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This motion has been signed by a total of 204 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Steve Webb	19/11/2002	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Jim Knight	19/11/2002	South Dorset	Labour	Signed
Diana Organ	19/11/2002	Forest of Dean	Labour	Signed
Sandra Gidley	19/11/2002	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Anne Begg	19/11/2002	Aberdeen South	Labour	Signed
Roger Berry	19/11/2002	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Huw Edwards	20/11/2002	Monmouth	Labour	Signed
Sue Doughty	20/11/2002	Guildford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Janet Dean	20/11/2002	Burton	Labour	Signed
Brian Cotter	20/11/2002	Weston-Super-Mare	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	20/11/2002	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Ann Clwyd	20/11/2002	Cynon Valley	Labour	Signed
Annabelle Ewing	20/11/2002	Perth	Scottish National Party	Signed
Don Foster	20/11/2002	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew George	20/11/2002	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Win Griffiths	20/11/2002	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
John Austin	20/11/2002	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Harry Barnes	20/11/2002	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Paul Tyler	20/11/2002	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	20/11/2002	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	20/11/2002	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	20/11/2002	Gower	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	20/11/2002	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Linda Perham	20/11/2002	Ilford North	Labour	Signed
Adam Price	20/11/2002	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Syd Rapson	20/11/2002	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Iris Robinson	20/11/2002	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Bob Russell	20/11/2002	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Adrian Sanders	20/11/2002	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Heath	20/11/2002	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Holmes	20/11/2002	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Glenda Jackson	20/11/2002	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Gregory Campbell	20/11/2002	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Patsy Calton	20/11/2002	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Vincent Cable	20/11/2002	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Marsden	20/11/2002	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rob Marris	20/11/2002	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	20/11/2002	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Derek Wyatt	21/11/2002	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Adrian Bailey	21/11/2002	West Bromwich West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
David Drew	21/11/2002	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Jim Cunningham	21/11/2002	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	21/11/2002	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	21/11/2002	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynne Jones	21/11/2002	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	21/11/2002	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	21/11/2002	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Dai Havard	21/11/2002	Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	21/11/2002	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Valerie Davey	25/11/2002	Bristol West	Labour	Signed
Terry Davis	25/11/2002	Birmingham, Hodge Hill	Labour	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	25/11/2002	Lagan Valley	UUP	Signed
Louise Ellman	25/11/2002	Liverpool, Riverside	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Richard Allan	25/11/2002	Sheffield, Hallam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Vera Baird	25/11/2002	Redcar	Labour	Signed
David Borrow	25/11/2002	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
John Cryer	25/11/2002	Hornchurch	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	25/11/2002	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Phil Sawford	25/11/2002	Kettering	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	25/11/2002	North Down	UUP	Signed
John Horam	25/11/2002	Orpington	Conservative	Signed
Annette Brooke	25/11/2002	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Helen Clark	25/11/2002	Peterborough	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	25/11/2002	Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	25/11/2002	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Pete Wishart	26/11/2002	North Tayside	Scottish National Party	Signed
Harold Best	26/11/2002	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Frank Field	26/11/2002	Birkenhead	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	26/11/2002	Bristol North West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	26/11/2002	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Jenny Tonge	27/11/2002	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Chidgey	27/11/2002	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Burnett	27/11/2002	Torridge & West Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Meale	27/11/2002	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	27/11/2002	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Archy Kirkwood	27/11/2002	Roxburgh & Berwickshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Pugh	27/11/2002	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Burstow	28/11/2002	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Betty Williams	28/11/2002	Conwy	Labour	Signed
John Barrett	02/12/2002	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Candy Atherton	02/12/2002	Falmouth & Camborne	Labour	Signed
Hugo Swire	03/12/2002	East Devon	Conservative	Signed
Paul Truswell	03/12/2002	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Michael Weir	04/12/2002	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Tom Brake	04/12/2002	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Oaten	04/12/2002	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Evan Harris	04/12/2002	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Marsha Singh	04/12/2002	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Jim Sheridan	04/12/2002	West Renfrewshire	Labour	Signed
Alex Salmond	04/12/2002	Banff & Buchan	Scottish National Party	Signed
Roger Williams	05/12/2002	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Janet Anderson	05/12/2002	Rossendale & Darwen	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	05/12/2002	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Tony Clarke	05/12/2002	Northampton South	Labour	Signed
Andy King	11/12/2002	Rugby & Kenilworth	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	11/12/2002	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Alan Beith	11/12/2002	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kevin McNamara	16/12/2002	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Peter Kilfoyle	16/12/2002	Liverpool, Walton	Labour	Signed
Hywel Williams	17/12/2002	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Nick Harvey	19/12/2002	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	19/12/2002	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Atkinson	07/01/2003	Bournemouth East	Conservative	Signed
Iain Coleman	07/01/2003	Hammersmith & Fulham	Labour	Signed
John Bercow	09/01/2003	Buckingham	Conservative	Signed
Nigel Jones	13/01/2003	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew MacKay	13/01/2003	Bracknell	Conservative	Signed
Gerry Steinberg	13/01/2003	Durham, City of	Labour	Signed
Tony Wright	14/01/2003	Cannock Chase	Labour	Signed
Richard Burden	14/01/2003	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Teddy Taylor	15/01/2003	Rochford & Southend East	Conservative	Signed
Desmond Swayne	16/01/2003	New Forest West	Conservative	Signed
Gary Streeter	20/01/2003	South West Devon	Conservative	Signed
Nigel Beard	20/01/2003	Bexleyheath & Crayford	Labour	Signed
Michael Fabricant	20/01/2003	Lichfield	Conservative	Signed
James Clappison	20/01/2003	Hertsmere	Conservative	Signed
Bill Olner	20/01/2003	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Debra Shipley	20/01/2003	Stourbridge	Labour	Signed
Hugh Robertson	21/01/2003	Faversham & Mid Kent	Conservative	Signed
Clive Soley	23/01/2003			Signed
Diane Abbott	23/01/2003	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Michael Moore	27/01/2003	Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kate Hoey	04/02/2003	Vauxhall	Labour	Signed
Barry Sheerman	04/02/2003	Huddersfield	Labour Co-operative	Signed
John Battle	05/02/2003	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Joan Walley	06/02/2003	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
John Lyons	07/02/2003	Strathkelvin & Bearsden	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	07/02/2003	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Roger Godsiff	10/02/2003	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	13/02/2003	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Julie Morgan	24/02/2003	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Tony McWalter	24/02/2003	Hemel Hempstead	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Claire Curtis-Thomas	24/02/2003	Crosby	Labour	Signed
Gillian Shephard	25/02/2003	South West Norfolk	Conservative	Signed
Paul Stinchcombe	25/02/2003	Wellingborough	Labour	Signed
Angus Robertson	03/03/2003	Moray	Scottish National Party	Signed
Norman Lamb	03/03/2003	North Norfolk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Williams	06/03/2003	Swansea West	Labour	Signed
David Curry	07/03/2003	Skipton & Ripon	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Stunell	12/03/2003	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian White	13/03/2003	North East Milton Keynes	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	20/03/2003	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	25/03/2003	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
John Wilkinson	27/03/2003	Ruislip - Northwood	Conservative	Signed
Kevin Barron	27/03/2003	Rother Valley	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	02/04/2003	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Matthew Green	02/04/2003	Ludlow	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Christine Russell	03/04/2003	Chester, City of	Labour	Signed
David Chaytor	03/04/2003	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	04/04/2003	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Patrick Hall	08/04/2003	Bedford	Labour	Signed
Jeff Ennis	08/04/2003	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
Sydney Chapman	08/04/2003	Chipping Barnet	Conservative	Signed
John Grogan	09/04/2003	Selby	Labour	Signed
Jonathan Djanogly	09/04/2003	Huntingdon	Conservative	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	09/04/2003	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Edward O'Hara	09/04/2003	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
David Laws	09/04/2003	Yeovil	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Smith	09/04/2003	West Aberdeenshire & Kincardine	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Barbara Follett	10/04/2003	Stevenage	Labour	Signed
David Amess	11/04/2003	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
Simon Hughes	14/04/2003	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Walter	28/04/2003	North Dorset	Conservative	Signed
Mike Gapes	28/04/2003	Ilford South	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Peter Bradley	28/04/2003	Wrekin, The	Labour	Signed
Michael Spicer	28/04/2003	West Worcestershire	Conservative	Signed
Geraldine Smith	28/04/2003	Morecambe & Lunesdale	Labour	Signed
Tony Baldry	29/04/2003	Banbury	Conservative	Signed
Geraint Davies	29/04/2003	Croydon Central	Labour	Signed
John Mann	30/04/2003	Bassetlaw	Labour	Signed
Andrew Hunter	06/05/2003	Basingstoke	Independent Conservative	Signed
Jonathan R Shaw	07/05/2003	Chatham & Aylesford	Labour	Signed
Wayne David	08/05/2003	Caerphilly	Labour	Signed
Dari Taylor	08/05/2003	Stockton South	Labour	Signed
Richard Bacon	12/05/2003	South Norfolk	Conservative	Signed
Nicholas Soames	12/05/2003	Mid Sussex	Conservative	Signed
Kerry Pollard	12/05/2003	St Albans	Labour	Signed
Joyce Quin	13/05/2003	Gateshead East & Washington West	Labour	Signed
Meg Munn	13/05/2003	Sheffield, Heeley	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Malcolm Savidge	15/05/2003	Aberdeen North	Labour	Signed
Robert Jackson	21/05/2003	Wantage	Conservative	Signed
Jackie Lawrence	22/05/2003	Preseli Pembrokeshire	Labour	Signed
Bruce George	22/05/2003	Walsall South	Labour	Signed
Martin Salter	03/06/2003	Reading West	Labour	Signed
Alan Whitehead	03/06/2003	Southampton, Test	Labour	Signed
Richard Taylor	04/06/2003	Wyre Forest	Independent	Signed
Lembit	01/07/2003	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Taylor	08/07/2003	Solihull	Conservative	Signed
George Mudie	14/07/2003	Leeds East	Labour	Signed
Martin Smyth	17/09/2003	Belfast South	Independent Ulster Unionist	Signed
Nigel Dodds	18/09/2003	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Roy Beggs	14/10/2003	East Antrim	UUP	Signed
John Hume	14/10/2003	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Peter Robinson	14/10/2003	Belfast East	DUP	Signed
John Thurso	15/10/2003	Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sarah Teather	15/10/2003	Brent East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Matthew Taylor	15/10/2003	Truro & St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Norman Baker	15/10/2003	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Hancock	15/10/2003	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Menzies Campbell	15/10/2003	Fife North East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Rendel	15/10/2003	Newbury	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Reid	15/10/2003	Argyll & Bute	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Phil Willis	23/10/2003	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Chris Mullin	Unknown			Withdrawn

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