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JOBSEEKER'S ALLOWANCE

EDM number 2364 in 2007-08, proposed by Paul Flynn on 28/10/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Incomes and poverty and Working age benefits.

That this House notes that the £60.50 weekly jobseeker's allowance payable to unemployed people aged 25 years or over, including those who have lost their jobs as a result of the economic recession, is less than one-third of the minimum wage for full-time work and less than half of the £124.05 minimum guarantee for the poorest pensioners; and urges the Government to review the level of jobseeker's allowance to ensure that victims of the recession are not condemned to live in abject poverty.

This motion has been signed by a total of 37 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Paul Flynn28/10/2008Newport WestLabourProposed
Mark Durkan28/10/2008FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySeconded
Bob Russell28/10/2008ColchesterLiberal DemocratSeconded
Robert Wareing29/10/2008Liverpool, West DerbyIndependentSeconded
Ann Cryer29/10/2008KeighleyLabourSeconded
Lynne Jones29/10/2008Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSeconded
Brian Iddon29/10/2008Bolton South EastLabourSigned
Chris McCafferty29/10/2008Calder ValleyLabourSigned
Martin Caton29/10/2008GowerLabourSigned
Frank Cook29/10/2008Stockton NorthLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn29/10/2008Islington NorthLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin29/10/2008Heywood and MiddletonLabourSigned
Andrew George29/10/2008St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Mike Hancock29/10/2008Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
David Taylor29/10/2008North West LeicestershireLabourSigned
Linda Riordan29/10/2008HalifaxLabourSigned
Mark Williams30/10/2008CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
John Battle30/10/2008Leeds WestLabourSigned
Desmond Turner30/10/2008Brighton, KemptownLabourSigned
David Laws03/11/2008YeovilLiberal DemocratSigned
Denis Murphy03/11/2008WansbeckLabourSigned
Richard Burden03/11/2008Birmingham, NorthfieldLabourSigned
Peter Bottomley03/11/2008Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Rudi Vis03/11/2008Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Iris Robinson04/11/2008StrangfordDUPSigned
Alan Simpson04/11/2008Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Janet Dean05/11/2008BurtonLabourSigned
Bill Etherington05/11/2008Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
David Simpson05/11/2008Upper BannDUPSigned
Andy Reed06/11/2008LoughboroughLabourSigned
Harry Cohen06/11/2008Leyton and WansteadLabourSigned
Neil Gerrard06/11/2008WalthamstowLabourSigned
Peter Kilfoyle10/11/2008Liverpool, WaltonLabourSigned
Alasdair McDonnell10/11/2008Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Eric Illsley11/11/2008Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Eddie McGrady13/11/2008South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
John McDonnell25/11/2008Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned

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