Autism Sunday (EDM874)

Autism Sunday

EDM number 874 in 2007-08, proposed by David Drew on 05/02/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Mental health, Religion and faith communities and Special educational needs.

That this House pays tribute to churches and religious organisations who are marking Autism Sunday, the international day of prayer for autism and Asperger's syndrome, on Sunday 10th February 2008; notes that Autism Sunday was launched in 2002 Autism Awareness Year by parents and carers Ivan and Charika Corea of the Autism Awareness Campaign UK with an inaugural historic service at St Paul's Cathedral, London; calls upon the Government to work with all faith communities in order to reach out to parents, carers and people with autism and Asperger's in local communities; urges church leaders and community groups of all denominations to engage with people with autism and Asperger's; and requests the Government to support Autism Awareness Campaign UK's call for a national strategy on autism and a cohesive 10 year plan on autism and Asperger's, as well as supporting Baroness Uddin's proposal for an autism taskforce.

This motion has been signed by a total of 71 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
David Drew	05/02/2008	Stroud	Labour	Proposed
Lee Scott	05/02/2008	Ilford North	Conservative	Seconded
Bob Spink	05/02/2008	Castle Point	Conservative	Seconded
Lindsay Hoyle	05/02/2008	Chorley	Labour	Seconded
Michael Connarty	05/02/2008	Linlithgow and East Falkirk	Labour	Seconded
Nigel Evans	05/02/2008	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Seconded
Ann Cryer	05/02/2008	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	05/02/2008	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Peter Bottomley	05/02/2008	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	06/02/2008	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Stephen Williams	06/02/2008	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Angus MacNeil	06/02/2008	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scottish National Party	Signed
Nicholas Winterton	06/02/2008	Macclesfield	Conservative	Signed
Robert Wareing	06/02/2008	Liverpool, West Derby	Independent	Signed
Rudi Vis	06/02/2008	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	06/02/2008	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Hywel Francis	06/02/2008	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	06/02/2008	Heywood and Middleton	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	06/02/2008	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	06/02/2008	Burton	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	06/02/2008	Gower	Labour	Signed
Gregory Campbell	06/02/2008	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Sandra Osborne	06/02/2008	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Moss	06/02/2008	North East Cambridgeshire	Conservative	Signed
Alan Meale	06/02/2008	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Robert Key	06/02/2008	Salisbury	Conservative	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	06/02/2008	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	07/02/2008	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Winterton	07/02/2008	Congleton	Conservative	Signed
Ian Taylor	07/02/2008	Esher and Walton	Conservative	Signed
David Borrow	07/02/2008	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	07/02/2008	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	07/02/2008	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Karen Buck	07/02/2008	Regent's Park and Kensington North	Labour	Signed
Clive Efford	07/02/2008	Eltham	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	07/02/2008	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	07/02/2008	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Ian McCartney	07/02/2008	Makerfield	Labour	Signed
Chris Mullin	07/02/2008	Sunderland South	Labour	Signed
Denis Murphy	07/02/2008	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Adam Price	18/02/2008	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Gordon Marsden	18/02/2008	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Mark Oaten	18/02/2008	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Vincent Cable	18/02/2008	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	18/02/2008	Hastings and Rye	Labour	Signed
Sandra Gidley	18/02/2008	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
James Gray	18/02/2008	North Wiltshire	Conservative	Signed
Robert Walter	18/02/2008	North Dorset	Conservative	Signed
Betty Williams	18/02/2008	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Willie Rennie	18/02/2008	Dunfermline and West Fife	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	19/02/2008	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Truswell	19/02/2008	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	19/02/2008	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed
John Horam	19/02/2008	Orpington	Conservative	Signed
Brian Jenkins	19/02/2008	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	20/02/2008	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
George Howarth	20/02/2008	Knowsley North and Sefton East	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	20/02/2008	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Phil Willis	20/02/2008	Harrogate and Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Hamilton	21/02/2008	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Jim Devine	21/02/2008	Livingston	Labour	Signed
John Hemming	21/02/2008	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Flynn	21/02/2008	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	21/02/2008	Mid Dorset and North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	21/02/2008	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Russell Brown	22/02/2008	Dumfries and Galloway	Labour	Signed
Derek Conway	22/02/2008	Old Bexley and Sidcup	Independent	Signed
Alan Simpson	26/02/2008	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	26/02/2008	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	26/02/2008	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Austin	27/02/2008	Erith and Thamesmead	Labour	Signed

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