PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
PARENTING TIME PRESUMPTION (16 December 2003)
Motion Details
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.
Sponsored by:
Mr Dominic Grieve (Independent)
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Labour
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41%
Conservative
79
41%
Liberal Democrat
13
7%
Independent
8
4%
Democratic Unionist Party
4
2%
Not Available
2
1%
Scottish National Party
2
1%
Non-affiliated
2
1%
Speaker
1
1%
Ulster Unionist Party
1
1%
The Independent Group for Change
1
1%
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Con
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Lab
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Con
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Con
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Lab
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Lab
Sir Kevin Barron
Lab
John Battle
Lab
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Lab
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Lab
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Spk
John Bercow
Lab
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Lab
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Ind
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Lab
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Lord Boswell of Aynho
Con
Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone
Lab
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Con
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Con
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LD
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Lab
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Lab
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UUP
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LD
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Con
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Con
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LD
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LD
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DUP
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East Londonderry
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Lab
Martin Caton
Lab
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Con
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LD
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Con
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Lab
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Lab
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Lab
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Lab
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Lab
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Con
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Lab
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Lab
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Lab
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Goole and Pocklington
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DUP
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LD
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Lab
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Lab
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Con
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Con
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Lab
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Lab
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Con
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SNP
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Con
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Con
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Con
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Con
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Lab
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Lab
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Rayleigh and Wickford
IGC
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Con
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Lab
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Con
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Lab
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Con
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Con
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Con
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Lab
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Lab
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Leeds North East
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Con
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Ind
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Con
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Con
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Lab
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Lab
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Preston
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DUP
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Lab
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Harwich and North Essex
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Gainsborough
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New Forest East
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Lab
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Lab
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Mr Andrew Mackay
Lab
Alice Mahon
Con
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Lab
Rob Marris
Lab
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Con
Mr Michael Mates
Con
Baroness May of Maidenhead
Lab
Chris McCafferty
Lab
John McDonnell
Hayes and Harlington
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Lab
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Lab
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Lab
Mr John McWilliam
Ind
Patrick Mercer
Lab
Austin Mitchell
Con
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Con
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South West Wiltshire
Lab
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Con
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Lab
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Lab
Diana Organ
Con
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Con
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Con
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Lab
Linda Perham
Con
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Lab
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Con
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Lab
Baroness Quin
Con
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Lab
Syd Rapson
Con
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SNP
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DUP
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Con
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LD
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Lab
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Mr Jonathan Sayeed
Con
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Lab
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Con
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Lab
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Lab
Alan Simpson
Con
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Lab
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Lab
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Lab
Geraldine Smith
Con
Lord Soames of Fletching
Con
Dame Caroline Spelman
Ind
Bob Spink
Lab
Mr Paul Stinchcombe
Con
Sir Gary Streeter
Lab
Graham Stringer
Blackley and Middleton South
Con
Lord Swire
Lab
David Taylor
Ind
Dr Richard Taylor
Con
Mr Ian Taylor
Con
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Con
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Lab
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LD
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Lab
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Con
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Con
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Lab
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Con
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Con
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Con
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Lab
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LD
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Con
Mr David Wilshire
Con
Ann Winterton
Lab
David Wright
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