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
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
Michael Connarty	03/02/1993	Falkirk East		Signed
Harry Cohen	03/02/1993	Leyton		Signed
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
Malcolm Chisholm	03/02/1993	Edinburgh Leith		Signed
Stephen Byers	03/02/1993	Wallsend		Signed
Bill Michie	03/02/1993	Sheffield, Heeley		Signed
William McKelvey	03/02/1993	Kilmarnock & Loudoun		Signed
John McAllion	03/02/1993	Dundee East		Signed
Ken Livingstone	03/02/1993	Brent East		Signed
Jane Kennedy	03/02/1993	Liverpool Broadgreen		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
Jim Dowd	04/02/1993	Lewisham West		Signed
David Clelland	04/02/1993	Tyne Bridge		Signed
Eric Clarke	04/02/1993	Midlothian		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
Terry Davis	05/02/1993	Birmingham, Hodge Hill		Signed
Tony Banks	08/02/1993	Newham North West		Signed
Jimmy Dunnachie	08/02/1993	Glasgow, Pollok		Signed
Lawrence Cunliffe	08/02/1993	Leigh		Signed
John Cummings	08/02/1993	Easington		Signed
Tom Cox	08/02/1993	Tooting		Signed
Eddie Loyden	08/02/1993	Liverpool, Garston		Signed
John Heppell	08/02/1993	Nottingham East		Signed
Peter Hardy	08/02/1993	Wentworth		Signed
Clive Soley	08/02/1993	Hammersmith		Signed
Tony Benn	09/02/1993	Chesterfield		Signed
Bill Etherington	09/02/1993	Sunderland North		Signed
Martyn Jones	09/02/1993	Clwyd South West		Signed
Geoff Hoon	09/02/1993	Ashfield		Signed
Paul Flynn	10/02/1993	Newport West		Signed
Andrew Faulds	10/02/1993	Warley East		Signed
Ian Davidson	10/02/1993	Glasgow, Govan		Signed
Ann Coffey	10/02/1993	Stockport		Signed
Alex Carlile	10/02/1993	Montgomery		Signed
Edward O'Hara	10/02/1993	Knowsley South		Signed
Robert Parry	10/02/1993	Liverpool, Riverside		Signed
Gerry Bermingham	15/02/1993	St Helens South		Signed
John Denham	15/02/1993	Southampton, Itchen		Signed
Roland Boyes	15/02/1993	Houghton and Washington		Signed
Joyce Quin	15/02/1993	Gateshead East		Signed
Gordon Prentice	15/02/1993	Pendle		Signed
Bridget Prentice	15/02/1993	Lewisham East		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
Robert Litherland	16/02/1993	Manchester Central		Signed
Joan Lestor	16/02/1993	Eccles		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
Tony Worthington	17/02/1993	Clydebank & Milngavie		Signed
Paddy Tipping	17/02/1993	Sherwood		Signed
George Stevenson	17/02/1993	Stoke-on-Trent South		Signed
Mark Fisher	17/02/1993	Stoke-on-Trent Central		Signed
Brian H Donohoe	17/02/1993	Cunninghame South		Signed
Tam Dalyell	17/02/1993	Linlithgow		Signed
Richard Burden	17/02/1993	Birmingham, Northfield		Signed
Piara S Khabra	17/02/1993	Ealing, Southall		Signed
Greville Janner	17/02/1993	Leicester West		Signed
Alf Morris	18/02/1993	Manchester Wythenshawe		Signed
Thomas McAvoy	18/02/1993	Glasgow, Rutherglen		Signed
Nick Harvey	18/02/1993	North Devon		Signed
Tony Lloyd	19/02/1993	Stretford		Signed
Joe Benton	22/02/1993	Bootle		Signed
Bruce Grocott	22/02/1993	Wrekin, The		Signed
Neil Gerrard	22/02/1993	Walthamstow		Signed
John Fraser	22/02/1993	Norwood		Signed
Elliot Morley	22/02/1993	Glanford and Scunthorpe		Signed
George Howarth	22/02/1993	Knowsley North		Signed
Keith Hill	22/02/1993	Streatham		Signed
Doug Henderson	22/02/1993	Newcastle upon Tyne North		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
Roger Berry	25/02/1993	Kingswood		Signed
Austin Mitchell	25/02/1993	Great Grimsby		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
Mike Hall	20/05/1993	Warrington South		Signed
Simon Hughes	20/05/1993	Southwark and Bermondsey		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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