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Benefits For Patients Receiving Long-Term In-Patient Care (No. 2)

EDM number 987 in 2004-05, proposed by Lynne Jones on 22/03/2005.

That this House welcomes the Budget announcement that all those entering hospital from April will continue to receive their full state pension and their full entitlement to incapacity benefit, severe disablement allowance and income support for the entire duration of their stay in hospital from April 2006 and those already in hospital will have their benefits increased from April 2006 if they have then been in hospital for 52 weeks or more; notes that this will mean that long-stay patients receiving inpatient care, including large numbers of people suffering from mental ill health, will no longer have to live on only ú15.90 per week state benefit and have to look to the hospital to supplement their allowance from care budgets, to ensure that their basic needs for clothing, toiletries, haircuts and other personal items are met; congratulates the Government on taking action so that long-stay in-patients will be given the means to develop greater independence, social inclusion and integration into the ordinary life of the community; and also congratulates Mind and other organisations representing patients who have long campaigned for this outcome.

This motion has been signed by a total of 52 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Lynne Jones22/03/2005Birmingham, Selly OakLabourProposed
Glenda Jackson22/03/2005Hampstead & HighgateLabourSigned
Kevin McNamara22/03/2005Kingston upon Hull NorthLabourSigned
Win Griffiths23/03/2005BridgendLabourSigned
Robert Wareing23/03/2005Liverpool, West DerbyLabourSigned
Rudi Vis23/03/2005Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
Desmond Turner23/03/2005Brighton, KemptownLabourSigned
David Taylor23/03/2005North West LeicestershireLabour Co-operativeSigned
Harry Barnes23/03/2005North East DerbyshireLabourSigned
Martin Caton23/03/2005GowerLabourSigned
Richard Burden23/03/2005Birmingham, NorthfieldLabourSigned
Edward O'Hara23/03/2005Knowsley SouthLabourSigned
Alan Meale23/03/2005MansfieldLabourSigned
John McDonnell23/03/2005Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Mark Lazarowicz23/03/2005Edinburgh North & LeithLabour Co-operativeSigned
Brian Iddon23/03/2005Bolton South EastLabourSigned
Syd Rapson23/03/2005Portsmouth NorthLabourSigned
Betty Williams24/03/2005ConwyLabourSigned
Brian White24/03/2005North East Milton KeynesLabourSigned
Gwyneth Dunwoody24/03/2005Crewe & NantwichLabourSigned
Ann Cryer24/03/2005KeighleyLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn24/03/2005Islington NorthLabourSigned
Eric Illsley24/03/2005Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Dennis Skinner24/03/2005BolsoverLabourSigned
Ernie Ross24/03/2005Dundee WestLabourSigned
Andy Reed24/03/2005LoughboroughLabour Co-operativeSigned
Martin O'Neill24/03/2005OchilLabourSigned
Geoffrey Robinson04/04/2005Coventry North WestLabourSigned
Phil Sawford04/04/2005KetteringLabourSigned
David Lepper04/04/2005Brighton, PavilionLabour Co-operativeSigned
Rob Marris04/04/2005Wolverhampton South WestLabourSigned
Frank Cook04/04/2005Stockton NorthLabourSigned
Sue Doughty04/04/2005GuildfordLiberal DemocratSigned
Mike Hancock04/04/2005Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Tony Colman05/04/2005PutneyLabourSigned
Roy Beggs05/04/2005East AntrimUUPSigned
Andrew Dismore05/04/2005HendonLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins05/04/2005Luton NorthLabourSigned
Lady Hermon05/04/2005North DownUUPSigned
Martin Smyth05/04/2005Belfast SouthUUPSigned
Julie Morgan06/04/2005Cardiff NorthLabourSigned
Alan Simpson06/04/2005Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Sandra Osborne06/04/2005AyrLabourSigned
Keith Bradley06/04/2005Manchester, WithingtonLabourSigned
Tony Clarke06/04/2005Northampton SouthLabourSigned
David Clelland06/04/2005Tyne BridgeLabourSigned
Jim Cousins06/04/2005Newcastle upon Tyne CentralLabourSigned
Janet Dean06/04/2005BurtonLabourSigned
Jeff Ennis06/04/2005Barnsley East & MexboroughLabourSigned
Paul Flynn06/04/2005Newport WestLabourSigned
Adrian Bailey06/04/2005West Bromwich WestLabour Co-operativeSigned
Richard Taylor06/04/2005Wyre ForestIndependentSigned

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