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<id>28435</id>
<session>2005-06</session>
<number>236</number>
<title>Mr Paul Blackburn</title>
<proposer id="10534">Barry Sheerman</proposer>
<date>2005-05-26</date>
<text>That this House welcomes the decision of the Court of Appeal to overturn the conviction of Mr Paul Blackburn, who was wrongly convicted at the age of 15 years and who has spent 26 years in prison largely due to his continued denial of guilt; congratulates Glynn Maddocks, the solicitor who has spent 12 years fighting to obtain justice for Mr Blackburn; believes that Mr Blackburn deserves substantial compensation, which can never make up for the years that he has spent in prison; and calls for an inquiry into this dreadful and costly miscarriage of justice.</text>
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		<mp id="10534">Barry Sheerman</mp>
		<date>2005-05-26</date>
		<type>Proposed</type>
		<constituency>Huddersfield</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11093">John Mann</mp>
		<date>2005-05-26</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Bassetlaw</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
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	<signature>
		<mp id="10319">Helen Jones</mp>
		<date>2005-05-26</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Warrington North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
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	<signature>
		<mp id="10367">Tony Lloyd</mp>
		<date>2005-05-26</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Manchester Central</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
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	<signature>
		<mp id="10900">Hywel Francis</mp>
		<date>2005-05-26</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Aberavon</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
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		<mp id="10304">Brian Iddon</mp>
		<date>2005-05-26</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Bolton South East</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
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	<signature>
		<mp id="10557">Helen Southworth</mp>
		<date>2005-05-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Warrington South</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
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	<signature>
		<mp id="10323">Lynne Jones</mp>
		<date>2005-06-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Birmingham, Selly Oak</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
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	<signature>
		<mp id="10057">Peter Bottomley</mp>
		<date>2005-06-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Worthing West</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
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	<signature>
		<mp id="10096">Martin Caton</mp>
		<date>2005-06-07</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Gower</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
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		<mp id="10258">Mike Hancock</mp>
		<date>2005-06-07</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Portsmouth South</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
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		<mp id="10616">Rudi Vis</mp>
		<date>2005-06-08</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Finchley &amp; Golders Green</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
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		<mp id="10188">Jeff Ennis</mp>
		<date>2005-06-08</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Barnsley East &amp; Mexborough</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
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		<mp id="10133">Jeremy Corbyn</mp>
		<date>2005-06-08</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Islington North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
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		<mp id="10368">Elfyn Llwyd</mp>
		<date>2005-06-08</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Meirionnydd Nant Conwy</constituency>
		<party>Plaid Cymru</party>
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		<mp id="10274">Stephen Hepburn</mp>
		<date>2005-06-08</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Jarrow</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
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		<mp id="10541">Alan Simpson</mp>
		<date>2005-06-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Nottingham South</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
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		<mp id="10261">Evan Harris</mp>
		<date>2005-06-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Oxford West &amp; Abingdon</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
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		<mp id="10170">Jim Dobbin</mp>
		<date>2005-06-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Heywood &amp; Middleton</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
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	<signature>
		<mp id="10189">Bill Etherington</mp>
		<date>2005-06-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Sunderland North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
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	<signature>
		<mp id="10640">Betty Williams</mp>
		<date>2005-06-13</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Conwy</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
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	<signature>
		<mp id="10142">Ann Cryer</mp>
		<date>2005-06-13</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Keighley</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
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	<signature>
		<mp id="10428">Alan Meale</mp>
		<date>2005-06-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Mansfield</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
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		<mp id="10383">John McDonnell</mp>
		<date>2005-07-04</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hayes &amp; Harlington</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
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		<mp id="10305">Eric Illsley</mp>
		<date>2005-07-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Barnsley Central</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
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	<signature>
		<mp id="10372">Andrew Love</mp>
		<date>2005-07-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Edmonton</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10001">Diane Abbott</mp>
		<date>2005-10-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hackney North &amp; Stoke Newington</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
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	<signature>
		<mp id="10533">Jonathan Shaw</mp>
		<date></date>
		<type>Withdrawn</type>
		<constituency></constituency>
		<party></party>
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