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Refugee Children And Age Disputes

EDM number 1616 in 2006-07, proposed by Diane Abbott on 05/06/2007.

That this House is concerned at the number of refugee and asylum-seeking children who are residing in this country without parents or carers and whose age is disputed by the immigration authorities; notes that the age determination process is imprecise and is often conducted under a culture of disbelief; further notes that once children are determined to be over 16 they are required to live on their own and look after themselves, on only £35 a week, rather than receiving the care and provisions they need as children; and calls on the Government to carry out an investigation into the age determination process that allows vulnerable children to be treated as adults.

This motion has been signed by a total of 33 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Diane Abbott05/06/2007Hackney North and Stoke NewingtonLabourProposed
Bob Spink05/06/2007Castle PointConservativeSeconded
Peter Bottomley06/06/2007Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Andrew Dismore06/06/2007HendonLabourSeconded
Lynne Jones06/06/2007Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSeconded
Elfyn Llwyd06/06/2007Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSeconded
Ronnie Campbell06/06/2007Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Martin Caton06/06/2007GowerLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn06/06/2007Islington NorthLabourSigned
Andrew George06/06/2007St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Mike Hancock06/06/2007Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Karen Buck07/06/2007Regent's Park and Kensington NorthLabourSigned
George Galloway07/06/2007Bethnal Green and BowRespectSigned
Stephen Williams07/06/2007Bristol WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Dai Davies07/06/2007Blaenau GwentIndependentSigned
Nick Harvey11/06/2007North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
John Pugh11/06/2007SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Kelvin Hopkins12/06/2007Luton NorthLabourSigned
Glenda Jackson12/06/2007Hampstead and HighgateLabourSigned
Mark Lazarowicz12/06/2007Edinburgh North and LeithLabourSigned
David Drew12/06/2007StroudLabourSigned
Michael Jabez Foster12/06/2007Hastings and RyeLabourSigned
Harry Cohen13/06/2007Leyton and WansteadLabourSigned
John McDonnell13/06/2007Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Alan Simpson13/06/2007Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Marsha Singh14/06/2007Bradford WestLabourSigned
Vincent Cable14/06/2007TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Jo Swinson14/06/2007East DunbartonshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Annette Brooke15/06/2007Mid Dorset and North PooleLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Durkan15/06/2007FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Michael Clapham18/06/2007Barnsley West and PenistoneLabourSigned
Alasdair McDonnell20/06/2007Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Bill Etherington28/06/2007Sunderland NorthLabourSigned

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