Gender Guidelines For The Determination Of Asylum Claims
EDM number 1370 in 1997-98, proposed by Oona King on 01/06/1998.
That this House is gravely concerned that some women who have fled detention, physical and sexual violence and other forms of torture are being refused asylum by the Home Office; believes that the introduction of gender guidelines will alert decision-makers to the specific difficulties women have in gaining protection under the 1951 United Nations Convention on Refugees; notes that Canada, the United States, and Australia have all successfully produced gender guidelines which have made their asylum procedures both fairer and more efficient; welcomes the gender guidelines that are being drafted by the Refugee Women's Legal Group; and calls on the Government to fulfil the commitment it made in the Platform for Action at the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing and introduce gender guidelines for the determination of asylum claims in the immediate future.
This motion has been signed by a total of 133 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.
| MP | Date | Constituency | Party | Type |
|---|
| Oona King | 01/06/1998 | Bethnal Green & Bow | Labour | Proposed |
| Neil Gerrard | 01/06/1998 | Walthamstow | Labour | Signed |
| Richard Allan | 01/06/1998 | Sheffield, Hallam | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Peter Bottomley | 01/06/1998 | Worthing West | Conservative | Signed |
| Dafydd Wigley | 01/06/1998 | Caernarfon | Plaid Cymru | Signed |
| John Austin | 02/06/1998 | Erith & Thamesmead | Labour | Signed |
| Norman Godman | 02/06/1998 | Greenock & Inverclyde | Labour | Signed |
| Valerie Davey | 02/06/1998 | Bristol West | Labour | Signed |
| Alice Mahon | 02/06/1998 | Halifax | Labour | Signed |
| Lynne Jones | 02/06/1998 | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Labour | Signed |
| Harry Barnes | 03/06/1998 | North East Derbyshire | Labour | Signed |
| Jackie Ballard | 03/06/1998 | Taunton | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Mike Hancock | 03/06/1998 | Portsmouth South | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Andrew George | 03/06/1998 | St Ives | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Michael Clapham | 03/06/1998 | Barnsley West & Penistone | Labour | Signed |
| Karen Buck | 03/06/1998 | | | Signed |
| Evan Harris | 03/06/1998 | Oxford West & Abingdon | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Martin Smyth | 03/06/1998 | Belfast South | UUP | Signed |
| Matthew Taylor | 04/06/1998 | Truro & St Austell | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| David Borrow | 04/06/1998 | South Ribble | Labour | Signed |
| Ronnie Fearn | 04/06/1998 | Southport | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Vincent Cable | 04/06/1998 | Twickenham | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Tom Brake | 04/06/1998 | Carshalton & Wallington | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Dennis Skinner | 04/06/1998 | Bolsover | Labour | Signed |
| Martin Salter | 05/06/1998 | Reading West | Labour | Signed |
| Helen Southworth | 05/06/1998 | Warrington South | Labour | Signed |
| Jeremy Corbyn | 08/06/1998 | Islington North | Labour | Signed |
| Tom Cox | 08/06/1998 | Tooting | Labour | Signed |
| Lawrence Cunliffe | 08/06/1998 | Leigh | Labour | Signed |
| Jim Cunningham | 08/06/1998 | Coventry South | Labour | Signed |
| Jenny Tonge | 08/06/1998 | Richmond Park | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Frank Cook | 08/06/1998 | Stockton North | Labour | Signed |
| Harry Cohen | 08/06/1998 | Leyton & Wanstead | Labour | Signed |
| Colin Breed | 08/06/1998 | South East Cornwall | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| David Marshall | 08/06/1998 | Glasgow, Shettleston | Labour | Signed |
| Ashok Kumar | 08/06/1998 | Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland | Labour | Signed |
| Alan Simpson | 08/06/1998 | Nottingham South | Labour | Signed |
| Brian Sedgemore | 08/06/1998 | Hackney South & Shoreditch | Labour | Signed |
| Linda Perham | 08/06/1998 | Ilford North | Labour | Signed |
| John Swinney | 09/06/1998 | North Tayside | Scottish National Party | Signed |
| Roseanna Cunningham | 09/06/1998 | Perth | Scottish National Party | Signed |
| Kevin McNamara | 09/06/1998 | Kingston upon Hull North | Labour | Signed |
| Andrew Love | 09/06/1998 | Edmonton | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| Stephen Hesford | 09/06/1998 | Wirral West | Labour | Signed |
| Mike Wood | 10/06/1998 | Batley & Spen | Labour | Signed |
| Andrew Stunell | 10/06/1998 | Hazel Grove | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Gerry Bermingham | 10/06/1998 | St Helens South | Labour | Signed |
| Ann Cryer | 10/06/1998 | Keighley | Labour | Signed |
| Bill Michie | 10/06/1998 | Sheffield, Heeley | Labour | Signed |
| David Lepper | 10/06/1998 | Brighton, Pavilion | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| Beverley Hughes | 10/06/1998 | Stretford & Urmston | Labour | Signed |
| Bill Etherington | 11/06/1998 | Sunderland North | Labour | Signed |
| Julia Drown | 11/06/1998 | South Swindon | Labour | Signed |
| Iain Coleman | 11/06/1998 | Hammersmith & Fulham | Labour | Signed |
| Ieuan Wyn Jones | 11/06/1998 | Ynys M | Plaid Cymru | Signed |
| Eric Illsley | 11/06/1998 | Barnsley Central | Labour | Signed |
| Adrian Sanders | 11/06/1998 | Torbay | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Paul Stinchcombe | 15/06/1998 | Wellingborough | Labour | Signed |
| David Chidgey | 15/06/1998 | Eastleigh | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Piara S Khabra | 16/06/1998 | Ealing, Southall | Labour | Signed |
| William Ross | 17/06/1998 | East Londonderry | UUP | Signed |
| Robert Marshall-Andrews | 17/06/1998 | Medway | Labour | Signed |
| Edward Davey | 17/06/1998 | Kingston & Surbiton | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Ian Davidson | 17/06/1998 | Glasgow, Pollok | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| Jim Fitzpatrick | 18/06/1998 | Poplar & Canning Town | Labour | Signed |
| Diana Organ | 18/06/1998 | Forest of Dean | Labour | Signed |
| John McDonnell | 18/06/1998 | Hayes & Harlington | Labour | Signed |
| John McAllion | 18/06/1998 | Dundee East | Labour | Signed |
| Julie Morgan | 18/06/1998 | Cardiff North | Labour | Signed |
| Gerry Steinberg | 23/06/1998 | Durham, City of | Labour | Signed |
| Robert Wareing | 23/06/1998 | Liverpool, West Derby | Labour | Signed |
| Colin Pickthall | 24/06/1998 | West Lancashire | Labour | Signed |
| Andrew Miller | 24/06/1998 | Ellesmere Port & Neston | Labour | Signed |
| Brian Cotter | 24/06/1998 | Weston-Super-Mare | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Alan Beith | 25/06/1998 | Berwick-upon-Tweed | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| John Cryer | 25/06/1998 | Hornchurch | Labour | Signed |
| Tony Clarke | 25/06/1998 | Northampton South | Labour | Signed |
| Lembit | 25/06/1998 | Montgomeryshire | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Marsha Singh | 29/06/1998 | Bradford West | Labour | Signed |
| Helen Jackson | 29/06/1998 | Sheffield, Hillsborough | Labour | Signed |
| Elfyn Llwyd | 29/06/1998 | Meirionnydd Nant Conwy | Plaid Cymru | Signed |
| Chris Mullin | 29/06/1998 | Sunderland South | Labour | Signed |
| Phil Willis | 29/06/1998 | Harrogate & Knaresborough | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Llin Golding | 30/06/1998 | Newcastle-under-Lyme | Labour | Signed |
| Tom Pendry | 30/06/1998 | Stalybridge & Hyde | Labour | Signed |
| Anne Begg | 01/07/1998 | Aberdeen South | Labour | Signed |
| Dave Watts | 02/07/1998 | St Helens North | Labour | Signed |
| Derek Twigg | 02/07/1998 | Halton | Labour | Signed |
| Vernon Coaker | 02/07/1998 | Gedling | Labour | Signed |
| Lynda Clark | 02/07/1998 | Edinburgh, Pentlands | Labour | Signed |
| Martin O'Neill | 02/07/1998 | Ochil | Labour | Signed |
| Lawrie Quinn | 02/07/1998 | Scarborough & Whitby | Labour | Signed |
| Mark Todd | 03/07/1998 | South Derbyshire | Labour | Signed |
| David Crausby | 03/07/1998 | Bolton North East | Labour | Signed |
| David Heath | 03/07/1998 | Somerton & Frome | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Kerry Pollard | 03/07/1998 | St Albans | Labour | Signed |
| Paul Truswell | 06/07/1998 | Pudsey | Labour | Signed |
| Jim Wallace | 06/07/1998 | Orkney & Shetland | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Audrey Wise | 08/07/1998 | Preston | Labour | Signed |
| Michael Moore | 08/07/1998 | Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Jim Marshall | 08/07/1998 | Leicester South | Labour | Signed |
| Charles Kennedy | 08/07/1998 | Ross, Skye & Inverness West | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Jenny Jones | 08/07/1998 | Wolverhampton South West | Labour | Signed |
| Robert Jackson | 08/07/1998 | Wantage | Conservative | Signed |
| Mark Oaten | 09/07/1998 | Winchester | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Jacqui Smith | 10/07/1998 | Redditch | Labour | Signed |
| Phil Sawford | 13/07/1998 | Kettering | Labour | Signed |
| Ivan Lewis | 13/07/1998 | Bury South | Labour | Signed |
| Rudi Vis | 13/07/1998 | Finchley & Golders Green | Labour | Signed |
| John Maxton | 14/07/1998 | Glasgow, Cathcart | Labour | Signed |
| Debra Shipley | 14/07/1998 | Stourbridge | Labour | Signed |
| Ken Livingstone | 15/07/1998 | Brent East | Labour | Signed |
| Menzies Campbell | 17/07/1998 | Fife North East | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| David Rendel | 20/07/1998 | Newbury | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Bob Russell | 20/07/1998 | Colchester | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Paul Keetch | 20/07/1998 | Hereford | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Maria Fyfe | 21/07/1998 | Glasgow, Maryhill | Labour | Signed |
| Terry Lewis | 21/07/1998 | Worsley | Labour | Signed |
| Nigel Jones | 21/07/1998 | Cheltenham | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| John Hume | 22/07/1998 | Foyle | Social Democratic and Labour Party | Signed |
| Richard Livsey | 22/07/1998 | Brecon & Radnorshire | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| John Grogan | 22/07/1998 | Selby | Labour | Signed |
| Martin Linton | 23/07/1998 | Battersea | Labour | Signed |
| Paul Goggins | 23/07/1998 | Wythenshawe & Sale East | Labour | Signed |
| Jane Griffiths | 28/07/1998 | Reading East | Labour | Signed |
| Chris Ruane | 28/07/1998 | Vale of Clwyd | Labour | Signed |
| Doug Naysmith | 29/07/1998 | Bristol North West | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| Andrew Hunter | 30/07/1998 | Basingstoke | Conservative | Signed |
| Simon Hughes | 03/09/1998 | North Southwark & Bermondsey | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Roger Berry | 20/10/1998 | Kingswood | Labour | Signed |
| Tess Kingham | 17/11/1998 | Gloucester | Labour | Signed |
| Charles Clarke | Unknown | | | Withdrawn |
| Alan Meale | Unknown | | | Withdrawn |
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