War Pensions: Housing Benefits
EDM number 59 in 1996-97, proposed by Bill Michie on 24/10/1996.
That this House is mindful of the debt which is owed to all who served the United Kingdom in past wars and recognises the value of war and war disability pensions; notes that the first ú10 of such pensions is disregarded in calculations of housing and council tax benefit, but that the rest of any pension is counted as income and therefore reduces benefit available unless individual local authorities choose to allow a further disregard for which no Government subsidy is payable; and therefore expresses its belief that, as war pensions are a national payment for services rendered to the nation, the Government should amend the appropriate regulations so that the income from those pensions is disregarded for benefit purposes in total and that as a result the ensuing costs should fall on the national Exchequer.
This motion has been signed by a total of 68 MPs.
| MP | Date | Constituency | Party | Type |
|---|
| Bill Michie | 24/10/1996 | Sheffield, Heeley | | Proposed |
| Harry Barnes | 24/10/1996 | North East Derbyshire | | Signed |
| John McWilliam | 28/10/1996 | Blaydon | | Signed |
| Paddy Tipping | 28/10/1996 | Sherwood | | Signed |
| Michael Connarty | 29/10/1996 | Falkirk East | | Signed |
| Lawrence Cunliffe | 29/10/1996 | Leigh | | Signed |
| Roseanna Cunningham | 29/10/1996 | Perth and Kinross | | Signed |
| Ian Davidson | 29/10/1996 | Glasgow, Govan | | Signed |
| Terry Davis | 29/10/1996 | Birmingham, Hodge Hill | | Signed |
| Kenneth Eastham | 29/10/1996 | Manchester, Blackley | | Signed |
| Andrew Faulds | 29/10/1996 | Warley East | | Signed |
| Norman Godman | 29/10/1996 | Greenock and Port Glasgow | | Signed |
| Irene Adams | 29/10/1996 | Paisley North | | Signed |
| Clive Betts | 29/10/1996 | Sheffield, Attercliffe | | Signed |
| Audrey Wise | 29/10/1996 | Preston | | Signed |
| Harry Cohen | 29/10/1996 | Leyton | | Signed |
| Bill Olner | 29/10/1996 | Nuneaton | | Signed |
| William McKelvey | 29/10/1996 | Kilmarnock & Loudoun | | Signed |
| Ernie Ross | 29/10/1996 | Dundee West | | Signed |
| Alan Simpson | 29/10/1996 | Nottingham South | | Signed |
| Dennis Skinner | 29/10/1996 | Bolsover | | Signed |
| Peter Hardy | 29/10/1996 | Wentworth | | Signed |
| John Heppell | 29/10/1996 | Nottingham East | | Signed |
| Doug Hoyle | 29/10/1996 | Warrington North | | Signed |
| Kevin Hughes | 29/10/1996 | Doncaster North | | Signed |
| Helen Jackson | 29/10/1996 | Sheffield, Hillsborough | | Signed |
| Elfyn Llwyd | 29/10/1996 | Meirionnydd Nant Conwy | | Signed |
| Liz Lynne | 29/10/1996 | Rochdale | | Signed |
| John McAllion | 29/10/1996 | Dundee East | | Signed |
| Jean Corston | 30/10/1996 | Bristol East | | Signed |
| Jim Cunningham | 30/10/1996 | Coventry South East | | Signed |
| Maria Fyfe | 30/10/1996 | Glasgow, Maryhill | | Signed |
| Gerry Steinberg | 30/10/1996 | Durham, City of | | Signed |
| Jack Thompson | 30/10/1996 | Wansbeck | | Signed |
| Robert Wareing | 30/10/1996 | Liverpool, West Derby | | Signed |
| Richard Burden | 30/10/1996 | Birmingham, Northfield | | Signed |
| Edward O'Hara | 30/10/1996 | Knowsley South | | Signed |
| Eric Illsley | 30/10/1996 | Barnsley Central | | Signed |
| Barry Jones | 30/10/1996 | Alyn & Deeside | | Signed |
| Joan Lestor | 30/10/1996 | Eccles | | Signed |
| Eddie Loyden | 30/10/1996 | Liverpool, Garston | | Signed |
| Alice Mahon | 30/10/1996 | Halifax | | Signed |
| Kevin McNamara | 30/10/1996 | Kingston upon Hull North | | Signed |
| Dennis Turner | 31/10/1996 | Wolverhampton South East | | Signed |
| Don Touhig | 31/10/1996 | Islwyn | | Signed |
| Michael Clapham | 31/10/1996 | Barnsley West & Penistone | | Signed |
| Keith Bradley | 31/10/1996 | Manchester, Withington | | Signed |
| Peter Pike | 31/10/1996 | Burnley | | Signed |
| Max Madden | 31/10/1996 | Bradford West | | Signed |
| Nigel Jones | 04/11/1996 | Cheltenham | | Signed |
| Donald Dixon | 05/11/1996 | Jarrow | | Signed |
| Mike Hall | 06/11/1996 | Warrington South | | Signed |
| Tommy Graham | 06/11/1996 | Renfrew West and Inverclyde | | Signed |
| Nick Harvey | 07/11/1996 | North Devon | | Signed |
| Ieuan Wyn Jones | 07/11/1996 | Ynys M | | Signed |
| Martyn Jones | 07/11/1996 | Clwyd South West | | Signed |
| Andrew Miller | 07/11/1996 | Ellesmere Port & Neston | | Signed |
| Dale Campbell-Savours | 07/11/1996 | Workington | | Signed |
| David Clelland | 11/11/1996 | Tyne Bridge | | Signed |
| Bill Etherington | 12/11/1996 | Sunderland North | | Signed |
| Denzil Davies | 13/11/1996 | Llanelli | | Signed |
| James Callaghan | 13/11/1996 | Heywood & Middleton | | Signed |
| Neil Gerrard | 18/11/1996 | Walthamstow | | Signed |
| Terry Rooney | 21/11/1996 | Bradford North | | Signed |
| Allan Rogers | 03/12/1996 | Rhondda | | Signed |
| Bruce George | 03/12/1996 | Walsall South | | Signed |
| Ken Livingstone | 06/12/1996 | Brent East | | Signed |
| Alex Salmond | 13/12/1996 | Banff & Buchan | | Signed |
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