MUNCHAUSEN'S SYNDROME BY PROXY IN NORTH EAST ENGLAND

Early day motion 405, tabled 27 November 2007 by John Hemming (Liberal Democrat). Signed by 10 members.

That this House notes that Fran Lyon and Marianne Key are emigrating to achieve security for a family life following false allegations of Munchausen's Syndrome by Proxy by medical professionals in the North East; further notes many other cases of false allegations and misconduct by the same professionals; regrets reports of incidents of explicit triumphalism by social workers who have prevented parents seeing their children at Christmas; and calls for the law to be changed so that providing evidence of misbehaviour by professionals to regulatory bodies is never contempt of court.

Signatures by party: Labour 5, Liberal Democrat 3, Conservative 1, Independent 1.