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Grandparents Acting As Guardians And Carers

EDM number 1561 in 2007-08, proposed by Frank Field on 14/05/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Child care and Sickness, disability and carers' benefits.

That this House welcomes the recognition the Government now gives to the role of grandparents who have to act as parents to their grandchildren; notes that many such grandparents receive no additional financial help other than the basic social security allowances available to children; further notes that the Department for Work and Pensions professes to hold no information on the numbers of grandparents claiming income support allowances for their grandchildren; and calls upon the Government to set up an inquiry to determine the numbers of such grandparents throughout the country and to recommend what financial support should be available to all grandparents acting as parents to their grandchildren with an objective of reporting within six months of establishment.

This motion has been signed by a total of 77 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Frank Field14/05/2008BirkenheadLabourProposed
John McDonnell14/05/2008Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSeconded
Paul Rowen14/05/2008RochdaleLiberal DemocratSeconded
Nicholas Winterton14/05/2008MacclesfieldConservativeSeconded
Ann Winterton14/05/2008CongletonConservativeSeconded
Philip Davies14/05/2008ShipleyConservativeSeconded
Lee Scott14/05/2008Ilford NorthConservativeSigned
Stephen Williams14/05/2008Bristol WestLiberal DemocratSigned
John Leech14/05/2008Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Stewart Jackson14/05/2008PeterboroughConservativeSigned
John Hemming14/05/2008Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Rudi Vis14/05/2008Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
David Taylor14/05/2008North West LeicestershireLabourSigned
Peter Bottomley14/05/2008Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Mike Hancock14/05/2008Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew George14/05/2008St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Hywel Francis14/05/2008AberavonLabourSigned
Louise Ellman14/05/2008Liverpool, RiversideLabourSigned
Mark Durkan14/05/2008FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
David Drew14/05/2008StroudLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin14/05/2008Heywood and MiddletonLabourSigned
Harry Cohen14/05/2008Leyton and WansteadLabourSigned
Stephen Pound14/05/2008Ealing NorthLabourSigned
Terry Rooney14/05/2008Bradford NorthLabourSigned
Bob Russell14/05/2008ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Nick Harvey14/05/2008North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Lynne Jones14/05/2008Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Peter Kilfoyle14/05/2008Liverpool, WaltonLabourSigned
Gordon Marsden14/05/2008Blackpool SouthLabourSigned
Chris McCafferty14/05/2008Calder ValleyLabourSigned
Denis Murphy14/05/2008WansbeckLabourSigned
Doug Naysmith14/05/2008Bristol North WestLabourSigned
Sandra Osborne14/05/2008Ayr, Carrick and CumnockLabourSigned
Colin Breed14/05/2008South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Clapham14/05/2008Barnsley West and PenistoneLabourSigned
Janet Dean14/05/2008BurtonLabourSigned
James Gray15/05/2008North WiltshireConservativeSigned
Andrew Dismore15/05/2008HendonLabourSigned
Glenda Jackson15/05/2008Hampstead and HighgateLabourSigned
Brian Iddon15/05/2008Bolton South EastLabourSigned
Paul Holmes15/05/2008ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
Edward O'Hara15/05/2008Knowsley SouthLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins16/05/2008Luton NorthLabourSigned
Fraser Kemp16/05/2008Houghton and Washington EastLabourSigned
Michael Jabez Foster16/05/2008Hastings and RyeLabourSigned
Vincent Cable19/05/2008TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Williams19/05/2008CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
Angus MacNeil19/05/2008Na h-Eileanan an IarScottish National PartySigned
Robert Wareing19/05/2008Liverpool, West DerbyIndependentSigned
John Battle19/05/2008Leeds WestLabourSigned
Neil Gerrard19/05/2008WalthamstowLabourSigned
Edward Davey19/05/2008Kingston and SurbitonLiberal DemocratSigned
Ann Cryer19/05/2008KeighleyLabourSigned
Graham Brady19/05/2008Altrincham and Sale WestConservativeSigned
Lindsay Hoyle19/05/2008ChorleyLabourSigned
Marsha Singh19/05/2008Bradford WestLabourSigned
Alan Simpson19/05/2008Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Mohammad Sarwar19/05/2008Glasgow CentralLabourSigned
Greg Pope20/05/2008HyndburnLabourSigned
Dan Rogerson20/05/2008North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Jo Swinson20/05/2008East DunbartonshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Hywel Williams20/05/2008CaernarfonPlaid CymruSigned
Alasdair McDonnell20/05/2008Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Eric Illsley20/05/2008Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
David Simpson21/05/2008Upper BannDUPSigned
Elfyn Llwyd21/05/2008Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Eddie McGrady21/05/2008South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Julie Morgan02/06/2008Cardiff NorthLabourSigned
Adam Price02/06/2008Carmarthen East and DinefwrPlaid CymruSigned
Colin Burgon02/06/2008ElmetLabourSigned
Nigel Dodds02/06/2008Belfast NorthDUPSigned
Bill Etherington02/06/2008Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Brian Jenkins03/06/2008TamworthLabourSigned
Joe Benton03/06/2008BootleLabourSigned
Greg Mulholland06/10/2008Leeds North WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Helen JonesUnknownWithdrawn
Jon TrickettUnknownWithdrawn

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