EDM 1224 - Jeremy Corbyn MP - detention of children - 30/03/10
YARL'S WOOD IMMIGRATION REMOVAL CENTRE 30.03.2010
"That this House notes that two of the Government's most senior professional advisers, the Children's Commissioner for England and Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons, have stated unequivocally that Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre, near Bedford, is `no place for a child'; further notes that their detailed reports, published respectively in February and March 2010, catalogue compelling reasons for concluding that the welfare of children is `clearly and adversely affected' at Yarl's Wood; believes that the reports make shameful reading for a country which prides itself in having the welfare of children at the heart of its legislation; further notes that both reports recommend greater attention by the relevant Local Safeguarding Children Board (LSCB) and that the Children's Commissioner reports that the LSCB is already reviewing an allegation of sexually harmful behaviour between unrelated young children at Yarl's Wood; and further believes that immediate rectification is required to safeguard children in the Government's care at Yarl's Wood Immigration Centre."
MPs that have signed so far ... Jeremy Corbyn, Diane Abbott, John McDonnell, David Drew, Glenda Jackson, Kate Hoey, Mark Lazarowicz, Ronnie Campbell, Michael Clapham, Ann Cryer, Roger Godsiff, Peter Bottomley, Andrew Pelling, Evan Harris, Kelvin Hopkins, Lynne Jones, Martin Caton, John Cummings, Andrew Dismore, Mark Durkan, Mike Hancock, Gavin Strang, Robert N Wareing, Andy Slaughter, John Leech
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