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Pensioners' Charter

EDM number 1288 in 1989-90, proposed by Ron Brown on 17/07/1990.

That this House welcomes the charter produced by the Scottish Old-Age Pensions Association; agrees that the basic state retirement pension should be calculated on the basis of 75 per cent. of adult male earnings for a couple and 50 per cent. for a single person, uprated at six monthly intervals; calls for the appointment of a specific Cabinet Minister for the elderly; supports the abolition of standing charges in respect of gas and electricity; believes that free travel should be granted to all pensioners using public transport; and urges the release of extra resources to provide more suitable housing for the elderly, as well as to reverse cuts in the National Health Service and the social services.

This motion has been signed by a total of 48 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Ronald Brown17/07/1990Edinburgh LeithProposed
Tommy Graham17/07/1990Renfrew West and InverclydeSeconded
Martin Redmond17/07/1990Don ValleySeconded
John McAllion17/07/1990Dundee EastSeconded
Jimmy Dunnachie17/07/1990Glasgow, PollokSeconded
Harry Cohen17/07/1990LeytonSigned
Norman Godman17/07/1990Greenock and Port GlasgowSigned
John Cummings17/07/1990EasingtonSigned
Lawrence Cunliffe17/07/1990LeighSigned
Ron Davies17/07/1990CaerphillySigned
Harry Ewing17/07/1990Falkirk EastSigned
Maria Fyfe17/07/1990Glasgow, MaryhillSigned
George Galloway17/07/1990Glasgow HillheadSigned
Harry Barnes17/07/1990North East DerbyshireSigned
Tony Benn17/07/1990ChesterfieldSigned
Dennis Turner17/07/1990Wolverhampton South EastSigned
Brian Wilson17/07/1990Cunninghame NorthSigned
Ronnie Campbell17/07/1990Blyth ValleySigned
David Clelland17/07/1990Tyne BridgeSigned
Terry Patchett17/07/1990Barnsley EastSigned
Brian Sedgemore17/07/1990Hackney South & ShoreditchSigned
John Smith17/07/1990Vale of GlamorganSigned
Robert Litherland17/07/1990Manchester CentralSigned
Tony Lloyd17/07/1990StretfordSigned
Thomas McAvoy17/07/1990Glasgow, RutherglenSigned
John McWilliam17/07/1990BlaydonSigned
Alan Meale17/07/1990MansfieldSigned
Chris Mullin17/07/1990Sunderland SouthSigned
James Callaghan17/07/1990Heywood & MiddletonSigned
Mike Watson18/07/1990Glasgow CentralSigned
Gerry Steinberg18/07/1990Durham, City ofSigned
Alexander Eadie18/07/1990MidlothianSigned
John Home Robertson18/07/1990East LothianSigned
Keith Bradley18/07/1990Manchester, WithingtonSigned
Bill Michie18/07/1990Sheffield, HeeleySigned
Peter Hardy18/07/1990WentworthSigned
Alex Salmond18/07/1990Banff & BuchanSigned
Robert Parry18/07/1990Liverpool, RiversideSigned
Dennis Skinner19/07/1990BolsoverSigned
David Lambie19/07/1990Cunninghame SouthSigned
Ian McCartney19/07/1990MakerfieldSigned
Bob Cryer19/07/1990Bradford SouthSigned
Frank Doran19/07/1990Aberdeen SouthSigned
Dick Douglas19/07/1990Dunfermline WestSigned
John Taylor19/07/1990StrangfordSigned
Audrey Wise19/07/1990PrestonSigned
Terry Davis20/07/1990Birmingham, Hodge HillSigned
Eric Illsley24/07/1990Barnsley CentralSigned

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