Causing Death By Careless Driving

EDM number 534 in 2004-05, proposed by Paul Stinchcombe on 18/01/2005.

That this House acknowledges all the work done by many honourable Members to persuade the Government to strengthen road safety law; believes that the Transport Committee's recent report, Traffic Law and its Enforcement sheds light on gaps in current law, in particular the absence of an offence of causing death by careless driving; is alarmed that because of this lacuna in the law, when 17-year-old Alexine Melnik was killed by a careless driver, the court was able only to fine that driver and put points on his licence; believes that this valued Alexine's life far too cheaply; recognises that the Road Safety Bill provides a prime opportunity to change the law; and calls upon the Government to support an amendment to the Bill to fill the gap and create an offence of causing death by careless driving.

This motion has been signed by a total of 91 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Paul Stinchcombe	18/01/2005	Wellingborough	Labour	Proposed
Julia Drown	18/01/2005	South Swindon	Labour	Signed
Huw Edwards	18/01/2005	Monmouth	Labour	Signed
Paul Farrelly	18/01/2005	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
Mark Fisher	18/01/2005	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	18/01/2005	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Ian Gibson	18/01/2005	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Win Griffiths	18/01/2005	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Fabian Hamilton	18/01/2005	Leeds North East	Labour	Signed
John Austin	18/01/2005	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
John Battle	18/01/2005	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Richard Taylor	18/01/2005	Wyre Forest	Independent	Signed
Keith Vaz	18/01/2005	Leicester East	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	18/01/2005	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Jim Dowd	18/01/2005	Lewisham West	Labour	Signed
Frank Dobson	18/01/2005	Holborn & St Pancras	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	18/01/2005	Burton	Labour	Signed
Syd Rapson	18/01/2005	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Doug Henderson	18/01/2005	Newcastle upon Tyne North	Labour	Signed
Alan Howarth	18/01/2005	Newport East	Labour	Signed
Ian Lucas	18/01/2005	Wrexham	Labour	Signed
David Marshall	18/01/2005	Glasgow, Shettleston	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	18/01/2005	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Rosemary McKenna	18/01/2005	Cumbernauld & Kilsyth	Labour	Signed
Michael Moore	18/01/2005	Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	18/01/2005	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	18/01/2005	Gower	Labour	Signed
Helen Clark	18/01/2005	Peterborough	Labour	Signed
Tony Colman	18/01/2005	Putney	Labour	Signed
Ross Cranston	18/01/2005	Dudley North	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	19/01/2005	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Clelland	19/01/2005	Tyne Bridge	Labour	Signed
David Drew	19/01/2005	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Mike Hancock	19/01/2005	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Harry Barnes	19/01/2005	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	19/01/2005	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Tony Lloyd	19/01/2005	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	19/01/2005	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
James Plaskitt	19/01/2005	Warwick & Leamington	Labour	Signed
Ken Purchase	19/01/2005	Wolverhampton North East	Labour/Co-operative	Signed
Bob Russell	19/01/2005	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Smyth	19/01/2005	Belfast South	UUP	Signed
Joan Humble	19/01/2005	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	19/01/2005	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	20/01/2005	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Tyler	20/01/2005	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sue Doughty	20/01/2005	Guildford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Dismore	20/01/2005	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	20/01/2005	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	20/01/2005	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Gregory Campbell	20/01/2005	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Rob Marris	20/01/2005	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Andy Reed	20/01/2005	Loughborough	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Betty Williams	24/01/2005	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Vera Baird	24/01/2005	Redcar	Labour	Signed
Nigel Dodds	24/01/2005	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Ann Cryer	24/01/2005	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	24/01/2005	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Randall	24/01/2005	Uxbridge	Conservative	Signed
Linda Perham	24/01/2005	Ilford North	Labour	Signed
Peter Pike	24/01/2005	Burnley	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	25/01/2005	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Roy Beggs	25/01/2005	East Antrim	UUP	Signed
Denzil Davies	25/01/2005	Llanelli	Labour	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	25/01/2005	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Vincent Cable	26/01/2005	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Cousins	26/01/2005	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
Jeff Ennis	26/01/2005	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
Derek Wyatt	26/01/2005	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Roger Williams	27/01/2005	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sandra Gidley	27/01/2005	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Cryer	27/01/2005	Hornchurch	Labour	Signed
Patsy Calton	27/01/2005	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Burnett	27/01/2005	Torridge & West Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	31/01/2005	Glasgow, Govan	Labour	Signed
Phil Sawford	31/01/2005	Kettering	Labour	Signed
Hywel Francis	31/01/2005	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Patrick Hall	31/01/2005	Bedford	Labour	Signed
Harold Best	31/01/2005	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Phil Willis	01/02/2005	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	01/02/2005	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	01/02/2005	North Down	UUP	Signed
Eric Illsley	03/02/2005	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	03/02/2005	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	04/02/2005	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Tom Clarke	08/02/2005	Coatbridge & Chryston	Labour	Signed
Nick Brown	25/02/2005	Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend	Labour	Signed
Tony McWalter	25/02/2005	Hemel Hempstead	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Roger Casale	08/03/2005	Wimbledon	Labour	Signed
Paul Burstow	21/03/2005	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Parmjit Gill	06/04/2005	Leicester South	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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