Social Tariffs

EDM number 339 in 2007-08, proposed by John Battle on 21/11/2007.
Categorised under the topics of Consumers, Energy, Incomes and poverty and Utilities.

That this House notes with concern that fuel poverty in the UK has returned to the four million household level as a direct result of sustained high energy prices; also notes that there is considerably more work to be done if the Government is to meet its targets to eradicate fuel poverty among vulnerable households by 2010 and among all households by 2016; believes that social tariffs have a key role to play in helping the fuel poor heat their homes to a comfortable and safe level; observes that there has consistently been wide variation in suppliers' voluntary efforts to help low-income households; further observes with concern that low-income households using prepayment meters continue to pay on average £127 more a year for their gas and electricity than those paying by direct debit and that this gap has increased by up to 70 per cent. in the last two years; and calls for the Energy Bill to be used to include powers that enable the Secretary of State to require suppliers to offer social tariffs in accordance with minimum standards providing households on low incomes with access to best value tariffs regardless of how they pay for their energy.

This motion has been signed by a total of 119 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
John Battle	21/11/2007	Leeds West	Labour	Proposed
Lembit	21/11/2007	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Vincent Cable	21/11/2007	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
David Amess	21/11/2007	Southend West	Conservative	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	21/11/2007	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Alan Simpson	21/11/2007	Nottingham South	Labour	Seconded
David Anderson	21/11/2007	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	21/11/2007	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	21/11/2007	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Janet Anderson	21/11/2007	Rossendale & Darwen	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	21/11/2007	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Russell Brown	21/11/2007	Dumfries & Galloway	Labour	Signed
Martin Salter	21/11/2007	Reading West	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	21/11/2007	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Robertson	21/11/2007	Glasgow North West	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	22/11/2007	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Clapham	22/11/2007	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	22/11/2007	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	22/11/2007	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Janet Dean	22/11/2007	Burton	Labour	Signed
David Drew	22/11/2007	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	22/11/2007	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	22/11/2007	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	22/11/2007	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	22/11/2007	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Gordon Prentice	22/11/2007	Pendle	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	22/11/2007	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Adrian Sanders	22/11/2007	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Spink	22/11/2007	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	22/11/2007	Luton North	Labour	Signed
John Horam	22/11/2007	Orpington	Conservative	Signed
Brian Jenkins	22/11/2007	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	22/11/2007	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	26/11/2007	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Tom Clarke	26/11/2007	Coatbridge, Chryston & Bellshill	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	26/11/2007	Gower	Labour	Signed
Robert Smith	26/11/2007	Aberdeenshire West & Kincardine	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Devine	27/11/2007	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Stephen Williams	27/11/2007	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lorely Burt	27/11/2007	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Hancock	27/11/2007	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Linda Gilroy	27/11/2007	Plymouth, Sutton	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	27/11/2007	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	27/11/2007	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Gordon Marsden	27/11/2007	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Derek Conway	28/11/2007	Old Bexley & Sidcup	Conservative	Signed
Jim Dobbin	28/11/2007	Heywood & Middleton	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	28/11/2007	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	28/11/2007	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
John Leech	28/11/2007	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Miller	28/11/2007	Ellesmere Port & Neston	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	28/11/2007	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	28/11/2007	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
William McCrea	28/11/2007	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Ian McCartney	28/11/2007	Makerfield	Labour	Signed
Andrew Love	28/11/2007	Edmonton	Labour	Signed
Clare Short	28/11/2007	Birmingham, Ladywood	Independent Labour	Signed
Jennifer Willott	29/11/2007	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Horwood	29/11/2007	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Keith Vaz	29/11/2007	Leicester East	Labour	Signed
David Chaytor	29/11/2007	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	29/11/2007	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
Helen Southworth	03/12/2007	Warrington South	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	03/12/2007	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Durkan	03/12/2007	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Phil Willis	03/12/2007	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gregory Campbell	05/12/2007	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	06/12/2007	Hastings & Rye	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	10/12/2007	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Julia Goldsworthy	10/12/2007	Falmouth & Camborne	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Albert Owen	11/12/2007	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Karen Buck	11/12/2007			Signed
Susan Kramer	11/12/2007	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jo Swinson	12/12/2007	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Weir	12/12/2007	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Ann Clwyd	12/12/2007	Cynon Valley	Labour	Signed
Angus Robertson	12/12/2007	Moray	Scottish National Party	Signed
Marsha Singh	13/12/2007	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Alan Beith	17/12/2007	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Austin	18/12/2007	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Roger Williams	18/12/2007	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Cousins	07/01/2008	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
Steve Webb	08/01/2008	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Howard Stoate	08/01/2008	Dartford	Labour	Signed
John Grogan	10/01/2008	Selby	Labour	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	14/01/2008	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Menzies Campbell	16/01/2008	Fife North East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Katy Clark	16/01/2008	Ayrshire North & Arran	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	21/01/2008	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	28/01/2008	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Christopher Huhne	05/02/2008	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eric Illsley	05/02/2008	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
John Thurso	18/02/2008	Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Danny Alexander	18/02/2008	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Joe Benton	19/02/2008	Bootle	Labour	Signed
Paul Rowen	04/03/2008	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Hunter	18/03/2008	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Challen	31/03/2008	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	31/03/2008	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Paul Truswell	31/03/2008	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Willie Rennie	01/04/2008	Dunfermline & Fife West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Don Touhig	01/04/2008	Islwyn	Labour	Signed
Sandra Osborne	01/04/2008	Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock	Labour	Signed
Denis Murphy	01/04/2008	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Dai Havard	01/04/2008	Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney	Labour	Signed
Brian H Donohoe	02/04/2008	Ayrshire Central	Labour	Signed
Tim Farron	03/04/2008	Westmorland & Lonsdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Fisher	21/04/2008	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Signed
Clive Betts	22/04/2008	Sheffield, Attercliffe	Labour	Signed
Ian Stewart	22/04/2008	Eccles	Labour	Signed
Linda Riordan	23/04/2008	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	23/04/2008	Linlithgow & Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Jon Cruddas	29/04/2008	Dagenham	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	29/04/2008	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
John Mason	15/10/2008	Glasgow East	Scottish National Party	Signed
Mike Gapes	16/10/2008	Ilford South	Labour	Signed
Michael Meacher	19/11/2008	Oldham West & Royton	Labour	Signed
Ann McKechin	Unknown			Withdrawn
Jon Trickett	Unknown			Withdrawn

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