Hoax Callers

EDM number 1763 in 2001-02, proposed by Mark Tami on 16/10/2002.

That this House notes that, according to the Department for Health, last year 70,000 hoax calls to ambulance services were made; further notes that figures produced by BT for the year 2000 indicated that as many as half of the five million calls made to emergency services were false, costing the tax payer in excess of ú32 million and endangering the lives of many people in need; believes that the current penalties for such offences of a maximum of six months imprisonment or a ú5,000 fine do not represent appropriate punishment for such a crime; further notes that in the 18 years since the Telecommunications Act was introduced, no hoax callers have been prosecuted under it; and calls on the Government to take a zero tolerance approach to hoax callers and calls for a review of sentencing policy to address this serious crime.

This motion has been signed by a total of 78 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Mark Tami	16/10/2002	Alyn & Deeside	Labour	Proposed
Tom Watson	16/10/2002	West Bromwich East	Labour	Signed
Ian Davidson	16/10/2002	Glasgow, Pollok	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Jon Cruddas	16/10/2002	Dagenham	Labour	Signed
Albert Owen	16/10/2002	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Dai Havard	16/10/2002	Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney	Labour	Signed
Chris Ruane	16/10/2002	Vale of Clwyd	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	17/10/2002	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Bill Tynan	17/10/2002	Hamilton South	Labour	Signed
Paul Tyler	17/10/2002	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Bottomley	17/10/2002	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Andrew George	17/10/2002	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Huw Edwards	17/10/2002	Monmouth	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	17/10/2002	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	17/10/2002	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynne Jones	17/10/2002	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Rob Marris	17/10/2002	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	17/10/2002	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Caton	17/10/2002	Gower	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	21/10/2002	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	21/10/2002	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Neil Gerrard	21/10/2002	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	21/10/2002	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Paul Farrelly	21/10/2002	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	21/10/2002	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	21/10/2002	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Chris Bryant	21/10/2002	Rhondda	Labour	Signed
Ian Lucas	21/10/2002	Wrexham	Labour	Signed
Terry Lewis	21/10/2002	Worsley	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	22/10/2002	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	22/10/2002	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Janet Dean	22/10/2002	Burton	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	22/10/2002	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	22/10/2002	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Tony Colman	22/10/2002	Putney	Labour	Signed
Colin Challen	22/10/2002	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	22/10/2002	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	22/10/2002	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	22/10/2002	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Marshall	22/10/2002	Glasgow, Shettleston	Labour	Signed
Piara S Khabra	22/10/2002	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed
Phil Sawford	22/10/2002	Kettering	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	23/10/2002	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Laura Moffatt	23/10/2002	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Peter Bradley	23/10/2002	Wrekin, The	Labour	Signed
Paul Burstow	23/10/2002	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Drew	23/10/2002	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Paul Marsden	23/10/2002	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	23/10/2002	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Nigel Jones	23/10/2002	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eric Illsley	23/10/2002	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	23/10/2002	North Down	UUP	Signed
Christine Russell	23/10/2002	Chester, City of	Labour	Signed
Syd Rapson	23/10/2002	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Simon Thomas	24/10/2002	Ceredigion	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Matthew Green	24/10/2002	Ludlow	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Wayne David	24/10/2002	Caerphilly	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	24/10/2002	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Peter Robinson	24/10/2002	Belfast East	DUP	Signed
Alice Mahon	28/10/2002	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Win Griffiths	29/10/2002	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Colin Burgon	29/10/2002	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Diana Organ	29/10/2002	Forest of Dean	Labour	Signed
Mark Hendrick	29/10/2002	Preston	Labour Co-operative	Signed
James Purnell	29/10/2002	Stalybridge & Hyde	Labour	Signed
Paul Truswell	30/10/2002	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Bruce George	30/10/2002	Walsall South	Labour	Signed
John Lyons	30/10/2002	Strathkelvin & Bearsden	Labour	Signed
Julian Lewis	30/10/2002	New Forest East	Conservative	Signed
Kerry Pollard	31/10/2002	St Albans	Labour	Signed
Roger Williams	31/10/2002	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Liz Blackman	04/11/2002	Erewash	Labour	Signed
Jeff Ennis	04/11/2002	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
Tony Clarke	05/11/2002	Northampton South	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	06/11/2002	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	06/11/2002	Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Siobhain McDonagh	07/11/2002	Mitcham & Morden	Labour	Signed
John Barrett	07/11/2002	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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