Detention Of Children

EDM number 1982 in 2008-09, proposed by Chris Mullin on 12/10/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Immigration.

That this House notes with concern that around 2,000 children are detained each year in immigration detention centres, some for periods of several months; notes the opinion of Save the Children and the Children's Commissioner that this is unjustified and damaging; notes that families with children are among the least likely to abscond; further notes that some EU and Commonwealth countries have successfully introduced solutions other than secure detention for families who have exhausted their asylum claims; and urgently calls on the Government to end the practice of holding children in immigration detention centres.

This motion has been signed by a total of 94 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Chris Mullin	12/10/2009	Sunderland South	Labour	Proposed
Peter Bottomley	12/10/2009	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Sarah Teather	12/10/2009	Brent East	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
John Battle	12/10/2009	Leeds West	Labour	Seconded
Lynne Jones	12/10/2009	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Seconded
Fabian Hamilton	12/10/2009	Leeds North East	Labour	Seconded
Mark Durkan	12/10/2009	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Mark Hunter	13/10/2009	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	13/10/2009	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andy Slaughter	13/10/2009			Signed
John Austin	13/10/2009	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	13/10/2009	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Dismore	13/10/2009	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	13/10/2009	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	13/10/2009	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	13/10/2009	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Glenda Jackson	13/10/2009	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	13/10/2009	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	13/10/2009	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	13/10/2009	Gower	Labour	Signed
Dai Davies	14/10/2009	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
Rudi Vis	14/10/2009	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Norman Baker	14/10/2009	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Dobbin	14/10/2009	Heywood & Middleton	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	14/10/2009	Burton	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	14/10/2009	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	14/10/2009	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alun Michael	14/10/2009	Cardiff South & Penarth	Labour	Signed
Gerald Kaufman	14/10/2009	Manchester, Gorton	Labour	Signed
David Heyes	14/10/2009	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	14/10/2009	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
David Drew	15/10/2009	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	15/10/2009	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lady Hermon	15/10/2009	North Down	UUP	Signed
Nick Harvey	15/10/2009	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andy Reed	15/10/2009	Loughborough	Labour	Signed
Alan Beith	16/10/2009	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Caborn	16/10/2009	Sheffield Central	Labour	Signed
Christopher Huhne	16/10/2009	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Betty Williams	19/10/2009	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	19/10/2009	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Diane Abbott	19/10/2009	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	19/10/2009	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	19/10/2009	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Cryer	19/10/2009	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	19/10/2009	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	19/10/2009	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Edward Davey	20/10/2009	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian McCartney	20/10/2009	Makerfield	Labour	Signed
Martin Linton	20/10/2009	Battersea	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	20/10/2009	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Clare Short	20/10/2009	Birmingham, Ladywood	Independent Labour	Signed
John Mason	21/10/2009	Glasgow East	Scottish National Party	Signed
Greg Mulholland	21/10/2009	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Soulsby	21/10/2009	Leicester South	Labour	Signed
Katy Clark	21/10/2009	Ayrshire North & Arran	Labour	Signed
John Thurso	21/10/2009	Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tom Levitt	21/10/2009	High Peak	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	21/10/2009	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Williams	22/10/2009	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	22/10/2009	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Eddie McGrady	22/10/2009	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Paul Keetch	22/10/2009	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jennifer Willott	26/10/2009	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Hemming	26/10/2009	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Hugh Bayley	26/10/2009	York, City of	Labour	Signed
Janet Anderson	26/10/2009	Rossendale & Darwen	Labour	Signed
George Galloway	26/10/2009	Bethnal Green & Bow	Respect	Signed
Paul Farrelly	26/10/2009	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	26/10/2009	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	26/10/2009	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	27/10/2009	Linlithgow & Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	27/10/2009	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Terry Rooney	27/10/2009	Bradford North	Labour	Signed
Evan Harris	28/10/2009	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Frank Doran	28/10/2009	Aberdeen North	Labour	Signed
John Grogan	28/10/2009	Selby	Labour	Signed
Mark Todd	28/10/2009	South Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Pete Wishart	28/10/2009	Perth & Perthshire North	Scottish National Party	Signed
Stewart Hosie	28/10/2009	Dundee East	Scottish National Party	Signed
Mike Wood	29/10/2009	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Lynne Featherstone	02/11/2009	Hornsey & Wood Green	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Clive Betts	02/11/2009	Sheffield, Attercliffe	Labour	Signed
Geoffrey Robinson	02/11/2009	Coventry North West	Labour	Signed
Paul Truswell	03/11/2009	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Louise Ellman	04/11/2009	Liverpool, Riverside	Labour	Signed
Ian Stewart	04/11/2009	Eccles	Labour	Signed
Gavin Strang	05/11/2009	Edinburgh East	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	05/11/2009	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Gordon Prentice	05/11/2009	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Nick Palmer	05/11/2009	Broxtowe	Labour	Signed
Jo Swinson	09/11/2009	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Greenway	10/11/2009	Ryedale	Conservative	Signed
Jim Cousins	11/11/2009	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed

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