Child Support Act 1991
EDM number 1313 in 1992-93, proposed by Mildred Gordon on 03/02/1993.
That this House deplores the fact that there is already evidence of DSS intimidation of single mothers on income support to pressurise them to give the name, whereabouts and sometimes photographs, of the father of their child and that this becomes legal on 5th April via the Child Support Act 1991; considers this Act is the most draconian and Dickensian piece of social legislation for decades; notes that the recently issued Policy Guidelines on the Requirement to Co-operate will discourage many women from claiming their rightful benefit; notes that these guidelines, which require the revelation of the most intimate personal details, are likely in many cases to place women and children at considerable personal risk, but that the Department of Social Security takes no responsibility for any resulting injury or distress; notes that the guidelines repeatedly invalidate fearful situations as not normally cause for waiving the requirement to co-operate on grounds of harm and undue distress and that refusal to co-operate will incur a fine of ú8. 80 per week; and considers the main purpose of this malevolent Act is to reduce the number of families entitled to claim income support and consequent passported benefits.
This motion has been signed by a total of 148 MPs.
MP | Date | Constituency | Party | Type |
Mildred Gordon | 03/02/1993 | Bow and Poplar | | Proposed |
Dawn Primarolo | 03/02/1993 | Bristol South | | Signed |
Ernie Ross | 03/02/1993 | Dundee West | | Signed |
Alan Simpson | 03/02/1993 | Nottingham South | | Signed |
Dennis Skinner | 03/02/1993 | Bolsover | | Signed |
Nigel Spearing | 03/02/1993 | Newham South | | Signed |
Rachel Squire | 03/02/1993 | Dunfermline West | | Signed |
Eric Illsley | 03/02/1993 | Barnsley Central | | Signed |
Helen Jackson | 03/02/1993 | Sheffield, Hillsborough | | Signed |
Lynne Jones | 03/02/1993 | Birmingham, Selly Oak | | Signed |
Alan Keen | 03/02/1993 | Feltham & Heston | | Signed |
Jane Kennedy | 03/02/1993 | Liverpool Broadgreen | | Signed |
Ken Livingstone | 03/02/1993 | Brent East | | Signed |
John McAllion | 03/02/1993 | Dundee East | | Signed |
William McKelvey | 03/02/1993 | Kilmarnock & Loudoun | | Signed |
Bill Michie | 03/02/1993 | Sheffield, Heeley | | Signed |
Stephen Byers | 03/02/1993 | Wallsend | | Signed |
Malcolm Chisholm | 03/02/1993 | Edinburgh Leith | | Signed |
Harry Cohen | 03/02/1993 | Leyton | | Signed |
Michael Connarty | 03/02/1993 | Falkirk East | | Signed |
Frank Cook | 03/02/1993 | Stockton North | | Signed |
Jeremy Corbyn | 03/02/1993 | Islington North | | Signed |
Jean Corston | 03/02/1993 | Bristol East | | Signed |
Bob Cryer | 03/02/1993 | Bradford South | | Signed |
Gwyneth Dunwoody | 03/02/1993 | Crewe & Nantwich | | Signed |
George Galloway | 03/02/1993 | Glasgow Hillhead | | Signed |
Mike Gapes | 03/02/1993 | Ilford South | | Signed |
Bruce George | 03/02/1993 | Walsall South | | Signed |
Tommy Graham | 03/02/1993 | Renfrew West and Inverclyde | | Signed |
Diane Abbott | 03/02/1993 | Hackney North & Stoke Newington | | Signed |
Harry Barnes | 03/02/1993 | North East Derbyshire | | Signed |
John Battle | 03/02/1993 | Leeds West | | Signed |
Dennis Turner | 03/02/1993 | Wolverhampton South East | | Signed |
Keith Vaz | 03/02/1993 | Leicester East | | Signed |
Mike Watson | 03/02/1993 | Glasgow Central | | Signed |
Audrey Wise | 03/02/1993 | Preston | | Signed |
James Wray | 03/02/1993 | Glasgow Provan | | Signed |
Allan Rogers | 04/02/1993 | Rhondda | | Signed |
Robert Hughes | 04/02/1993 | Aberdeen North | | Signed |
Terry Lewis | 04/02/1993 | Worsley | | Signed |
Alice Mahon | 04/02/1993 | Halifax | | Signed |
Alan Meale | 04/02/1993 | Mansfield | | Signed |
Andrew Miller | 04/02/1993 | Ellesmere Port & Neston | | Signed |
Ronnie Campbell | 04/02/1993 | Blyth Valley | | Signed |
Michael Clapham | 04/02/1993 | Barnsley West & Penistone | | Signed |
Eric Clarke | 04/02/1993 | Midlothian | | Signed |
David Clelland | 04/02/1993 | Tyne Bridge | | Signed |
Jim Dowd | 04/02/1993 | Lewisham West | | Signed |
John Evans | 04/02/1993 | St Helens North | | Signed |
Norman Godman | 04/02/1993 | Greenock and Port Glasgow | | Signed |
Irene Adams | 04/02/1993 | Paisley North | | Signed |
Nick Ainger | 04/02/1993 | Pembroke | | Signed |
Win Griffiths | 04/02/1993 | Bridgend | | Signed |
John Gunnell | 04/02/1993 | Leeds South and Morley | | Signed |
Janet Anderson | 04/02/1993 | Rossendale & Darwen | | Signed |
Jack Thompson | 04/02/1993 | Wansbeck | | Signed |
Terry Davis | 05/02/1993 | Birmingham, Hodge Hill | | Signed |
Clive Soley | 08/02/1993 | Hammersmith | | Signed |
Peter Hardy | 08/02/1993 | Wentworth | | Signed |
John Heppell | 08/02/1993 | Nottingham East | | Signed |
Eddie Loyden | 08/02/1993 | Liverpool, Garston | | Signed |
Tom Cox | 08/02/1993 | Tooting | | Signed |
John Cummings | 08/02/1993 | Easington | | Signed |
Lawrence Cunliffe | 08/02/1993 | Leigh | | Signed |
Jimmy Dunnachie | 08/02/1993 | Glasgow, Pollok | | Signed |
Tony Banks | 08/02/1993 | Newham North West | | Signed |
Geoff Hoon | 09/02/1993 | Ashfield | | Signed |
Martyn Jones | 09/02/1993 | Clwyd South West | | Signed |
Bill Etherington | 09/02/1993 | Sunderland North | | Signed |
Tony Benn | 09/02/1993 | Chesterfield | | Signed |
Robert Parry | 10/02/1993 | Liverpool, Riverside | | Signed |
Edward O'Hara | 10/02/1993 | Knowsley South | | Signed |
Alex Carlile | 10/02/1993 | Montgomery | | Signed |
Ann Coffey | 10/02/1993 | Stockport | | Signed |
Ian Davidson | 10/02/1993 | Glasgow, Govan | | Signed |
Andrew Faulds | 10/02/1993 | Warley East | | Signed |
Paul Flynn | 10/02/1993 | Newport West | | Signed |
Bridget Prentice | 15/02/1993 | Lewisham East | | Signed |
Gordon Prentice | 15/02/1993 | Pendle | | Signed |
Joyce Quin | 15/02/1993 | Gateshead East | | Signed |
Roland Boyes | 15/02/1993 | Houghton and Washington | | Signed |
John Denham | 15/02/1993 | Southampton, Itchen | | Signed |
Gerry Bermingham | 15/02/1993 | St Helens South | | Signed |
Ken Purchase | 16/02/1993 | Wolverhampton North East | | Signed |
Martin Redmond | 16/02/1993 | Don Valley | | Signed |
David Hinchliffe | 16/02/1993 | Wakefield | | Signed |
Kim Howells | 16/02/1993 | Pontypridd | | Signed |
Barry Jones | 16/02/1993 | Alyn & Deeside | | Signed |
Ron Leighton | 16/02/1993 | Newham North East | | Signed |
Joan Lestor | 16/02/1993 | Eccles | | Signed |
Robert Litherland | 16/02/1993 | Manchester Central | | Signed |
Bill Olner | 16/02/1993 | Nuneaton | | Signed |
Richard Caborn | 16/02/1993 | Sheffield Central | | Signed |
James Callaghan | 16/02/1993 | Heywood & Middleton | | Signed |
Kenneth Eastham | 16/02/1993 | Manchester, Blackley | | Signed |
John Garrett | 16/02/1993 | Norwich South | | Signed |
Alan Wynne Williams | 16/02/1993 | Carmarthen | | Signed |
Greville Janner | 17/02/1993 | Leicester West | | Signed |
Piara S Khabra | 17/02/1993 | Ealing, Southall | | Signed |
Richard Burden | 17/02/1993 | Birmingham, Northfield | | Signed |
Tam Dalyell | 17/02/1993 | Linlithgow | | Signed |
Brian H Donohoe | 17/02/1993 | Cunninghame South | | Signed |
Mark Fisher | 17/02/1993 | Stoke-on-Trent Central | | Signed |
George Stevenson | 17/02/1993 | Stoke-on-Trent South | | Signed |
Paddy Tipping | 17/02/1993 | Sherwood | | Signed |
Tony Worthington | 17/02/1993 | Clydebank & Milngavie | | Signed |
Nick Harvey | 18/02/1993 | North Devon | | Signed |
Thomas McAvoy | 18/02/1993 | Glasgow, Rutherglen | | Signed |
Alf Morris | 18/02/1993 | Manchester Wythenshawe | | Signed |
Tony Lloyd | 19/02/1993 | Stretford | | Signed |
Doug Henderson | 22/02/1993 | Newcastle upon Tyne North | | Signed |
Keith Hill | 22/02/1993 | Streatham | | Signed |
George Howarth | 22/02/1993 | Knowsley North | | Signed |
Elliot Morley | 22/02/1993 | Glanford and Scunthorpe | | Signed |
John Fraser | 22/02/1993 | Norwood | | Signed |
Neil Gerrard | 22/02/1993 | Walthamstow | | Signed |
Bruce Grocott | 22/02/1993 | Wrekin, The | | Signed |
Joe Benton | 22/02/1993 | Bootle | | Signed |
Terry Rooney | 23/02/1993 | Bradford North | | Signed |
John McWilliam | 23/02/1993 | Blaydon | | Signed |
Adam Ingram | 24/02/1993 | East Kilbride | | Signed |
Robert Wareing | 24/02/1993 | Liverpool, West Derby | | Signed |
Austin Mitchell | 25/02/1993 | Great Grimsby | | Signed |
Roger Berry | 25/02/1993 | Kingswood | | Signed |
Colin Pickthall | 26/02/1993 | West Lancashire | | Signed |
John Reid | 26/02/1993 | Motherwell North | | Signed |
Kevin Hughes | 02/03/1993 | Doncaster North | | Signed |
Geoffrey Robinson | 03/03/1993 | Coventry North West | | Signed |
Doug Hoyle | 04/03/1993 | Warrington North | | Signed |
Dale Campbell-Savours | 04/03/1993 | Workington | | Signed |
Jamie Cann | 05/03/1993 | Ipswich | | Signed |
Raymond Powell | 09/03/1993 | Ogmore | | Signed |
Jim Cunningham | 22/03/1993 | Coventry South East | | Signed |
Tom Pendry | 25/03/1993 | Stalybridge & Hyde | | Signed |
Andrew Smith | 30/03/1993 | Oxford East | | Signed |
Greg Pope | 31/03/1993 | Hyndburn | | Signed |
Clive Betts | 01/04/1993 | Sheffield, Attercliffe | | Signed |
Joan Ruddock | 05/05/1993 | Lewisham, Deptford | | Signed |
Peter Pike | 12/05/1993 | Burnley | | Signed |
Peter Shore | 14/05/1993 | Bethnal Green and Stepney | | Signed |
Simon Hughes | 20/05/1993 | Southwark and Bermondsey | | Signed |
Mike Hall | 20/05/1993 | Warrington South | | Signed |
Alex Salmond | 24/05/1993 | Banff & Buchan | | Signed |
John Hutton | 24/05/1993 | Barrow & Furness | | Signed |
Gerald Kaufman | 25/05/1993 | Manchester, Gorton | | Signed |
Peter Hain | 07/07/1993 | Neath | | Signed |
Roger Godsiff | 23/07/1993 | Birmingham Small Heath | | Signed |
Giles Radice | 18/10/1993 | North Durham | | Signed |
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