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Unallocated National Insurance Fund Money

EDM number 890 in 1997-98, proposed by Paul Flynn on 05/03/1998.

That this House condemns the previous Government for their failure since 1980 to increase basic pensions in line with earnings which resulted in the ú64.70 single pension from April 1998 which would otherwise have been ú89.60; notes with pleasure that ú896 million remains unallocated in the National Insurance Fund for next year, just over half of which is enough to restore the earnings link without infringing the spending plans of this or the previous Government; and believes the Government can reassert their manifesto promise that all pensioners should share fairly in the increasing prosperity of the nation, by restoring the earnings link for 1998-99 without prejudice to the current review.

This motion has been signed by a total of 22 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Paul Flynn05/03/1998Newport WestLabourProposed
Kelvin Hopkins06/03/1998Luton NorthLabourSigned
Ken Livingstone06/03/1998Brent EastLabourSigned
Kevin McNamara06/03/1998Kingston upon Hull NorthLabourSigned
Harry Barnes06/03/1998North East DerbyshireLabourSigned
Lynne Jones09/03/1998Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Elfyn Llwyd09/03/1998Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Robert Wareing09/03/1998Liverpool, West DerbyLabourSigned
Michael Clapham10/03/1998Barnsley West & PenistoneLabourSigned
Audrey Wise10/03/1998PrestonLabourSigned
David Chaytor10/03/1998Bury NorthLabourSigned
Martin Caton10/03/1998GowerLabourSigned
John McDonnell10/03/1998Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Austin Mitchell11/03/1998Great GrimsbyLabourSigned
Terry Davis11/03/1998Birmingham, Hodge HillLabourSigned
Donald Gorrie11/03/1998Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
John Austin11/03/1998Erith & ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Bill Etherington16/03/1998Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Ann Cryer18/03/1998KeighleyLabourSigned
David Drew19/03/1998StroudLabour Co-operativeSigned
Nigel Jones23/03/1998CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Rudi Vis23/03/1998Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned

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