European Court Of Justice Decision On Insolvent Occupational Pension Schemes

EDM number 749 in 2006-07, proposed by Julie Morgan on 25/01/2007.

That this House notes the judgment by the European Court of Justice that current UK measures to protect the expected pensions of members of occupational pension schemes in the event of their employer becoming insolvent are inadequate and unlawful under the requirements of the Insolvency Directive; further notes the terrible impact that the failure of successive governments in this regard has had on members of the ASW, UEF, Kalamazoo and other schemes and the estimated 125,000 pension scheme members who have lost their expected pensions, despite the £2.3 billion set aside for the Financial Assistance Scheme; believes that this situation is the fault of successive governments; and therefore calls upon the Government to take steps in the Pensions Bill currently before Parliament to ensure that those who lost their expected pension due to employer insolvency receive the pensions they saved for.

This motion has been signed by a total of 99 MPs, 3 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Julie Morgan	25/01/2007	Cardiff North	Labour	Proposed
Alun Michael	25/01/2007	Cardiff South & Penarth	Labour	Seconded
Derek Wyatt	25/01/2007	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Seconded
Sandra Osborne	25/01/2007	Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock	Labour	Seconded
Denis MacShane	25/01/2007	Rotherham	Labour	Seconded
Nia Griffith	25/01/2007	Llanelli	Labour	Seconded
Hywel Francis	25/01/2007	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Ian Gibson	25/01/2007	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	25/01/2007	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Sian James	25/01/2007	Swansea East	Labour	Signed
Peter Soulsby	25/01/2007	Leicester South	Labour	Signed
Madeleine Moon	25/01/2007	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Michael Penning	25/01/2007	Hemel Hempstead	Conservative	Signed
Louise Ellman	25/01/2007	Liverpool, Riverside	Labour	Signed
Frank Doran	25/01/2007	Aberdeen North	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	25/01/2007	Burton	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	25/01/2007	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Richard Burden	25/01/2007	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Albert Owen	25/01/2007	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	25/01/2007	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
Martyn Jones	25/01/2007	Clwyd South	Labour	Signed
John Smith	25/01/2007	Vale of Glamorgan	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	26/01/2007	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	26/01/2007	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	26/01/2007	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	29/01/2007	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	29/01/2007	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	29/01/2007	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Drew	29/01/2007	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Colin Challen	29/01/2007	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Eddie McGrady	29/01/2007	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Peter Kilfoyle	29/01/2007	Liverpool, Walton	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	29/01/2007	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	30/01/2007	Newport West	Labour	Signed
David Amess	30/01/2007	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
John Austin	30/01/2007	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	30/01/2007	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Keith Vaz	30/01/2007	Leicester East	Labour	Signed
Michael Weir	30/01/2007	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Hywel Williams	30/01/2007	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Tony Wright	30/01/2007	Cannock Chase	Labour	Signed
John Hemming	30/01/2007	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	30/01/2007	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jennifer Willott	30/01/2007	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Frank Field	30/01/2007	Birkenhead	Labour	Signed
Nigel Dodds	30/01/2007	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
John Cummings	30/01/2007	Easington	Labour	Signed
Gordon Prentice	30/01/2007	Pendle	Labour	Signed
John Spellar	30/01/2007	Warley	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	30/01/2007	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dai Havard	30/01/2007	Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	30/01/2007	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	30/01/2007	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	30/01/2007	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Michael Meacher	30/01/2007	Oldham West & Royton	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	30/01/2007	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	30/01/2007	Gower	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	30/01/2007	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Willie Rennie	31/01/2007	Dunfermline & Fife West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Hunter	31/01/2007	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	31/01/2007	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	31/01/2007	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
David Simpson	31/01/2007	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Alan Simpson	31/01/2007	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Dai Davies	01/02/2007	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
Hugh Bayley	01/02/2007	York, City of	Labour	Signed
Quentin Davies	01/02/2007	Grantham & Stamford	Conservative	Signed
Vincent Cable	01/02/2007	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Edward O'Hara	01/02/2007	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	02/02/2007	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Moss	02/02/2007	North East Cambridgeshire	Conservative	Signed
Chris McCafferty	02/02/2007	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Alex Salmond	02/02/2007	Banff & Buchan	Scottish National Party	Signed
Barry Sheerman	05/02/2007	Huddersfield	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	05/02/2007	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	05/02/2007	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Gregory Campbell	06/02/2007	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	06/02/2007	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Denis Murphy	07/02/2007	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	08/02/2007	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Katy Clark	19/02/2007	Ayrshire North & Arran	Labour	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	19/02/2007	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian Stewart	19/02/2007	Eccles	Labour	Signed
David Hamilton	19/02/2007	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Geoffrey Robinson	19/02/2007	Coventry North West	Labour	Signed
Adam Price	19/02/2007	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Jim Sheridan	20/02/2007	Paisley & Renfrewshire North	Labour	Signed
John Grogan	20/02/2007	Selby	Labour	Signed
Jo Swinson	21/02/2007	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian H Donohoe	22/02/2007	Ayrshire Central	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	27/02/2007	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	27/02/2007	Linlithgow & Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
David Heyes	27/02/2007	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	07/03/2007	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Paul Burstow	13/03/2007	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Fabian Hamilton	13/03/2007	Leeds North East	Labour	Signed
Joan Ruddock	Unknown			Withdrawn
Mark Tami	Unknown			Withdrawn
Helen Goodman	Unknown			Withdrawn

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