Gap Between Rich And Poor

EDM number 2 in 2005-06, proposed by Bob Russell on 17/05/2005.

That this House is dismayed that the gap between rich and poor has widened since 1997; is disturbed that the percentage of wealth held by the top 10 per cent. of the population has increased from 47 per cent. to 54 per cent.; congratulates the Institute of Public Policy Research Commission on Social Justice, set up at the request of the late Labour leader John Smith, for drawing these worrying facts to public attention; and calls on the Prime Minister to explain why over the past eight years the gap between the rich and the poor has widened, with the result that the UK has become a less equal society, and whether he regards this as a success or failure of his Government's policies.

This motion has been signed by a total of 48 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Bob Russell	17/05/2005	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Tom Brake	18/05/2005	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Vincent Cable	18/05/2005	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Nick Harvey	18/05/2005	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
David Heath	18/05/2005	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Colin Breed	18/05/2005	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	18/05/2005	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Sandra Gidley	18/05/2005	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynne Jones	18/05/2005	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	18/05/2005	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Taylor	19/05/2005	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	19/05/2005	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Annette Brooke	19/05/2005	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Keetch	19/05/2005	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Simon Hughes	19/05/2005	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Pugh	19/05/2005	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Howarth	23/05/2005	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	23/05/2005	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	23/05/2005	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Julia Goldsworthy	24/05/2005	Falmouth & Camborne	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Williams	24/05/2005	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Hywel Williams	24/05/2005	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Michael Weir	24/05/2005	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Mike Hancock	24/05/2005	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Clapham	24/05/2005	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Gregory Campbell	24/05/2005	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Adam Price	24/05/2005	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Andrew Stunell	25/05/2005	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Drew	25/05/2005	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	25/05/2005	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Paul Burstow	26/05/2005	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	06/06/2005	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Angus MacNeil	06/06/2005	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scottish National Party	Signed
Lady Hermon	07/06/2005	North Down	UUP	Signed
Mark Williams	08/06/2005	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Truswell	09/06/2005	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	09/06/2005	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Jo Swinson	13/06/2005	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Edward Davey	16/06/2005	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stewart Hosie	21/06/2005	Dundee East	Scottish National Party	Signed
Rob Marris	04/07/2005	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	04/07/2005	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Alex Salmond	07/07/2005	Banff & Buchan	Scottish National Party	Signed
Susan Kramer	19/07/2005	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sarah Teather	21/07/2005	Brent East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Pelling	09/01/2006	Croydon Central	Conservative	Signed
Eddie McGrady	23/01/2006	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Peter Law	Unknown			Withdrawn

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