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Improving Childhood Bereavement Services

EDM number 2023 in 2006-07, proposed by Edward Davey on 25/07/2007.

That this House recognises that the death of someone close brings change and challenge into the life of a young person, and can be devastating; notes that around one in 25 children and young people of school age have experienced the death of a parent, brother or sister, and that many others are affected by the death of someone else close; is disappointed that, while some receive excellent support, others struggle to find help, that many people providing support have no training and that data on the scale of childhood bereavement is inadequate; therefore supports the Childhood Bereavement Network's campaign for all bereaved children, young people and their families to have access to appropriate support, wherever they live and however they have been bereaved; believes that the Government should place a duty on all children's services authorities to demonstrate how they meet bereaved children's needs; calls for training on bereavement in childhood to become part of standard training for teachers, with courses made available to existing school staff; believes that every school and early years setting should have a senior manager with responsibility for bereavement support, to ensure that information on local sources of support is available to parents, carers, children and young people; and calls on Ministers across departments to ensure that data on the number of children and young people bereaved of a parent or sibling is collected and reported upon each year.

This motion has been signed by a total of 62 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Edward Davey25/07/2007Kingston and SurbitonLiberal DemocratProposed
Paul Burstow25/07/2007Sutton and CheamLiberal DemocratSeconded
Paul Holmes25/07/2007ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSeconded
Mark Durkan25/07/2007FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySeconded
Andrew George25/07/2007St IvesLiberal DemocratSeconded
Andrew Dismore26/07/2007HendonLabourSeconded
Sandra Gidley26/07/2007RomseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Stephen Williams26/07/2007Bristol WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Betty Williams26/07/2007ConwyLabourSigned
Peter Bottomley26/07/2007Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Mike Hancock26/07/2007Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Ann Cryer26/07/2007KeighleyLabourSigned
John Pugh26/07/2007SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Doug Henderson08/10/2007Newcastle upon Tyne NorthLabourSigned
Martin Horwood08/10/2007CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Jabez Foster08/10/2007Hastings and RyeLabourSigned
Vincent Cable08/10/2007TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Lynne Jones08/10/2007Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
George Howarth08/10/2007Knowsley North and Sefton EastLabourSigned
Nicholas Soames08/10/2007Mid SussexConservativeSigned
Nick Harvey09/10/2007North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
David Drew09/10/2007StroudLabourSigned
Hywel Francis09/10/2007AberavonLabourSigned
John Leech09/10/2007Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Hunter09/10/2007CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
Jim Devine09/10/2007LivingstonLabourSigned
Janet Dean10/10/2007BurtonLabourSigned
Gregory Campbell10/10/2007East LondonderryDUPSigned
Colin Breed10/10/2007South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Alasdair McDonnell10/10/2007Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Lindsay Hoyle10/10/2007ChorleyLabourSigned
John McDonnell10/10/2007Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Sandra Osborne11/10/2007Ayr, Carrick and CumnockLabourSigned
Annette Brooke11/10/2007Mid Dorset and North PooleLiberal DemocratSigned
Nigel Dodds11/10/2007Belfast NorthDUPSigned
Phil Willis11/10/2007Harrogate and KnaresboroughLiberal DemocratSigned
Dai Davies11/10/2007Blaenau GwentIndependentSigned
Michael Penning15/10/2007Hemel HempsteadConservativeSigned
Sarah Teather15/10/2007Brent EastLiberal DemocratSigned
Ian Taylor15/10/2007Esher and WaltonConservativeSigned
John Barrett15/10/2007Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Edward O'Hara15/10/2007Knowsley SouthLabourSigned
Elfyn Llwyd15/10/2007Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
David Laws15/10/2007YeovilLiberal DemocratSigned
David Heath15/10/2007Somerton & FromeLiberal DemocratSigned
Bill Etherington15/10/2007Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Susan Kramer16/10/2007Richmond ParkLiberal DemocratSigned
Kelvin Hopkins18/10/2007Luton NorthLabourSigned
Alan Simpson22/10/2007Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Doug Naysmith22/10/2007Bristol North WestLabourSigned
Rudi Vis24/10/2007Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
David Hamilton24/10/2007MidlothianLabourSigned
Fraser Kemp29/10/2007Houghton and Washington EastLabourSigned
Ian McCartney29/10/2007MakerfieldLabourSigned
Eddie McGrady29/10/2007South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Mark Oaten29/10/2007WinchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Jeremy Corbyn29/10/2007Islington NorthLabourSigned
Claire Curtis-Thomas29/10/2007CrosbyLabourSigned
Paul Truswell29/10/2007PudseyLabourSigned
Joan Walley29/10/2007Stoke-on-Trent NorthLabourSigned
Jo Swinson29/10/2007East DunbartonshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Rowen29/10/2007RochdaleLiberal DemocratSigned

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