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Television Licence Fee Scheme For Domestic Abuse Refuges

EDM number 435 in 2006-07, proposed by Jo Swinson on 07/12/2006.

That this House is deeply concerned that women who have fled to refuge centres due to domestic abuse are responsible for purchasing a television licence immediately upon arrival, should they have a television in their room; notes that hotels and guesthouses already benefit from TV licence concessions; further notes that many women in such a distressed and displaced position are particularly reliant upon television, especially to entertain their children; believes that women who have fled a violent partner should not feel threatened by an enforcement officer arriving unannounced at the refuge, as violent men stalking their ex-partners often pose as officials to gain access to properties; expresses concern that funds from organisations which run refuge centres are being diverted to pay for television licences; and therefore calls for women's refuge centres to be included in the same television licence fee scheme as the hospitality industry.

This motion has been signed by a total of 69 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Jo Swinson07/12/2006East DunbartonshireLiberal DemocratProposed
Dan Rogerson07/12/2006North CornwallLiberal DemocratSeconded
Mark Hunter07/12/2006CheadleLiberal DemocratSeconded
David Taylor07/12/2006North West LeicestershireLabourSeconded
John Leech07/12/2006Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSeconded
Rudi Vis07/12/2006Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSeconded
Andrew George07/12/2006St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Willie Rennie07/12/2006Dunfermline and West FifeLiberal DemocratSigned
Stephen Williams07/12/2006Bristol WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Martin Horwood07/12/2006CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Derek Wyatt07/12/2006Sittingbourne and SheppeyLabourSigned
Michael Weir07/12/2006AngusScottish National PartySigned
Don Foster07/12/2006BathLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Dismore07/12/2006HendonLabourSigned
Janet Dean07/12/2006BurtonLabourSigned
Mark Lazarowicz07/12/2006Edinburgh North and LeithLabourSigned
Lynne Jones07/12/2006Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Julie Morgan07/12/2006Cardiff NorthLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins07/12/2006Luton NorthLabourSigned
Paul Holmes07/12/2006ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
David Heyes07/12/2006Ashton-under-LyneLabourSigned
Bob Russell07/12/2006ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Greg Pope07/12/2006HyndburnLabourSigned
Annette Brooke07/12/2006Mid Dorset and North PooleLiberal DemocratSigned
Glenda Jackson11/12/2006Hampstead and HighgateLabourSigned
Philip Davies11/12/2006ShipleyConservativeSigned
Peter Bottomley11/12/2006Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Roger Godsiff11/12/2006Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small HeathLabourSigned
John Cummings11/12/2006EasingtonLabourSigned
John McDonnell11/12/2006Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Brian Jenkins11/12/2006TamworthLabourSigned
Evan Harris11/12/2006Oxford West and AbingdonLiberal DemocratSigned
Bob Spink11/12/2006Castle PointConservativeSigned
Katy Clark12/12/2006North Ayrshire and ArranLabourSigned
Martin Caton12/12/2006GowerLabourSigned
Janet Anderson12/12/2006Rossendale and DarwenLabourSigned
Mike Hancock12/12/2006Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Ann Cryer12/12/2006KeighleyLabourSigned
David Drew12/12/2006StroudLabourSigned
Gordon Marsden12/12/2006Blackpool SouthLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn12/12/2006Islington NorthLabourSigned
Iris Robinson13/12/2006StrangfordDUPSigned
Elfyn Llwyd13/12/2006Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Rob Marris13/12/2006Wolverhampton South WestLabourSigned
Chris McCafferty13/12/2006Calder ValleyLabourSigned
Alasdair McDonnell13/12/2006Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Colin Breed13/12/2006South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Ronnie Campbell13/12/2006Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
David Crausby13/12/2006Bolton North EastLabourSigned
Jeffrey M Donaldson13/12/2006Lagan ValleyDUPSigned
Diane Abbott13/12/2006Hackney North and Stoke NewingtonLabourSigned
Lorely Burt13/12/2006SolihullLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Williams14/12/2006CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
Betty Williams14/12/2006ConwyLabourSigned
Sharon Hodgson14/12/2006Gateshead East and Washington WestLabourSigned
Paul Keetch14/12/2006HerefordLiberal DemocratSigned
Vincent Cable18/12/2006TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Phil Willis18/12/2006Harrogate and KnaresboroughLiberal DemocratSigned
Eric Illsley19/12/2006Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Neil Gerrard19/12/2006WalthamstowLabourSigned
John Hemming19/12/2006Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Robert Smith17/01/2007West Aberdeenshire and KincardineLiberal DemocratSigned
Mohammad Sarwar22/01/2007Glasgow CentralLabourSigned
Nick Harvey22/01/2007North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Hywel Williams22/01/2007CaernarfonPlaid CymruSigned
Nigel Dodds25/01/2007Belfast NorthDUPSigned
Andrew Pelling25/01/2007Croydon CentralConservativeSigned
Nigel Griffiths25/07/2007Edinburgh SouthLabourSigned
Stephen Hepburn10/10/2007JarrowLabourSigned

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