Parental Authority — 25 Jan 2000

I beg to move,

That leave be given to bring in a Bill to allow parents to use reasonable force or chastisement when exercising authority over their children.

Question put, pursuant to Standing Order No. 23 (Motions for leave to bring in Bills and nomination of Select Committees at commencement of public business): --

The House divided: Ayes 48, Noes 118.

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Name	Constituency	Party	Vote
Mr Peter Atkinson	Hexham	Con	aye
Mr John Bercow	Buckingham	Con	aye
Mr Crispin Blunt	Reigate	Con	aye
Mrs Virginia Bottomley	South West Surrey	Con	aye
Mr Graham Brady	Altrincham and Sale West	Con	aye
Mr Julian Brazier	Canterbury	Con	aye
Mr Ian Bruce	South Dorset	Con	aye
Mr Christopher Chope	Christchurch	Con	aye
Sir Patrick Cormack	South Staffordshire	Con	aye
Mr Alan Duncan	Rutland and Melton	Con	aye
Mr Michael Fabricant	Lichfield	Con	aye
Mr Howard Flight	Arundel and South Downs	Con	aye
Mr Eric Forth	Bromley and Chislehurst	Con	aye
Dr Liam Fox	Woodspring	Con	aye
Mr Roger Gale	North Thanet	Con	aye
Mr James Gray	North Wiltshire	Con	aye
Mr Dominic Grieve	Beaconsfield	Con	aye
Mr Nick Hawkins	Surrey Heath	Con	aye
Mr Andrew Hunter	Basingstoke	Con	aye
Mr Peter Luff	Mid Worcestershire	Con	aye
Mr John MacGregor	South Norfolk	Con	aye
Mr Andrew MacKay	Bracknell	Con	aye
Mr Humfrey Malins	Woking	Con	aye
Dr Brian Mawhinney	North West Cambridgeshire	Con	aye
Mrs Anne McIntosh	Vale of York	Con	aye
Mr Patrick McLoughlin	West Derbyshire	Con	aye
Mr Richard Ottaway	Croydon South	Con	aye
Mr John Randall	Uxbridge	Con	aye
Mr John Redwood	Wokingham	Con	aye
Mr Andrew Robathan	Blaby	Con	aye
Mr Nick St Aubyn	Guildford	Con	tellaye
Mr Anthony Steen	Totnes	Con	aye
Mr Desmond Swayne	New Forest West	Con	tellaye
Mr Robert Syms	Poole	Con	aye
Mr John Taylor	Solihull	Con	aye
Mr Michael Trend	Windsor	Con	aye
Mr Andrew Tyrie	Chichester	Con	aye
Mrs Ann Winterton	Congleton	Con	aye
Mr Nicholas Winterton	Macclesfield	Con	aye
Mr Martin Bell	Tatton	Ind	both
Mr Douglas Alexander	Paisley South	Lab	no
Mr Joe Ashton	Bassetlaw	Lab	no
Mr Harry Barnes	North East Derbyshire	Lab	no
Mr Hilary Benn	Leeds Central	Lab	no
Mr Tony Benn	Chesterfield	Lab	no
Dr Roger Berry	Kingswood	Lab	no
Mr Harold Best	Leeds North West	Lab	no
Mrs Christine Butler	Castle Point	Lab	no
Mr Ronnie Campbell	Blyth Valley	Lab	no
Mr Roger Casale	Wimbledon	Lab	no
Mr David Chaytor	Bury North	Lab	no
Mr Eric Clarke	Midlothian	Lab	no
Mr Tom Clarke	Coatbridge and Chryston	Lab	no
Mr Harry Cohen	Leyton and Wanstead	Lab	no
Mr Michael Connarty	Falkirk East	Lab	no
Mr Frank Cook	Stockton North	Lab	no
Mr Robin Corbett	Birmingham, Erdington	Lab	no
Ms Jean Corston	Bristol East	Lab	no
Mr David Crausby	Bolton North East	Lab	no
Mr John Cryer	Hornchurch	Lab	no
Ms Claire Curtis-Thomas	Crosby	Lab	no
Mr Tam Dalyell	Linlithgow	Lab	no
Mr Keith Darvill	Upminster	Lab	no
Mrs Valerie Davey	Bristol West	Lab	no
Mr Ian Davidson	Glasgow Pollok	Lab	no
Mr Hilton Dawson	Lancaster and Wyre	Lab	no
Mr Andrew Dismore	Hendon	Lab	no
Mr Jim Dobbin	Heywood and Middleton	Lab	no
Mr Brian H Donohoe	Cunninghame South	Lab	no
Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody	Crewe and Nantwich	Lab	no
Ms Maria Eagle	Liverpool, Garston	Lab	no
Mr Michael Foster	Worcester	Lab	no
Mr Mike Gapes	Ilford South	Lab	no
Ms Linda Gilroy	Plymouth, Sutton	Lab	no
Mrs Llin Golding	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Lab	tellno
Mrs Eileen Gordon	Romford	Lab	no
Mr Win Griffiths	Bridgend	Lab	no
Mr John Gunnell	Morley and Rothwell	Lab	no
Mr Ivan Henderson	Harwich	Lab	no
Mr Stephen Hepburn	Jarrow	Lab	no
Mr David Hinchliffe	Wakefield	Lab	no
Mr John Home Robertson	East Lothian	Lab	no
Mr Phil Hope	Corby	Lab	no
Mr Kelvin Hopkins	Luton North	Lab	no
Mrs Joan Humble	Blackpool North and Fleetwood	Lab	no
Mr Alan Hurst	Braintree	Lab	no
Mrs Helen Jackson	Sheffield, Hillsborough	Lab	no
Mr Barry Jones	Alyn and Deeside	Lab	no
Fiona Jones	Newark	Lab	no
Ms Helen Jones	Warrington North	Lab	no
Dr Lynne Jones	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Lab	no
Ms Sally Keeble	Northampton North	Lab	no
Mr Alan Keen	Feltham and Heston	Lab	no
Mr David Kidney	Stafford	Lab	no
Dr Stephen Ladyman	South Thanet	Lab	no
Mr David Lepper	Brighton, Pavilion	Lab	no
Mr Tom Levitt	High Peak	Lab	no
Mr Tony Lloyd	Manchester Central	Lab	no
Ms Fiona Mactaggart	Slough	Lab	no
Mrs Alice Mahon	Halifax	Lab	no
Mr Paul Marsden	Shrewsbury and Atcham	Lab	no
Mr John McDonnell	Hayes and Harlington	Lab	no
Mr John McFall	Dumbarton	Lab	no
Mrs Rosemary McKenna	Cumbernauld and Kilsyth	Lab	no
Mr Tony McWalter	Hemel Hempstead	Lab	tellno
Mr Bill Michie	Sheffield, Heeley	Lab	no
Mr George Mudie	Leeds East	Lab	no
Mr Denis Murphy	Wansbeck	Lab	no
Dr Doug Naysmith	Bristol North West	Lab	no
Mrs Diana Organ	Forest of Dean	Lab	no
Dr Nick Palmer	Broxtowe	Lab	no
Mr Colin Pickthall	West Lancashire	Lab	no
Mr Stephen Pound	Ealing North	Lab	no
Mr Raymond Powell	Ogmore	Lab	no
Mr Gordon Prentice	Pendle	Lab	no
Mr Gwyn Prosser	Dover	Lab	no
Mr Ken Purchase	Wolverhampton North East	Lab	no
Mr Lawrie Quinn	Scarborough and Whitby	Lab	no
Mr Terry Rooney	Bradford North	Lab	no
Mr Ernie Ross	Dundee West	Lab	no
Mr Frank Roy	Motherwell and Wishaw	Lab	no
Ms Joan Ryan	Enfield North	Lab	no
Mr Mohammad Sarwar	Glasgow Govan	Lab	no
Mr Malcolm Savidge	Aberdeen North	Lab	no
Mr Phil Sawford	Kettering	Lab	no
Mr Brian Sedgemore	Hackney South and Shoreditch	Lab	no
Mr Jonathan R Shaw	Chatham and Aylesford	Lab	no
Mr Barry Sheerman	Huddersfield	Lab	no
Mr Robert Sheldon	Ashton-under-Lyne	Lab	no
Ms Debra Shipley	Stourbridge	Lab	no
Mr Dennis Skinner	Bolsover	Lab	no
Ms Angela Smith	Basildon	Lab	no
Mr Llew Smith	Blaenau Gwent	Lab	no
Mr Clive Soley	Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush	Lab	no
Ms Helen Southworth	Warrington South	Lab	no
Dr Phyllis Starkey	Milton Keynes South West	Lab	no
Mr Paul Stinchcombe	Wellingborough	Lab	no
Mr David Taylor	North West Leicestershire	Lab	no
Mr Mark Todd	South Derbyshire	Lab	no
Dr George Turner	North West Norfolk	Lab	no
Mr Neil Turner	Wigan	Lab	no
Mr Dave Watts	St Helens North	Lab	no
Mr Brian White	North East Milton Keynes	Lab	no
Mr David Winnick	Walsall North	Lab	no
Ms Audrey Wise	Preston	Lab	no
Mr Mike Wood	Batley and Spen	Lab	no
Mr Jimmy Wray	Glasgow Baillieston	Lab	no
Mr Anthony D Wright	Great Yarmouth	Lab	no
Mr Alan Beith	Berwick-upon-Tweed	LDem	aye
Mrs Ray Michie	Argyll and Bute	LDem	aye
Mr Mark Oaten	Winchester	LDem	aye
Mr Andrew Stunell	Hazel Grove	LDem	aye
Mr Phil Willis	Harrogate and Knaresborough	LDem	aye
Mr Richard Allan	Sheffield, Hallam	LDem	no
Mr Tom Brake	Carshalton and Wallington	LDem	no
Mr Paul Burstow	Sutton and Cheam	LDem	no
Mr Menzies Campbell	North East Fife	LDem	no
Mr Ronnie Fearn	Southport	LDem	no
Mr Don Foster	Bath	LDem	no
Mr Paul Keetch	Hereford	LDem	no
Mr Archy Kirkwood	Roxburgh and Berwickshire	LDem	no
Mr Robert Maclennan	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross	LDem	no
Mr David Rendel	Newbury	LDem	no
Mr Adrian Sanders	Torbay	LDem	no
Mr Roy Beggs	East Antrim	UUP	aye
Mr Jeffrey M Donaldson	Lagan Valley	UUP	aye
Mr Clifford Forsythe	South Antrim	UUP	aye
Mr William Ross	East Londonderry	UUP	aye
Mr William Thompson	West Tyrone	UUP	aye

Parental Authority — 25 Jan 2000

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