CHILDREN'S ACT (SCOTLAND)

EDM number 1485 in 1993-94, proposed by Norman A Godman on 11/07/1994.

That this House is concerned at the report in The Scotsman of 7th July, that the proposed Scottish Children's Bill is not likely to be part of the legislative programme of the Government for the next session of Parliament; believes that a substantial Bill is long overdue; believes that the Bill should begin with key overreaching principles based on the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child and the Scottish Law Commission Family Law Report No. 135, namely that the welfare of the child concerned is the paramount consideration, that any delay in decision making is likely to prejuduce the welfare of the child that a child has the right to express his or her views, or to have them given due weight in accordance with the child's age and maturity in any actions affecting her or him, that a court order should only be made if making that order would be better for the child than making no order at all, and that both parents should have parental responsibilities to their children, as well as parental rights; believes that the Bill should express an integrated vision reflecting uniformity of concepts and terminology across public, private and adoption law affecting children, based on proposals from The Review of Child Care Law, The Report of the Inquiry into the Removal of Childen from Orkney in February 1991, Scottish Law Commission Family Law report No. 135, the consultation on The Future of Adoption Law in Scotland and Scotland's Children; and calls on the Goverment to introduce such important and necessary legislation by way of the next Gracious Speech and that such legislation should be taken at the Scottish Grand Committee if appropriate time cannot be found on the floor of the House and the Scottish Grand Committee is suitably empowered.

This motion has been signed by a total of 141 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Norman Godman	11/07/1994	Greenock and Port Glasgow		Proposed
John McFall	11/07/1994	Dumbarton		Signed
Michael Connarty	11/07/1994	Falkirk East		Signed
Margaret Ewing	11/07/1994	Moray		Signed
Maria Fyfe	11/07/1994	Glasgow, Maryhill		Signed
Jim Wallace	11/07/1994	Orkney & Shetland		Signed
Alistair Darling	12/07/1994	Edinburgh Central		Signed
Jim Cunningham	12/07/1994	Coventry South East		Signed
John Cummings	12/07/1994	Easington		Signed
Tom Cox	12/07/1994	Tooting		Signed
Jean Corston	12/07/1994	Bristol East		Signed
Ian Davidson	12/07/1994	Glasgow, Govan		Signed
Terry Davis	12/07/1994	Birmingham, Hodge Hill		Signed
Brian H Donohoe	12/07/1994	Cunninghame South		Signed
Jimmy Dunnachie	12/07/1994	Glasgow, Pollok		Signed
Mark Fisher	12/07/1994	Stoke-on-Trent Central		Signed
Paul Flynn	12/07/1994	Newport West		Signed
George Foulkes	12/07/1994	Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley		Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	12/07/1994	Islington North		Signed
Robin Corbett	12/07/1994	Birmingham, Erdington		Signed
Harry Cohen	12/07/1994	Leyton		Signed
Malcolm Bruce	12/07/1994	Gordon		Signed
Richard Burden	12/07/1994	Birmingham, Northfield		Signed
Stephen Byers	12/07/1994	Wallsend		Signed
Richard Caborn	12/07/1994	Sheffield Central		Signed
Anne Campbell	12/07/1994	Cambridge		Signed
Menzies Campbell	12/07/1994	Fife North East		Signed
David Chidgey	12/07/1994	Eastleigh		Signed
Malcolm Chisholm	12/07/1994	Edinburgh Leith		Signed
Judith Church	12/07/1994	Dagenham		Signed
Michael Clapham	12/07/1994	Barnsley West & Penistone		Signed
Eric Clarke	12/07/1994	Midlothian		Signed
Ann Coffey	12/07/1994	Stockport		Signed
John Gilbert	12/07/1994	Dudley East		Signed
Llin Golding	12/07/1994	Newcastle-under-Lyme		Signed
Gerry Sutcliffe	12/07/1994	Bradford South		Signed
Stephen Timms	12/07/1994	Newham North East		Signed
Dennis Turner	12/07/1994	Wolverhampton South East		Signed
Paul Tyler	12/07/1994	North Cornwall		Signed
Keith Vaz	12/07/1994	Leicester East		Signed
Joan Walley	12/07/1994	Stoke-on-Trent North		Signed
Mike Watson	12/07/1994	Glasgow Central		Signed
Andrew Welsh	12/07/1994	Angus East		Signed
Alan Williams	12/07/1994	Swansea West		Signed
Brian Wilson	12/07/1994	Cunninghame North		Signed
Audrey Wise	12/07/1994	Preston		Signed
Tony Worthington	12/07/1994	Clydebank & Milngavie		Signed
Gerry Steinberg	12/07/1994	Durham, City of		Signed
Roger Berry	12/07/1994	Kingswood		Signed
Mildred Gordon	12/07/1994	Bow and Poplar		Signed
Tommy Graham	12/07/1994	Renfrew West and Inverclyde		Signed
Irene Adams	12/07/1994	Paisley North		Signed
John Gunnell	12/07/1994	Leeds South and Morley		Signed
Peter Hain	12/07/1994	Neath		Signed
Mike Hall	12/07/1994	Warrington South		Signed
Hilary Armstrong	12/07/1994	North West Durham		Signed
Tony Banks	12/07/1994	Newham North West		Signed
Harry Barnes	12/07/1994	North East Derbyshire		Signed
Kevin Barron	12/07/1994	Rother Valley		Signed
Hugh Bayley	12/07/1994	York, City of		Signed
Gerry Bermingham	12/07/1994	St Helens South		Signed
James Wray	12/07/1994	Glasgow Provan		Signed
Nick Brown	12/07/1994	Newcastle upon Tyne East		Signed
Tom Pendry	12/07/1994	Stalybridge & Hyde		Signed
Rachel Squire	12/07/1994	Dunfermline West		Signed
Peter Hardy	12/07/1994	Wentworth		Signed
David Hinchliffe	12/07/1994	Wakefield		Signed
Margaret Hodge	12/07/1994	Barking		Signed
Kate Hoey	12/07/1994	Vauxhall		Signed
Norman Hogg	12/07/1994	Cumbernauld & Kilsyth		Signed
John Home Robertson	12/07/1994	East Lothian		Signed
Jimmy Hood	12/07/1994	Clydesdale		Signed
Geoff Hoon	12/07/1994	Ashfield		Signed
Kim Howells	12/07/1994	Pontypridd		Signed
Kevin Hughes	12/07/1994	Doncaster North		Signed
John Hutton	12/07/1994	Barrow & Furness		Signed
John Spellar	12/07/1994	Warley West		Signed
Clive Soley	12/07/1994	Hammersmith		Signed
Bridget Prentice	12/07/1994	Lewisham East		Signed
Gordon Prentice	12/07/1994	Pendle		Signed
Giles Radice	12/07/1994	North Durham		Signed
Stuart Randall	12/07/1994	Kingston upon Hull West		Signed
Nick Raynsford	12/07/1994	Greenwich		Signed
Barbara Roche	12/07/1994	Hornsey & Wood Green		Signed
Terry Rooney	12/07/1994	Bradford North		Signed
Ernie Ross	12/07/1994	Dundee West		Signed
Alex Salmond	12/07/1994	Banff & Buchan		Signed
Clare Short	12/07/1994	Birmingham, Ladywood		Signed
Alan Simpson	12/07/1994	Nottingham South		Signed
Andrew Smith	12/07/1994	Oxford East		Signed
Adam Ingram	12/07/1994	East Kilbride		Signed
Roland Boyes	12/07/1994	Houghton and Washington		Signed
Thomas McAvoy	12/07/1994	Glasgow, Rutherglen		Signed
William McKelvey	12/07/1994	Kilmarnock & Loudoun		Signed
Alan Meale	12/07/1994	Mansfield		Signed
Ray Michie	12/07/1994	Argyll & Bute		Signed
Alan Milburn	12/07/1994	Darlington		Signed
Andrew Miller	12/07/1994	Ellesmere Port & Neston		Signed
Lewis Moonie	12/07/1994	Kirkcaldy		Signed
Rhodri Morgan	12/07/1994	Cardiff West		Signed
Elliot Morley	12/07/1994	Glanford and Scunthorpe		Signed
Estelle Morris	12/07/1994	Birmingham, Yardley		Signed
Chris Mullin	12/07/1994	Sunderland South		Signed
Stan Orme	12/07/1994	Salford East		Signed
John McAllion	12/07/1994	Dundee East		Signed
John Maxton	12/07/1994	Glasgow, Cathcart		Signed
Glenda Jackson	12/07/1994	Hampstead & Highgate		Signed
Helen Jackson	12/07/1994	Sheffield, Hillsborough		Signed
David Jamieson	12/07/1994	Plymouth, Devonport		Signed
Russell Johnston	12/07/1994	Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber		Signed
Lynne Jones	12/07/1994	Birmingham, Selly Oak		Signed
Tessa Jowell	12/07/1994	Dulwich		Signed
Terry Lewis	12/07/1994	Worsley		Signed
Ken Livingstone	12/07/1994	Brent East		Signed
Eric Martlew	12/07/1994	Carlisle		Signed
David Marshall	12/07/1994	Glasgow, Shettleston		Signed
Denis MacShane	12/07/1994	Rotherham		Signed
Calum MacDonald	12/07/1994	Na h-Eileanan an Iar		Signed
Eddie Loyden	12/07/1994	Liverpool, Garston		Signed
John Battle	13/07/1994	Leeds West		Signed
Andrew Faulds	13/07/1994	Warley East		Signed
John Evans	13/07/1994	St Helens North		Signed
Jim Dowd	13/07/1994	Lewisham West		Signed
Bill Michie	13/07/1994	Sheffield, Heeley		Signed
Roy Hughes	13/07/1994	Newport East		Signed
Jeff Rooker	13/07/1994	Birmingham, Perry Barr		Signed
Colin Pickthall	13/07/1994	West Lancashire		Signed
Derek Enright	14/07/1994	Hemsworth		Signed
Austin Mitchell	14/07/1994	Great Grimsby		Signed
Robert Hughes	14/07/1994	Aberdeen North		Signed
Joan Ruddock	14/07/1994	Lewisham, Deptford		Signed
Peter Pike	14/07/1994	Burnley		Signed
Nick Ainger	18/07/1994	Pembroke		Signed
Max Madden	18/07/1994	Bradford West		Signed
Jack Thompson	19/07/1994	Wansbeck		Signed
Greg Pope	20/07/1994	Hyndburn		Signed
Mike Gapes	20/07/1994	Ilford South		Signed
Martyn Jones	26/10/1994	Clwyd South West		Signed
Alice Mahon	01/11/1994	Halifax		Signed
Angela Eagle	01/11/1994	Wallasey		Signed
Dafydd Wigley	01/11/1994	Caernarfon		Signed

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