DUNGAVEL

Early day motion 1661, tabled 10 September 2003 by Viscount Thurso (Liberal Democrat). Signed by 20 members.

That this House reiterates its strong support for the United Nation Convention on the Rights of the Child; notes the damning reports by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Prisons and Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Education on the educational provision made for the children detained at Dungavel; calls on the Government to take immediate action to implement the recommendations in the two reports; notes that some children have been kept at Dungavel for over a year; and calls upon the Government to ensure that asylum seeking families with children are only detained as a last resort and for as short a time as possible.

Signatures by party: Liberal Democrat 15, Labour 4, Plaid Cymru 1.