Concessionary Tv Licences And The BBC

EDM number 37 in 1991-92, proposed by David Blunkett on 31/10/1991.

That this House views with concern the dual role of the BBC in carrying out its responsibilities for the collection of the television licence fee whilst at the same time being the arbiter of disputes relating to the entitlement of retired people to a concessionary licence; requests that the Government review such arrangements to ensure an independent system of adjudication where doubt exists as to the eligibility of someone who believes they are entitled to a concessionary licence under the revised rules implemented from 18th May 1988; recognises that it is difficult for an organisation with a financial stake in the outcome to be truly independent in interpreting the will of Parliament or enforcing regulations thereunder; and, in addition, asks the Government to review the impact of changes brought in during 1988 in order to provide for greater fairness and equity in the operation of the present scheme and to overcome some of the anomalies which have been highlighted since the changes were introduced.

This motion has been signed by a total of 174 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
David Blunkett	31/10/1991	Sheffield, Brightside		Proposed
Clifford Forsythe	31/10/1991	South Antrim		Signed
Tommy Graham	31/10/1991	Renfrew West and Inverclyde		Signed
Win Griffiths	31/10/1991	Bridgend		Signed
Bruce Grocott	31/10/1991	Wrekin, The		Signed
Kevin Barron	31/10/1991	Rother Valley		Signed
Roy Beggs	31/10/1991	East Antrim		Signed
Andrew Bowden	31/10/1991	Brighton, Kemptown		Signed
David Trimble	31/10/1991	Upper Bann		Signed
Keith Vaz	31/10/1991	Leicester East		Signed
Cecil Walker	31/10/1991	Belfast North		Signed
David Winnick	31/10/1991	Walsall North		Signed
Ann Winterton	31/10/1991	Congleton		Signed
Nicholas Winterton	31/10/1991	Macclesfield		Signed
James Wray	31/10/1991	Glasgow Provan		Signed
William McCrea	31/10/1991	Mid Ulster		Signed
Ronnie Fearn	31/10/1991	Southport		Signed
Margaret Ewing	31/10/1991	Moray		Signed
Jim Sillars	31/10/1991	Glasgow, Govan		Signed
Martin Smyth	31/10/1991	Belfast South		Signed
Peter Hardy	31/10/1991	Wentworth		Signed
Eric Illsley	31/10/1991	Barnsley Central		Signed
Ieuan Wyn Jones	31/10/1991	Ynys M		Signed
Martyn Jones	31/10/1991	Clwyd South West		Signed
Archy Kirkwood	31/10/1991	Roxburgh & Berwickshire		Signed
Ian McCartney	31/10/1991	Makerfield		Signed
Alan Meale	31/10/1991	Mansfield		Signed
Gordon Oakes	31/10/1991	Halton		Signed
Jim Cousins	31/10/1991	Newcastle upon Tyne Central		Signed
Tom Cox	31/10/1991	Tooting		Signed
Lawrence Cunliffe	31/10/1991	Leigh		Signed
John Evans	31/10/1991	St Helens North		Signed
Joyce Quin	31/10/1991	Gateshead East		Signed
David Steel	01/11/1991	Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale		Signed
Harry Barnes	01/11/1991	North East Derbyshire		Signed
David Hinchliffe	04/11/1991	Wakefield		Signed
David Knox	04/11/1991	Staffordshire Moorlands		Signed
Alan Williams	04/11/1991	Swansea West		Signed
Dafydd Wigley	04/11/1991	Caernarfon		Signed
Norman Godman	04/11/1991	Greenock and Port Glasgow		Signed
Jimmy Dunnachie	04/11/1991	Glasgow, Pollok		Signed
Doug Hoyle	04/11/1991	Warrington North		Signed
Robert Wareing	05/11/1991	Liverpool, West Derby		Signed
Jim Wallace	05/11/1991	Orkney & Shetland		Signed
Joe Ashton	05/11/1991	Bassetlaw		Signed
Harry Ewing	05/11/1991	Falkirk East		Signed
Kenneth Eastham	05/11/1991	Manchester, Blackley		Signed
Alexander Eadie	05/11/1991	Midlothian		Signed
Keith Bradley	05/11/1991	Manchester, Withington		Signed
Peter Pike	05/11/1991	Burnley		Signed
Kate Hoey	05/11/1991	Vauxhall		Signed
John Home Robertson	05/11/1991	East Lothian		Signed
Joan Lestor	05/11/1991	Eccles		Signed
Bill O'Brien	05/11/1991	Normanton		Signed
Geoffrey Dickens	06/11/1991	Littleborough and Saddleworth		Signed
Den Dover	06/11/1991	Chorley		Signed
Patrick Duffy	06/11/1991	Sheffield, Attercliffe		Signed
Andrew Faulds	06/11/1991	Warley East		Signed
Frank Field	06/11/1991	Birkenhead		Signed
Llin Golding	06/11/1991	Newcastle-under-Lyme		Signed
Richard Body	06/11/1991	Holland with Boston		Signed
Gavin Strang	06/11/1991	Edinburgh East		Signed
Matthew Taylor	06/11/1991	Truro		Signed
Alan Wynne Williams	06/11/1991	Carmarthen		Signed
Tom Clarke	06/11/1991	Monklands West		Signed
Alex Carlile	06/11/1991	Montgomery		Signed
Dale Campbell-Savours	06/11/1991	Workington		Signed
Allan Rogers	06/11/1991	Rhondda		Signed
Ernie Ross	06/11/1991	Dundee West		Signed
Harriet Harman	06/11/1991	Peckham		Signed
Roy Hughes	06/11/1991	Newport East		Signed
Adam Ingram	06/11/1991	East Kilbride		Signed
Eddie Loyden	06/11/1991	Liverpool, Garston		Signed
John McAllion	06/11/1991	Dundee East		Signed
William McKelvey	06/11/1991	Kilmarnock & Loudoun		Signed
Ray Michie	06/11/1991	Argyll & Bute		Signed
James Molyneaux	06/11/1991	Lagan Valley		Signed
Chris Mullin	06/11/1991	Sunderland South		Signed
Harry Cohen	07/11/1991	Leyton		Signed
John Garrett	07/11/1991	Norwich South		Signed
Harry Greenway	07/11/1991	Ealing North		Signed
David Alton	07/11/1991	Liverpool Mossley Hill		Signed
Alan Beith	07/11/1991	Berwick-upon-Tweed		Signed
Gerry Steinberg	07/11/1991	Durham, City of		Signed
John Taylor	07/11/1991	Strangford		Signed
Gerard Vaughan	07/11/1991	Reading East		Signed
Richard Caborn	07/11/1991	Sheffield Central		Signed
Roland Boyes	07/11/1991	Houghton and Washington		Signed
Peter Robinson	07/11/1991	Belfast East		Signed
Doug Henderson	07/11/1991	Newcastle upon Tyne North		Signed
Robert Hicks	07/11/1991	South East Cornwall		Signed
Kim Howells	07/11/1991	Pontypridd		Signed
Greville Janner	07/11/1991	Leicester West		Signed
Charles Kennedy	07/11/1991	Ross and Cromarty and Skye		Signed
Peter Kilfoyle	07/11/1991	Liverpool, Walton		Signed
Eric Martlew	07/11/1991	Carlisle		Signed
Michael Morris	07/11/1991	Northampton South		Signed
Jack Thompson	08/11/1991	Wansbeck		Signed
Gerry Bermingham	08/11/1991	St Helens South		Signed
Ron Davies	08/11/1991	Caerphilly		Signed
Alistair Burt	08/11/1991	Bury North		Signed
Austin Mitchell	08/11/1991	Great Grimsby		Signed
Alun Michael	08/11/1991	Cardiff South & Penarth		Signed
Andrew Smith	08/11/1991	Oxford East		Signed
Nigel Griffiths	08/11/1991	Edinburgh South		Signed
John Gilbert	11/11/1991	Dudley East		Signed
Frank Doran	11/11/1991	Aberdeen South		Signed
David Clelland	11/11/1991	Tyne Bridge		Signed
Alf Morris	11/11/1991	Manchester Wythenshawe		Signed
John McFall	11/11/1991	Dumbarton		Signed
Michael Martin	11/11/1991	Glasgow, Springburn		Signed
Richard Livsey	11/11/1991	Brecon and Radnor		Signed
Robert Hughes	11/11/1991	Aberdeen North		Signed
Sylvia Heal	11/11/1991	Staffordshire Mid		Signed
John Smith	11/11/1991	Vale of Glamorgan		Signed
Ted Rowlands	11/11/1991	Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney		Signed
Tim Rathbone	11/11/1991	Lewes		Signed
Ronnie Campbell	12/11/1991	Blyth Valley		Signed
Maria Fyfe	12/11/1991	Glasgow, Maryhill		Signed
Joe Benton	12/11/1991	Bootle		Signed
Teddy Taylor	12/11/1991	Southend East		Signed
Gareth Wardell	12/11/1991	Gower		Signed
Malcolm Bruce	12/11/1991	Gordon		Signed
Edward O'Hara	12/11/1991	Knowsley South		Signed
Elliot Morley	12/11/1991	Glanford and Scunthorpe		Signed
Keith Raffan	12/11/1991	Delyn		Signed
Chris Smith	12/11/1991	Islington South & Finsbury		Signed
George Howarth	12/11/1991	Knowsley North		Signed
Seamus Mallon	12/11/1991	Newry & Armagh		Signed
Thomas McAvoy	12/11/1991	Glasgow, Rutherglen		Signed
Lewis Moonie	12/11/1991	Kirkcaldy		Signed
Terry Rooney	13/11/1991	Bradford North		Signed
Michael Welsh	13/11/1991	Doncaster North		Signed
Mike Watson	13/11/1991	Glasgow Central		Signed
Dennis Turner	13/11/1991	Wolverhampton South East		Signed
Donald Anderson	13/11/1991	Swansea East		Signed
John Reid	13/11/1991	Motherwell North		Signed
Tony Lloyd	13/11/1991	Stretford		Signed
Mo Mowlam	13/11/1991	Redcar		Signed
Robert Litherland	14/11/1991	Manchester Central		Signed
Rhodri Morgan	14/11/1991	Cardiff West		Signed
Michael Carr	14/11/1991	Ribble Valley		Signed
Huw Edwards	14/11/1991	Monmouth		Signed
Sam Galbraith	14/11/1991	Strathkelvin & Bearsden		Signed
Paul Murphy	14/11/1991	Torfaen		Signed
Joan Walley	18/11/1991	Stoke-on-Trent North		Signed
Raymond Powell	18/11/1991	Ogmore		Signed
Calum MacDonald	19/11/1991	Na h-Eileanan an Iar		Signed
John McWilliam	19/11/1991	Blaydon		Signed
John Gorst	19/11/1991	Hendon North		Signed
Ken Livingstone	20/11/1991	Brent East		Signed
Andrew Welsh	21/11/1991	Angus East		Signed
James Kilfedder	21/11/1991	North Down		Signed
Nigel Spearing	21/11/1991	Newham South		Signed
Norman Hogg	02/12/1991	Cumbernauld & Kilsyth		Signed
Alice Mahon	03/12/1991	Halifax		Signed
Clive Soley	03/12/1991	Hammersmith		Signed
Dudley Smith	03/12/1991	Warwick & Leamington		Signed
Giles Radice	03/12/1991	North Durham		Signed
Michael Foot	05/12/1991	Blaenau Gwent		Signed
George Galloway	05/12/1991	Glasgow Hillhead		Signed
Hilary Armstrong	09/12/1991	North West Durham		Signed
Tony Benn	09/12/1991	Chesterfield		Signed
Bruce George	09/12/1991	Walsall South		Signed
Ron Leighton	09/12/1991	Newham North East		Signed
Dawn Primarolo	09/12/1991	Bristol South		Signed
Peter Hain	11/12/1991	Neath		Signed
Jeff Rooker	17/12/1991	Birmingham, Perry Barr		Signed
Tom Pendry	18/12/1991	Stalybridge & Hyde		Signed
Peter Snape	19/12/1991	West Bromwich East		Signed
Joan Ruddock	19/12/1991	Lewisham, Deptford		Signed
Alex Salmond	15/01/1992	Banff & Buchan		Signed
Stan Orme	16/01/1992	Salford East		Signed
David Lambie	Unknown			Withdrawn

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