Law On Murder

EDM number 2503 in 1992-93, proposed by Alan Milburn on 25/10/1993.

That this House expresses its condolences to the family of Michael Gibson who died on 30th August 1993 after a violent assault in Darlington town centre in April 1992 left him comatosed; is horrified that Michael's assailant received a prison sentence of just two years because the existing definition of murder stipulates that a victim must die within 366 days of an assault taking place for a charge of murder to be brought; believes that this ancient law takes no account of advances in medical technology which can keep comatosed patients alive for many years; deplores the injustice suffered by the Gibson family; and calls for an urgent independent review of this law so that this House can decide on a new definition of murder.

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

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Alan Milburn	25/10/1993	Darlington		Proposed
Stephen Byers	26/10/1993	Wallsend		Seconded
Roland Boyes	26/10/1993	Houghton and Washington		Seconded
Jim Cousins	26/10/1993	Newcastle upon Tyne Central		Seconded
Angela Eagle	26/10/1993	Wallasey		Seconded
Ann Coffey	26/10/1993	Stockport		Seconded
Mike Gapes	26/10/1993	Ilford South		Signed
Jimmy Dunnachie	26/10/1993	Glasgow, Pollok		Signed
Alistair Darling	26/10/1993	Edinburgh Central		Signed
Frank Cook	26/10/1993	Stockton North		Signed
Michael Connarty	26/10/1993	Falkirk East		Signed
David Clelland	26/10/1993	Tyne Bridge		Signed
Llin Golding	26/10/1993	Newcastle-under-Lyme		Signed
Diane Abbott	26/10/1993	Hackney North & Stoke Newington		Signed
Peter Hain	26/10/1993	Neath		Signed
Harry Barnes	26/10/1993	North East Derbyshire		Signed
Clive Betts	26/10/1993	Sheffield, Attercliffe		Signed
Jimmy Boyce	26/10/1993	Rotherham		Signed
Dennis Turner	26/10/1993	Wolverhampton South East		Signed
Joan Walley	26/10/1993	Stoke-on-Trent North		Signed
Eric Clarke	26/10/1993	Midlothian		Signed
Richard Caborn	26/10/1993	Sheffield Central		Signed
Nigel Griffiths	26/10/1993	Edinburgh South		Signed
Bridget Prentice	26/10/1993	Lewisham East		Signed
Ken Purchase	26/10/1993	Wolverhampton North East		Signed
Andrew Smith	26/10/1993	Oxford East		Signed
Geoff Hoon	26/10/1993	Ashfield		Signed
Kevin Hughes	26/10/1993	Doncaster North		Signed
John Hutton	26/10/1993	Barrow & Furness		Signed
Adam Ingram	26/10/1993	East Kilbride		Signed
Keith Bradley	26/10/1993	Manchester, Withington		Signed
Alan Meale	26/10/1993	Mansfield		Signed
Calum MacDonald	26/10/1993	Na h-Eileanan an Iar		Signed
Ken Livingstone	26/10/1993	Brent East		Signed
Tessa Jowell	26/10/1993	Dulwich		Signed
Glenda Jackson	26/10/1993	Hampstead & Highgate		Signed
Kenneth Eastham	27/10/1993	Manchester, Blackley		Signed
Paul Flynn	27/10/1993	Newport West		Signed
Nick Ainger	27/10/1993	Pembroke		Signed
Janet Anderson	27/10/1993	Rossendale & Darwen		Signed
Gerry Steinberg	27/10/1993	Durham, City of		Signed
Alan Williams	27/10/1993	Swansea West		Signed
Terry Davis	27/10/1993	Birmingham, Hodge Hill		Signed
Ian Davidson	27/10/1993	Glasgow, Govan		Signed
Colin Pickthall	27/10/1993	West Lancashire		Signed
Nick Harvey	27/10/1993	North Devon		Signed
Barry Jones	27/10/1993	Alyn & Deeside		Signed
Edward O'Hara	27/10/1993	Knowsley South		Signed
Michael Clapham	27/10/1993	Barnsley West & Penistone		Signed
Jean Corston	27/10/1993	Bristol East		Signed
Neil Gerrard	28/10/1993	Walthamstow		Signed
John Evans	28/10/1993	St Helens North		Signed
Terry Lewis	28/10/1993	Worsley		Signed
Eric Illsley	28/10/1993	Barnsley Central		Signed
Alan Simpson	28/10/1993	Nottingham South		Signed
Greg Pope	28/10/1993	Hyndburn		Signed
Jack Thompson	28/10/1993	Wansbeck		Signed
Win Griffiths	29/10/1993	Bridgend		Signed
Terry Patchett	01/11/1993	Barnsley East		Signed
Lynne Jones	01/11/1993	Birmingham, Selly Oak		Signed
Ronnie Campbell	01/11/1993	Blyth Valley		Signed
Alex Carlile	02/11/1993	Montgomery		Signed
Derek Enright	02/11/1993	Hemsworth		Signed
Tom Cox	03/11/1993	Tooting		Signed
Richard Burden	03/11/1993	Birmingham, Northfield		Signed
Martin Redmond	03/11/1993	Don Valley		Signed
Nigel Jones	04/11/1993	Cheltenham		Signed
Jamie Cann	04/11/1993	Ipswich		Signed
Bill Etherington	04/11/1993	Sunderland North		Signed
John Gunnell	04/11/1993	Leeds South and Morley		Signed
Mike Hall	04/11/1993	Warrington South		Signed

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