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WOMEN AND CARERS' PENSIONS

EDM number 544 in 2005-06, proposed by Malcolm Rifkind on 07/07/2005.

That this House is very concerned about the number of female and carer pensioners living in poverty; is dismayed at the lack of Government proposals to help such pensioners in the Pensions Act 2004; recognises that the contributory principle does not have to be jettisoned to deliver improved pension provision; believes that the way state pension rights are earned can be modernised so that it is easier for women and carers to build them up; calls for the reform of the rule which stops those who have paid national insurance contributions for less than 10 years getting anything from the basic state pension; believes that a more flexible weekly credit should replace the current provisions for those who take time out of the labour market; notes that increasing the basic state pension would provide real improvements to the income of those pensioners entitled to pension credit who do not claim; and calls on Ministers to consider the plight of poorer female pensioners when considering further reforms to either state or private pensions.

This motion has been signed by a total of 66 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Malcolm Rifkind07/07/2005Kensington and ChelseaConservativeProposed
Eleanor Laing07/07/2005Epping ForestConservativeSeconded
David Heathcoat-Amory07/07/2005WellsConservativeSeconded
Nigel Waterson07/07/2005EastbourneConservativeSeconded
Tim Boswell07/07/2005DaventryConservativeSeconded
Paul Goodman07/07/2005WycombeConservativeSeconded
John Randall07/07/2005UxbridgeConservativeSigned
Peter Bottomley11/07/2005Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Michael Penning11/07/2005Hemel HempsteadConservativeSigned
Andrew Pelling11/07/2005Croydon CentralConservativeSigned
Edward Vaizey11/07/2005WantageConservativeSigned
Stewart Jackson11/07/2005PeterboroughConservativeSigned
Malcolm Moss11/07/2005North East CambridgeshireConservativeSigned
Tim Loughton12/07/2005East Worthing and ShorehamConservativeSigned
Nicholas Winterton12/07/2005MacclesfieldConservativeSigned
Hywel Williams12/07/2005CaernarfonPlaid CymruSigned
Mike Hancock12/07/2005Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Simon Burns12/07/2005West ChelmsfordConservativeSigned
Rob Marris12/07/2005Wolverhampton South WestLabourSigned
Julian Lewis12/07/2005New Forest EastConservativeSigned
Robert Key12/07/2005SalisburyConservativeSigned
Iris Robinson13/07/2005StrangfordDUPSigned
Nick Harvey13/07/2005North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Lady Hermon13/07/2005North DownUUPSigned
Alistair Burt13/07/2005North East BedfordshireConservativeSigned
Anne Main13/07/2005St AlbansConservativeSigned
David Wilshire14/07/2005SpelthorneConservativeSigned
Mark Durkan18/07/2005FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Stewart Hosie18/07/2005Dundee EastScottish National PartySigned
Bill Wiggin19/07/2005LeominsterConservativeSigned
Hugo Swire19/07/2005East DevonConservativeSigned
Gregory Campbell19/07/2005East LondonderryDUPSigned
Theresa May19/07/2005MaidenheadConservativeSigned
Edward Garnier19/07/2005HarboroughConservativeSigned
Stephen O'Brien20/07/2005EddisburyConservativeSigned
James Paice20/07/2005South East CambridgeshireConservativeSigned
Michael Fabricant20/07/2005LichfieldConservativeSigned
Cheryl Gillan20/07/2005Chesham and AmershamConservativeSigned
Angela Watkinson20/07/2005UpminsterConservativeSigned
James Brokenshire20/07/2005HornchurchConservativeSigned
Mark Harper20/07/2005Forest of DeanConservativeSigned
Philip Dunne21/07/2005LudlowConservativeSigned
Jeremy Wright21/07/2005Rugby and KenilworthConservativeSigned
Paul Rowen21/07/2005RochdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
Adam Holloway21/07/2005GraveshamConservativeSigned
Henry Bellingham21/07/2005North West NorfolkConservativeSigned
John Horam21/07/2005OrpingtonConservativeSigned
Oliver Heald21/07/2005North East HertfordshireConservativeSigned
John Hayes21/07/2005South Holland and The DeepingsConservativeSigned
Andrew Selous21/07/2005South West BedfordshireConservativeSigned
Philip Hammond21/07/2005Runnymede and WeybridgeConservativeSigned
Stephen Hammond10/10/2005WimbledonConservativeSigned
David Jones10/10/2005Clwyd WestConservativeSigned
Michael Gove10/10/2005Surrey HeathConservativeSigned
John Hemming10/10/2005Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Patrick Mercer10/10/2005NewarkConservativeSigned
Anne McIntosh10/10/2005Vale of YorkConservativeSigned
Andrew Rosindell10/10/2005RomfordConservativeSigned
David Mundell18/10/2005Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and TweeddaleConservativeSigned
Derek Conway20/10/2005Old Bexley & SidcupConservativeSigned
Caroline Spelman02/11/2005MeridenConservativeSigned
Julian Brazier03/11/2005CanterburyConservativeSigned
Anne Milton03/11/2005GuildfordConservativeSigned
Charles Hendry10/11/2005WealdenConservativeSigned
Andrew Murrison20/12/2005WestburyConservativeSigned
John Gummer20/12/2005Suffolk CoastalConservativeSigned

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