Criminal Offence Of Forcing To Marry (EDM341)

Criminal Offence Of Forcing To Marry

EDM number 341 in 2006-07, proposed by Ann Cryer on 29/11/2006.

That this House acknowledges the ever-growing and inhumane practice of forced marriage, as opposed to arranged marriage; recognises its devastating impact on the lives of many young women and some young men; further recognises that although several criminal offences are committed in forcing a person to marry, including abduction, kidnap, false imprisonment, rape and assault, no charges have thus far been brought against perpetrators and there have been no convictions; believes that Article 12 of the European Convention on Human Rights is breached on a daily basis with impunity; concludes that the time has come for a specific criminal offence of forcing a person to marry or conspiring with others to do so; and believes that this would deter those contemplating the procurement of this unIslamic and inhuman act.

This motion has been signed by a total of 78 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Ann Cryer	29/11/2006	Keighley	Labour	Proposed
Chris McCafferty	29/11/2006	Calder Valley	Labour	Seconded
Marsha Singh	29/11/2006	Bradford West	Labour	Seconded
Khalid Mahmood	29/11/2006	Birmingham, Perry Barr	Labour	Seconded
Sandra Gidley	29/11/2006	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Philip Davies	29/11/2006	Shipley	Conservative	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	29/11/2006	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Linda Riordan	29/11/2006	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Richard Benyon	29/11/2006	Newbury	Conservative	Signed
Andrew George	29/11/2006	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Janet Dean	29/11/2006	Burton	Labour	Signed
James Clappison	29/11/2006	Hertsmere	Conservative	Signed
David Chaytor	29/11/2006	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Evan Harris	29/11/2006	Oxford West and Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Russell	29/11/2006	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Terry Rooney	29/11/2006	Bradford North	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	29/11/2006	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Laura Moffatt	30/11/2006	Crawley	Labour	Signed
John Leech	30/11/2006	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Winterton	30/11/2006	Congleton	Conservative	Signed
Keith Vaz	30/11/2006	Leicester East	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	30/11/2006	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
David Borrow	30/11/2006	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
David Drew	30/11/2006	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	30/11/2006	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Jon Cruddas	30/11/2006	Dagenham	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	30/11/2006	Leyton and Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	30/11/2006	Gower	Labour	Signed
Chris Bryant	30/11/2006	Rhondda	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	30/11/2006	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	30/11/2006	Hampstead and Highgate	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	30/11/2006	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Gordon Prentice	30/11/2006	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Ian Austin	04/12/2006	Dudley North	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	04/12/2006	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	04/12/2006	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	04/12/2006	Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	04/12/2006	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	04/12/2006	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rob Marris	04/12/2006	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	04/12/2006	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	04/12/2006	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	04/12/2006	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Derek Conway	04/12/2006	Old Bexley & Sidcup	Conservative	Signed
Annette Brooke	05/12/2006	Mid Dorset and North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Hunter	05/12/2006	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Williams	05/12/2006	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Graham Stringer	05/12/2006	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Signed
Hugh Bayley	05/12/2006	City of York	Labour	Signed
Janet Anderson	05/12/2006	Rossendale and Darwen	Labour	Signed
David Heyes	05/12/2006	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	05/12/2006	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Greg Pope	05/12/2006	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Helen Jones	06/12/2006	Warrington North	Labour	Signed
Hywel Francis	06/12/2006	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Lynne Featherstone	07/12/2006	Hornsey and Wood Green	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Derek Wyatt	07/12/2006	Sittingbourne and Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	07/12/2006	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
David Wright	07/12/2006	Telford	Labour	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	11/12/2006	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
John McDonnell	11/12/2006	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed
John Hemming	11/12/2006	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Katy Clark	11/12/2006	North Ayrshire and Arran	Labour	Signed
Phil Willis	12/12/2006	Harrogate and Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	13/12/2006	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	13/12/2006	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
David Hamilton	13/12/2006	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
David Maclean	18/12/2006	Penrith and The Border	Conservative	Signed
Vincent Cable	18/12/2006	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eric Illsley	19/12/2006	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	19/12/2006	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
Jo Swinson	08/01/2007	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	10/01/2007	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Lorely Burt	10/01/2007	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nia Griffith	17/01/2007	Llanelli	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	22/01/2007	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Hendrick	25/01/2007	Preston	Labour	Signed
Andrew Pelling	25/01/2007	Croydon Central	Conservative	Signed

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