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Serps For Widows And Widowers After 6 April 2000

EDM number 567 in 1998-99, proposed by Edward O'Hara on 20/04/1999.

That this House notes that from 6th April 2000, the amount of SERPS inherited by a spouse is cut from 100 per cent. to 50 per cent.; welcomes the decision of the Parliamentary Ombudsman on 29th March 1999 to investigate claims that from 1986 to 1999 the DSS was mis-advising people about their widows/widowers' entitlement to SERPS after 6th April 2000; and calls on the Government to make its position clear at the earliest opportunity as to whether or not the change will be delayed from April 2000 to a later date or withdrawn completely, and as to whether and how any compensation will be paid to those affected by incorrect verbal or written advice given by the DSS.

This motion has been signed by a total of 87 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Edward O'Hara20/04/1999Knowsley SouthLabourProposed
Gordon Prentice20/04/1999PendleLabourSigned
William Thompson20/04/1999West TyroneUUPSigned
Ian Stewart20/04/1999EcclesLabourSigned
Roger Berry20/04/1999KingswoodLabourSigned
Roy Beggs20/04/1999East AntrimUUPSigned
John Austin20/04/1999Erith & ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Mike Hancock20/04/1999Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Flynn20/04/1999Newport WestLabourSigned
Robin Corbett20/04/1999Birmingham, ErdingtonLabourSigned
John McDonnell20/04/1999Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Alan Keen20/04/1999Feltham & HestonLabour Co-operativeSigned
Martin Smyth20/04/1999Belfast SouthUUPSigned
William Ross20/04/1999East LondonderryUUPSigned
Paul Burstow21/04/1999Sutton & CheamLiberal DemocratSigned
David Winnick21/04/1999Walsall NorthLabourSigned
Brian White21/04/1999North East Milton KeynesLabourSigned
Norman Godman21/04/1999Greenock & InverclydeLabourSigned
Maria Fyfe21/04/1999Glasgow, MaryhillLabourSigned
Ronnie Fearn21/04/1999SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
John Cummings21/04/1999EasingtonLabourSigned
David Chaytor21/04/1999Bury NorthLabourSigned
Ronnie Campbell21/04/1999Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Bill O'Brien21/04/1999NormantonLabourSigned
Bill Michie21/04/1999Sheffield, HeeleyLabourSigned
Elfyn Llwyd21/04/1999Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Nigel Jones21/04/1999CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Lynne Jones21/04/1999Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Eric Illsley21/04/1999Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Bob Russell21/04/1999ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
David Rendel21/04/1999NewburyLiberal DemocratSigned
Alice Mahon22/04/1999HalifaxLabourSigned
Paul Tyler22/04/1999North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
George Stevenson22/04/1999Stoke-on-Trent SouthLabourSigned
Bill Etherington22/04/1999Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin22/04/1999Heywood & MiddletonLabour Co-operativeSigned
David Crausby22/04/1999Bolton North EastLabourSigned
Eric Clarke22/04/1999MidlothianLabourSigned
Martin Caton22/04/1999GowerLabourSigned
Christine Butler22/04/1999Castle PointLabourSigned
Terry Lewis22/04/1999WorsleyLabourSigned
David Kidney22/04/1999StaffordLabourSigned
Alan Simpson22/04/1999Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins23/04/1999Luton NorthLabourSigned
Lawrence Cunliffe23/04/1999LeighLabourSigned
Tom Cox23/04/1999TootingLabourSigned
Kerry Pollard26/04/1999St AlbansLabourSigned
Harry Barnes26/04/1999North East DerbyshireLabourSigned
Jim Fitzpatrick26/04/1999Poplar & Canning TownLabourSigned
Vincent Cable27/04/1999TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Richard Allan27/04/1999Sheffield, HallamLiberal DemocratSigned
Gerry Steinberg27/04/1999Durham, City ofLabourSigned
Nicholas Winterton28/04/1999MacclesfieldConservativeSigned
Mark Todd28/04/1999South DerbyshireLabourSigned
David Borrow28/04/1999South RibbleLabourSigned
Michael Jabez Foster28/04/1999Hastings & RyeLabourSigned
Ivan Henderson28/04/1999HarwichLabourSigned
Peter Pike28/04/1999BurnleyLabourSigned
John Cryer29/04/1999HornchurchLabourSigned
Betty Williams29/04/1999ConwyLabourSigned
Audrey Wise29/04/1999PrestonLabourSigned
Alasdair Morgan04/05/1999Galloway & Upper NithsdaleScottish National PartySigned
Ann Cryer04/05/1999KeighleyLabourSigned
Barry Jones05/05/1999Alyn & DeesideLabourSigned
Ken Livingstone05/05/1999Brent EastLabourSigned
Keith Darvill05/05/1999UpminsterLabourSigned
Diane Abbott10/05/1999Hackney North & Stoke NewingtonLabourSigned
Claire Ward11/05/1999WatfordLabourSigned
Russell Brown11/05/1999DumfriesLabourSigned
David Drew12/05/1999StroudLabour Co-operativeSigned
Gwyneth Dunwoody13/05/1999Crewe & NantwichLabourSigned
Andrew George13/05/1999St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Dennis Skinner14/05/1999BolsoverLabourSigned
Ray Michie14/05/1999Argyll & ButeLiberal DemocratSigned
Phil Willis14/05/1999Harrogate & KnaresboroughLiberal DemocratSigned
Julie Morgan17/05/1999Cardiff NorthLabourSigned
Donald Gorrie17/05/1999Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Stunell18/05/1999Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Rudi Vis19/05/1999Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
Nick Harvey20/05/1999North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Doug Naysmith20/05/1999Bristol North WestLabour Co-operativeSigned
Jim Cousins10/06/1999Newcastle upon Tyne CentralLabourSigned
Terry Davis21/07/1999Birmingham, Hodge HillLabourSigned
Janet Dean19/10/1999BurtonLabourSigned
John Grogan20/10/1999SelbyLabourSigned
Jim Wallace27/10/1999Orkney & ShetlandLiberal DemocratSigned
Denzil Davies08/11/1999LlanelliLabourSigned

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