Treatment For Widows And Widowers

EDM number 30 in 2000-01, proposed by Paul Burstow on 06/12/2000.

That this House is concerned that almost 200,000 widowed men have been denied a tax relief worth some ú500 that was available to widows; notes that the widow's bereavement allowance predated the introduction of independent taxation of married couples; notes that when the inequity of the present allowance was challenged in the European Court in 1999 the Government settled out of court and paid the claim; believes that the refusal to treat other men in the same way breaches the Inland Revenue's service commitment; and calls on the Chancellor of the Exchequer to ensure that all men widowed between 6th April 1994 and 5th April 2000 can claim the allowance.

This motion has been signed by a total of 66 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Paul Burstow	06/12/2000	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Jeremy Corbyn	06/12/2000	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Martin Smyth	07/12/2000	Belfast South	UUP	Signed
David Heath	07/12/2000	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynne Jones	07/12/2000	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Richard Livsey	07/12/2000	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tom Brake	07/12/2000	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Stunell	07/12/2000	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Bottomley	08/12/2000	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Bob Russell	11/12/2000	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew George	11/12/2000	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jenny Tonge	12/12/2000	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Harry Barnes	12/12/2000	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Tony Banks	12/12/2000	West Ham	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	12/12/2000	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Norman Godman	12/12/2000	Greenock & Inverclyde	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Fearn	12/12/2000	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Clapham	12/12/2000	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	12/12/2000	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ray Michie	12/12/2000	Argyll & Bute	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	12/12/2000	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Harold Best	13/12/2000	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Tom Cox	13/12/2000	Tooting	Labour	Signed
Brian Cotter	13/12/2000	Weston-Super-Mare	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Chidgey	13/12/2000	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John McWilliam	13/12/2000	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Paul Marsden	13/12/2000	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	13/12/2000	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
William Ross	13/12/2000	East Londonderry	UUP	Signed
Paul Tyler	14/12/2000	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Simon Thomas	14/12/2000	Ceredigion	Plaid Cymru	Signed
John Swinney	14/12/2000	North Tayside	Scottish National Party	Signed
Roy Beggs	14/12/2000	East Antrim	UUP	Signed
Win Griffiths	14/12/2000	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
David Drew	14/12/2000	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Nick Harvey	15/12/2000	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Austin	15/12/2000	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	15/12/2000	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Barry Jones	18/12/2000	Alyn & Deeside	Labour	Signed
Terry Davis	19/12/2000	Birmingham, Hodge Hill	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	19/12/2000	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	19/12/2000	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	19/12/2000	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	20/12/2000	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Lawrence Cunliffe	21/12/2000	Leigh	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	21/12/2000	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	09/01/2001	Bristol North West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Russell Brown	09/01/2001	Dumfries	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	11/01/2001	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Edward O'Hara	17/01/2001	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Simon Hughes	18/01/2001	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Denzil Davies	22/01/2001	Llanelli	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	22/01/2001	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Peter Brand	25/01/2001	Isle of Wight	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jon Trickett	25/01/2001	Hemsworth	Labour	Signed
Jim Wallace	31/01/2001	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John McDonnell	01/02/2001	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Alasdair Morgan	01/02/2001	Galloway & Upper Nithsdale	Scottish National Party	Signed
Donald Gorrie	05/02/2001	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Janet Dean	07/02/2001	Burton	Labour	Signed
Phil Sawford	08/02/2001	Kettering	Labour	Signed
Jim Cunningham	08/02/2001	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	15/02/2001	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Sandra Gidley	26/02/2001	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Tynan	07/03/2001	Hamilton South	Labour	Signed
Oona King	08/03/2001	Bethnal Green & Bow	Labour	Signed

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