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31/01/2020 – Who’s signing the Early Day Motion?

21/01/20 – Holly Lynch, the MP for Halifax and a tremendous supporter of the Child Mental Health Charter Campaign tabled new Early Day Motion 73:  Children and Mental Health Legislation in the House of Commons. The link to the EDM on the Parliament site is here and the text is:

That this House welcomes the announcement in the Queen’s Speech that the Mental Health Act will be reformed; agrees that current legislation is out of step with a modern mental healthcare system and that people must have a service that affords them the dignity and respect that they deserve; further notes that the announcement made no mention of the urgent needs of children; contends that unless their needs are embedded into a new Mental Health Act as a central priority such legislation will be fundamentally flawed; calls on the Government to guarantee that new mental health legislation will focus on children’s needs and protect them, ensure that services are provided by a properly qualified workforce and reflect policies that are informed by the best available evidence; and further calls on the Government to focus on the needs of parents and carers and guarantee to bring forward such legislative proposals at the earliest possible opportunity.

EDM 73

Sponsors and Signatories are as follows:

NameConstituencyParty
Holly LynchHalifaxLabour
Allan DoransAyr, Carrick and CumnockSNP
Jim ShannonStrangfordDUP
Chris StephensGlasgow South WestSNP
Christine JardineEdinburgh WestLD
Kate HollernBlackburnLabour
Barry SheermanHuddersfieldLabour
Caroline LucasBrighton PavilionGreen
Conor McGinnSt Helens NorthLabour
Sir David AmessSouthend WestConservative
David LindenGlasgow EastSNP
Sir Jeffrey DonaldsonLagan ValleyDUP
Layla MoranOxford West and AbingdonLibDem
Liz Saville RobertsDwyfor MeirionnyddPlaid Cymru
Mike HillHartlepoolLabour
Alistair CarmichaelOrkney and ShetlandLibDem
Mohammed YasimBedfordLabour
Sir Mark HendrickPrestonLabour
Wera HobhouseBathLibDem
Debbie AbrahamsOldham East and SaddleworthLabour
Grahame MorrisEasingtonLabour
Rosie CooperWest LancashireLabour
Paul GirvanSouth AntrimDUP
Taiwo OwatemiCoventry North WestLabour
Sammy WilsonEast AntrimDUP
Amy CallaghanEast DunbartonshireSNP