National Missing Persons Helpline
EDM number 1011 in 1997-98, proposed by Austin Mitchell on 12/03/1998.
That this House commends the invaluable work of the charity, National Missing Persons Helpline, in supporting the families of missing persons, and assisting missing persons to reunite with their families, if they so wish; notes that the Helpline undertakes far more than its name implies and maintains the only comprehensive national register of missing people in the UK, which now includes some 18,000 cases in relation to which it received many thousands of calls; congratulates the Helpline on improving its success rate to 74 per cent; notes the pioneering role played by the Helpline by producing an education pack to help prevent teenagers going missing and becoming homeless through liaison with teachers and local authorities; further notes that the Helpline provides essential support to the police and other public sector professionals to resolve missing person cases, thereby freeing public sector resources; recognises the valuable role played in technical backup to police and coroners through the NMPH Identification and Reconstruction Department and in briefing public and voluntary sector organisations; further notes that the National Missing Persons Helpline's heavy workload relies on skilled unpaid volunteers and voluntary donations, which has lead to extreme financial over-stretch; and therefore calls upon the Government positively now to consider the Helpline's case for public support.
This motion has been signed by a total of 146 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.
| MP | Date | Constituency | Party | Type |
|---|
| Austin Mitchell | 12/03/1998 | Great Grimsby | Labour | Proposed |
| Simon Hughes | 12/03/1998 | North Southwark & Bermondsey | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Jacqui Lait | 12/03/1998 | Beckenham | Conservative | Signed |
| Jenny Tonge | 12/03/1998 | Richmond Park | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Norman Godman | 13/03/1998 | Greenock & Inverclyde | Labour | Signed |
| Neil Gerrard | 13/03/1998 | Walthamstow | Labour | Signed |
| Jeremy Corbyn | 13/03/1998 | Islington North | Labour | Signed |
| Lynne Jones | 13/03/1998 | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Labour | Signed |
| Derek Wyatt | 16/03/1998 | Sittingbourne & Sheppey | Labour | Signed |
| Harry Barnes | 16/03/1998 | North East Derbyshire | Labour | Signed |
| Andrew Love | 16/03/1998 | Edmonton | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| Barry Jones | 16/03/1998 | Alyn & Deeside | Labour | Signed |
| Robert Wareing | 17/03/1998 | Liverpool, West Derby | Labour | Signed |
| Jim Wallace | 17/03/1998 | Orkney & Shetland | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| David Taylor | 17/03/1998 | North West Leicestershire | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| Mike Hancock | 17/03/1998 | Portsmouth South | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Lawrence Cunliffe | 17/03/1998 | Leigh | Labour | Signed |
| Tom Cox | 17/03/1998 | Tooting | Labour | Signed |
| Lembit | 17/03/1998 | Montgomeryshire | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Ray Michie | 17/03/1998 | Argyll & Bute | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Elfyn Llwyd | 17/03/1998 | Meirionnydd Nant Conwy | Plaid Cymru | Signed |
| Ashok Kumar | 17/03/1998 | Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland | Labour | Signed |
| Bob Russell | 17/03/1998 | Colchester | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Donald Gorrie | 18/03/1998 | Edinburgh West | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Paul Flynn | 18/03/1998 | Newport West | Labour | Signed |
| Ronnie Fearn | 18/03/1998 | Southport | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Andrew Dismore | 18/03/1998 | Hendon | Labour | Signed |
| Vincent Cable | 18/03/1998 | Twickenham | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Alice Mahon | 18/03/1998 | Halifax | Labour | Signed |
| John Cummings | 19/03/1998 | Easington | Labour | Signed |
| Nick Harvey | 19/03/1998 | North Devon | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Ann Cryer | 23/03/1998 | Keighley | Labour | Signed |
| Rudi Vis | 23/03/1998 | Finchley & Golders Green | Labour | Signed |
| James Clappison | 25/03/1998 | Hertsmere | Conservative | Signed |
| Christopher Fraser | 25/03/1998 | Mid Dorset & North Poole | Conservative | Signed |
| John Greenway | 25/03/1998 | Ryedale | Conservative | Signed |
| Anthony Steen | 25/03/1998 | Totnes | Conservative | Signed |
| Robert Syms | 25/03/1998 | Poole | Conservative | Signed |
| Michael Trend | 25/03/1998 | Windsor | Conservative | Signed |
| Ann Widdecombe | 25/03/1998 | Maidstone & The Weald | Conservative | Signed |
| Theresa May | 25/03/1998 | Maidenhead | Conservative | Signed |
| Peter Luff | 25/03/1998 | Mid Worcestershire | Conservative | Signed |
| Julian Lewis | 25/03/1998 | New Forest East | Conservative | Signed |
| Nick Hawkins | 25/03/1998 | Surrey Heath | Conservative | Signed |
| John Hayes | 25/03/1998 | South Holland & The Deepings | Conservative | Signed |
| Gerald Howarth | 25/03/1998 | Aldershot | Conservative | Signed |
| Eric Illsley | 25/03/1998 | Barnsley Central | Labour | Signed |
| Geoffrey Johnson Smith | 25/03/1998 | Wealden | Conservative | Signed |
| Eleanor Laing | 25/03/1998 | Epping Forest | Conservative | Signed |
| Andrew Lansley | 25/03/1998 | South Cambridgeshire | Conservative | Signed |
| Jeff Ennis | 26/03/1998 | Barnsley East & Mexborough | Labour | Signed |
| Howard Flight | 26/03/1998 | Arundel & South Downs | Conservative | Signed |
| Tim Boswell | 26/03/1998 | Daventry | Conservative | Signed |
| Peter Bottomley | 26/03/1998 | Worthing West | Conservative | Signed |
| Gary Streeter | 26/03/1998 | South West Devon | Conservative | Signed |
| David Tredinnick | 26/03/1998 | Bosworth | Conservative | Signed |
| Alan Williams | 26/03/1998 | Swansea West | Labour | Signed |
| Michael Clapham | 26/03/1998 | Barnsley West & Penistone | Labour | Signed |
| Julian Brazier | 26/03/1998 | Canterbury | Conservative | Signed |
| Archie Norman | 26/03/1998 | Tunbridge Wells | Conservative | Signed |
| Andrew Robathan | 26/03/1998 | Blaby | Conservative | Signed |
| David Ruffley | 26/03/1998 | Bury St Edmunds | Conservative | Signed |
| Caroline Spelman | 26/03/1998 | Meriden | Conservative | Signed |
| Tess Kingham | 26/03/1998 | Gloucester | Labour | Signed |
| Edward Leigh | 26/03/1998 | Gainsborough | Conservative | Signed |
| Peter Lloyd | 26/03/1998 | Fareham | Conservative | Signed |
| Kevin McNamara | 26/03/1998 | Kingston upon Hull North | Labour | Signed |
| Dale Campbell-Savours | 30/03/1998 | Workington | Labour | Signed |
| Alan Beith | 30/03/1998 | Berwick-upon-Tweed | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Brian White | 31/03/1998 | North East Milton Keynes | Labour | Signed |
| Nigel Jones | 02/04/1998 | Cheltenham | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Sydney Chapman | 02/04/1998 | Chipping Barnet | Conservative | Signed |
| Harry Cohen | 06/04/1998 | Leyton & Wanstead | Labour | Signed |
| Patrick Nicholls | 06/04/1998 | Teignbridge | Conservative | Signed |
| Evan Harris | 06/04/1998 | Oxford West & Abingdon | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Marsha Singh | 07/04/1998 | Bradford West | Labour | Signed |
| Martin Linton | 07/04/1998 | Battersea | Labour | Signed |
| Jim Fitzpatrick | 08/04/1998 | Poplar & Canning Town | Labour | Signed |
| Ian Taylor | 20/04/1998 | Esher & Walton | Conservative | Signed |
| David Lepper | 23/04/1998 | Brighton, Pavilion | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| Robin Corbett | 23/04/1998 | Birmingham, Erdington | Labour | Signed |
| John Austin | 23/04/1998 | Erith & Thamesmead | Labour | Signed |
| Nigel Beard | 24/04/1998 | Bexleyheath & Crayford | Labour | Signed |
| Piara S Khabra | 24/04/1998 | Ealing, Southall | Labour | Signed |
| Linda Perham | 24/04/1998 | Ilford North | Labour | Signed |
| William Thompson | 27/04/1998 | West Tyrone | UUP | Signed |
| Gerry Bermingham | 27/04/1998 | St Helens South | Labour | Signed |
| Norman Baker | 27/04/1998 | Lewes | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Edward Davey | 27/04/1998 | Kingston & Surbiton | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Frank Cook | 27/04/1998 | Stockton North | Labour | Signed |
| Ken Maginnis | 27/04/1998 | Fermanagh & South Tyrone | UUP | Signed |
| Barry Sheerman | 27/04/1998 | Huddersfield | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| Lawrie Quinn | 27/04/1998 | Scarborough & Whitby | Labour | Signed |
| Raymond Powell | 27/04/1998 | Ogmore | Labour | Signed |
| Colin Pickthall | 27/04/1998 | West Lancashire | Labour | Signed |
| Dennis Turner | 28/04/1998 | Wolverhampton South East | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| Paul Stinchcombe | 28/04/1998 | Wellingborough | Labour | Signed |
| Maria Fyfe | 28/04/1998 | Glasgow, Maryhill | Labour | Signed |
| Keith Darvill | 28/04/1998 | Upminster | Labour | Signed |
| Jim Cunningham | 28/04/1998 | Coventry South | Labour | Signed |
| Tom Brake | 28/04/1998 | Carshalton & Wallington | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Martin O'Neill | 29/04/1998 | Ochil | Labour | Signed |
| David Drew | 29/04/1998 | Stroud | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| Donald Anderson | 29/04/1998 | Swansea East | Labour | Signed |
| Joe Benton | 30/04/1998 | Bootle | Labour | Signed |
| Jane Griffiths | 30/04/1998 | Reading East | Labour | Signed |
| Bill Etherington | 30/04/1998 | Sunderland North | Labour | Signed |
| Bill Michie | 30/04/1998 | Sheffield, Heeley | Labour | Signed |
| Jenny Jones | 30/04/1998 | Wolverhampton South West | Labour | Signed |
| Jamie Cann | 06/05/1998 | Ipswich | Labour | Signed |
| Graham Brady | 06/05/1998 | Altrincham & Sale West | Conservative | Signed |
| Charles Kennedy | 07/05/1998 | Ross, Skye & Inverness West | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Harold Best | 08/05/1998 | Leeds North West | Labour | Signed |
| Gordon Marsden | 11/05/1998 | Blackpool South | Labour | Signed |
| Peter Brand | 11/05/1998 | Isle of Wight | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Martin Salter | 12/05/1998 | Reading West | Labour | Signed |
| Alan Williams | 12/05/1998 | Carmarthen East & Dinefwr | Labour | Signed |
| Iain Coleman | 13/05/1998 | Hammersmith & Fulham | Labour | Signed |
| Ian Davidson | 18/05/1998 | Glasgow, Pollok | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| John Healey | 18/05/1998 | Wentworth | Labour | Signed |
| Anthony D Wright | 19/05/1998 | Great Yarmouth | Labour | Signed |
| Martyn Jones | 21/05/1998 | Clwyd South | Labour | Signed |
| Valerie Davey | 21/05/1998 | Bristol West | Labour | Signed |
| Bob Blizzard | 21/05/1998 | Waveney | Labour | Signed |
| Joan Walley | 21/05/1998 | Stoke-on-Trent North | Labour | Signed |
| Kerry Pollard | 01/06/1998 | St Albans | Labour | Signed |
| Graham Stringer | 01/06/1998 | Manchester, Blackley | Labour | Signed |
| Dafydd Wigley | 01/06/1998 | Caernarfon | Plaid Cymru | Signed |
| Syd Rapson | 02/06/1998 | Portsmouth North | Labour | Signed |
| David Chaytor | 04/06/1998 | Bury North | Labour | Signed |
| Gillian Merron | 05/06/1998 | Lincoln | Labour | Signed |
| Martin Bell | 09/06/1998 | Tatton | Independent | Signed |
| Ivan Lewis | 16/06/1998 | Bury South | Labour | Signed |
| John McDonnell | 18/06/1998 | Hayes & Harlington | Labour | Signed |
| Edward O'Hara | 02/07/1998 | Knowsley South | Labour | Signed |
| Audrey Wise | 13/07/1998 | Preston | Labour | Signed |
| Ken Livingstone | 16/07/1998 | Brent East | Labour | Signed |
| Stephen Twigg | 22/07/1998 | Enfield, Southgate | Labour | Signed |
| David Chidgey | 27/07/1998 | Eastleigh | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Andrew George | 27/07/1998 | St Ives | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Charlotte Atkins | 27/07/1998 | Staffordshire Moorlands | Labour | Signed |
| Phil Sawford | 02/09/1998 | Kettering | Labour | Signed |
| Judith Church | 02/09/1998 | Dagenham | Labour | Signed |
| Shaun Woodward | 29/10/1998 | Witney | Conservative | Signed |
| Patricia Hewitt | Unknown | | | Withdrawn |
| Margaret Hodge | Unknown | | | Withdrawn |
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