Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Tim Loughton (Conservative), on Wednesday, 13 November 2002, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 104 members in total.

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AMBER ALERT SCHEME TO COUNTER CHILD ABDUCTIONS

That this House notes with great sadness recent violent deaths of children and expresses its deep concern at the continued threat faced by our children at the hands of evil abductors; further notes that in the United States, the America's Missing Broadcast Emergency Response (Amber Alert) scheme started in Texas in 1996, and now operating in 15 states, has scored great success in saving the lives of abducted children by means of early interruption of television and other media broadcasts and messages beamed on to road signs, alerting the public to the details of missing children in the crucial early hours, and that since the adoption of the scheme in California in July of this year at least 11 children have been rescued as a result of this scheme; welcomes the response of Sussex Police who have launched a pilot across Sussex backed by Adur Council and other local authorities; and calls upon the Government to set up pilots across the United Kingdom to evaluate the practical implementation of such a scheme in this country as part of an urgent campaign to provide a practical response to those horrific murders and help prevent further such deaths in the future.

Amendments

The Early day motion has received an amendment.

AMBER ALERT SCHEME TO COUNTER CHILD ABDUCTIONS (70A1)

The Early day motion has received an amendment sponsored by Bob Russell (primary, Liberal Democrat) and tabled on Wednesday, 20 November 2002. It has been signed by 4 members in total.

after 'House', insert ', while recognising that a child is six times more likely to be murdered by a family member than by a stranger,'

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

70 

70A1 

Session

2002-03

Subjects

Children Broadcasting Homicide Abduction Pilot schemes Protection Television Sussex Adur District Council

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk