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Tax Credits And The Parliamentary Ombudsman

EDM number 531 in 2005-06, proposed by Frank Field on 06/07/2005.

That this House deeply regrets the hardship and discomfort being caused by HM Revenue and Customs' decision to claw back tax credits overpaid to 1.8 million families; recognises that the lack of a statutory test for the recovery of excess payments and overpayments of tax credits with the right of appeal to an independent tribunal is causing chaos to the lives of many constituents; and believes that, in the absence of such a test, honourable Members should submit all cases of disputed overpayments to the Parliamentary Ombudsman so that an independent body can monitor what is happening to very large numbers of constituents.

This motion has been signed by a total of 39 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Frank Field06/07/2005BirkenheadLabourProposed
Kevan Jones06/07/2005North DurhamLabourSeconded
David Taylor07/07/2005North West LeicestershireLabourSeconded
Lynne Jones07/07/2005Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSeconded
David Drew07/07/2005StroudLabourSeconded
Mike Hancock07/07/2005Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSeconded
Bob Russell07/07/2005ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Jeremy Corbyn07/07/2005Islington NorthLabourSigned
Ann Cryer07/07/2005KeighleyLabourSigned
Peter Bottomley07/07/2005Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Kelvin Hopkins11/07/2005Luton NorthLabourSigned
Roger Godsiff11/07/2005Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small HeathLabourSigned
Edward Vaizey11/07/2005WantageConservativeSigned
Nicholas Winterton12/07/2005MacclesfieldConservativeSigned
Hywel Williams12/07/2005CaernarfonPlaid CymruSigned
Betty Williams12/07/2005ConwyLabourSigned
Robert Wareing12/07/2005Liverpool, West DerbyLabourSigned
Neil Gerrard12/07/2005WalthamstowLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin12/07/2005Heywood and MiddletonLabourSigned
Martin Caton12/07/2005GowerLabourSigned
Vincent Cable12/07/2005TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Eric Illsley12/07/2005Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Adam Price12/07/2005Carmarthen East and DinefwrPlaid CymruSigned
Jeff Ennis12/07/2005Barnsley East and MexboroughLabourSigned
Lady Hermon13/07/2005North DownUUPSigned
Elfyn Llwyd13/07/2005Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Bill Etherington14/07/2005Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Rudi Vis14/07/2005Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Glenda Jackson14/07/2005Hampstead and HighgateLabourSigned
Julie Morgan14/07/2005Cardiff NorthLabourSigned
Alan Simpson19/07/2005Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Albert Owen19/07/2005Ynys MLabourSigned
Gregory Campbell19/07/2005East LondonderryDUPSigned
John Barrett19/07/2005Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Greg Pope20/07/2005HyndburnLabourSigned
John McDonnell20/07/2005Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Edward O'Hara21/07/2005Knowsley SouthLabourSigned
Derek Wyatt21/07/2005Sittingbourne and SheppeyLabourSigned
Roberta Blackman-Woods10/10/2005City of DurhamLabourSigned

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