Indebtedness Among The Poor And Vulnerable

EDM number 277 in 2000-01, proposed by John McFall on 31/01/2001.

That this House congratulates the BBC Panorama programme for highlighting the extent of indebtedness, particularly among poor and vulnerable people, and the alarming trends in the UK credit industry; notes that over eight million people cannot get loans from the traditional high street banks and building societies because they have a bad credit rating; is aware of the creation of a new, sub-prime lending market, where loans are easy to get at extortionate interest rates; is dismayed to note that this results in over three million individuals and families struggling to survive under a barrage of high-interest loans and hard-sell techniques from door-to-door lenders; expresses deep concern that this practice still exists today; and urges the Government to introduce legislation to replace the outdated, and in cases, ineffective Consumer Credit Act 1974, in order to better regulate the credit industry and provide protection to the poor and vulnerable in British society.

This motion has been signed by a total of 97 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
John McFall	31/01/2001	Dumbarton	Labour Co-operative	Proposed
Tom Cox	01/02/2001	Tooting	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	01/02/2001	Easington	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	01/02/2001	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Maria Fyfe	01/02/2001	Glasgow, Maryhill	Labour	Signed
Irene Adams	01/02/2001	Paisley North	Labour	Signed
Harry Barnes	01/02/2001	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Kevin Barron	01/02/2001	Rother Valley	Labour	Signed
Hilary Benn	01/02/2001	Leeds Central	Labour	Signed
Gerry Steinberg	01/02/2001	Durham, City of	Labour	Signed
Ian Stewart	01/02/2001	Eccles	Labour	Signed
Gavin Strang	01/02/2001	Edinburgh East & Musselburgh	Labour	Signed
Brian White	01/02/2001	North East Milton Keynes	Labour	Signed
Jimmy Wray	01/02/2001	Glasgow, Baillieston	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	01/02/2001	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Eric Clarke	01/02/2001	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Ernie Ross	01/02/2001	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
Joan Ruddock	01/02/2001	Lewisham, Deptford	Labour	Signed
Jimmy Hood	01/02/2001	Clydesdale	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	01/02/2001	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	01/02/2001	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	01/02/2001	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	01/02/2001	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	01/02/2001	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Bill Michie	01/02/2001	Sheffield, Heeley	Labour	Signed
Andrew Miller	01/02/2001	Ellesmere Port & Neston	Labour	Signed
Jim Murphy	01/02/2001	Renfrewshire East	Labour	Signed
Des Browne	01/02/2001	Kilmarnock & Loudoun	Labour	Signed
John Robertson	01/02/2001	Glasgow, Anniesland	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	02/02/2001	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Neil Turner	05/02/2001	Wigan	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	05/02/2001	Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	05/02/2001	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Derek Foster	05/02/2001	Bishop Auckland	Labour	Signed
Mike Gapes	05/02/2001	Ilford South	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Andrew George	05/02/2001	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian Gibson	05/02/2001	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	05/02/2001	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Adrian Bailey	05/02/2001	West Bromwich West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Gerry Bermingham	05/02/2001	St Helens South	Labour	Signed
Harold Best	05/02/2001	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Dari Taylor	05/02/2001	Stockton South	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	05/02/2001	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Breed	05/02/2001	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Olner	05/02/2001	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Nigel Griffiths	05/02/2001	Edinburgh South	Labour	Signed
Raymond Powell	05/02/2001	Ogmore	Labour	Signed
Bridget Prentice	05/02/2001	Lewisham East	Labour	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	05/02/2001	Glasgow, Govan	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Savidge	05/02/2001	Aberdeen North	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	05/02/2001	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Doug Henderson	05/02/2001	Newcastle upon Tyne North	Labour	Signed
Phil Hope	05/02/2001	Corby	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Helen Jones	05/02/2001	Warrington North	Labour	Signed
Eric Joyce	05/02/2001	Falkirk West	Labour	Signed
Tony Lloyd	05/02/2001	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Bill O'Brien	05/02/2001	Normanton	Labour	Signed
Simon Thomas	06/02/2001	Ceredigion	Plaid Cymru	Signed
John Swinney	06/02/2001	North Tayside	Scottish National Party	Signed
Win Griffiths	06/02/2001	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Norman Godman	06/02/2001	Greenock & Inverclyde	Labour	Signed
Jim Cunningham	06/02/2001	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Jackie Lawrence	06/02/2001	Preseli Pembrokeshire	Labour	Signed
Barry Jones	06/02/2001	Alyn & Deeside	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	07/02/2001	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Tom Clarke	07/02/2001	Coatbridge & Chryston	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	07/02/2001	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Laura Moffatt	07/02/2001	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Tony McWalter	07/02/2001	Hemel Hempstead	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Martin Salter	07/02/2001	Reading West	Labour	Signed
Syd Rapson	07/02/2001	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	08/02/2001	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Clive Efford	08/02/2001	Eltham	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	08/02/2001	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Russell Brown	08/02/2001	Dumfries	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	08/02/2001	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Alice Mahon	08/02/2001	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	12/02/2001	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Joan Humble	13/02/2001	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
John Cryer	13/02/2001	Hornchurch	Labour	Signed
Donald Anderson	13/02/2001	Swansea East	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	14/02/2001	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Terry Davis	14/02/2001	Birmingham, Hodge Hill	Labour	Signed
Peter Pike	26/02/2001	Burnley	Labour	Signed
John Gunnell	27/02/2001	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Tony Clarke	28/02/2001	Northampton South	Labour	Signed
George Galloway	05/03/2001	Glasgow, Kelvin	Labour	Signed
Bill Tynan	07/03/2001	Hamilton South	Labour	Signed
Denzil Davies	12/03/2001	Llanelli	Labour	Signed
Linda Gilroy	13/03/2001	Plymouth, Sutton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Martyn Jones	16/03/2001	Clwyd South	Labour	Signed
Charlotte Atkins	26/03/2001	Staffordshire Moorlands	Labour	Signed
Phil Sawford	05/04/2001	Kettering	Labour	Signed
Archy Kirkwood	23/04/2001	Roxburgh & Berwickshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Terry Lewis	26/04/2001	Worsley	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	Unknown			Withdrawn
David Drew	Unknown			Withdrawn

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