PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
Disappearance of migrant children from asylum hotels (23 January 2023)

Motion Details

That this House notes concerning reports of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children disappearing from hotels; expresses concern for the welfare of these children; notes that several reports suggest that these children are being targeted and trafficked; further notes that in one example, 136 children went missing from one hotel in 18 months and that 79 of these children remain unaccounted for; and calls for the Home Office to immediately review safeguarding arrangements for asylum-seeking children in hotels.

Sponsored by:
Ms Diane Abbott (Labour)

EDMS Sponsor By Party

Party
Votes
%
 
Labour
22
36%
 
 
Scottish National Party
15
25%
 
 
Independent
8
13%
 
 
Liberal Democrat
6
10%
 
 
Plaid Cymru
3
5%
 
 
Democratic Unionist Party
2
3%
 
 
Alba Party
2
3%
 
 
Green Party
1
2%
 
 
Social Democratic & Labour Party
1
2%
 
 
Alliance
1
2%
 
Sponsor List (61 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Lab
Ms Diane Abbott (Sponsor)
Hackney North and Stoke Newington
SNP
Hannah Bardell
Ind
Apsana Begum
Poplar and Limehouse
Lab
Olivia Blake
Sheffield Hallam
SNP
Steven Bonnar
SNP
Deidre Brock
Ind
Ian Byrne
Liverpool West Derby
Lab
Dan Carden
Liverpool Walton
Lab
Marsha De Cordova
Battersea
SNP
Martin Docherty-Hughes
SNP
Dave Doogan
Angus and Perthshire Glens
SNP
Allan Dorans
Ind
Jonathan Edwards
LD
Tim Farron
Westmorland and Lonsdale
APNI
Stephen Farry
Ind
Margaret Ferrier
LD
Richard Foord
Honiton and Sidmouth
Lab
Mary Kelly Foy
City of Durham
SNP
Patrick Grady
LD
Sarah Green
Chesham and Amersham
Lab
Margaret Greenwood
Lab
Paulette Hamilton
Birmingham Erdington
SDLP
Claire Hanna
Belfast South and Mid Down
Alba
Neale Hanvey
SNP
Stewart Hosie
LD
Christine Jardine
Edinburgh West
Lab
Kim Johnson
Liverpool Riverside
PC
Ben Lake
Ceredigion Preseli
Lab
Ian Lavery
Blyth and Ashington
SNP
Chris Law
Dundee Central
Lab
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
South Shields
Lab
Clive Lewis
Norwich South
SNP
David Linden
Lab
Tony Lloyd
Ind
Rebecca Long Bailey
Salford
Green
Caroline Lucas
Alba
Kenny MacAskill
Lab
Rachael Maskell
York Central
Lab
Steve McCabe
SNP
Stewart Malcolm McDonald
Ind
John McDonnell
Hayes and Harlington
SNP
Anne McLaughlin
SNP
Carol Monaghan
LD
Helen Morgan
North Shropshire
Lab
Grahame Morris
Easington
Lab
Charlotte Nichols
Warrington North
Lab
Kate Osborne
Jarrow and Gateshead East
SNP
Kirsten Oswald
Lab
Bell Ribeiro-Addy
Clapham and Brixton Hill
PC
Liz Saville Roberts
Dwyfor Meirionnydd
DUP
Jim Shannon
Strangford
LD
Jamie Stone
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
Ind
Zarah Sultana
Coventry South
SNP
Alison Thewliss
Lab
Sir Stephen Timms
East Ham
Lab
Jon Trickett
Normanton and Hemsworth
Ind
Claudia Webbe
Lab
Nadia Whittome
Nottingham East
PC
Hywel Williams
DUP
Sammy Wilson
East Antrim
Lab
Mohammad Yasin
Bedford

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