Betty Williams31/10/2005ConwyLabourSigned
Malcolm Rifkind01/11/2005Kensington and ChelseaConservativeSigned
Andrew Selous01/11/2005South West BedfordshireConservativeSigned
David Simpson01/11/2005Upper BannDUPSigned
William McCrea01/11/2005South AntrimDUPSigned
David Mundell01/11/2005Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and TweeddaleConservativeSigned
Brian H Donohoe01/11/2005Central AyrshireLabourSigned
Michael Fabricant01/11/2005LichfieldConservativeSigned
David Taylor01/11/2005North West LeicestershireLabourSigned
Rudi Vis01/11/2005Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Adam Holloway01/11/2005GraveshamConservativeSigned
Greg Pope02/11/2005HyndburnLabourSigned
Caroline Spelman02/11/2005MeridenConservativeSigned
Alan Simpson03/11/2005Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Malcolm Moss03/11/2005North East CambridgeshireConservativeSigned
Julian Brazier03/11/2005CanterburyConservativeSigned
Clive Efford03/11/2005ElthamLabourSigned
Cheryl Gillan03/11/2005Chesham and AmershamConservativeSigned
Lyn Brown03/11/2005West HamLabourSigned
Stephen Hammond03/11/2005WimbledonConservativeSigned
John Leech03/11/2005Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Bob Spink07/11/2005Castle PointConservativeSigned
Frank Cook07/11/2005Stockton NorthLabourSigned
Sarah McCarthy-Fry07/11/2005Portsmouth NorthLabourSigned
Oliver Heald08/11/2005North East HertfordshireConservativeSigned
Patrick Mercer08/11/2005NewarkConservativeSigned
Martin Caton09/11/2005GowerLabourSigned
Lembit 11/11/2005MontgomeryshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Janet Dean11/11/2005BurtonLabourSigned
Paul Rowen11/11/2005RochdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
Eric Illsley14/11/2005Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Bruce George14/11/2005Walsall SouthLabourSigned
Roger Godsiff14/11/2005Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small HeathLabourSigned
David Amess16/11/2005Southend WestConservativeSigned
David Burrowes17/11/2005Enfield, SouthgateConservativeSigned
Hugh Robertson21/11/2005Faversham and Mid KentConservativeSigned
Tom Brake22/11/2005Carshalton and WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Bill Etherington22/11/2005Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Diane Abbott22/11/2005Hackney North and Stoke NewingtonLabourSigned
Paul Keetch23/11/2005HerefordLiberal DemocratSigned
George Galloway24/11/2005Bethnal Green and BowRespectSigned
Julia Goldsworthy28/11/2005Falmouth and CamborneLiberal DemocratSigned
Philip Dunne29/11/2005LudlowConservativeSigned
Philip Hammond01/12/2005Runnymede and WeybridgeConservativeSigned
Bill Wiggin05/12/2005LeominsterConservativeSigned
Rosie Cooper08/12/2005West LancashireLabourSigned
Gwyn Prosser14/12/2005DoverLabourSigned
Robert Walter14/12/2005North DorsetConservativeSigned
Angela Watkinson14/12/2005UpminsterConservativeSigned
David Wilshire19/12/2005SpelthorneConservativeSigned
Andrew Murrison20/12/2005WestburyConservativeSigned
John Gummer20/12/2005Suffolk CoastalConservativeSigned
Richard Benyon09/01/2006NewburyConservativeSigned
Stewart Jackson30/01/2006PeterboroughConservativeSigned
Hugo Swire06/03/2006East DevonConservativeSigned
Rob Wilson09/03/2006Reading EastConservativeSigned
Norman Lamb29/03/2006North NorfolkLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Pritchard29/03/2006The WrekinConservativeSigned
Alan Reid18/04/2006Argyll and ButeLiberal DemocratSigned
Adrian Sanders18/04/2006TorbayLiberal DemocratSigned
Lady Hermon18/04/2006North DownUUPSigned
Robert Key18/04/2006SalisburyConservativeSigned
Colin Burgon18/04/2006ElmetLabourSigned
Colin Challen18/04/2006Morley and RothwellLabourSigned
Don Foster18/04/2006BathLiberal DemocratSigned
Gary Streeter18/04/2006South West DevonConservativeSigned
Lorely Burt18/04/2006SolihullLiberal DemocratSigned
Jeremy Hunt18/04/2006South West SurreyConservativeSigned
Dan Rogerson18/04/2006North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Lee Scott18/04/2006Ilford NorthConservativeSigned
Frank Field19/04/2006BirkenheadLabourSigned
Joan Walley19/04/2006Stoke-on-Trent NorthLabourSigned
Doug Henderson20/04/2006Newcastle upon Tyne NorthLabourSigned
Andrew Love20/04/2006EdmontonLabourSigned
Neil Gerrard20/04/2006WalthamstowLabourSigned
Maria Miller20/04/2006BasingstokeConservativeSigned
Nick Harvey24/04/2006North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Holmes24/04/2006ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
Robert Goodwill24/04/2006Scarborough and WhitbyConservativeSigned
David Tredinnick24/04/2006BosworthConservativeSigned
Graham Stuart25/04/2006Beverley and HoldernessConservativeSigned
Doug Naysmith26/04/2006Bristol North WestLabourSigned
Danny Alexander26/04/2006Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and StrathspeyLiberal DemocratSigned
John Smith27/04/2006Vale of GlamorganLabourSigned
Michael Mates27/04/2006East HampshireConservativeSigned
Jon Trickett27/04/2006HemsworthLabourSigned
Oliver Letwin02/05/2006West DorsetConservativeSigned
Steve Webb02/05/2006NorthavonLiberal DemocratSigned
Katy Clark02/05/2006North Ayrshire and ArranLabourSigned
David Howarth03/05/2006CambridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
Jennifer Willott03/05/2006Cardiff CentralLiberal DemocratSigned
Susan Kramer08/05/2006Richmond ParkLiberal DemocratSigned
David Gauke11/05/2006South West HertfordshireConservativeSigned
John Penrose15/05/2006Weston-Super-MareConservativeSigned
Graham Brady22/05/2006Altrincham and Sale WestConservativeSigned
John Austin22/05/2006Erith and ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Jon Cruddas23/05/2006DagenhamLabourSigned
Roger Williams05/06/2006Brecon and RadnorshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Jeff Ennis15/06/2006Barnsley East and MexboroughLabourSigned
Bill Olner19/06/2006NuneatonLabourSigned
Fabian Hamilton20/06/2006Leeds North EastLabourSigned
Martyn Jones26/06/2006Clwyd SouthLabourSigned
Jeremy Browne27/06/2006TauntonLiberal DemocratSigned
Ian Austin28/06/2006Dudley NorthLabourSigned
Charles Kennedy03/07/2006Ross, Skye and LochaberLiberal DemocratSigned
Phil Willis10/07/2006Harrogate and KnaresboroughLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Oaten19/07/2006WinchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Simon Hughes24/07/2006North Southwark and BermondseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Malcolm Bruce24/07/2006GordonLiberal DemocratSigned
John Grogan25/07/2006SelbyLabourSigned
Julie Morgan09/10/2006Cardiff NorthLabourSigned
Vera BairdUnknownWithdrawn
Peter LawUnknownWithdrawn

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