§ Mr. David Jamieson (Plymouth, Devonport)I present a petition to the House on behalf of the friends and family of Tommy Lee Bannister, a three-year-old boy from Plymouth who died in his home of unnatural causes. Despite the appalling injuries that he suffered, no one was charged with his death. It is estimated that there are at least 12 cases each year in which children die in their homes and no one can be brought to court on those charges. The petitioners seek a change in the law that permits suspects to walk freely from such crimes.
The petition reads:
Wherefore your humble petitioners pray that your honourable House will change the law to enable suspects to be jointly charged with an offence if they refuse to give evidence against each other. And your petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever pray.The petition is signed by 12,000 people from Plymouth and the counties of Devon and Cornwall.
§ To lie upon the Table.