Carers Rights Day

EDM number 111 in 2008-09, proposed by Hywel Francis on 04/12/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Community care and Sickness, disability and carers' benefits.

That this House welcomes the Carers UK lobby of parliament on 4 December 2008 and National Carers Rights Day on 5 December 2008; recognises the commitment and sacrifices of six million unpaid carers; draws attention to the new report Carers in Crisis which shows that carers are struggling financially in the present economic climate with 65 per cent. living in fuel poverty, 52 per cent. cutting back on food and 54 per cent. in debt; notes that Carer's Allowance is still only £50.55 per week and that the Work and Pensions Select Committee has called for an urgent overhaul of carers' benefits; and calls on the Government to publish a plan and timetable for ensuring that its 2018 vision that no carer falls into financial hardship because of their caring role, as promised in the National Carers Strategy, becomes a reality.

This motion has been signed by a total of 96 MPs, 3 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Hywel Francis	04/12/2008	Aberavon	Labour	Proposed
Hywel Williams	04/12/2008	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Seconded
Mark Williams	04/12/2008	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Betty Williams	04/12/2008	Conwy	Labour	Seconded
Adrian Bailey	04/12/2008	West Bromwich West	Labour	Seconded
Tony Baldry	04/12/2008	Banbury	Conservative	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	04/12/2008	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Andrew George	04/12/2008	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Cryer	08/12/2008	Keighley	Labour	Signed
David Drew	08/12/2008	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	08/12/2008	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	08/12/2008	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Taylor	08/12/2008	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Don Touhig	08/12/2008	Islwyn	Labour	Signed
Paul Truswell	08/12/2008	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
John Leech	08/12/2008	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Daniel Rogerson	08/12/2008	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Williams	08/12/2008	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lee Scott	08/12/2008	Ilford North	Conservative	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	08/12/2008	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	08/12/2008	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Meale	08/12/2008	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	08/12/2008	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Adrian Sanders	08/12/2008	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Evan Harris	08/12/2008	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Holmes	08/12/2008	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	08/12/2008	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Joan Humble	08/12/2008	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	08/12/2008	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	08/12/2008	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	08/12/2008	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	08/12/2008	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
John McDonnell	08/12/2008	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	09/12/2008	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Todd	09/12/2008	South Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Angus MacNeil	09/12/2008	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scottish National Party	Signed
Mark Hunter	09/12/2008	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Devine	09/12/2008	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	09/12/2008	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Andrew Dismore	09/12/2008	Hendon	Labour	Signed
David Clelland	09/12/2008	Tyne Bridge	Labour	Signed
Gregory Campbell	09/12/2008	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Lynne Jones	09/12/2008	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Nicholas Soames	09/12/2008	Mid Sussex	Conservative	Signed
Dennis Skinner	09/12/2008	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Frank Doran	10/12/2008	Aberdeen North	Labour	Signed
Joan Walley	10/12/2008	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Jo Swinson	10/12/2008	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Anne Main	10/12/2008	St Albans	Conservative	Signed
Dai Davies	10/12/2008	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
Janet Dean	10/12/2008	Burton	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	10/12/2008	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	10/12/2008	Gower	Labour	Signed
Michael Moore	10/12/2008	Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Anne McGuire	10/12/2008	Stirling	Labour	Signed
William McCrea	10/12/2008	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Gordon Marsden	10/12/2008	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
David Simpson	10/12/2008	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
John Battle	11/12/2008	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	11/12/2008	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Nigel Dodds	11/12/2008	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Tom Clarke	11/12/2008	Coatbridge, Chryston & Bellshill	Labour	Signed
Ian Cawsey	11/12/2008	Brigg & Goole	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	11/12/2008	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	11/12/2008	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Mason	15/12/2008	Glasgow East	Scottish National Party	Signed
David Anderson	15/12/2008	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	15/12/2008	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Roger Berry	15/12/2008	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Don Foster	15/12/2008	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Harry Cohen	15/12/2008	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Chris Ruane	15/12/2008	Vale of Clwyd	Labour	Signed
Ian Stewart	16/12/2008	Eccles	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	16/12/2008	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	16/12/2008	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	16/12/2008	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
David Heyes	16/12/2008	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Robert Smith	17/12/2008	Aberdeenshire West & Kincardine	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Frank Field	17/12/2008	Birkenhead	Labour	Signed
Katy Clark	17/12/2008	Ayrshire North & Arran	Labour	Signed
Roger Williams	18/12/2008	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Graham Stringer	18/12/2008	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Signed
Menzies Campbell	18/12/2008	Fife North East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Burstow	18/12/2008	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Rowen	12/01/2009	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sammy Wilson	12/01/2009	East Antrim	DUP	Signed
Chris McCafferty	12/01/2009	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Greg Pope	14/01/2009	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Adam Price	26/01/2009	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Andy Reed	05/03/2009	Loughborough	Labour	Signed
Lorely Burt	25/03/2009	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	22/04/2009	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Ann Clwyd	10/06/2009	Cynon Valley	Labour	Signed
David Wright	Unknown			Withdrawn
Michael Jabez Foster	Unknown			Withdrawn
John Bercow	Unknown			Withdrawn

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