Lunch Expenses For Unemployed Volunteers

EDM number 2529 in 2005-06, proposed by Diane Abbott on 06/07/2006.

That this House believes that volunteers play an important role in building and empowering communities and that volunteering should be encouraged for all; supports job seekers and the unemployed who make time to volunteer whilst also seeking employment; notes with dismay the recent Department for Work and Pensions booklet that states that volunteers on Income Support or Job Seekers Allowance will not normally be entitled to claim lunch as an expense; is concerned that the long-standing reimbursement of volunteers as a way of appreciating and recognising their input may be undermined; is further concerned that those least able to afford volunteering are more likely to be discouraged from doing so if reasonable expenses are not provided; notes that volunteering should not be considered `basic needs'; and calls on the Department for Work and Pensions to promote volunteering as a benefit to job seekers and their communities, for which volunteers should have the right to claim reasonable and essential expenses.

This motion has been signed by a total of 123 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Diane Abbott	06/07/2006	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Proposed
Pete Wishart	10/07/2006	Perth & Perthshire North	Scottish National Party	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	10/07/2006	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Brian Iddon	10/07/2006	Bolton South East	Labour	Seconded
Bob Spink	10/07/2006	Castle Point	Conservative	Seconded
Andrew Dismore	10/07/2006	Hendon	Labour	Seconded
David Drew	10/07/2006	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	10/07/2006	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Jim Devine	11/07/2006	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Helen Goodman	11/07/2006	Bishop Auckland	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	11/07/2006	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	11/07/2006	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	11/07/2006	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew George	11/07/2006	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Dobbin	11/07/2006	Heywood & Middleton	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	11/07/2006	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	11/07/2006	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Derek Conway	11/07/2006	Old Bexley & Sidcup	Conservative	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	11/07/2006	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	11/07/2006	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Russell	11/07/2006	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Caton	12/07/2006	Gower	Labour	Signed
Hywel Francis	12/07/2006	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	12/07/2006	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	12/07/2006	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Michael Weir	12/07/2006	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Stephen Williams	12/07/2006	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	12/07/2006	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	12/07/2006	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Breed	12/07/2006	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Iris Robinson	12/07/2006	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Nick Harvey	12/07/2006	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dai Havard	12/07/2006	Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	12/07/2006	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Fraser Kemp	12/07/2006	Houghton & Washington East	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	12/07/2006	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
David Borrow	13/07/2006	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
John Hemming	13/07/2006	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Crabb	13/07/2006	Preseli Pembrokeshire	Conservative	Signed
Mary Creagh	13/07/2006	Wakefield	Labour	Signed
Madeleine Moon	13/07/2006	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Mark Williams	13/07/2006	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeff Ennis	13/07/2006	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	13/07/2006	Burton	Labour	Signed
Karen Buck	13/07/2006			Signed
Chris McCafferty	13/07/2006	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Rob Marris	13/07/2006	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	13/07/2006	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour	Signed
Bob Laxton	13/07/2006	Derby North	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	13/07/2006	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	13/07/2006	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	14/07/2006	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Jones	14/07/2006	Clwyd West	Conservative	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	14/07/2006	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Betty Williams	14/07/2006	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	14/07/2006	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Malcolm Rifkind	17/07/2006			Signed
John Battle	17/07/2006	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	17/07/2006	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Horwood	18/07/2006	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nia Griffith	18/07/2006	Llanelli	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	18/07/2006	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
David Chaytor	18/07/2006	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Andrew Pelling	19/07/2006	Croydon Central	Conservative	Signed
Sian James	19/07/2006	Swansea East	Labour	Signed
Phil Willis	19/07/2006	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	19/07/2006	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
David Curry	19/07/2006	Skipton & Ripon	Conservative	Signed
Michael Mates	19/07/2006	East Hampshire	Conservative	Signed
David Laws	19/07/2006	Yeovil	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Julie Morgan	19/07/2006	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Richard Benyon	20/07/2006	Newbury	Conservative	Signed
Nicholas Winterton	20/07/2006	Macclesfield	Conservative	Signed
Paddy Tipping	20/07/2006	Sherwood	Labour	Signed
Danny Alexander	24/07/2006	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Harry Cohen	24/07/2006	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	24/07/2006	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martyn Jones	24/07/2006	Clwyd South	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	24/07/2006	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Phyllis Starkey	24/07/2006	Milton Keynes South West	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	24/07/2006	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	24/07/2006	Dover	Labour	Signed
Jessica Morden	25/07/2006	Newport East	Labour	Signed
Hywel Williams	25/07/2006	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Paul Truswell	25/07/2006	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Nigel Dodds	25/07/2006	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Paul Murphy	25/07/2006	Torfaen	Labour	Signed
John Horam	25/07/2006	Orpington	Conservative	Signed
Joan Ruddock	25/07/2006	Lewisham, Deptford	Labour	Signed
Norman Baker	09/10/2006	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Hugh Bayley	09/10/2006	York, City of	Labour	Signed
Don Touhig	09/10/2006	Islwyn	Labour	Signed
Ian Austin	09/10/2006	Dudley North	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Browne	09/10/2006	Taunton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dawn Butler	09/10/2006	Brent South	Labour	Signed
David Howarth	09/10/2006	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Emily Thornberry	09/10/2006	Islington South & Finsbury	Labour	Signed
Anne Main	09/10/2006	St Albans	Conservative	Signed
Jamie Reed	09/10/2006	Copeland	Labour	Signed
Lee Scott	09/10/2006	Ilford North	Conservative	Signed
John Gummer	09/10/2006	Suffolk Coastal	Conservative	Signed
Don Foster	09/10/2006	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nicholas Soames	09/10/2006	Mid Sussex	Conservative	Signed
Kate Hoey	09/10/2006	Vauxhall	Labour	Signed
Simon Hughes	09/10/2006	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Julie Kirkbride	09/10/2006	Bromsgrove	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Love	09/10/2006	Edmonton	Labour	Signed
John Maples	09/10/2006	Stratford-on-Avon	Conservative	Signed
Eric Martlew	09/10/2006	Carlisle	Labour	Signed
Bill Olner	09/10/2006	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Frank Dobson	09/10/2006	Holborn & St Pancras	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	09/10/2006	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Bill Etherington	09/10/2006	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Frank Field	10/10/2006	Birkenhead	Labour	Signed
Steve Webb	11/10/2006	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Susan Kramer	12/10/2006	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sarah Teather	12/10/2006	Brent East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Grogan	12/10/2006	Selby	Labour	Signed
Sandra Gidley	16/10/2006	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Salter	17/10/2006	Reading West	Labour	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	17/10/2006	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Matthew Taylor	31/10/2006	Truro & St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John McDonnell	06/11/2006	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed

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