Death Of David Knowles

EDM number 1181 in 1997-98, proposed by Paul Truswell on 31/03/1998.

That this House supports the recent opinion of Pudsey magristrates that the circumstances surrounding the tragic death of 14-year old David Knowles clearly demonstrate the need to close the loophole in the Licensing Act 1964, whereby those selling alcohol to minors can be prosecuted only if they are the directly employed servants of the licence holder; deeply regrets that this loophole should have been highlighted by the death of David, who was struck by a car when he ran onto the Stanningley Bypass after drinking three cans of lager bought at Threshers 'Drinks Cabin' off licence, Pudsey; finds it unacceptable that the staff involved were immune from prosecution because they were employed by a national company and not by the licence holder; and calls on the Government to close this loophole at the earliest opportunity.

This motion has been signed by a total of 119 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Paul Truswell	31/03/1998	Pudsey	Labour	Proposed
Jane Griffiths	31/03/1998	Reading East	Labour	Signed
John Gunnell	31/03/1998	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Fabian Hamilton	31/03/1998	Leeds North East	Labour	Signed
Paul Stinchcombe	31/03/1998	Wellingborough	Labour	Signed
Mark Todd	31/03/1998	South Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Stephen Twigg	31/03/1998	Enfield, Southgate	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	31/03/1998	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Audrey Wise	31/03/1998	Preston	Labour	Signed
Llin Golding	31/03/1998	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	31/03/1998	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Nick Palmer	31/03/1998	Broxtowe	Labour	Signed
Syd Rapson	31/03/1998	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	31/03/1998	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Piara S Khabra	31/03/1998	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed
Jackie Lawrence	31/03/1998	Preseli Pembrokeshire	Labour	Signed
Alice Mahon	31/03/1998	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Austin Mitchell	31/03/1998	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	31/03/1998	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Julia Drown	01/04/1998	South Swindon	Labour	Signed
Jim Fitzpatrick	01/04/1998	Poplar & Canning Town	Labour	Signed
Barry Gardiner	01/04/1998	Brent North	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	01/04/1998	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Linda Gilroy	01/04/1998	Plymouth, Sutton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Norman Godman	01/04/1998	Greenock & Inverclyde	Labour	Signed
Candy Atherton	01/04/1998	Falmouth & Camborne	Labour	Signed
Joan Walley	01/04/1998	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	01/04/1998	Burton	Labour	Signed
Lawrence Cunliffe	01/04/1998	Leigh	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	01/04/1998	Easington	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	01/04/1998	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
David Kidney	01/04/1998	Stafford	Labour	Signed
Bill Michie	01/04/1998	Sheffield, Heeley	Labour	Signed
Denis Murphy	01/04/1998	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Bill O'Brien	01/04/1998	Normanton	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	01/04/1998	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	01/04/1998	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Judith Church	01/04/1998	Dagenham	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	02/04/1998	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
John Cryer	02/04/1998	Hornchurch	Labour	Signed
Harry Barnes	02/04/1998	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Don Touhig	02/04/1998	Islwyn	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Mike Wood	02/04/1998	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Tony Clarke	02/04/1998	Northampton South	Labour	Signed
Eric Clarke	02/04/1998	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Christine Butler	02/04/1998	Castle Point	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	02/04/1998	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Joan Humble	02/04/1998	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Martin Salter	02/04/1998	Reading West	Labour	Signed
Christine Russell	02/04/1998	Chester, City of	Labour	Signed
Colin Burgon	06/04/1998	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	06/04/1998	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Joe Ashton	06/04/1998	Bassetlaw	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	06/04/1998	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Desmond Turner	06/04/1998	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Phil Woolas	06/04/1998	Oldham East & Saddleworth	Labour	Signed
Karen Buck	06/04/1998			Signed
Martin O'Neill	06/04/1998	Ochil	Labour	Signed
Laura Moffatt	06/04/1998	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Jacqui Smith	06/04/1998	Redditch	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	06/04/1998	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Barry Jones	06/04/1998	Alyn & Deeside	Labour	Signed
Fraser Kemp	06/04/1998	Houghton & Washington East	Labour	Signed
Tom Levitt	06/04/1998	High Peak	Labour	Signed
Terry Lewis	06/04/1998	Worsley	Labour	Signed
Jimmy Wray	07/04/1998	Glasgow, Baillieston	Labour	Signed
Harold Best	07/04/1998	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	07/04/1998	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Iain Coleman	07/04/1998	Hammersmith & Fulham	Labour	Signed
Peter Bradley	07/04/1998	Wrekin, The	Labour	Signed
Diana Organ	07/04/1998	Forest of Dean	Labour	Signed
Bill Olner	07/04/1998	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	07/04/1998	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Christopher Leslie	07/04/1998	Shipley	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	07/04/1998	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Eric Illsley	07/04/1998	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	07/04/1998	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Jonathan R Shaw	07/04/1998	Chatham & Aylesford	Labour	Signed
John Austin	08/04/1998	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
David Chaytor	08/04/1998	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Russell Brown	08/04/1998	Dumfries	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	20/04/1998	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
William Thompson	20/04/1998	West Tyrone	UUP	Signed
Peter Temple-Morris	20/04/1998	Leominster	Independent Conservative	Signed
David Taylor	20/04/1998	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Desmond Swayne	20/04/1998	New Forest West	Conservative	Signed
Jackie Ballard	20/04/1998	Taunton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Hancock	20/04/1998	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tim Loughton	20/04/1998	East Worthing & Shoreham	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Lansley	20/04/1998	South Cambridgeshire	Conservative	Signed
Paul Keetch	20/04/1998	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ernie Ross	20/04/1998	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
Sydney Chapman	21/04/1998	Chipping Barnet	Conservative	Signed
Norman Baker	21/04/1998	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Crausby	23/04/1998	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Peter Brand	23/04/1998	Isle of Wight	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Randall	24/04/1998	Uxbridge	Conservative	Signed
Donald Gorrie	24/04/1998	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	24/04/1998	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Teddy Taylor	27/04/1998	Rochford & Southend East	Conservative	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	28/04/1998	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Valerie Davey	28/04/1998	Bristol West	Labour	Signed
Ian Davidson	29/04/1998	Glasgow, Pollok	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Jim Dobbin	30/04/1998	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Jenny Jones	30/04/1998	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Martin Smyth	30/04/1998	Belfast South	UUP	Signed
Roy Beggs	05/05/1998	East Antrim	UUP	Signed
Brian Cotter	06/05/1998	Weston-Super-Mare	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Harvey	21/05/1998	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kerry Pollard	01/06/1998	St Albans	Labour	Signed
Graham Stringer	01/06/1998	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Signed
John McWilliam	05/06/1998	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Peter Robinson	05/06/1998	Belfast East	DUP	Signed
Ivan Lewis	16/06/1998	Bury South	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	07/07/1998	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lawrie Quinn	09/07/1998	Scarborough & Whitby	Labour	Signed
Ken Livingstone	16/07/1998	Brent East	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	04/11/1998	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Patricia Hewitt	Unknown			Withdrawn

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