Homophobic Bullying

EDM number 2535 in 2005-06, proposed by Sarah Teather on 10/07/2006.

That this House notes that all bullying has serious effects on victims, resulting in failure of pupils to achieve their full potential, truancy, self-harm and even suicide; further notes that one survey found 72 per cent. of lesbian, gay and bisexual adults reported a history of regular absenteeism at school due to homophobic harassment and that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered pupils are more likely than their peers to leave education at 16; recognises that there is no duty on schools to monitor or tackle homophobic bullying, which can severely affect pupils who grow up to be gay, pupils with gay family members and pupils labelled 'gay' by their peers; believes schools must acknowledge this problem and challenge all forms of homophobic bullying immediately, including taunts and name calling; and calls for anti-bullying policies in all schools to include measures specifically to deal with homophobic bullying, and training for at least one member of staff in how to tackle homophobic bullying.

This motion has been signed by a total of 97 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Sarah Teather	10/07/2006	Brent East	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Andrew George	10/07/2006	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Michael Penning	10/07/2006	Hemel Hempstead	Conservative	Seconded
Greg Mulholland	10/07/2006	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Annette Brooke	10/07/2006	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Stephen Williams	10/07/2006	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Jim Devine	11/07/2006	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Mark Hunter	11/07/2006	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Bottomley	11/07/2006	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Mike Hancock	11/07/2006	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Dismore	11/07/2006	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	11/07/2006	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	11/07/2006	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Derek Conway	11/07/2006	Old Bexley & Sidcup	Conservative	Signed
Lynne Jones	11/07/2006	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	11/07/2006	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Russell	11/07/2006	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Desmond Turner	12/07/2006	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
David Drew	12/07/2006	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	12/07/2006	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Caton	12/07/2006	Gower	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	12/07/2006	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	12/07/2006	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sandra Gidley	13/07/2006	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Barrett	13/07/2006	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Beith	13/07/2006	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Borrow	13/07/2006	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Roger Williams	13/07/2006	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Hemming	13/07/2006	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lorely Burt	13/07/2006	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Julia Goldsworthy	13/07/2006	Falmouth & Camborne	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jo Swinson	13/07/2006	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Daniel Rogerson	13/07/2006	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Williams	13/07/2006	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Willie Rennie	13/07/2006	Dunfermline & Fife West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dai Davies	13/07/2006	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
Don Foster	13/07/2006	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nicholas Clegg	13/07/2006	Sheffield, Hallam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	13/07/2006	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Greg Pope	13/07/2006	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Alan Reid	13/07/2006	Argyll & Bute	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Heath	13/07/2006	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Simon Hughes	13/07/2006	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Glenda Jackson	13/07/2006	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	13/07/2006	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	13/07/2006	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Laws	13/07/2006	Yeovil	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	13/07/2006	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour	Signed
Rob Marris	13/07/2006	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Gordon Marsden	13/07/2006	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Michael Moore	13/07/2006	Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tom Brake	13/07/2006	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	14/07/2006	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	14/07/2006	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Betty Williams	14/07/2006	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	14/07/2006	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Stephen Pound	17/07/2006	Ealing North	Labour	Signed
Christopher Huhne	17/07/2006	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Stunell	17/07/2006	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynne Featherstone	17/07/2006	Hornsey & Wood Green	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Phil Willis	18/07/2006	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Neil Gerrard	18/07/2006	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	18/07/2006	Burton	Labour	Signed
Norman Lamb	18/07/2006	North Norfolk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Horam	18/07/2006	Orpington	Conservative	Signed
Rudi Vis	19/07/2006	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	19/07/2006	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	19/07/2006	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	19/07/2006	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Evan Harris	19/07/2006	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Harvey	20/07/2006	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kate Hoey	20/07/2006	Vauxhall	Labour	Signed
Danny Alexander	24/07/2006	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Pete Wishart	24/07/2006	Perth & Perthshire North	Scottish National Party	Signed
Michael Weir	24/07/2006	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Diane Abbott	24/07/2006	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Clive Efford	24/07/2006	Eltham	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	24/07/2006	North Down	UUP	Signed
Alex Salmond	24/07/2006	Banff & Buchan	Scottish National Party	Signed
Adam Price	24/07/2006	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Stewart Hosie	25/07/2006	Dundee East	Scottish National Party	Signed
Kitty Ussher	25/07/2006	Burnley	Labour	Signed
Linda Riordan	09/10/2006	Halifax	Labour	Signed
David Howarth	09/10/2006	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Greg Clark	09/10/2006	Tunbridge Wells	Conservative	Signed
Fabian Hamilton	09/10/2006	Leeds North East	Labour	Signed
George Galloway	09/10/2006	Bethnal Green & Bow	Respect	Signed
Bill Etherington	09/10/2006	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
David Heyes	09/10/2006	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Susan Kramer	12/10/2006	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Katy Clark	12/10/2006	Ayrshire North & Arran	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	12/10/2006	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Jim Cunningham	17/10/2006	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
George Mudie	26/10/2006	Leeds East	Labour	Signed
Louise Ellman	31/10/2006	Liverpool, Riverside	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	06/11/2006	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	07/11/2006	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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