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Asylum Seekers

EDM number 545 in 1996-97, proposed by Ann Clwyd on 17/02/1997.

That this House welcomes the decision of the Court of Appeal on 17th February, which notes the special circumstances which make asylum seekers eligible for food and shelter under the National Assistance Act 1948; and calls on the Government to accept the Court's decision, fully compensate local authorities for the costs involved in discharging their duties to asylum seekers under the Act and work constructively with these authorities to ensure that an adequate and consistent level of support is provided to enable them to live decently while pursuing their applications.

This motion has been signed by a total of 82 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Ann Clwyd17/02/1997Cynon ValleyProposed
James Lester17/02/1997BroxtoweSeconded
Martin Smyth17/02/1997Belfast SouthSeconded
Dafydd Wigley17/02/1997CaernarfonSeconded
Alex Carlile17/02/1997MontgomerySeconded
Roseanna Cunningham17/02/1997Perth and KinrossSeconded
Brian Sedgemore17/02/1997Hackney South & ShoreditchSigned
Andrew MacKinlay17/02/1997ThurrockSigned
Hugh Bayley18/02/1997York, City ofSigned
Dennis Turner18/02/1997Wolverhampton South EastSigned
Stephen Timms18/02/1997Newham North EastSigned
Tony Banks18/02/1997Newham North WestSigned
Norman Godman18/02/1997Greenock and Port GlasgowSigned
Maria Fyfe18/02/1997Glasgow, MaryhillSigned
Lawrence Cunliffe18/02/1997LeighSigned
Michael Connarty18/02/1997Falkirk EastSigned
Bill Michie18/02/1997Sheffield, HeeleySigned
William McKelvey18/02/1997Kilmarnock & LoudounSigned
John McAllion18/02/1997Dundee EastSigned
Liz Lynne18/02/1997RochdaleSigned
Ken Livingstone18/02/1997Brent EastSigned
Ernie Ross18/02/1997Dundee WestSigned
David Knox18/02/1997Staffordshire MoorlandsSigned
Dennis Skinner18/02/1997BolsoverSigned
Harry Cohen18/02/1997LeytonSigned
Lynne Jones19/02/1997Birmingham, Selly OakSigned
Harry Barnes19/02/1997North East DerbyshireSigned
Andrew Faulds19/02/1997Warley EastSigned
Tom Cox19/02/1997TootingSigned
Michael Clapham19/02/1997Barnsley West & PenistoneSigned
Menzies Campbell19/02/1997Fife North EastSigned
Anne Campbell19/02/1997CambridgeSigned
Rhodes Boyson19/02/1997Brent NorthSigned
Elfyn Llwyd19/02/1997Meirionnydd Nant ConwySigned
Helen Jackson19/02/1997Sheffield, HillsboroughSigned
Alan Howarth19/02/1997Stratford-on-AvonSigned
Peter Hardy19/02/1997WentworthSigned
Gordon Prentice19/02/1997PendleSigned
Peter Pike19/02/1997BurnleySigned
Audrey Wise20/02/1997PrestonSigned
Win Griffiths20/02/1997BridgendSigned
John Hunt20/02/1997RavensbourneSigned
Neil Gerrard20/02/1997WalthamstowSigned
Ian Davidson20/02/1997Glasgow, GovanSigned
Richard Burden20/02/1997Birmingham, NorthfieldSigned
Alan Meale20/02/1997MansfieldSigned
Keith Hill20/02/1997StreathamSigned
Rachel Squire20/02/1997Dunfermline WestSigned
Eric Clarke20/02/1997MidlothianSigned
Matthew Taylor24/02/1997TruroSigned
Peter Thurnham24/02/1997Bolton North EastSigned
Mike Hall24/02/1997Warrington SouthSigned
Don Foster24/02/1997BathSigned
Jim Cunningham24/02/1997Coventry South EastSigned
Charles Kennedy24/02/1997Ross and Cromarty and SkyeSigned
David Rendel24/02/1997NewburySigned
Robert Parry25/02/1997Liverpool, RiversideSigned
Simon Hughes25/02/1997Southwark and BermondseySigned
Emma Nicholson25/02/1997Torridge & West DevonSigned
Llin Golding25/02/1997Newcastle-under-LymeSigned
David Steel25/02/1997Tweeddale, Ettrick and LauderdaleSigned
Paul Tyler26/02/1997North CornwallSigned
Malcolm Bruce27/02/1997GordonSigned
Jack Thompson27/02/1997WansbeckSigned
Alan Beith27/02/1997Berwick-upon-TweedSigned
Joan Lestor27/02/1997EcclesSigned
Bill Etherington27/02/1997Sunderland NorthSigned
David Chidgey03/03/1997EastleighSigned
Piara S Khabra04/03/1997Ealing, SouthallSigned
Mike Gapes04/03/1997Ilford SouthSigned
Jim Wallace05/03/1997Orkney & ShetlandSigned
John Gunnell05/03/1997Leeds South and MorleySigned
Terry Davis05/03/1997Birmingham, Hodge HillSigned
Tim Rathbone05/03/1997LewesSigned
Max Madden06/03/1997Bradford WestSigned
John Battle06/03/1997Leeds WestSigned
Diana Maddock10/03/1997ChristchurchSigned
Calum MacDonald12/03/1997Na h-Eileanan an IarSigned
Robert Wareing12/03/1997Liverpool, West DerbySigned
Mike Watson12/03/1997Glasgow CentralSigned
Richard Alexander17/03/1997NewarkSigned
Martyn Jones18/03/1997Clwyd South WestSigned

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