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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.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Paul Burstow06/12/2000Sutton & CheamLiberal DemocratProposed
Jeremy Corbyn06/12/2000Islington NorthLabourSigned
Martin Smyth07/12/2000Belfast SouthUUPSigned
David Heath07/12/2000Somerton & FromeLiberal DemocratSigned
Lynne Jones07/12/2000Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Richard Livsey07/12/2000Brecon & RadnorshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Tom Brake07/12/2000Carshalton & WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Stunell07/12/2000Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Peter Bottomley08/12/2000Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Bob Russell11/12/2000ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew George11/12/2000St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Norman Godman12/12/2000Greenock & InverclydeLabourSigned
Jenny Tonge12/12/2000Richmond ParkLiberal DemocratSigned
Harry Barnes12/12/2000North East DerbyshireLabourSigned
Tony Banks12/12/2000West HamLabourSigned
Mike Hancock12/12/2000Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Ronnie Fearn12/12/2000SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Clapham12/12/2000Barnsley West & PenistoneLabourSigned
Vincent Cable12/12/2000TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Ray Michie12/12/2000Argyll & ButeLiberal DemocratSigned
Kelvin Hopkins12/12/2000Luton NorthLabourSigned
William Ross13/12/2000East LondonderryUUPSigned
Paul Keetch13/12/2000HerefordLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Marsden13/12/2000Shrewsbury & AtchamLabourSigned
John McWilliam13/12/2000BlaydonLabourSigned
David Chidgey13/12/2000EastleighLiberal DemocratSigned
Brian Cotter13/12/2000Weston-Super-MareLiberal DemocratSigned
Tom Cox13/12/2000TootingLabourSigned
Harold Best13/12/2000Leeds North WestLabourSigned
Simon Thomas14/12/2000CeredigionPlaid CymruSigned
Paul Tyler14/12/2000North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
John Swinney14/12/2000North TaysideScottish National PartySigned
Win Griffiths14/12/2000BridgendLabourSigned
Roy Beggs14/12/2000East AntrimUUPSigned
David Drew14/12/2000StroudLabour Co-operativeSigned
Nick Harvey15/12/2000North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
John Austin15/12/2000Erith & ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Rudi Vis15/12/2000Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
Barry Jones18/12/2000Alyn & DeesideLabourSigned
Nigel Jones19/12/2000CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Kevin McNamara19/12/2000Kingston upon Hull NorthLabourSigned
Ann Cryer19/12/2000KeighleyLabourSigned
Terry Davis19/12/2000Birmingham, Hodge HillLabourSigned
Alan Simpson20/12/2000Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Lawrence Cunliffe21/12/2000LeighLabourSigned
Bill Etherington21/12/2000Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Doug Naysmith09/01/2001Bristol North WestLabour Co-operativeSigned
Russell Brown09/01/2001DumfriesLabourSigned
Edward Davey11/01/2001Kingston & SurbitonLiberal DemocratSigned
Edward O'Hara17/01/2001Knowsley SouthLabourSigned
Simon Hughes18/01/2001North Southwark & BermondseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Denzil Davies22/01/2001LlanelliLabourSigned
Betty Williams22/01/2001ConwyLabourSigned
Peter Brand25/01/2001Isle of WightLiberal DemocratSigned
Jon Trickett25/01/2001HemsworthLabourSigned
Jim Wallace31/01/2001Orkney & ShetlandLiberal DemocratSigned
John McDonnell01/02/2001Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Alasdair Morgan01/02/2001Galloway & Upper NithsdaleScottish National PartySigned
Donald Gorrie05/02/2001Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Janet Dean07/02/2001BurtonLabourSigned
Phil Sawford08/02/2001KetteringLabourSigned
Jim Cunningham08/02/2001Coventry SouthLabourSigned
Alan Meale15/02/2001MansfieldLabourSigned
Sandra Gidley26/02/2001RomseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Bill Tynan07/03/2001Hamilton SouthLabourSigned
Oona King08/03/2001Bethnal Green & BowLabourSigned

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