Freedom Pass In London (EDM973)

Freedom Pass In London

EDM number 973 in 2006-07, proposed by Emily Thornberry on 26/02/2007.

That this House welcomes the success of the Freedom Pass in London, which provides freedom to travel for hundreds of thousands of older and disabled Londoners on the tube, Docklands Light Railway, bus and tram and helps protect the environment by encouraging the use of public transport; notes the tabling of amendments to the Concessionary Bus Travel Bill by Liberal Democrat Lord Bradshaw which would abolish the reserve scheme for the Freedom Pass; deplores the comments of Conservative councillor Phil Taylor that the scheme should be `re-targeted' away from most pensioners to the `very old' and that users of the scheme are `recipients of largesse'; believes that the Freedom Pass is a valuable scheme that should be maintained; and supports unions, pensioner groups, disability groups and the Mayor of London in defending the Freedom Pass.

This motion has been signed by a total of 40 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Emily Thornberry	26/02/2007	Islington South and Finsbury	Labour	Proposed
Karen Buck	26/02/2007	Regent's Park and Kensington North	Labour	Seconded
Jeremy Corbyn	26/02/2007	Islington North	Labour	Seconded
Dawn Butler	26/02/2007	Brent South	Labour	Seconded
Andrew Dismore	26/02/2007	Hendon	Labour	Seconded
Alan Meale	26/02/2007	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Gordon Prentice	27/02/2007	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	27/02/2007	Hampstead and Highgate	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	27/02/2007	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	27/02/2007	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	27/02/2007	Gower	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	27/02/2007	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	27/02/2007	Burton	Labour	Signed
Frank Dobson	27/02/2007	Holborn and St Pancras	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	27/02/2007	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Ian Gibson	27/02/2007	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	27/02/2007	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	28/02/2007	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	28/02/2007	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	28/02/2007	Leyton and Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	28/02/2007	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	28/02/2007	Hackney North and Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
John Austin	01/03/2007	Erith and Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Janet Anderson	05/03/2007	Rossendale and Darwen	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	05/03/2007	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	06/03/2007	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
David Anderson	06/03/2007	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Lyn Brown	06/03/2007	West Ham	Labour	Signed
Dai Davies	06/03/2007	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
Lady Hermon	07/03/2007	North Down	UUP	Signed
Roger Godsiff	07/03/2007	Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Jon Cruddas	07/03/2007	Dagenham	Labour	Signed
Martin Linton	09/03/2007	Battersea	Labour	Signed
Andrew Love	09/03/2007	Edmonton	Labour	Signed
Hywel Francis	12/03/2007	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	13/03/2007	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Mike Gapes	13/03/2007	Ilford South	Labour	Signed
Jim Dowd	22/03/2007	Lewisham West	Labour	Signed
Joan Ruddock	Unknown			Withdrawn
Sadiq Khan	Unknown			Withdrawn

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