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EDM number 39 in 1989-90, proposed by Alan Meale on 21/11/1989.

That this House condemns the Government's recent decision to introduce/interpret Department of Social Security Regulations which have led to the imposition of new Scrooge rules concerning individual charities' abilities to give lump sum cash gifts to people of their choice who are in need at Christmas, and other times; asks what justification can be given by Government for legislation which restricts such activities; and further calls on the Government to act immediately and cancel these regulations, to enable such charities to give freely to those who fit their criteria for help.

This motion has been signed by a total of 42 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Alan Meale21/11/1989MansfieldProposed
James Wray21/11/1989Glasgow ProvanSigned
Jimmy Dunnachie22/11/1989Glasgow, PollokSigned
Harry Barnes22/11/1989North East DerbyshireSigned
John McAllion23/11/1989Dundee EastSigned
John Cummings23/11/1989EasingtonSigned
William McKelvey23/11/1989Kilmarnock & LoudounSigned
Greville Janner23/11/1989Leicester WestSigned
Peter Hardy23/11/1989WentworthSigned
Dennis Skinner23/11/1989BolsoverSigned
Ernie Ross23/11/1989Dundee WestSigned
Max Madden23/11/1989Bradford WestSigned
Peter Pike24/11/1989BurnleySigned
Frank Cook24/11/1989Stockton NorthSigned
Jeremy Corbyn24/11/1989Islington NorthSigned
Audrey Wise27/11/1989PrestonSigned
Alexander Eadie27/11/1989MidlothianSigned
Bill Michie27/11/1989Sheffield, HeeleySigned
Robert Hughes27/11/1989Aberdeen NorthSigned
Martin Redmond27/11/1989Don ValleySigned
Terry Patchett27/11/1989Barnsley EastSigned
Alice Mahon27/11/1989HalifaxSigned
David Hinchliffe28/11/1989WakefieldSigned
Martyn Jones28/11/1989Clwyd South WestSigned
Ian McCartney28/11/1989MakerfieldSigned
Keith Bradley28/11/1989Manchester, WithingtonSigned
Maria Fyfe28/11/1989Glasgow, MaryhillSigned
Norman Godman28/11/1989Greenock and Port GlasgowSigned
Gerry Steinberg28/11/1989Durham, City ofSigned
Eric Martlew29/11/1989CarlisleSigned
Jack Thompson29/11/1989WansbeckSigned
Win Griffiths29/11/1989BridgendSigned
Tommy Graham29/11/1989Renfrew West and InverclydeSigned
John Evans29/11/1989St Helens NorthSigned
Bob Cryer29/11/1989Bradford SouthSigned
Elliot Morley29/11/1989Glanford and ScunthorpeSigned
Doug Hoyle29/11/1989Warrington NorthSigned
Geoffrey Lofthouse30/11/1989Pontefract & CastlefordSigned
Roland Boyes30/11/1989Houghton and WashingtonSigned
Eric Illsley04/12/1989Barnsley CentralSigned
Diane Abbott08/12/1989Hackney North & Stoke NewingtonSigned
George Galloway14/12/1989Glasgow HillheadSigned

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