Overseas Pension Parity (EDM1263)

Overseas Pension Parity

EDM number 1263 in 2007-08, proposed by Michael Connarty on 26/03/2008.
Categorised under the topic of Pensions.

That this House is dismayed that the Government has not ceased the practice of maintaining a discriminatory differential in UK state pensions, dependent on the country in which the recipient resides; acknowledges that the Government has stated that there is no legal reason to do so; and calls upon the Government to cease the practice of freezing some overseas pensions and to provide the 525,000 affected recipients resident abroad with pension parity.

This motion has been signed by a total of 116 MPs, 3 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Michael Connarty	26/03/2008	Linlithgow and East Falkirk	Labour	Proposed
Humfrey Malins	26/03/2008	Woking	Conservative	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	26/03/2008	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Jeremy Corbyn	26/03/2008	Islington North	Labour	Seconded
Hywel Williams	26/03/2008	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Seconded
Kate Hoey	26/03/2008	Vauxhall	Labour	Seconded
Bob Russell	26/03/2008	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Spink	26/03/2008	Castle Point	Independent Conservative	Signed
Mark Durkan	26/03/2008	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Nick Harvey	27/03/2008	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Holmes	27/03/2008	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Taylor	27/03/2008	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Michael Weir	27/03/2008	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Gordon Prentice	31/03/2008	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	31/03/2008	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	31/03/2008	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	31/03/2008	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
Graham Brady	31/03/2008	Altrincham and Sale West	Conservative	Signed
Ann Cryer	31/03/2008	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	31/03/2008	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Wareing	31/03/2008	Liverpool, West Derby	Independent	Signed
Betty Williams	31/03/2008	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Katy Clark	31/03/2008	North Ayrshire and Arran	Labour	Signed
Mark Hunter	31/03/2008	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sandra Osborne	01/04/2008	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	01/04/2008	Gower	Labour	Signed
Ann Winterton	01/04/2008	Congleton	Conservative	Signed
Nicholas Winterton	01/04/2008	Macclesfield	Conservative	Signed
John Leech	01/04/2008	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Greg Pope	02/04/2008	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Martin Salter	02/04/2008	Reading West	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	02/04/2008	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	02/04/2008	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Alan Meale	02/04/2008	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Austin Mitchell	02/04/2008	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Gregory Campbell	02/04/2008	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
David Borrow	02/04/2008	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	02/04/2008	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Jo Swinson	02/04/2008	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Edward O'Hara	03/04/2008	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Eddie McGrady	21/04/2008	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Mark Fisher	21/04/2008	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	21/04/2008	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Syms	21/04/2008	Poole	Conservative	Signed
Adam Holloway	21/04/2008	Gravesham	Conservative	Signed
Jim Devine	21/04/2008	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Iris Robinson	22/04/2008	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Eric Illsley	22/04/2008	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
John Bercow	22/04/2008	Buckingham	Conservative	Signed
Adam Price	23/04/2008	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Michael Moore	23/04/2008	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nigel Dodds	23/04/2008	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Michael Mates	24/04/2008	East Hampshire	Conservative	Signed
Bill Etherington	24/04/2008	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Sandra Gidley	25/04/2008	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Adrian Sanders	28/04/2008	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Breed	28/04/2008	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tim Farron	28/04/2008	Westmorland and Lonsdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stewart Hosie	28/04/2008	Dundee East	Scottish National Party	Signed
Martin Horwood	29/04/2008	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Horam	30/04/2008	Orpington	Conservative	Signed
Annette Brooke	30/04/2008	Mid Dorset and North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Taylor	30/04/2008	Wyre Forest	Independent	Signed
Charles Kennedy	06/05/2008	Ross, Skye and Lochaber	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Claire Curtis-Thomas	07/05/2008	Crosby	Labour	Signed
David Amess	07/05/2008	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
John Thurso	07/05/2008	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Joan Walley	07/05/2008	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Linda Riordan	07/05/2008	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Michael Ancram	08/05/2008	Devizes	Conservative	Signed
Charles Walker	12/05/2008	Broxbourne	Conservative	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	13/05/2008	Dover	Labour	Signed
Graham Stringer	13/05/2008	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Signed
Phil Willis	15/05/2008	Harrogate and Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lady Hermon	16/05/2008	North Down	UUP	Signed
Lynne Featherstone	16/05/2008	Hornsey and Wood Green	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	19/05/2008	Glasgow Central	Labour	Signed
Clare Short	20/05/2008	Birmingham, Ladywood	Independent Labour	Signed
Sammy Wilson	20/05/2008	East Antrim	DUP	Signed
John Pugh	22/05/2008	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Clapham	02/06/2008	Barnsley West and Penistone	Labour	Signed
Anne Main	02/06/2008	St Albans	Conservative	Signed
Joe Benton	03/06/2008	Bootle	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	04/06/2008	Burton	Labour	Signed
Graham Stuart	04/06/2008	Beverley and Holderness	Conservative	Signed
Jennifer Willott	04/06/2008	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Shepherd	05/06/2008	Aldridge-Brownhills	Conservative	Signed
John Hemming	05/06/2008	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Geraldine Smith	09/06/2008	Morecambe and Lunesdale	Labour	Signed
Robert Marshall-Andrews	09/06/2008	Medway	Labour	Signed
Angus Robertson	10/06/2008	Moray	Scottish National Party	Signed
Paul Keetch	10/06/2008	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Edward Davey	10/06/2008	Kingston and Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Iddon	11/06/2008	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Paul Burstow	11/06/2008	Sutton and Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Viggers	11/06/2008	Gosport	Conservative	Signed
Pete Wishart	12/06/2008	Perth and North Perthshire	Scottish National Party	Signed
Angus MacNeil	12/06/2008	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scottish National Party	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	16/06/2008	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Mark Oaten	16/06/2008	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	16/06/2008	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian Gibson	16/06/2008	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
David Howarth	16/06/2008	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Heath	17/06/2008	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Linton	18/06/2008	Battersea	Labour	Signed
Paul Truswell	19/06/2008	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
John Austin	30/06/2008	Erith and Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Karen Buck	03/07/2008	Regent's Park and Kensington North	Labour	Signed
Greg Mulholland	14/07/2008	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Evan Harris	06/10/2008	Oxford West and Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Matthew Taylor	06/10/2008	Truro and St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Norman Baker	08/10/2008	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Harry Cohen	22/10/2008	Leyton and Wanstead	Labour	Signed
David Marshall	Unknown			Withdrawn
Jon Trickett	Unknown			Withdrawn
John MacDougall	Unknown			Withdrawn

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