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22nd MAY 1996 HEIRS TO THE MILLENNIUM

EDM (Early Day Motion) 657: tabled on 26 March 1996

Tabled in the 1995-96 session.

This motion has been signed by 61 Members. It has not yet had any amendments submitted.

As this motion is using historical data, we may not have the record of the original ordering, in which case signatories are listed alphabetically.

Motion text

That this House, noting the profound consciousness in Parliament and the nation of the inestimable value of children's lives, records that every day children in this nation suffer appalling damage from the actions of adults and, indeed, of other children; remarks with dismay that an estimated 800,000 children in the United Kingdom have no contact with their natural fathers, that some children in local authority care, as young as 11 years of age, finance their drug habit by prostitution, and that many drug pushers are children; commend the initiative Heirs to the Millennium which, by putting 1,500 people into Coventry Cathedral on 22nd May 1996 from a wide diversity of ethnic and religious backgrounds, chiefly to listen to young people themselves, aims to drive up the political agenda the concerns felt across the nation about the way in which we are preparing the nation's children for the next millennium; and notes that one of the sponsors of the event, in her capacity as Chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Children, was Lady Faithfull who would have wished no better memorial of her life devoted to the care of children than for Heirs to the Millennium to result in a new awareness of the importance of children to this nation and a renewed commitment to policies designed to protect them from harm and to enable them to realise their full potential.

The first 6 Members who have signed to support the motion are the sponsors. The primary sponsor is generally the person who tabled the motion and has responsibility for it. The date shown is when the Member signed the motion.

In addition to the sponsors, the following Members have signed to support the motion.

Anderson, Janet
Labour
Signed on 16 April 1996
Rossendale and Darwen
Austin-Walker, John
Labour
Signed on 27 March 1996
Woolwich
Baker, Sir Nicholas
Conservative
Signed on 26 March 1996
North Dorset
Barnes, Mr Harry
Labour
Signed on 27 March 1996
North East Derbyshire
Beith, Sir Alan
Liberal Democrat
Signed on 29 April 1996
Berwick-upon-Tweed
Boyes, Roland
Labour
Signed on 16 April 1996
Houghton and Washington
Bradley, Mr Keith
Labour
Signed on 27 March 1996
Manchester, Withington
Burden, Richard
Labour
Signed on 28 March 1996
Birmingham, Northfield
Butcher, John
Conservative
Signed on 25 April 1996
Coventry South West
Campbell-Savours, Mr Dale
Labour
Signed on 2 May 1996
Workington
Carlile, Alex
Liberal Democrat
Signed on 28 March 1996
Montgomery
Clapham, Mr Michael
Labour
Signed on 1 April 1996
Barnsley West and Penistone
Clarke, Mr Eric
Labour
Signed on 2 April 1996
Midlothian
Colvin, Michael
Conservative
Signed on 7 May 1996
Romsey and Waterside
Connarty, Michael
Labour
Signed on 16 April 1996
Falkirk East
Cummings, John
Labour
Signed on 27 March 1996
Easington
Cunningham, Mr Jim
Labour
Signed on 13 May 1996
Coventry South East
Etherington, Bill
Labour
Signed on 28 March 1996
Sunderland North
Evans, John
Labour
Signed on 28 March 1996
St Helens North
Faulds, Andrew
Labour
Signed on 27 March 1996
Warley East
Golding, Mrs Llin
Labour
Signed on 26 March 1996
Newcastle-under-Lyme
Griffiths, Mr Win
Labour
Signed on 3 April 1996
Bridgend
Grylls, Sir Michael
Conservative
Signed on 27 March 1996
North West Surrey
Gunnell, Mr John
Labour
Signed on 27 March 1996
Morley and Leeds South
Hall, Mr Mike
Labour
Signed on 27 March 1996
Warrington South
Harvey, Nick
Liberal Democrat
Signed on 28 March 1996
North Devon
Howarth, Alan
Labour
Signed on 26 March 1996
Stratford-on-Avon
Hughes, Simon
Liberal Democrat
Signed on 16 April 1996
Southwark and Bermondsey
Jones, Mr Barry
Labour
Signed on 1 April 1996
Alyn and Deeside
Jones, Lynne
Labour
Signed on 27 March 1996
Birmingham, Selly Oak
Jones, Mr Martyn
Labour
Signed on 23 April 1996
Clwyd South West
Jones, Mr Nigel
Liberal Democrat
Signed on 21 May 1996
Cheltenham
Khabra, Mr Piara S
Labour
Signed on 26 March 1996
Ealing, Southall
Litherland, Robert
Labour
Signed on 1 April 1996
Manchester Central
Livingstone, Mr Ken
Labour
Signed on 29 March 1996
Brent East
Lynne, Liz
Liberal Democrat
Signed on 27 March 1996
Rochdale
Meale, Mr Alan
Labour
Signed on 2 April 1996
Mansfield
Michie, Mr Bill
Labour
Signed on 28 March 1996
Sheffield, Heeley
Neubert, Sir Michael
Conservative
Signed on 26 March 1996
Romford
Nicholson, Emma
Liberal Democrat
Signed on 26 March 1996
Torridge and West Devon
Pike, Mr Peter
Labour
Signed on 26 March 1996
Burnley
Randall, Stuart
Labour
Signed on 27 March 1996
Kingston upon Hull West
Rathbone, Tim
Conservative
Signed on 2 April 1996
Lewes
Robinson, Mr Geoffrey
Labour
Signed on 1 May 1996
Coventry North West
Scott, Sir Nicholas
Conservative
Signed on 26 March 1996
Chelsea
Shaw, Mr David
Conservative
Signed on 2 April 1996
Dover
Smyth, The Rev Martin
Ulster Unionist Party
Signed on 26 March 1996
South Belfast
Spearing, Nigel
Labour
Signed on 26 March 1996
Newham South
Squire, Rachel
Labour
Signed on 27 March 1996
Dunfermline West
Thompson, Jack
Labour
Signed on 17 April 1996
Wansbeck
Timms, Mr Stephen
Labour
Signed on 23 April 1996
Newham North East
Wareing, Mr Robert N.
Labour
Signed on 2 April 1996
Liverpool, West Derby
Watson, Mike
Labour
Signed on 26 March 1996
Glasgow Central
Williams, Mr Alan
Labour
Signed on 29 March 1996
Swansea West
Winterton, Sir Nicholas
Conservative
Signed on 27 March 1996
Macclesfield

There are no withdrawn signatures for this motion.