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Un Convention On The Rights Of Persons With Disabilities

EDM number 41 in 2008-09, proposed by John Barrett on 03/12/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Disability discrimination and United Nations.

That this House notes the Government has promised to ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities by the end of 2008; notes with concern that this commitment will not be fulfilled and has been postponed to spring 2009; recognises that ratifying the Convention will ensure that disabled people are legally accorded the respect and rights they deserve; is concerned at the reservations made by the Ministry of Defence, the Home Office, the Department for Children, Schools and Families and the Department for Work and Pensions; welcomes the assurances of the Minister for Disabled People that ratification remains a priority; and calls on the Government to guarantee that disabled people will receive equality, respect and full inclusion in society by ratifying the Convention in full as soon as possible.

This motion has been signed by a total of 59 MPs, 3 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
John Barrett03/12/2008Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratProposed
Andrew George03/12/2008St IvesLiberal DemocratSeconded
Peter Bottomley03/12/2008Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Adrian Sanders04/12/2008TorbayLiberal DemocratSeconded
Paul Rowen04/12/2008RochdaleLiberal DemocratSeconded
David Drew04/12/2008StroudLabourSeconded
Sandra Gidley04/12/2008RomseyLiberal DemocratSigned
David Taylor04/12/2008North West LeicestershireLabourSigned
Andrew Dismore04/12/2008HendonLabourSigned
Colin Breed04/12/2008South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Lynne Jones04/12/2008Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Paul Holmes04/12/2008ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
John McDonnell08/12/2008Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Mark Hunter08/12/2008CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Williams08/12/2008CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
Lee Scott08/12/2008Ilford NorthConservativeSigned
Stephen Williams08/12/2008Bristol WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Dan Rogerson08/12/2008North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
John Leech08/12/2008Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Robert Wareing08/12/2008Liverpool, West DerbyIndependentSigned
Paul Truswell08/12/2008PudseyLabourSigned
Mike Hancock08/12/2008Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Flynn08/12/2008Newport WestLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn08/12/2008Islington NorthLabourSigned
Annette Brooke08/12/2008Mid Dorset and North PooleLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Meale08/12/2008MansfieldLabourSigned
Elfyn Llwyd08/12/2008Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Kelvin Hopkins08/12/2008Luton NorthLabourSigned
Evan Harris08/12/2008Oxford West and AbingdonLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Durkan09/12/2008FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Jeremy Browne09/12/2008TauntonLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Stunell09/12/2008Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Hywel Williams09/12/2008CaernarfonPlaid CymruSigned
Nick Harvey10/12/2008North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
William McCrea10/12/2008South AntrimDUPSigned
Alistair Carmichael10/12/2008Orkney and ShetlandLiberal DemocratSigned
Martin Caton10/12/2008GowerLabourSigned
Jo Swinson10/12/2008East DunbartonshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Willie Rennie10/12/2008Dunfermline and West FifeLiberal DemocratSigned
Dai Davies10/12/2008Blaenau GwentIndependentSigned
Brian Jenkins11/12/2008TamworthLabourSigned
Neil Gerrard11/12/2008WalthamstowLabourSigned
John Hemming11/12/2008Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Rudi Vis15/12/2008Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
John Mason15/12/2008Glasgow EastScottish National PartySigned
Frank Cook16/12/2008Stockton NorthLabourSigned
George Galloway16/12/2008Bethnal Green and BowRespectSigned
Tom Brake17/12/2008Carshalton and WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Simon Hughes18/12/2008North Southwark and BermondseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Vincent Cable12/01/2009TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
David Howarth12/01/2009CambridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
Adam Price26/01/2009Carmarthen East and DinefwrPlaid CymruSigned
Andy Reed05/03/2009LoughboroughLabourSigned
Andrew MacKinlay12/03/2009ThurrockLabourSigned
Eddie McGrady20/03/2009South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Alasdair McDonnell22/04/2009Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Michael Jabez FosterUnknownWithdrawn
David WrightUnknownWithdrawn
John BercowUnknownWithdrawn

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