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Prevalence Of Elder Abuse In The Community

EDM number 1709 in 2006-07, proposed by Paul Burstow on 14/06/2007.

That this House notes with concern the finding of the UK Study of Abuse and Neglect of Older People 2007 that as many as 342,000 people aged over 66 are victims of abuse in the community, often committed by family members; notes that the research did not examine the prevalence of elder abuse in formal care settings; further notes significant differences in the prevalence of abuse between the nations, with Wales recording twice the level of abuse as Northern Ireland; is disturbed to learn that over 105,000 older people reported being the victims of 10 or more incidents of neglect with most neglect being perpetrated by partners; is further disturbed by the finding that 42,500 older people have suffered sexual abuse including being sexually touched, which amounts to sexual assault; congratulates Comic Relief and the Department of Health for jointly commissioning the study; calls on the Government to give preventing, detecting and punishing elder abuse the same priority as child abuse and domestic violence; and further calls for adult protection to be placed on a sound statutory footing with the necessary powers and duties on public bodies and other agencies to break down barriers between elder abuse, vulnerable adults and domestic violence to promote joint working to raise awareness and ensure the public know how to access adult protection services.

This motion has been signed by a total of 63 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Paul Burstow14/06/2007Sutton and CheamLiberal DemocratProposed
Sandra Gidley14/06/2007RomseyLiberal DemocratSeconded
Andrew George15/06/2007St IvesLiberal DemocratSeconded
Annette Brooke15/06/2007Mid Dorset and North PooleLiberal DemocratSeconded
Andrew Dismore15/06/2007HendonLabourSeconded
Martin Caton15/06/2007GowerLabourSeconded
Jeremy Corbyn15/06/2007Islington NorthLabourSigned
David Drew15/06/2007StroudLabourSigned
Ann Cryer18/06/2007KeighleyLabourSigned
Andrew Pelling18/06/2007Croydon CentralConservativeSigned
Robert Wareing18/06/2007Liverpool, West DerbyLabourSigned
Peter Bottomley18/06/2007Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Mike Hancock18/06/2007Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Meale18/06/2007MansfieldLabourSigned
Lynne Jones18/06/2007Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Paul Holmes18/06/2007ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
Kelvin Hopkins19/06/2007Luton NorthLabourSigned
Mark Williams19/06/2007CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
Stephen Williams19/06/2007Bristol WestLiberal DemocratSigned
John Leech19/06/2007Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Hywel Williams19/06/2007CaernarfonPlaid CymruSigned
Michael Weir19/06/2007AngusScottish National PartySigned
Rudi Vis19/06/2007Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Paul Truswell19/06/2007PudseyLabourSigned
David Taylor19/06/2007North West LeicestershireLabourSigned
Colin Breed19/06/2007South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Chris McCafferty19/06/2007Calder ValleyLabourSigned
Gordon Marsden19/06/2007Blackpool SouthLabourSigned
Rob Marris19/06/2007Wolverhampton South WestLabourSigned
Nicholas Winterton20/06/2007MacclesfieldConservativeSigned
Jim Dobbin20/06/2007Heywood and MiddletonLabourSigned
Paul Keetch20/06/2007HerefordLiberal DemocratSigned
Gregory Campbell20/06/2007East LondonderryDUPSigned
Elfyn Llwyd20/06/2007Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Lindsay Hoyle20/06/2007ChorleyLabourSigned
David Simpson20/06/2007Upper BannDUPSigned
Alasdair McDonnell20/06/2007Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Nick Harvey21/06/2007North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
William McCrea21/06/2007South AntrimDUPSigned
Janet Dean21/06/2007BurtonLabourSigned
Nia Griffith21/06/2007LlanelliLabourSigned
Willie Rennie21/06/2007Dunfermline and West FifeLiberal DemocratSigned
Brian Jenkins25/06/2007TamworthLabourSigned
Vincent Cable25/06/2007TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Jabez Foster25/06/2007Hastings and RyeLabourSigned
Betty Williams25/06/2007ConwyLabourSigned
David Anderson25/06/2007BlaydonLabourSigned
John Hemming26/06/2007Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Don Foster27/06/2007BathLiberal DemocratSigned
Phil Willis27/06/2007Harrogate and KnaresboroughLiberal DemocratSigned
Bill Etherington28/06/2007Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Nadine Dorries29/06/2007Mid BedfordshireConservativeSigned
Alan Simpson03/07/2007Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Doug Naysmith04/07/2007Bristol North WestLabourSigned
Jim McGovern04/07/2007Dundee WestLabourSigned
Christopher Huhne09/07/2007EastleighLiberal DemocratSigned
Linda Riordan11/07/2007HalifaxLabourSigned
Edward O'Hara12/07/2007Knowsley SouthLabourSigned
John McDonnell25/07/2007Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
David Hamilton08/10/2007MidlothianLabourSigned
Jo Swinson08/10/2007East DunbartonshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Nigel Dodds24/10/2007Belfast NorthDUPSigned
Paul Rowen29/10/2007RochdaleLiberal DemocratSigned

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