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Cold Weather Credits

EDM number 1289 in 1990-91, proposed by William McKelvey on 21/10/1991.

That this House supports the Campaign for Cold Weather Credits because it considers that a dry warm home is not a luxury but should be the right of every citizen in this country and especially the elderly, sick, disabled and children at greater risk of hypothermia and cold-related illnesses during the winter months because of dampness, inadequately heated homes and high fuel costs; believes that an end to such sufferings could be achieved by integrating cold weather payments with an extension of the existing programme for home energy efficiency to be operated as cold weather credits by the Department of Energy and that such a shift from the DSS would reflect the reality that an estimated six million households in Britain live in homes which are difficult or impossible to heat to an adequate standard during the months of early December to late March; and believes that such a shift would also be beneficial because it will include an assessment of the costs to health and social services of the current failure to provide low income households with dry warm homes.

This motion has been signed by a total of 26 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
William McKelvey21/10/1991Kilmarnock & LoudounProposed
David Clelland21/10/1991Tyne BridgeSigned
James Wray21/10/1991Glasgow ProvanSigned
Audrey Wise21/10/1991PrestonSigned
Brian Wilson21/10/1991Cunninghame NorthSigned
Jack Thompson21/10/1991WansbeckSigned
Irene Adams21/10/1991Paisley NorthSigned
Tommy Graham21/10/1991Renfrew West and InverclydeSigned
Llin Golding21/10/1991Newcastle-under-LymeSigned
John Garrett21/10/1991Norwich SouthSigned
George Foulkes21/10/1991Carrick, Cumnock and Doon ValleySigned
Harry Ewing21/10/1991Falkirk EastSigned
Kenneth Eastham21/10/1991Manchester, BlackleySigned
Tom Cox21/10/1991TootingSigned
Richard Caborn21/10/1991Sheffield CentralSigned
John McFall21/10/1991DumbartonSigned
Ian McCartney21/10/1991MakerfieldSigned
Thomas McAvoy21/10/1991Glasgow, RutherglenSigned
John McAllion21/10/1991Dundee EastSigned
Michael Martin21/10/1991Glasgow, SpringburnSigned
Adam Ingram21/10/1991East KilbrideSigned
Dennis Skinner21/10/1991BolsoverSigned
Brian Sedgemore21/10/1991Hackney South & ShoreditchSigned
Ernie Ross21/10/1991Dundee WestSigned
Stuart Randall21/10/1991Kingston upon Hull WestSigned
Dawn Primarolo21/10/1991Bristol SouthSigned

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