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Amnesty For Tax Credit Overpayments

EDM number 546 in 2005-06, proposed by Anne Begg on 11/07/2005.

That this House welcomes the Government's pledge to end child poverty by 2020 and acknowledges the progress it has made so far; but is concerned by the continued problems in the administration of the tax credits system highlighted in the reports in June from Citizens Advice, the Parliamentary Ombudsman and the Adjudicator for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs; is further concerned at the level of overpayments and the difficulties and hardships for families caused when these overpayments are recovered automatically from future tax credits entitlements; and calls on Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs to introduce an amnesty in respect of all overpayments of tax credits made in the 2003-04 and 2004-05 tax years unless the overpayment was caused by fraud on the part of the claimant.

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

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Anne Begg11/07/2005Aberdeen SouthLabourProposed
Peter Bottomley12/07/2005Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
David Drew12/07/2005StroudLabourSeconded
Martin Caton12/07/2005GowerLabourSeconded
David Taylor12/07/2005North West LeicestershireLabourSeconded
Eric Illsley12/07/2005Barnsley CentralLabourSeconded
Jeremy Corbyn12/07/2005Islington NorthLabourSigned
Mike Hancock12/07/2005Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Lynne Jones12/07/2005Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins12/07/2005Luton NorthLabourSigned
Julie Morgan12/07/2005Cardiff NorthLabourSigned
Iris Robinson13/07/2005StrangfordDUPSigned
Lady Hermon13/07/2005North DownUUPSigned
Mark Lazarowicz13/07/2005Edinburgh North and LeithLabourSigned
Elfyn Llwyd13/07/2005Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Hywel Francis13/07/2005AberavonLabourSigned
Adam Price14/07/2005Carmarthen East and DinefwrPlaid CymruSigned
Rudi Vis14/07/2005Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Mark Durkan14/07/2005FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Glenda Jackson14/07/2005Hampstead and HighgateLabourSigned
Mohammad Sarwar14/07/2005Glasgow CentralLabourSigned
Marsha Singh18/07/2005Bradford WestLabourSigned
Ann Cryer18/07/2005KeighleyLabourSigned
Andrew Dismore18/07/2005HendonLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin18/07/2005Heywood and MiddletonLabourSigned
Tony Baldry18/07/2005BanburyConservativeSigned
Betty Williams18/07/2005ConwyLabourSigned
Mike Wood18/07/2005Batley and SpenLabourSigned
Si19/07/2005Swansea EastLabourSigned
Janet Anderson19/07/2005Rossendale and DarwenLabourSigned
Janet Dean19/07/2005BurtonLabourSigned
John Cummings19/07/2005EasingtonLabourSigned
Sandra Osborne19/07/2005Ayr, Carrick and CumnockLabourSigned
Gregory Campbell19/07/2005East LondonderryDUPSigned
Alan Simpson19/07/2005Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Bob Spink19/07/2005Castle PointConservativeSigned
Greg Pope20/07/2005HyndburnLabourSigned
David Marshall20/07/2005Glasgow EastLabourSigned
Chris McCafferty20/07/2005Calder ValleyLabourSigned
John McDonnell20/07/2005Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Clive Efford20/07/2005ElthamLabourSigned
John Smith21/07/2005Vale of GlamorganLabourSigned
Tony Lloyd21/07/2005Manchester CentralLabourSigned
Andrew Love21/07/2005EdmontonLabourSigned
Edward O'Hara21/07/2005Knowsley SouthLabourSigned
Neil Gerrard21/07/2005WalthamstowLabourSigned
Patrick Hall10/10/2005BedfordLabourSigned
David Amess10/10/2005Southend WestConservativeSigned
Roger Godsiff10/10/2005Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small HeathLabourSigned
Jeff Ennis10/10/2005Barnsley East and MexboroughLabourSigned
Andrew George10/10/2005St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Tom Clarke10/10/2005Coatbridge, Chryston and BellshillLabourSigned
Bill Olner10/10/2005NuneatonLabourSigned
David Heyes10/10/2005Ashton-under-LyneLabourSigned
John Hemming11/10/2005Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Gove11/10/2005Surrey HeathConservativeSigned
John Whittingdale12/10/2005Maldon and East ChelmsfordConservativeSigned
Ian Taylor25/10/2005Esher and WaltonConservativeSigned
Desmond Turner01/11/2005Brighton, KemptownLabourSigned
Doug Naysmith02/11/2005Bristol North WestLabourSigned
Jim Devine03/11/2005LivingstonLabourSigned
Russell Brown10/11/2005Dumfries and GallowayLabourSigned
Louise Ellman17/11/2005Liverpool, RiversideLabourSigned
Linda Riordan05/12/2005HalifaxLabourSigned
Gordon Marsden08/12/2005Blackpool SouthLabourSigned
Simon Burns18/04/2006West ChelmsfordConservativeSigned

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