Youth Poverty

EDM number 2274 in 1992-93, proposed by Alan Simpson on 06/07/1993.

That this House notes that more than 500,000 unemployed 18 to 24 year olds, including 200,000 living independently in their own homes, have to try to live on ú4.97 a day and that unemployed over 25s receive little more, on ú6.29 a day; notes that this money must cover all living costs - eating, heating, clothing and job searching; further notes that there are all living currently 100,000 16 and 17 year olds with no income of their own who have no benefit entitlement whatsoever; believes that youth poverty creates homelessness, alienation and an invitation to crime; repeats the conclusion of the 8th Report of the Social Security Advisory Committee when it said about income support age discrimination 'we can see no sensible reason for this and have received no evidence to justify it - food, clothing and housing is no cheaper for a person aged 18 to 24 than for someone of 25 years or over. ..'; and demands that the Government abolishes the lower rate of benefit to 18 to 24 year olds, or at the very least allows the adult rate for those over 18 living independently , and accepts that 16 and 17 year olds with no employment or YT place should have the right to benefits restored.

This motion has been signed by a total of 119 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Alan Simpson	06/07/1993	Nottingham South		Proposed
Bill Etherington	06/07/1993	Sunderland North		Signed
Brian H Donohoe	06/07/1993	Cunninghame South		Signed
Jim Cunningham	06/07/1993	Coventry South East		Signed
Bob Cryer	06/07/1993	Bradford South		Signed
Jean Corston	06/07/1993	Bristol East		Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	06/07/1993	Islington North		Signed
Michael Clapham	06/07/1993	Barnsley West & Penistone		Signed
Malcolm Chisholm	06/07/1993	Edinburgh Leith		Signed
John Evans	06/07/1993	St Helens North		Signed
Derek Fatchett	06/07/1993	Leeds Central		Signed
Neil Gerrard	06/07/1993	Walthamstow		Signed
David Young	06/07/1993	Bolton South East		Signed
James Wray	06/07/1993	Glasgow Provan		Signed
Audrey Wise	06/07/1993	Preston		Signed
Gerry Steinberg	06/07/1993	Durham, City of		Signed
John Battle	06/07/1993	Leeds West		Signed
Harry Barnes	06/07/1993	North East Derbyshire		Signed
Diane Abbott	06/07/1993	Hackney North & Stoke Newington		Signed
Mildred Gordon	06/07/1993	Bow and Poplar		Signed
Ronnie Campbell	06/07/1993	Blyth Valley		Signed
James Callaghan	06/07/1993	Heywood & Middleton		Signed
George Howarth	06/07/1993	Knowsley North		Signed
Llew Smith	06/07/1993	Blaenau Gwent		Signed
Dennis Skinner	06/07/1993	Bolsover		Signed
Martin Redmond	06/07/1993	Don Valley		Signed
Nick Raynsford	06/07/1993	Greenwich		Signed
Dawn Primarolo	06/07/1993	Bristol South		Signed
Peter Pike	06/07/1993	Burnley		Signed
Colin Pickthall	06/07/1993	West Lancashire		Signed
Kevin Hughes	06/07/1993	Doncaster North		Signed
Helen Jackson	06/07/1993	Sheffield, Hillsborough		Signed
Lynne Jones	06/07/1993	Birmingham, Selly Oak		Signed
Keith Bradley	06/07/1993	Manchester, Withington		Signed
Bill Michie	06/07/1993	Sheffield, Heeley		Signed
Alice Mahon	06/07/1993	Halifax		Signed
Andrew MacKinlay	06/07/1993	Thurrock		Signed
Eddie Loyden	06/07/1993	Liverpool, Garston		Signed
Tony Lloyd	06/07/1993	Stretford		Signed
Ken Livingstone	06/07/1993	Brent East		Signed
Robert Litherland	06/07/1993	Manchester Central		Signed
Terry Davis	07/07/1993	Birmingham, Hodge Hill		Signed
Bryan Davies	07/07/1993	Oldham Central and Royton		Signed
Ian Davidson	07/07/1993	Glasgow, Govan		Signed
Lawrence Cunliffe	07/07/1993	Leigh		Signed
John Cummings	07/07/1993	Easington		Signed
Jimmy Dunnachie	07/07/1993	Glasgow, Pollok		Signed
Norman Godman	07/07/1993	Greenock and Port Glasgow		Signed
Llin Golding	07/07/1993	Newcastle-under-Lyme		Signed
Tommy Graham	07/07/1993	Renfrew West and Inverclyde		Signed
Mike Hall	07/07/1993	Warrington South		Signed
Janet Anderson	07/07/1993	Rossendale & Darwen		Signed
Paddy Tipping	07/07/1993	Sherwood		Signed
Michael Connarty	07/07/1993	Falkirk East		Signed
Harry Cohen	07/07/1993	Leyton		Signed
Barbara Roche	07/07/1993	Hornsey & Wood Green		Signed
Ernie Ross	07/07/1993	Dundee West		Signed
John Heppell	07/07/1993	Nottingham East		Signed
Glenda Jackson	07/07/1993	Hampstead & Highgate		Signed
Barry Jones	07/07/1993	Alyn & Deeside		Signed
Liz Lynne	07/07/1993	Rochdale		Signed
John McAllion	07/07/1993	Dundee East		Signed
Eric Clarke	07/07/1993	Midlothian		Signed
Edward O'Hara	07/07/1993	Knowsley South		Signed
Paul Murphy	07/07/1993	Torfaen		Signed
Alan Meale	07/07/1993	Mansfield		Signed
William McKelvey	07/07/1993	Kilmarnock & Loudoun		Signed
Roger Berry	08/07/1993	Kingswood		Signed
John Gunnell	08/07/1993	Leeds South and Morley		Signed
Win Griffiths	08/07/1993	Bridgend		Signed
Maria Fyfe	08/07/1993	Glasgow, Maryhill		Signed
Paul Flynn	08/07/1993	Newport West		Signed
Jim Dowd	08/07/1993	Lewisham West		Signed
Alistair Darling	08/07/1993	Edinburgh Central		Signed
Tom Cox	08/07/1993	Tooting		Signed
Joan Lestor	08/07/1993	Eccles		Signed
Simon Hughes	08/07/1993	Southwark and Bermondsey		Signed
John Home Robertson	08/07/1993	East Lothian		Signed
Bruce George	12/07/1993	Walsall South		Signed
Max Madden	12/07/1993	Bradford West		Signed
Mike Watson	13/07/1993	Glasgow Central		Signed
Derek Enright	13/07/1993	Hemsworth		Signed
Kenneth Eastham	13/07/1993	Manchester, Blackley		Signed
Alex Carlile	13/07/1993	Montgomery		Signed
Rhodri Morgan	13/07/1993	Cardiff West		Signed
Eric Illsley	13/07/1993	Barnsley Central		Signed
John Hutton	13/07/1993	Barrow & Furness		Signed
Keith Hill	13/07/1993	Streatham		Signed
Peter Hardy	13/07/1993	Wentworth		Signed
Bridget Prentice	13/07/1993	Lewisham East		Signed
Jack Thompson	14/07/1993	Wansbeck		Signed
Tony Benn	14/07/1993	Chesterfield		Signed
Peter Hain	14/07/1993	Neath		Signed
Don Foster	14/07/1993	Bath		Signed
Roland Boyes	14/07/1993	Houghton and Washington		Signed
Jimmy Hood	15/07/1993	Clydesdale		Signed
Alan Milburn	15/07/1993	Darlington		Signed
Anne Campbell	15/07/1993	Cambridge		Signed
Frank Cook	19/07/1993	Stockton North		Signed
Richard Burden	19/07/1993	Birmingham, Northfield		Signed
Martyn Jones	21/07/1993	Clwyd South West		Signed
Dennis Turner	21/07/1993	Wolverhampton South East		Signed
Mike Gapes	22/07/1993	Ilford South		Signed
Kim Howells	22/07/1993	Pontypridd		Signed
Joan Ruddock	26/07/1993	Lewisham, Deptford		Signed
Giles Radice	18/10/1993	North Durham		Signed
Alun Michael	18/10/1993	Cardiff South & Penarth		Signed
Roger Godsiff	18/10/1993	Birmingham Small Heath		Signed
Roy Hughes	19/10/1993	Newport East		Signed
Neil Kinnock	19/10/1993	Islwyn		Signed
David Marshall	20/10/1993	Glasgow, Shettleston		Signed
Eric Martlew	21/10/1993	Carlisle		Signed
Adam Ingram	26/10/1993	East Kilbride		Signed
Toby Jessel	26/10/1993	Twickenham		Signed
Peter Mandelson	26/10/1993	Hartlepool		Signed
Ron Leighton	28/10/1993	Newham North East		Signed
Andrew Faulds	28/10/1993	Warley East		Signed
George Mudie	03/11/1993	Leeds East		Signed
Nigel Jones	04/11/1993	Cheltenham		Signed

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