GRANDPARENTS' RIGHTS

EDM number 1199 in 2007-08, proposed by John Hemming on 17/03/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Child care and Family law.

That this House believes that a child's right to family life requires greater legislative protection; further believes that there should be an expectation that ancestors and close biological relatives become parties to Family Court cases on request; further believes there should be financial support for kinship carers; further believes that biological relatives including fathers without parental responsibility, grandparents, aunts and uncles should be automatically notified of care and adoption proceedings; and calls upon the Government to respond positively to the proposals from the charities announced on 17th March in the document Grandparents' Rights - A Response to the Government.

This motion has been signed by a total of 54 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
John Hemming	17/03/2008	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Michael Connarty	17/03/2008	Linlithgow & Falkirk East	Labour	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	17/03/2008	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Bob Spink	18/03/2008	Castle Point	Independent Conservative	Seconded
Jim Dobbin	18/03/2008	Heywood & Middleton	Labour	Seconded
Colin Breed	18/03/2008	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Angus MacNeil	18/03/2008	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scottish National Party	Signed
Stewart Jackson	18/03/2008	Peterborough	Conservative	Signed
Ann Winterton	18/03/2008	Congleton	Conservative	Signed
David Taylor	18/03/2008	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	18/03/2008	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Durkan	18/03/2008	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Michael Clapham	18/03/2008	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Nicholas Winterton	19/03/2008	Macclesfield	Conservative	Signed
Desmond Turner	19/03/2008	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
John Battle	19/03/2008	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Janet Anderson	19/03/2008	Rossendale & Darwen	Labour	Signed
David Drew	19/03/2008	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	19/03/2008	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	19/03/2008	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
David Wilshire	20/03/2008	Spelthorne	Conservative	Signed
Brian H Donohoe	20/03/2008	Ayrshire Central	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	20/03/2008	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Eric Martlew	20/03/2008	Carlisle	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	20/03/2008	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	20/03/2008	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Williams	25/03/2008	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Frank Field	25/03/2008	Birkenhead	Labour	Signed
David Heyes	25/03/2008	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
John Leech	26/03/2008	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	26/03/2008	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	26/03/2008	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	26/03/2008	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	26/03/2008	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	26/03/2008	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	27/03/2008	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Jenkins	27/03/2008	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	31/03/2008	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Katy Clark	31/03/2008	Ayrshire North & Arran	Labour	Signed
Joan Humble	02/04/2008	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	02/04/2008	Burton	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	03/04/2008	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew MacKinlay	21/04/2008	Thurrock	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	21/04/2008	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Adam Holloway	21/04/2008	Gravesham	Conservative	Signed
Jim Devine	21/04/2008	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Willie Rennie	21/04/2008	Dunfermline & Fife West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nigel Dodds	23/04/2008	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Iris Robinson	29/04/2008	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Hywel Francis	01/07/2008	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Gordon Prentice	06/10/2008	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Tim Farron	06/10/2008	Westmorland & Lonsdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Joe Benton	09/10/2008	Bootle	Labour	Signed
Jon Trickett	Unknown			Withdrawn

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