Water Key Prepayment Devices

EDM number 835 in 1995-96, proposed by Helen Jackson on 07/05/1996.

That this House is concerned at the increasing use by water companies of the prepayment water key timing device, which shuts off the water supply to a dwelling when the payment card has not been recharged, thus making it technically unfit; stresses that other chargecard easy payment systems are available which do not disconnect; notes that the National Consumer Council, the Consumers Association, the National Federation of Housing Associations, local authorities, and the Institute of Environmental Health are all opposed to the use of these devices, believing them to constitute a threat to public health and an attack on the poor; is very concerned that information about how often households with this device disconnect themselves is not made public; and calls on the Government to ensure that the numbers are published by the Water Regulator, along with the disconnection figures due out next month.

This motion has been signed by a total of 163 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Helen Jackson	07/05/1996	Sheffield, Hillsborough		Proposed
Angela Eagle	07/05/1996	Wallasey		Signed
Ian Davidson	07/05/1996	Glasgow, Govan		Signed
Jean Corston	07/05/1996	Bristol East		Signed
Robin Corbett	07/05/1996	Birmingham, Erdington		Signed
Frank Cook	07/05/1996	Stockton North		Signed
Ann Coffey	07/05/1996	Stockport		Signed
Richard Caborn	07/05/1996	Sheffield Central		Signed
Stephen Byers	07/05/1996	Wallsend		Signed
Richard Burden	07/05/1996	Birmingham, Northfield		Signed
Stan Orme	07/05/1996	Salford East		Signed
Martin O'Neill	07/05/1996	Clackmannan		Signed
Bill Olner	07/05/1996	Nuneaton		Signed
Kenneth Eastham	07/05/1996	Manchester, Blackley		Signed
Mike Gapes	07/05/1996	Ilford South		Signed
Neil Gerrard	07/05/1996	Walthamstow		Signed
Joan Walley	07/05/1996	Stoke-on-Trent North		Signed
Paul Tyler	07/05/1996	North Cornwall		Signed
Stephen Timms	07/05/1996	Newham North East		Signed
Gerry Bermingham	07/05/1996	St Helens South		Signed
Tony Benn	07/05/1996	Chesterfield		Signed
Hugh Bayley	07/05/1996	York, City of		Signed
Kevin Barron	07/05/1996	Rother Valley		Signed
Harry Barnes	07/05/1996	North East Derbyshire		Signed
Peter Hain	07/05/1996	Neath		Signed
Diane Abbott	07/05/1996	Hackney North & Stoke Newington		Signed
Mildred Gordon	07/05/1996	Bow and Poplar		Signed
Llin Golding	07/05/1996	Newcastle-under-Lyme		Signed
Bill O'Brien	07/05/1996	Normanton		Signed
Nigel Griffiths	07/05/1996	Edinburgh South		Signed
David Hinchliffe	07/05/1996	Wakefield		Signed
Keith Hill	07/05/1996	Streatham		Signed
John Heppell	07/05/1996	Nottingham East		Signed
Peter Hardy	07/05/1996	Wentworth		Signed
John Spellar	07/05/1996	Warley West		Signed
Nigel Spearing	07/05/1996	Newham South		Signed
Clive Soley	07/05/1996	Hammersmith		Signed
Brian Sedgemore	07/05/1996	Hackney South & Shoreditch		Signed
Bridget Prentice	07/05/1996	Lewisham East		Signed
Raymond Powell	07/05/1996	Ogmore		Signed
Elizabeth Peacock	07/05/1996	Batley & Spen		Signed
Colin Pickthall	07/05/1996	West Lancashire		Signed
George Howarth	07/05/1996	Knowsley North		Signed
Robert Hughes	07/05/1996	Aberdeen North		Signed
David Nicholson	07/05/1996	Taunton		Signed
Estelle Morris	07/05/1996	Birmingham, Yardley		Signed
Rhodri Morgan	07/05/1996	Cardiff West		Signed
Bill Michie	07/05/1996	Sheffield, Heeley		Signed
Henry McLeish	07/05/1996	Central Fife		Signed
Ian McCartney	07/05/1996	Makerfield		Signed
John Maxton	07/05/1996	Glasgow, Cathcart		Signed
Tony Lloyd	07/05/1996	Stretford		Signed
Glenda Jackson	07/05/1996	Hampstead & Highgate		Signed
Barry Jones	07/05/1996	Alyn & Deeside		Signed
Lynne Jones	07/05/1996	Birmingham, Selly Oak		Signed
Peter Kilfoyle	07/05/1996	Liverpool, Walton		Signed
Terry Lewis	07/05/1996	Worsley		Signed
Tony Banks	08/05/1996	Newham North West		Signed
Donald Anderson	08/05/1996	Swansea East		Signed
Mike Hall	08/05/1996	Warrington South		Signed
John Gunnell	08/05/1996	Leeds South and Morley		Signed
Nick Ainger	08/05/1996	Pembroke		Signed
Roger Godsiff	08/05/1996	Birmingham Small Heath		Signed
John Gilbert	08/05/1996	Dudley East		Signed
Frank Field	08/05/1996	Birkenhead		Signed
Clive Betts	08/05/1996	Sheffield, Attercliffe		Signed
David Steel	08/05/1996	Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale		Signed
Gerry Steinberg	08/05/1996	Durham, City of		Signed
Tony Wright	08/05/1996	Cannock and Burntwood		Signed
Alan Wynne Williams	08/05/1996	Carmarthen		Signed
Mike Watson	08/05/1996	Glasgow Central		Signed
Robert Wareing	08/05/1996	Liverpool, West Derby		Signed
Harold Walker	08/05/1996	Doncaster Central		Signed
Jon Trickett	08/05/1996	Hemsworth		Signed
Jack Thompson	08/05/1996	Wansbeck		Signed
Gerry Sutcliffe	08/05/1996	Bradford South		Signed
John Evans	08/05/1996	St Helens North		Signed
Brian H Donohoe	08/05/1996	Cunninghame South		Signed
David Jamieson	08/05/1996	Plymouth, Devonport		Signed
Kevin Hughes	08/05/1996	Doncaster North		Signed
Alan Howarth	08/05/1996	Stratford-on-Avon		Signed
Dennis Skinner	08/05/1996	Bolsover		Signed
Geoffrey Robinson	08/05/1996	Coventry North West		Signed
Joyce Quin	08/05/1996	Gateshead East		Signed
Gordon Prentice	08/05/1996	Pendle		Signed
Peter Pike	08/05/1996	Burnley		Signed
Gerald Kaufman	08/05/1996	Manchester, Gorton		Signed
Jane Kennedy	08/05/1996	Liverpool Broadgreen		Signed
Piara S Khabra	08/05/1996	Ealing, Southall		Signed
Bryan Davies	08/05/1996	Oldham Central and Royton		Signed
Lawrence Cunliffe	08/05/1996	Leigh		Signed
Harry Cohen	08/05/1996	Leyton		Signed
Ann Clwyd	08/05/1996	Cynon Valley		Signed
Edward O'Hara	08/05/1996	Knowsley South		Signed
Gordon Oakes	08/05/1996	Halton		Signed
Andrew Miller	08/05/1996	Ellesmere Port & Neston		Signed
Ken Livingstone	08/05/1996	Brent East		Signed
Donald Dixon	09/05/1996	Jarrow		Signed
Eric Clarke	09/05/1996	Midlothian		Signed
Alex Carlile	09/05/1996	Montgomery		Signed
Anne Campbell	09/05/1996	Cambridge		Signed
James Callaghan	09/05/1996	Heywood & Middleton		Signed
Gwyneth Dunwoody	09/05/1996	Crewe & Nantwich		Signed
Derek Fatchett	09/05/1996	Leeds Central		Signed
John Fraser	09/05/1996	Norwood		Signed
Win Griffiths	09/05/1996	Bridgend		Signed
Don Touhig	09/05/1996	Islwyn		Signed
Dennis Turner	09/05/1996	Wolverhampton South East		Signed
Alan Williams	09/05/1996	Swansea West		Signed
Tony Worthington	09/05/1996	Clydebank & Milngavie		Signed
Keith Bradley	09/05/1996	Manchester, Withington		Signed
Alan Meale	09/05/1996	Mansfield		Signed
John McWilliam	09/05/1996	Blaydon		Signed
David Hanson	09/05/1996	Delyn		Signed
Dawn Primarolo	09/05/1996	Bristol South		Signed
Terry Rooney	09/05/1996	Bradford North		Signed
Alan Simpson	09/05/1996	Nottingham South		Signed
Norman Hogg	09/05/1996	Cumbernauld & Kilsyth		Signed
Doug Hoyle	09/05/1996	Warrington North		Signed
Martyn Jones	09/05/1996	Clwyd South West		Signed
Eddie Loyden	09/05/1996	Liverpool, Garston		Signed
Liz Lynne	09/05/1996	Rochdale		Signed
David Marshall	09/05/1996	Glasgow, Shettleston		Signed
Thomas McAvoy	09/05/1996	Glasgow, Rutherglen		Signed
John McFall	09/05/1996	Dumbarton		Signed
Kevin McNamara	09/05/1996	Kingston upon Hull North		Signed
Jamie Cann	10/05/1996	Ipswich		Signed
Lewis Moonie	10/05/1996	Kirkcaldy		Signed
Adam Ingram	10/05/1996	East Kilbride		Signed
Doug Henderson	10/05/1996	Newcastle upon Tyne North		Signed
Matthew Taylor	13/05/1996	Truro		Signed
Joe Ashton	13/05/1996	Bassetlaw		Signed
John Cummings	13/05/1996	Easington		Signed
Chris Mullin	13/05/1996	Sunderland South		Signed
Austin Mitchell	13/05/1996	Great Grimsby		Signed
Denis MacShane	13/05/1996	Rotherham		Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	13/05/1996	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy		Signed
Alan Keen	13/05/1996	Feltham & Heston		Signed
Margaret Hodge	13/05/1996	Barking		Signed
Tom Pendry	13/05/1996	Stalybridge & Hyde		Signed
Ian Pearson	13/05/1996	Dudley West		Signed
Hilary Armstrong	14/05/1996	North West Durham		Signed
Janet Anderson	14/05/1996	Rossendale & Darwen		Signed
Chris Davies	14/05/1996	Littleborough and Saddleworth		Signed
Tom Cox	14/05/1996	Tooting		Signed
Paul Murphy	14/05/1996	Torfaen		Signed
Allan Rogers	14/05/1996	Rhondda		Signed
Paul Boateng	16/05/1996	Brent South		Signed
Calum MacDonald	16/05/1996	Na h-Eileanan an Iar		Signed
Joan Ruddock	16/05/1996	Lewisham, Deptford		Signed
Eric Illsley	21/05/1996	Barnsley Central		Signed
Nigel Jones	21/05/1996	Cheltenham		Signed
Judith Church	22/05/1996	Dagenham		Signed
Roger Berry	22/05/1996	Kingswood		Signed
Simon Hughes	04/06/1996	Southwark and Bermondsey		Signed
Llew Smith	05/06/1996	Blaenau Gwent		Signed
Tommy Graham	11/06/1996	Renfrew West and Inverclyde		Signed
David Chidgey	17/06/1996	Eastleigh		Signed
George Stevenson	18/06/1996	Stoke-on-Trent South		Signed
Terry Davis	19/06/1996	Birmingham, Hodge Hill		Signed
Jim Wallace	14/10/1996	Orkney & Shetland		Signed
Bill Etherington	Unknown			Withdrawn
Helen Liddell	Unknown			Withdrawn

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