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Childcare Sos

EDM number 1978 in 2008-09, proposed by Mark Durkan on 12/10/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Child care.

That this House recognises the beneficial impact of the Childcare Voucher tax exemptions introduced in 2005; notes that 340,000 working parents across the UK avail themselves of the Childcare Voucher scheme and that the majority of these are basic rate taxpayers; is concerned by the Government's proposal to abolish tax relief on Childcare Vouchers; believes that middle income, hard working families who are just above the threshold for means-tested benefits would lose out most from such a change; rejects the assertion that the scheme primarily benefits those on a high income; notes that capping it at a given income would prevent undue benefit to those on higher incomes without denying assistance to those in most need; welcomes the launch of the Childcare SOS campaign by the Employers for Childcare; and calls on the Government to consider the serious implications of the proposal to hit the Childcare Voucher Scheme for worsening the gender pay gap, reducing opportunities and incentives for two parents to work, impairing the quality and affordability of childcare available to working parents and removing a key source of income for nurseries and childminders.

This motion has been signed by a total of 88 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Mark Durkan12/10/2009FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartyProposed
Eddie McGrady12/10/2009South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySeconded
Lindsay Hoyle12/10/2009ChorleyLabourSeconded
Lynne Jones12/10/2009Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSeconded
Martin Caton13/10/2009GowerLabourSeconded
John Austin13/10/2009Erith and ThamesmeadLabourSeconded
Iris Robinson13/10/2009StrangfordDUPSigned
David Simpson13/10/2009Upper BannDUPSigned
Glenda Jackson13/10/2009Hampstead and HighgateLabourSigned
John McDonnell13/10/2009Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn13/10/2009Islington NorthLabourSigned
Mike Hancock13/10/2009Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
David Taylor13/10/2009North West LeicestershireLabourSigned
Stephen Hepburn14/10/2009JarrowLabourSigned
Rudi Vis14/10/2009Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
David Borrow14/10/2009South RibbleLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin14/10/2009Heywood and MiddletonLabourSigned
Janet Dean14/10/2009BurtonLabourSigned
Ronnie Campbell14/10/2009Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
William McCrea14/10/2009South AntrimDUPSigned
David Heyes14/10/2009Ashton-under-LyneLabourSigned
Alan Simpson14/10/2009Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
David Drew15/10/2009StroudLabourSigned
Lady Hermon15/10/2009North DownUUPSigned
Andy Reed15/10/2009LoughboroughLabourSigned
Nick Harvey15/10/2009North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
John Cummings16/10/2009EasingtonLabourSigned
Michael Clapham19/10/2009Barnsley West and PenistoneLabourSigned
Ann Cryer19/10/2009KeighleyLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins20/10/2009Luton NorthLabourSigned
Denis Murphy21/10/2009WansbeckLabourSigned
Katy Clark21/10/2009North Ayrshire and ArranLabourSigned
John Mason21/10/2009Glasgow EastScottish National PartySigned
Bill Olner22/10/2009NuneatonLabourSigned
Roger Williams22/10/2009Brecon and RadnorshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Bill Etherington22/10/2009Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Brian Iddon22/10/2009Bolton South EastLabourSigned
Frank Cook26/10/2009Stockton NorthLabourSigned
Janet Anderson26/10/2009Rossendale and DarwenLabourSigned
Michael Weir26/10/2009AngusScottish National PartySigned
Jim McGovern26/10/2009Dundee WestLabourSigned
Brian Jenkins27/10/2009TamworthLabourSigned
Stewart Hosie28/10/2009Dundee EastScottish National PartySigned
Pete Wishart28/10/2009Perth and North PerthshireScottish National PartySigned
Doug Naysmith28/10/2009Bristol North WestLabourSigned
Adrian Sanders28/10/2009TorbayLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Holmes28/10/2009ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
Lembit 29/10/2009MontgomeryshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Colin Challen29/10/2009Morley and RothwellLabourSigned
John Pugh29/10/2009SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Edward O'Hara02/11/2009Knowsley SouthLabourSigned
Philip Davies02/11/2009ShipleyConservativeSigned
Mike Gapes03/11/2009Ilford SouthLabourSigned
Julia Goldsworthy03/11/2009Falmouth and CamborneLiberal DemocratSigned
Jim Cunningham04/11/2009Coventry SouthLabourSigned
Robert Wareing04/11/2009Liverpool, West DerbyIndependentSigned
Jeffrey M Donaldson04/11/2009Lagan ValleyDUPSigned
Mark Oaten04/11/2009WinchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Greg Knight04/11/2009East YorkshireConservativeSigned
Alan Reid04/11/2009Argyll and ButeLiberal DemocratSigned
Bob Russell05/11/2009ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Nigel Dodds05/11/2009Belfast NorthDUPSigned
David Anderson05/11/2009BlaydonLabourSigned
Mark Hunter09/11/2009CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
Natascha Engel09/11/2009North East DerbyshireLabourSigned
Steve Webb09/11/2009NorthavonLiberal DemocratSigned
Roger Berry09/11/2009KingswoodLabourSigned
Diane Abbott09/11/2009Hackney North and Stoke NewingtonLabourSigned
Ian Davidson09/11/2009Glasgow South WestLabourSigned
Bob Laxton09/11/2009Derby NorthLabourSigned
Ian Taylor09/11/2009Esher and WaltonConservativeSigned
Tim Farron10/11/2009Westmorland and LonsdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
Lorely Burt10/11/2009SolihullLiberal DemocratSigned
Phil Willis10/11/2009Harrogate and KnaresboroughLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Truswell10/11/2009PudseyLabourSigned
John Barrett10/11/2009Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Frank Field10/11/2009BirkenheadLabourSigned
Malcolm Bruce10/11/2009GordonLiberal DemocratSigned
Greg Pope11/11/2009HyndburnLabourSigned
Gwyn Prosser11/11/2009DoverLabourSigned
Evan Harris11/11/2009Oxford West and AbingdonLiberal DemocratSigned
John Mann11/11/2009BassetlawLabourSigned
Graham Brady11/11/2009Altrincham and Sale WestConservativeSigned
Tom Brake11/11/2009Carshalton and WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Ian Cawsey11/11/2009Brigg and GooleLabourSigned
Harry Cohen11/11/2009Leyton and WansteadLabourSigned
Richard Taylor11/11/2009Wyre ForestIndependentSigned
Dan Rogerson11/11/2009North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned

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