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Support Women Against Pensions Poverty Campaign

EDM number 131 in 2002-03, proposed by Steve Webb on 19/11/2002.

That this House notes that a majority of today's poorest pensioners are women; further notes that among people coming up to state pension age, the majority of those with poor rights to both state and private sector pensions are women; recognises that many women with poor state pension rights at some stage paid national insurance contributions at the reduced rate for married women; is concerned that many such women report that the consequences of this option were not fully explained at the time, and that the scope for buying back missing years of contribution is very limited; is further concerned that many women only discover that they have very low state pension rights when they are close to state pension age; calls on the Government to write to all women below pension age whose national insurance contribution record is incomplete because of payment of the married women's contribution to advise them of their current and future pension entitlement; further calls on the Government to investigate the historic operation of of the system of married women's contributions and to consider whether any form of redress might be appropriate for such women; and welcomes the launch of the Support Women Against Pensions Poverty campaign, whose aim is to ensure that present and future generations of women pensions do not have to live in poverty in old age.

This motion has been signed by a total of 204 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Steve Webb19/11/2002NorthavonLiberal DemocratProposed
Jim Knight19/11/2002South DorsetLabourSigned
Diana Organ19/11/2002Forest of DeanLabourSigned
Sandra Gidley19/11/2002RomseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Anne Begg19/11/2002Aberdeen SouthLabourSigned
Roger Berry19/11/2002KingswoodLabourSigned
Linda Perham20/11/2002Ilford NorthLabourSigned
Adam Price20/11/2002Carmarthen East & DinefwrPlaid CymruSigned
Syd Rapson20/11/2002Portsmouth NorthLabourSigned
Iris Robinson20/11/2002StrangfordDUPSigned
Bob Russell20/11/2002ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Adrian Sanders20/11/2002TorbayLiberal DemocratSigned
David Heath20/11/2002Somerton & FromeLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Holmes20/11/2002ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
Glenda Jackson20/11/2002Hampstead & HighgateLabourSigned
Paul Keetch20/11/2002HerefordLiberal DemocratSigned
Rob Marris20/11/2002Wolverhampton South WestLabourSigned
Paul Marsden20/11/2002Shrewsbury & AtchamLiberal DemocratSigned
Vincent Cable20/11/2002TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Patsy Calton20/11/2002CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
Gregory Campbell20/11/2002East LondonderryDUPSigned
Ronnie Campbell20/11/2002Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Martin Caton20/11/2002GowerLabourSigned
Ann Clwyd20/11/2002Cynon ValleyLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn20/11/2002Islington NorthLabourSigned
Brian Cotter20/11/2002Weston-Super-MareLiberal DemocratSigned
Janet Dean20/11/2002BurtonLabourSigned
Sue Doughty20/11/2002GuildfordLiberal DemocratSigned
Huw Edwards20/11/2002MonmouthLabourSigned
Annabelle Ewing20/11/2002PerthScottish National PartySigned
Don Foster20/11/2002BathLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew George20/11/2002St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Win Griffiths20/11/2002BridgendLabourSigned
John Austin20/11/2002Erith & ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Harry Barnes20/11/2002North East DerbyshireLabourSigned
Paul Tyler20/11/2002North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Rudi Vis20/11/2002Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
Robert Wareing20/11/2002Liverpool, West DerbyLabourSigned
Alan Simpson21/11/2002Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Dai Havard21/11/2002Merthyr Tydfil & RhymneyLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins21/11/2002Luton NorthLabourSigned
Eric Illsley21/11/2002Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Lynne Jones21/11/2002Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Colin Breed21/11/2002South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Clapham21/11/2002Barnsley West & PenistoneLabourSigned
Jim Cunningham21/11/2002Coventry SouthLabourSigned
David Drew21/11/2002StroudLabour Co-operativeSigned
Adrian Bailey21/11/2002West Bromwich WestLabour Co-operativeSigned
Derek Wyatt21/11/2002Sittingbourne & SheppeyLabourSigned
Phil Sawford25/11/2002KetteringLabourSigned
Lady Hermon25/11/2002North DownUUPSigned
John Horam25/11/2002OrpingtonConservativeSigned
Annette Brooke25/11/2002Mid Dorset & North PooleLiberal DemocratSigned
Helen Clark25/11/2002PeterboroughLabourSigned
Michael Connarty25/11/2002Falkirk EastLabourSigned
Frank Cook25/11/2002Stockton NorthLabourSigned
Ann Cryer25/11/2002KeighleyLabourSigned
John Cryer25/11/2002HornchurchLabourSigned
Valerie Davey25/11/2002Bristol WestLabourSigned
Terry Davis25/11/2002Birmingham, Hodge HillLabourSigned
Jeffrey M Donaldson25/11/2002Lagan ValleyUUPSigned
Louise Ellman25/11/2002Liverpool, RiversideLabour Co-operativeSigned
Richard Allan25/11/2002Sheffield, HallamLiberal DemocratSigned
Vera Baird25/11/2002RedcarLabourSigned
David Borrow25/11/2002South RibbleLabourSigned
Elfyn Llwyd26/11/2002Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Doug Naysmith26/11/2002Bristol North WestLabour Co-operativeSigned
Frank Field26/11/2002BirkenheadLabourSigned
Harold Best26/11/2002Leeds North WestLabourSigned
Pete Wishart26/11/2002North TaysideScottish National PartySigned
John Pugh27/11/2002SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Archy Kirkwood27/11/2002Roxburgh & BerwickshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Chris McCafferty27/11/2002Calder ValleyLabourSigned
Alan Meale27/11/2002MansfieldLabourSigned
John Burnett27/11/2002Torridge & West DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
David Chidgey27/11/2002EastleighLiberal DemocratSigned
Jenny Tonge27/11/2002Richmond ParkLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Burstow28/11/2002Sutton & CheamLiberal DemocratSigned
Betty Williams28/11/2002ConwyLabourSigned
Candy Atherton02/12/2002Falmouth & CamborneLabourSigned
John Barrett02/12/2002Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Hugo Swire03/12/2002East DevonConservativeSigned
Paul Truswell03/12/2002PudseyLabourSigned
Alex Salmond04/12/2002Banff & BuchanScottish National PartySigned
Jim Sheridan04/12/2002West RenfrewshireLabourSigned
Marsha Singh04/12/2002Bradford WestLabourSigned
Evan Harris04/12/2002Oxford West & AbingdonLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Oaten04/12/2002WinchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Tom Brake04/12/2002Carshalton & WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Weir04/12/2002AngusScottish National PartySigned
Tony Clarke05/12/2002Northampton SouthLabourSigned
Bill Etherington05/12/2002Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Janet Anderson05/12/2002Rossendale & DarwenLabourSigned
Roger Williams05/12/2002Brecon & RadnorshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Andy King11/12/2002Rugby & KenilworthLabourSigned
John McDonnell11/12/2002Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Alan Beith11/12/2002Berwick-upon-TweedLiberal DemocratSigned
Peter Kilfoyle16/12/2002Liverpool, WaltonLabourSigned
Kevin McNamara16/12/2002Kingston upon Hull NorthLabourSigned
Hywel Williams17/12/2002CaernarfonPlaid CymruSigned
Nick Harvey19/12/2002North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Alistair Carmichael19/12/2002Orkney & ShetlandLiberal DemocratSigned
Iain Coleman07/01/2003Hammersmith & FulhamLabourSigned
David Atkinson07/01/2003Bournemouth EastConservativeSigned
John Bercow09/01/2003BuckinghamConservativeSigned
Nigel Jones13/01/2003CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew MacKay13/01/2003BracknellConservativeSigned
Gerry Steinberg13/01/2003Durham, City ofLabourSigned
Richard Burden14/01/2003Birmingham, NorthfieldLabourSigned
Tony Wright14/01/2003Cannock ChaseLabourSigned
Teddy Taylor15/01/2003Rochford & Southend EastConservativeSigned
Desmond Swayne16/01/2003New Forest WestConservativeSigned
Debra Shipley20/01/2003StourbridgeLabourSigned
Bill Olner20/01/2003NuneatonLabourSigned
James Clappison20/01/2003HertsmereConservativeSigned
Michael Fabricant20/01/2003LichfieldConservativeSigned
Nigel Beard20/01/2003Bexleyheath & CrayfordLabourSigned
Gary Streeter20/01/2003South West DevonConservativeSigned
Hugh Robertson21/01/2003Faversham & Mid KentConservativeSigned
Clive Soley23/01/2003Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's BushLabourSigned
Diane Abbott23/01/2003Hackney North & Stoke NewingtonLabourSigned
Michael Moore27/01/2003Tweeddale, Ettrick & LauderdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
Barry Sheerman04/02/2003HuddersfieldLabour Co-operativeSigned
Kate Hoey04/02/2003VauxhallLabourSigned
John Battle05/02/2003Leeds WestLabourSigned
Joan Walley06/02/2003Stoke-on-Trent NorthLabourSigned
John Lyons07/02/2003Strathkelvin & BearsdenLabourSigned
Peter Bottomley07/02/2003Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Roger Godsiff10/02/2003Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small HeathLabourSigned
Richard Younger-Ross13/02/2003TeignbridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
Julie Morgan24/02/2003Cardiff NorthLabourSigned
Tony McWalter24/02/2003Hemel HempsteadLabour Co-operativeSigned
Claire Curtis-Thomas24/02/2003CrosbyLabourSigned
Gillian Shephard25/02/2003South West NorfolkConservativeSigned
Paul Stinchcombe25/02/2003WellingboroughLabourSigned
Angus Robertson03/03/2003MorayScottish National PartySigned
Norman Lamb03/03/2003North NorfolkLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Williams06/03/2003Swansea WestLabourSigned
David Curry07/03/2003Skipton & RiponConservativeSigned
Andrew Stunell12/03/2003Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Brian White13/03/2003North East Milton KeynesLabourSigned
Paul Flynn20/03/2003Newport WestLabourSigned
Mike Wood25/03/2003Batley & SpenLabourSigned
Kevin Barron27/03/2003Rother ValleyLabourSigned
John Wilkinson27/03/2003Ruislip - NorthwoodConservativeSigned
Edward Davey02/04/2003Kingston & SurbitonLiberal DemocratSigned
Matthew Green02/04/2003LudlowLiberal DemocratSigned
Christine Russell03/04/2003Chester, City ofLabourSigned
David Chaytor03/04/2003Bury NorthLabourSigned
Stephen Hepburn04/04/2003JarrowLabourSigned
Sydney Chapman08/04/2003Chipping BarnetConservativeSigned
Jeff Ennis08/04/2003Barnsley East & MexboroughLabourSigned
Patrick Hall08/04/2003BedfordLabourSigned
Robert Smith09/04/2003West Aberdeenshire & KincardineLiberal DemocratSigned
David Laws09/04/2003YeovilLiberal DemocratSigned
Edward O'Hara09/04/2003Knowsley SouthLabourSigned
Malcolm Bruce09/04/2003GordonLiberal DemocratSigned
Jonathan Djanogly09/04/2003HuntingdonConservativeSigned
John Grogan09/04/2003SelbyLabourSigned
Barbara Follett10/04/2003StevenageLabourSigned
David Amess11/04/2003Southend WestConservativeSigned
Simon Hughes14/04/2003North Southwark & BermondseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Geraldine Smith28/04/2003Morecambe & LunesdaleLabourSigned
Michael Spicer28/04/2003West WorcestershireConservativeSigned
Peter Bradley28/04/2003Wrekin, TheLabourSigned
Mike Gapes28/04/2003Ilford SouthLabour Co-operativeSigned
Robert Walter28/04/2003North DorsetConservativeSigned
Geraint Davies29/04/2003Croydon CentralLabourSigned
Tony Baldry29/04/2003BanburyConservativeSigned
John Mann30/04/2003BassetlawLabourSigned
Andrew Hunter06/05/2003BasingstokeIndependent ConservativeSigned
Jonathan R Shaw07/05/2003Chatham & AylesfordLabourSigned
Wayne David08/05/2003CaerphillyLabourSigned
Dari Taylor08/05/2003Stockton SouthLabourSigned
Kerry Pollard12/05/2003St AlbansLabourSigned
Nicholas Soames12/05/2003Mid SussexConservativeSigned
Richard Bacon12/05/2003South NorfolkConservativeSigned
Joyce Quin13/05/2003Gateshead East & Washington WestLabourSigned
Meg Munn13/05/2003Sheffield, HeeleyLabour Co-operativeSigned
Malcolm Savidge15/05/2003Aberdeen NorthLabourSigned
Robert Jackson21/05/2003WantageConservativeSigned
Jackie Lawrence22/05/2003Preseli PembrokeshireLabourSigned
Bruce George22/05/2003Walsall SouthLabourSigned
Martin Salter03/06/2003Reading WestLabourSigned
Alan Whitehead03/06/2003Southampton, TestLabourSigned
Richard Taylor04/06/2003Wyre ForestIndependentSigned
Lembit 01/07/2003MontgomeryshireLiberal DemocratSigned
John Taylor08/07/2003SolihullConservativeSigned
George Mudie14/07/2003Leeds EastLabourSigned
Martin Smyth17/09/2003Belfast SouthIndependent Ulster UnionistSigned
Nigel Dodds18/09/2003Belfast NorthDUPSigned
Peter Robinson14/10/2003Belfast EastDUPSigned
John Hume14/10/2003FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Roy Beggs14/10/2003East AntrimUUPSigned
Alan Reid15/10/2003Argyll & ButeLiberal DemocratSigned
David Rendel15/10/2003NewburyLiberal DemocratSigned
Menzies Campbell15/10/2003Fife North EastLiberal DemocratSigned
Mike Hancock15/10/2003Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Norman Baker15/10/2003LewesLiberal DemocratSigned
Matthew Taylor15/10/2003Truro & St AustellLiberal DemocratSigned
Sarah Teather15/10/2003Brent EastLiberal DemocratSigned
John Thurso15/10/2003Caithness, Sutherland & Easter RossLiberal DemocratSigned
Phil Willis23/10/2003Harrogate & KnaresboroughLiberal DemocratSigned
Chris MullinUnknownWithdrawn

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