Reform Of The Disabled Facilities Grant

EDM number 160 in 2005-06, proposed by Roger Berry on 23/05/2005.

That this House is extremely concerned about the unfair nature of the disabled facilities grant means test, particularly for families with disabled children; notes that many families who need to make vital adaptations to their home are often forced into massive debt by having to pay for the full cost of adaptations themselves or are unable to carry out the work, leaving their home inaccessible for their child; believes this situation is unacceptable; welcomes the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister's current review of the disabled facilities grant; urges the Government to follow the recent decision to abolish the means test in Northern Ireland and Wales; and believes that such a move would greatly improve the quality of life for many disabled children and their families.

This motion has been signed by a total of 160 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Roger Berry	23/05/2005	Kingswood	Labour	Proposed
Martyn Jones	23/05/2005	Clwyd South	Labour	Seconded
Andrew George	24/05/2005	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	24/05/2005	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Paul Holmes	24/05/2005	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Jim Dobbin	24/05/2005	Heywood & Middleton	Labour	Seconded
Robert Wareing	24/05/2005	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	24/05/2005	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	24/05/2005	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Clive Efford	24/05/2005	Eltham	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	24/05/2005	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Jim Cousins	24/05/2005	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	24/05/2005	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	24/05/2005	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	24/05/2005	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Derek Conway	25/05/2005	Old Bexley & Sidcup	Conservative	Signed
Janet Dean	25/05/2005	Burton	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	25/05/2005	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Nigel Dodds	25/05/2005	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
David Drew	25/05/2005	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	25/05/2005	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	25/05/2005	Gower	Labour	Signed
Gordon Marsden	25/05/2005	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	25/05/2005	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Julie Morgan	25/05/2005	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Greg Pope	25/05/2005	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Gordon Prentice	25/05/2005	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Iris Robinson	25/05/2005	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Bob Russell	25/05/2005	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	25/05/2005	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Julia Goldsworthy	26/05/2005	Falmouth & Camborne	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Betty Williams	26/05/2005	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	26/05/2005	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	26/05/2005	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	26/05/2005	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Paul Burstow	26/05/2005	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Annette Brooke	26/05/2005	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Breed	26/05/2005	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eric Illsley	26/05/2005	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	26/05/2005	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Roger Williams	06/06/2005	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Wood	06/06/2005	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Lynne Featherstone	06/06/2005	Hornsey & Wood Green	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Horwood	06/06/2005	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	06/06/2005	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Angela Smith	06/06/2005	Sheffield, Hillsborough	Labour	Signed
James McGovern	06/06/2005	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
Madeleine Moon	06/06/2005	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Robert Walter	06/06/2005	North Dorset	Conservative	Signed
Ian Taylor	06/06/2005	Esher & Walton	Conservative	Signed
Joan Ruddock	06/06/2005	Lewisham, Deptford	Labour	Signed
David Clelland	06/06/2005	Tyne Bridge	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	06/06/2005	Linlithgow & Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	06/06/2005	Easington	Labour	Signed
Jim Cunningham	06/06/2005	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Edward Garnier	06/06/2005	Harborough	Conservative	Signed
Clive Betts	06/06/2005	Sheffield, Attercliffe	Labour	Signed
Bob Blizzard	06/06/2005	Waveney	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	07/06/2005	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Ian Gibson	07/06/2005	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Hywel Francis	07/06/2005	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Don Foster	07/06/2005	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Albert Owen	07/06/2005	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Denis Murphy	07/06/2005	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Helen Jones	07/06/2005	Warrington North	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	07/06/2005	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	07/06/2005	North Down	UUP	Signed
Christine Russell	07/06/2005	Chester, City of	Labour	Signed
David Anderson	08/06/2005	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Lorely Burt	08/06/2005	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Adam Holloway	08/06/2005	Gravesham	Conservative	Signed
Linda Riordan	08/06/2005	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Derek Wyatt	08/06/2005	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Mark Todd	08/06/2005	South Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Alan Beith	08/06/2005	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Barbara Follett	08/06/2005	Stevenage	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	08/06/2005	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
John Smith	08/06/2005	Vale of Glamorgan	Labour	Signed
Stephen Pound	08/06/2005	Ealing North	Labour	Signed
Janet Anderson	09/06/2005	Rossendale & Darwen	Labour	Signed
David Borrow	09/06/2005	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Paul Truswell	09/06/2005	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Mary Creagh	09/06/2005	Wakefield	Labour	Signed
David Howarth	09/06/2005	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	09/06/2005	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	09/06/2005	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Piara S Khabra	09/06/2005	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed
Evan Harris	09/06/2005	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Marsha Singh	09/06/2005	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	09/06/2005	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Peter Robinson	09/06/2005	Belfast East	DUP	Signed
David Hamilton	13/06/2005	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Angela Eagle	13/06/2005	Wallasey	Labour	Signed
Brian H Donohoe	13/06/2005	Ayrshire Central	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	13/06/2005	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gregory Campbell	13/06/2005	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Richard Burden	13/06/2005	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	14/06/2005	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
Menzies Campbell	14/06/2005	Fife North East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tim Farron	14/06/2005	Westmorland & Lonsdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Steve Webb	15/06/2005	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Penning	15/06/2005	Hemel Hempstead	Conservative	Signed
Peter Viggers	16/06/2005	Gosport	Conservative	Signed
Lembit	20/06/2005	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Helen Goodman	21/06/2005	Bishop Auckland	Labour	Signed
Lynda Waltho	21/06/2005	Stourbridge	Labour	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	22/06/2005	Glasgow Central	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	22/06/2005	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Daniel Rogerson	22/06/2005	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roberta Blackman-Woods	23/06/2005	Durham, City of	Labour	Signed
Tony Lloyd	27/06/2005	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
George Galloway	29/06/2005	Bethnal Green & Bow	Respect	Signed
David Crausby	29/06/2005	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Kevan Jones	30/06/2005	North Durham	Labour	Signed
John Hemming	30/06/2005	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John McDonnell	04/07/2005	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	04/07/2005	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Brooks Newmark	04/07/2005	Braintree	Conservative	Signed
Lee Scott	04/07/2005	Ilford North	Conservative	Signed
Sadiq Khan	05/07/2005	Tooting	Labour	Signed
John Barrett	05/07/2005	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nigel Evans	05/07/2005	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Signed
Tom Clarke	05/07/2005	Coatbridge, Chryston & Bellshill	Labour	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	06/07/2005	Lagan Valley	DUP	Signed
Norman Lamb	07/07/2005	North Norfolk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Rowen	07/07/2005	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Moore	13/07/2005	Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Marshall	13/07/2005	Glasgow East	Labour	Signed
Geoffrey Robinson	18/07/2005	Coventry North West	Labour	Signed
John Austin	18/07/2005	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Jennifer Willott	20/07/2005	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Bacon	20/07/2005	South Norfolk	Conservative	Signed
David Chaytor	21/07/2005	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Nicholas Clegg	21/07/2005	Sheffield, Hallam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Pelling	21/07/2005	Croydon Central	Conservative	Signed
Susan Kramer	10/10/2005	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rosie Cooper	10/10/2005	West Lancashire	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Browne	10/10/2005	Taunton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Thurso	10/10/2005	Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Desmond Swayne	10/10/2005	New Forest West	Conservative	Signed
David Amess	10/10/2005	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
Mark Oaten	10/10/2005	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Austin Mitchell	10/10/2005	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Eddie McGrady	10/10/2005	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
William McCrea	10/10/2005	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Adam Price	10/10/2005	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Mark Williams	13/10/2005	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Flello	13/10/2005	Stoke-on-Trent South	Labour	Signed
Charlotte Atkins	13/10/2005	Staffordshire Moorlands	Labour	Signed
Mark Fisher	13/10/2005	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Signed
Frank Field	13/10/2005	Birkenhead	Labour	Signed
Terry Rooney	13/10/2005	Bradford North	Labour	Signed
Sammy Wilson	17/10/2005	East Antrim	DUP	Signed
Joan Walley	17/10/2005	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Gavin Strang	17/10/2005	Edinburgh East	Labour	Signed
Sarah Teather	18/10/2005	Brent East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Jack	01/11/2005	Fylde	Conservative	Signed
Barry Sheerman	07/11/2005	Huddersfield	Labour	Signed
Russell Brown	10/11/2005	Dumfries & Galloway	Labour	Signed
Colin Burgon	22/05/2006	Elmet	Labour	Signed

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