WIDOWED PARENTS' BENEFITS

EDM number 809 in 1995-96, proposed by Roger Berry on 30/04/1996.

That this House notes that whilst there is a widowed mother's allowance there is no such support for widowed fathers and their children, and that this arises from the benefit system's outdated assumptions about the roles of men and women as parents; believed that motherless children deserve the same opportunities for parental attention and the same living standards as fatherless children; and therefore calls upon the Government to provide equal benefits for all widowed parents and their children.

This motion has been signed by a total of 37 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Roger Berry	30/04/1996	Kingswood		Proposed
Martin Smyth	30/04/1996	Belfast South		Signed
Liz Lynne	30/04/1996	Rochdale		Signed
Hartley Booth	30/04/1996	Finchley		Signed
Dafydd Wigley	30/04/1996	Caernarfon		Signed
Tommy Graham	01/05/1996	Renfrew West and Inverclyde		Signed
Norman Godman	01/05/1996	Greenock and Port Glasgow		Signed
Ian Davidson	01/05/1996	Glasgow, Govan		Signed
Jean Corston	01/05/1996	Bristol East		Signed
Robin Corbett	01/05/1996	Birmingham, Erdington		Signed
Ken Livingstone	01/05/1996	Brent East		Signed
Lynne Jones	01/05/1996	Birmingham, Selly Oak		Signed
Peter Hardy	01/05/1996	Wentworth		Signed
Dale Campbell-Savours	02/05/1996	Workington		Signed
Harry Barnes	02/05/1996	North East Derbyshire		Signed
Jim Wallace	02/05/1996	Orkney & Shetland		Signed
Bill Michie	07/05/1996	Sheffield, Heeley		Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	07/05/1996	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy		Signed
Rachel Squire	07/05/1996	Dunfermline West		Signed
John Heppell	08/05/1996	Nottingham East		Signed
Anne Campbell	08/05/1996	Cambridge		Signed
Michael Connarty	08/05/1996	Falkirk East		Signed
John Gunnell	08/05/1996	Leeds South and Morley		Signed
Mike Hall	08/05/1996	Warrington South		Signed
Bill Etherington	09/05/1996	Sunderland North		Signed
Richard Burden	09/05/1996	Birmingham, Northfield		Signed
Eddie Loyden	09/05/1996	Liverpool, Garston		Signed
Alan Simpson	09/05/1996	Nottingham South		Signed
Ann Clwyd	10/05/1996	Cynon Valley		Signed
Eddie McGrady	14/05/1996	South Down		Signed
Jack Thompson	15/05/1996	Wansbeck		Signed
Andrew Faulds	16/05/1996	Warley East		Signed
Nigel Jones	21/05/1996	Cheltenham		Signed
Nick Harvey	22/05/1996	North Devon		Signed
David Chidgey	17/06/1996	Eastleigh		Signed
Audrey Wise	18/06/1996	Preston		Signed
Martyn Jones	11/07/1996	Clwyd South West		Signed

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