Restriction Of Council Tax Benefit (EDM511)

Restriction Of Council Tax Benefit

EDM number 511 in 1997-98, proposed by David Rendel on 26/11/1997.

That this House regrets the Government's decision to restrict Council Tax Benefit for people who live in properties in band F,G and H to the level for band E; notes that those affected will be expected to meet the shortfall from their basic benefit payments; calls attention to the Department of Social Security figures that show vulnerable groups will be disproportionately affected, since out of an estimated 65,000 claims affected, there will be 30,000 elderly, 5,000 disabled, 10,000 lone parents, and 5,000 couples with children; believes that local authorities will be faced with the expensive task of collecting relatively small sums of money from persons who cannot afford to pay; and calls on Her Majesty's Government to withdraw the Council Tax Benefit (General) Amendment Regulations 1997 (S.I. 1997 No.1841).

This motion has been signed by a total of 45 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
David Rendel	26/11/1997	Newbury	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Steve Webb	26/11/1997	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Vincent Cable	26/11/1997	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Jackie Ballard	26/11/1997	Taunton	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Adrian Sanders	26/11/1997	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Richard Allan	26/11/1997	Sheffield, Hallam	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Brian Cotter	26/11/1997	Weston-Super-Mare	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Phil Willis	26/11/1997	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Donald Gorrie	26/11/1997	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Don Foster	26/11/1997	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Burnett	26/11/1997	Torridge & West Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Breed	26/11/1997	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Brand	26/11/1997	Isle of Wight	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nigel Jones	26/11/1997	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Harvey	26/11/1997	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Smith	26/11/1997	West Aberdeenshire & Kincardine	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tom Brake	27/11/1997	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Burstow	27/11/1997	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	27/11/1997	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Fearn	27/11/1997	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Stunell	27/11/1997	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Keetch	28/11/1997	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Harry Barnes	28/11/1997	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
John Austin	28/11/1997	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	28/11/1997	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Hancock	28/11/1997	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Edward Davey	01/12/1997	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Austin Mitchell	02/12/1997	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Menzies Campbell	02/12/1997	Fife North East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Chidgey	02/12/1997	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Tyler	02/12/1997	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Wallace	02/12/1997	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jenny Tonge	03/12/1997	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Terry Lewis	03/12/1997	Worsley	Labour	Signed
David Heath	03/12/1997	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Charles Kennedy	04/12/1997	Ross, Skye & Inverness West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Livsey	04/12/1997	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Matthew Taylor	04/12/1997	Truro & St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Beith	05/12/1997	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Moore	08/12/1997	Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Oaten	08/12/1997	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew George	08/12/1997	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Simon Hughes	18/12/1997	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Norman Baker	11/02/1998	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lembit	23/02/1998	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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