Secretary Of State For Work And Pensions And Welfare Reform (EDM747)

Secretary Of State For Work And Pensions And Welfare Reform

EDM number 747 in 2005-06, proposed by David Laws on 12/10/2005.

That this House is concerned that the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions has begun a debate on incapacity benefit reform in a way that appears designed to court dramatic media headlines that denigrate and stereotype many incapacity benefit recipients instead of proposing effective measures to help those people back into work; believes that a debate conducted in such negative terms will undermine the prospects for reform to be successful in helping people back to work; notes the wealth of evidence that many incapacity benefit recipients want to return to work but face multiple barriers to doing so; and calls on the Government urgently to bring forward costed proposals focused on supporting employers and incapacity benefit recipients to overcome the barriers to re-entering the labour market and gaining sustainable employment.

This motion has been signed by a total of 51 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
David Laws	12/10/2005	Yeovil	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Danny Alexander	12/10/2005	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Sandra Gidley	12/10/2005	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
David Heath	12/10/2005	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Jeremy Browne	12/10/2005	Taunton	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Paul Holmes	12/10/2005	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Bob Russell	12/10/2005	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew George	12/10/2005	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Pugh	13/10/2005	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Smith	13/10/2005	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Spink	13/10/2005	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
Michael Moore	13/10/2005	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Menzies Campbell	14/10/2005	North East Fife	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Williams	14/10/2005	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Rowen	14/10/2005	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Thurso	14/10/2005	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Stunell	14/10/2005	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Hancock	14/10/2005	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Evan Harris	14/10/2005	Oxford West and Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Adam Price	17/10/2005	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Nicholas Clegg	17/10/2005	Sheffield, Hallam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Bottomley	17/10/2005	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Colin Breed	18/10/2005	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Hunter	18/10/2005	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Williams	18/10/2005	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Greg Mulholland	18/10/2005	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	18/10/2005	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Don Foster	18/10/2005	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tom Brake	18/10/2005	Carshalton and Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Norman Lamb	18/10/2005	North Norfolk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Harvey	18/10/2005	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Julia Goldsworthy	18/10/2005	Falmouth and Camborne	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Hesford	19/10/2005	Wirral West	Labour	Signed
Simon Hughes	19/10/2005	North Southwark and Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Keetch	19/10/2005	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lembit	20/10/2005	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Annette Brooke	20/10/2005	Mid Dorset and North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Hywel Williams	20/10/2005	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Lynne Featherstone	20/10/2005	Hornsey and Wood Green	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Hemming	21/10/2005	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Horwood	21/10/2005	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Barrett	24/10/2005	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jo Swinson	24/10/2005	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Burstow	26/10/2005	Sutton and Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Edward Davey	26/10/2005	Kingston and Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Vincent Cable	27/10/2005	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Phil Willis	27/10/2005	Harrogate and Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lorely Burt	27/10/2005	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Beith	31/10/2005	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tim Farron	02/11/2005	Westmorland and Lonsdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Susan Kramer	11/11/2005	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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