PARENTING TIME PRESUMPTION

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Motion text

That this House believes that separated parents should each have a legal presumption of contact with their children, so that both parents can continue to parent their children and that any children are able to benefit from being parented by both their parents, as well as from contact with any grandparents and extended family members able and willing to play a role in their upbringing; and urges the Government to replace the legal term 'contact' with 'parenting time' and to ensure that parenting time orders can be and are made and enforced by the courts, save where a child's safety would be at risk.

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.

Falmouth and Camborne

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

Barnes, Mr Harry

Labour

17 December 2003

North East Derbyshire

Manchester, Withington

Brady, Mr Graham

Conservative

16 December 2003

Altrincham and Sale West

North East Bedfordshire

Democratic Unionist Party

Old Bexley and Sidcup

Grantham and Stamford

Davis, Mr David

Conservative

27 January 2004

Haltemprice and Howden

Djanogly, Mr Jonathan

Democratic Unionist Party

Galloway and Upper Nithsdale

Barnsley East and Mexborough

Scottish National Party

Cities of London and Westminster

Flight, Mr Howard

Conservative

5 January 2004

Arundel and South Downs

Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath

Runnymede and Weybridge

North East Hertfordshire

Henderson, Mr Doug

Labour

27 May 2004

Newcastle upon Tyne North

North Southwark and Bermondsey

Hunter, Mr Andrew

Independent Conservative

Sheffield, Hillsborough

Birmingham, Selly Oak

Hitchin and Harpenden

East Worthing and Shoreham

Strathkelvin and Bearsden

Wolverhampton South West

Mates, Lt Col Michael

McLoughlin, Mr Patrick

Kingston upon Hull North

North East Cambridgeshire

South East Cambridgeshire

Hertford and Stortford

Quin, Joyce

Labour

1 April 2004

Gateshead East and Washington West

Scottish National Party

8 July 2004

Moray

Robertson, Mr Laurence

Democratic Unionist Party

South West Bedfordshire

Shephard, Mrs Gillian

Islington South and Finsbury

Smith, Geraldine

Labour

19 January 2004

Morecambe and Lunesdale

Spelman, Mrs Caroline

North West Leicestershire

Rochford and Southend East

Finchley and Golders Green

North East Milton Keynes

Widdecombe, Miss Ann

Conservative

18 March 2004

Maidstone and The Weald

Harrogate and Knaresborough

These members had previously signed the motion, but have now withdrawn their support. The date shown is when the Member withdrew their signature from the motion.

Amendments (2)

After a motion has been tabled, other Members can table amendments to it. Amendments to this motion are shown below.

PARENTING TIME PRESUMPTION (Amendment 1)

Line 7, at end add 'believes however that such a legal presumption should not exist if either parent has a history of domestic violence; and further believes that the wishes of children should be paramount in such cases.'

Sandra Gidley

Liberal Democrat, Romsey

signatures

EDM 299A1: tabled on 5 January 2004

PARENTING TIME PRESUMPTION (Amendment 1A1)

Line 2, leave out from 'believes' to end and add 'that contact and parenting are issues of children's rights and parental responsibility; notes that Article 9 (3) of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child sets out that 'state parties shall respect the rights of the Child who is separated from one or both parents to maintain personal relations and direct contact with both parents on a regular basis except if it is contrary to the child's best interests; deplores those family court judgements which have ignored the wishes and feelings of children and endangered them by insisting on contact with violent men and Schedule 1 offenders; and calls on the Government to amend the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Bill [Lords] to introduce a rebuttable presumption that children should not have contact with perpetrators of child abuse or domestic violence unless they want it and such parenting time can be made safe.'

Mr Hilton Dawson

Labour, Lancaster and Wyre

signatures

EDM 299A1A1: tabled on 7 January 2004

EDM (Early Day Motion) 299: tabled on 16 December 2003

Amendments to this motion

Motion text

Signatures (193)

Amendments (2)