Detention Of Children

EDM number 399 in 2006-07, proposed by Neil Gerrard on 05/12/2006.

That this House is concerned by the detention of children in UK immigration detention centres as part of the standard immigration procedure; recognises the negative impact on children's mental and physical health and the disruption of their education; welcomes the work conducted by the No Place for a Child Coalition involving Save the Children, the Refugee Council, Bail for Immigration Detainees, the Scottish Refugee Council and the Welsh Refugee Council to bring an end to this unjust policy; notes that the Home Office has commissioned work to examine alternatives to detention and urges Home Office Ministers to support the recommendations of No Place for a Child that children should be treated as children first and foremost and their needs and rights protected; calls for alternatives to detention to be piloted; and urges the Government to make detailed statistics available on an ongoing basis regarding the ages of, and numbers of, children held in detention and the length of time each is held in detention.

This motion has been signed by a total of 58 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Neil Gerrard	05/12/2006	Walthamstow	Labour	Proposed
Bob Russell	05/12/2006	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Bob Spink	05/12/2006	Castle Point	Conservative	Seconded
Andrew George	05/12/2006	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Andrew Dismore	06/12/2006	Hendon	Labour	Seconded
Evan Harris	06/12/2006	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
David Taylor	06/12/2006	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	06/12/2006	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Ann Cryer	06/12/2006	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	06/12/2006	Gower	Labour	Signed
Gregory Campbell	06/12/2006	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
John McDonnell	06/12/2006	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	06/12/2006	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	06/12/2006	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	06/12/2006	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Stephen Williams	07/12/2006	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Madeleine Moon	07/12/2006	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Lynne Featherstone	07/12/2006	Hornsey & Wood Green	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	07/12/2006	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	07/12/2006	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
David Drew	07/12/2006	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	07/12/2006	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Breed	07/12/2006	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynne Jones	07/12/2006	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	07/12/2006	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Mark Hunter	11/12/2006	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	11/12/2006	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Betty Williams	11/12/2006	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	11/12/2006	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
John Bercow	11/12/2006	Buckingham	Conservative	Signed
Hywel Francis	11/12/2006	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	11/12/2006	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	12/12/2006	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	12/12/2006	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Katy Clark	12/12/2006	Ayrshire North & Arran	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	13/12/2006	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Nigel Dodds	13/12/2006	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	13/12/2006	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Alan Simpson	13/12/2006	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Sammy Wilson	14/12/2006	East Antrim	DUP	Signed
Mark Williams	14/12/2006	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Borrow	18/12/2006	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	18/12/2006	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Karen Buck	18/12/2006			Signed
Julie Morgan	19/12/2006	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	19/12/2006	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
George Galloway	19/12/2006	Bethnal Green & Bow	Respect	Signed
Phil Willis	08/01/2007	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Howarth	08/01/2007	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jon Cruddas	09/01/2007	Dagenham	Labour	Signed
John Austin	19/01/2007	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Martin Salter	19/01/2007	Reading West	Labour	Signed
Andrew Pelling	25/01/2007	Croydon Central	Conservative	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	01/02/2007	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Tony Lloyd	08/02/2007	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Lorely Burt	19/03/2007	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Greg Mulholland	16/04/2007	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jennifer Willott	02/07/2007	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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