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Council Tax Benefit Subsidy

EDM number 182 in 1998-99, proposed by Paul Burstow on 13/01/1999.

That this House deplores the unfair anomaly of relatively low income council tax payers subsidising the payment of council tax benefit that is to be introduced by the Government through statutory instrument and the Local Government Bill; condemns the totally unacceptable principle that the poor should subsidise the poorest in this way; regrets that the matter will not be subject to full parliamentary scrutiny; and urges the Government to reconsider this unfair and ill-considered measure.

This motion has been signed by a total of 28 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Paul Burstow13/01/1999Sutton & CheamLiberal DemocratProposed
David Rendel13/01/1999NewburyLiberal DemocratSigned
Adrian Sanders14/01/1999TorbayLiberal DemocratSigned
Martin Smyth14/01/1999Belfast SouthUUPSigned
Lynne Jones14/01/1999Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Mike Hancock14/01/1999Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Tyler14/01/1999North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Bob Russell18/01/1999ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Tom Brake18/01/1999Carshalton & WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Syd Rapson19/01/1999Portsmouth NorthLabourSigned
Ronnie Campbell19/01/1999Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Andrew George19/01/1999St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Norman Baker19/01/1999LewesLiberal DemocratSigned
John Cummings20/01/1999EasingtonLabourSigned
Donald Gorrie20/01/1999Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Peter Brand20/01/1999Isle of WightLiberal DemocratSigned
John Austin21/01/1999Erith & ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Vincent Cable25/01/1999TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Ronnie Fearn26/01/1999SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Evan Harris28/01/1999Oxford West & AbingdonLiberal DemocratSigned
Jackie Ballard28/01/1999TauntonLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Stunell02/02/1999Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Nick Harvey03/02/1999North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Austin Mitchell08/02/1999Great GrimsbyLabourSigned
John McDonnell05/03/1999Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Ken Livingstone05/05/1999Brent EastLabourSigned
Diane Abbott10/05/1999Hackney North & Stoke NewingtonLabourSigned
Steve Webb13/05/1999NorthavonLiberal DemocratSigned

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