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Age Concern And Benefit Take Up

EDM number 762 in 1995-96, proposed by Andrew Bowden on 19/04/1996.

That this House notes with concern that the latest Government figures, Income Related Figures: Estimates of Take Up in 1993-94, published by the Department of Social Security in December 1995, show that as many as one third of pensioners who are entitled to income related benefits are not claiming income support, housing benefit and council tax benefit to the value of ú1.2 billion; congratulates Age Concern for drawing attention to this during its Your Rights Week between 22nd and 28th April; is disappointed that the Government has still not initiated an effective campaign to encourage pensioners to take up the benefit to which they are entitled; and calls upon the Government to review its policy.

This motion has been signed by a total of 72 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Andrew Bowden19/04/1996Brighton, KemptownProposed
Andrew Rowe19/04/1996Kent MidSigned
Liz Lynne19/04/1996RochdaleSigned
Edward O'Hara19/04/1996Knowsley SouthSigned
George Foulkes19/04/1996Carrick, Cumnock and Doon ValleySigned
John McAllion22/04/1996Dundee EastSigned
Harry Barnes22/04/1996North East DerbyshireSigned
William McKelvey22/04/1996Kilmarnock & LoudounSigned
Denis MacShane22/04/1996RotherhamSigned
Ken Livingstone22/04/1996Brent EastSigned
David Knox22/04/1996Staffordshire MoorlandsSigned
Clive Soley22/04/1996HammersmithSigned
Ernie Ross22/04/1996Dundee WestSigned
Barry Jones23/04/1996Alyn & DeesideSigned
Robert Wareing23/04/1996Liverpool, West DerbySigned
Hugh Bayley23/04/1996York, City ofSigned
Maria Fyfe23/04/1996Glasgow, MaryhillSigned
Margaret Ewing23/04/1996MoraySigned
John Evans23/04/1996St Helens NorthSigned
Malcolm Chisholm23/04/1996Edinburgh LeithSigned
Bill Michie23/04/1996Sheffield, HeeleySigned
Elfyn Llwyd23/04/1996Meirionnydd Nant ConwySigned
Eric Illsley23/04/1996Barnsley CentralSigned
Keith Hill23/04/1996StreathamSigned
Dennis Skinner23/04/1996BolsoverSigned
Colin Pickthall23/04/1996West LancashireSigned
Norman Godman24/04/1996Greenock and Port GlasgowSigned
Dafydd Wigley24/04/1996CaernarfonSigned
Mike Watson24/04/1996Glasgow CentralSigned
Paddy Tipping24/04/1996SherwoodSigned
Janet Anderson24/04/1996Rossendale & DarwenSigned
Mike Hall24/04/1996Warrington SouthSigned
Roseanna Cunningham24/04/1996Perth and KinrossSigned
Jean Corston24/04/1996Bristol EastSigned
Michael Connarty24/04/1996Falkirk EastSigned
Jeremy Corbyn24/04/1996Islington NorthSigned
Robert Parry24/04/1996Liverpool, RiversideSigned
Martin Smyth24/04/1996Belfast SouthSigned
Lynne Jones24/04/1996Birmingham, Selly OakSigned
Alan Meale24/04/1996MansfieldSigned
James Callaghan24/04/1996Heywood & MiddletonSigned
Eric Clarke24/04/1996MidlothianSigned
Helen Jackson25/04/1996Sheffield, HillsboroughSigned
David Marshall25/04/1996Glasgow, ShettlestonSigned
Anne Campbell25/04/1996CambridgeSigned
Alex Carlile25/04/1996MontgomerySigned
Michael Clapham25/04/1996Barnsley West & PenistoneSigned
Neil Gerrard25/04/1996WalthamstowSigned
Diane Abbott25/04/1996Hackney North & Stoke NewingtonSigned
Win Griffiths25/04/1996BridgendSigned
Tony Banks25/04/1996Newham North WestSigned
Roy Beggs25/04/1996East AntrimSigned
Jim Wallace25/04/1996Orkney & ShetlandSigned
Peter Pike29/04/1996BurnleySigned
Martyn Jones30/04/1996Clwyd South WestSigned
Keith Bradley30/04/1996Manchester, WithingtonSigned
John Gunnell30/04/1996Leeds South and MorleySigned
Audrey Wise30/04/1996PrestonSigned
Peter Hardy30/04/1996WentworthSigned
Harry Greenway01/05/1996Ealing NorthSigned
Dale Campbell-Savours02/05/1996WorkingtonSigned
Bill Etherington09/05/1996Sunderland NorthSigned
John McWilliam09/05/1996BlaydonSigned
John McFall09/05/1996DumbartonSigned
Ann Clwyd10/05/1996Cynon ValleySigned
Jack Thompson15/05/1996WansbeckSigned
Andrew Faulds16/05/1996Warley EastSigned
Llin Golding16/05/1996Newcastle-under-LymeSigned
Nigel Jones21/05/1996CheltenhamSigned
Nick Harvey22/05/1996North DevonSigned
Michael Alison11/06/1996SelbySigned
David Chidgey17/06/1996EastleighSigned

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