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Debt And Low Income Households In Scotland

EDM number 1616 in 2008-09, proposed by Mark Lazarowicz on 09/06/2009.
Categorised under the topics of Incomes and poverty and Loans.

That this House notes the publication of Drowning in Debt: Scottish CAB Clients and Debt, by Citizens Advice Scotland; is concerned that the average debt levels for Citizens Advice Bureaux (CAB) debt clients seeking advice from their local CAB is £20,193, a 50 per cent. rise since 2003; further notes that the report highlights the bleak reality for low income households in debt, including the finding that debt has had a negative impact on health for nine out of 10 debt clients; is further concerned at the increasingly ruthless behaviour adopted by creditors in seeking debt repayment, which at times has been unlawful; applauds Citizens Advice Bureaux in Scotland for the free, confidential and impartial frontline advice they have provided to the people of Scotland for the last 70 years; recognises their successes in pressing for improvements in public policy; and urges the Government to assist indebted households like those mentioned in the report by pursuing the report's recommendations to curb unreasonable creditor behaviour, increase access to affordable credit and ensure that advice services are appropriately resourced.

This motion has been signed by a total of 28 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Mark Lazarowicz09/06/2009Edinburgh North and LeithLabourProposed
Peter Bottomley09/06/2009Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Ian McCartney10/06/2009MakerfieldLabourSeconded
John Leech10/06/2009Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSeconded
Gregory Campbell10/06/2009East LondonderryDUPSeconded
David Simpson10/06/2009Upper BannDUPSeconded
Ann Cryer10/06/2009KeighleyLabourSigned
Mark Durkan10/06/2009FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Alasdair McDonnell11/06/2009Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Katy Clark11/06/2009North Ayrshire and ArranLabourSigned
George Galloway12/06/2009Bethnal Green and BowRespectSigned
Jeremy Corbyn16/06/2009Islington NorthLabourSigned
David Hamilton16/06/2009MidlothianLabourSigned
Michael Weir17/06/2009AngusScottish National PartySigned
Ian Stewart17/06/2009EcclesLabourSigned
Brian Jenkins18/06/2009TamworthLabourSigned
Russell Brown18/06/2009Dumfries and GallowayLabourSigned
Eddie McGrady22/06/2009South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Lindsay Roy24/06/2009GlenrothesLabourSigned
Jim Sheridan25/06/2009Paisley and Renfrewshire NorthLabourSigned
John Mason25/06/2009Glasgow EastScottish National PartySigned
Michael Connarty01/07/2009Linlithgow and East FalkirkLabourSigned
Linda Riordan01/07/2009HalifaxLabourSigned
David Cairns02/07/2009InverclydeLabourSigned
Bill Etherington02/07/2009Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Jo Swinson13/07/2009East DunbartonshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Danny Alexander14/07/2009Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and StrathspeyLiberal DemocratSigned
John McDonnell11/11/2009Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned

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