Detention Of Children

EDM number 139 in 2009-10, proposed by Chris Mullin on 19/11/2009.
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; further notes the opinion of Save the Children and the Children's Commissioner that this is unjustified and damaging; further 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 121 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Chris Mullin	19/11/2009	Sunderland South	Labour	Proposed
Andrew George	19/11/2009	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	19/11/2009	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Lynne Jones	19/11/2009	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Seconded
Glenda Jackson	23/11/2009	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Seconded
Jeremy Corbyn	23/11/2009	Islington North	Labour	Seconded
Hywel Williams	24/11/2009	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
John Battle	24/11/2009	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	24/11/2009	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Alan Meale	24/11/2009	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	24/11/2009	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Dai Davies	25/11/2009	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
John Leech	25/11/2009	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Katy Clark	25/11/2009	Ayrshire North & Arran	Labour	Signed
Phil Willis	25/11/2009	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Hancock	25/11/2009	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Drew	25/11/2009	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	25/11/2009	Burton	Labour	Signed
Christopher Huhne	25/11/2009	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kate Hoey	25/11/2009	Vauxhall	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	25/11/2009	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	25/11/2009	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Cryer	26/11/2009	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	26/11/2009	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
David Borrow	26/11/2009	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	26/11/2009	Conwy	Labour	Signed
John Hemming	26/11/2009	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Willie Rennie	26/11/2009	Dunfermline & Fife West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Caton	26/11/2009	Gower	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	26/11/2009	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Holmes	26/11/2009	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Jenkins	26/11/2009	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	26/11/2009	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Chris McCafferty	26/11/2009	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Ian McCartney	26/11/2009	Makerfield	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	26/11/2009	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Williams	30/11/2009	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jo Swinson	30/11/2009	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tim Farron	30/11/2009	Westmorland & Lonsdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Williams	30/11/2009	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Thurso	30/11/2009	Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Matthew Taylor	30/11/2009	Truro & St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Fabian Hamilton	30/11/2009	Leeds North East	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	30/11/2009	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	30/11/2009	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Clare Short	30/11/2009	Birmingham, Ladywood	Independent Labour	Signed
Steve Webb	01/12/2009	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Truswell	01/12/2009	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Norman Baker	01/12/2009	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Austin	01/12/2009	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	01/12/2009	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	01/12/2009	Linlithgow & Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	01/12/2009	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Howarth	02/12/2009	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Beith	02/12/2009	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Fisher	02/12/2009	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Signed
David Chaytor	02/12/2009	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Paul Burstow	02/12/2009	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	02/12/2009	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Moore	02/12/2009	Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jennifer Willott	03/12/2009	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Williams	03/12/2009	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Rowen	03/12/2009	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Julia Goldsworthy	03/12/2009	Falmouth & Camborne	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sarah Teather	03/12/2009	Brent East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian Stewart	03/12/2009	Eccles	Labour	Signed
Menzies Campbell	03/12/2009	Fife North East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Oaten	03/12/2009	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Reid	03/12/2009	Argyll & Bute	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Danny Alexander	07/12/2009	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Stunell	07/12/2009	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eric Illsley	07/12/2009	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	07/12/2009	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Ian Cawsey	08/12/2009	Brigg & Goole	Labour	Signed
Susan Kramer	09/12/2009	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Daniel Rogerson	10/12/2009	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Linda Riordan	10/12/2009	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Greg Mulholland	10/12/2009	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynne Featherstone	10/12/2009	Hornsey & Wood Green	Liberal Democrat	Signed
George Galloway	10/12/2009	Bethnal Green & Bow	Respect	Signed
Lembit	10/12/2009	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Adrian Sanders	14/12/2009	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	14/12/2009	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
John Mason	15/12/2009	Glasgow East	Scottish National Party	Signed
Sandra Gidley	15/12/2009	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Don Foster	15/12/2009	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Breed	15/12/2009	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Charles Kennedy	15/12/2009	Ross, Skye & Lochaber	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	16/12/2009	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeremy Browne	16/12/2009	Taunton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lorely Burt	16/12/2009	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Horwood	16/12/2009	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stewart Hosie	16/12/2009	Dundee East	Scottish National Party	Signed
Angus MacNeil	16/12/2009	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scottish National Party	Signed
Mark Hunter	16/12/2009	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Weir	16/12/2009	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Paul Farrelly	16/12/2009	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	16/12/2009	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Russell	16/12/2009	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Evan Harris	16/12/2009	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Simon Hughes	16/12/2009	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Keetch	16/12/2009	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Norman Lamb	16/12/2009	North Norfolk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Vincent Cable	16/12/2009	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Harry Cohen	16/12/2009	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	05/01/2010	Dover	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	05/01/2010	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Hugh Bayley	05/01/2010	York, City of	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	06/01/2010	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	07/01/2010	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Pete Wishart	07/01/2010	Perth & Perthshire North	Scottish National Party	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	07/01/2010	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour	Signed
Andy Reed	07/01/2010	Loughborough	Labour	Signed
Nick Palmer	11/01/2010	Broxtowe	Labour	Signed
Celia Barlow	14/01/2010	Hove	Labour	Signed
Eddie McGrady	18/01/2010	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Julie Morgan	18/01/2010	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	19/01/2010	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Geoffrey Robinson	22/02/2010	Coventry North West	Labour	Signed
Louise Ellman	22/02/2010	Liverpool, Riverside	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	05/03/2010	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed

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