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Carers' Poverty Charter

EDM number 1995 in 2008-09, proposed by Paul Burstow on 12/10/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Sickness, disability and carers' benefits.

That this House notes that in the National Strategy for Carers the Government pledged that by 2018 carers will be supported so that they are not forced into financial hardship by their caring role; believes that carers cannot wait because too many are living in poverty and financial hardship now, struggling to afford the basic costs of living, unable to study or work without their benefits being cut off, or facing the removal of their allowance when they start to claim their pension; further notes that the UK's six million carers save the country an estimated £87 billion per year, and that in return, the main carer's benefit is the lowest of its kind, paid at only £53.10 a week for a minimum of 35 hours caring, equivalent to £1.52 per hour, far short of the national minimum wage of £5.73 per hour; supports the Carer's Poverty Charter signed by the Alzheimer's Society, Carers UK, Citizens Advice, Contact a Family, Counsel and Care, Crossroads Caring for Carers, Every Disabled Child Matters, for dementia, Mencap, Macmillan Cancer, Motor Neurone Disease Society, National Autistic Society, Oxfam, Parkinson's Disease Society, Princess Royal Trust for Carers, Rethink, Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers and Vitalise; and calls on the Government to set out an urgent timetable of action to improve carers' benefits and income that protects carers from falling into poverty or financial hardship, reflects carers' different circumstances, helps carers to combine caring with paid work and study and is easy to understand and straightforward to claim.

This motion has been signed by a total of 70 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Paul Burstow12/10/2009Sutton and CheamLiberal DemocratProposed
Mark Durkan12/10/2009FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySeconded
John Battle12/10/2009Leeds WestLabourSeconded
Andrew Dismore13/10/2009HendonLabourSeconded
Martin Caton13/10/2009GowerLabourSeconded
John Austin13/10/2009Erith and ThamesmeadLabourSeconded
Peter Bottomley13/10/2009Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Mark Hunter13/10/2009CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
John Leech13/10/2009Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Philip Davies13/10/2009ShipleyConservativeSigned
David Taylor13/10/2009North West LeicestershireLabourSigned
Mike Hancock13/10/2009Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Jeremy Corbyn13/10/2009Islington NorthLabourSigned
Harry Cohen13/10/2009Leyton and WansteadLabourSigned
Chris McCafferty13/10/2009Calder ValleyLabourSigned
Tom Levitt13/10/2009High PeakLabourSigned
Lynne Jones13/10/2009Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Iris Robinson13/10/2009StrangfordDUPSigned
Paul Holmes13/10/2009ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
David Simpson13/10/2009Upper BannDUPSigned
Adrian Sanders13/10/2009TorbayLiberal DemocratSigned
Bob Russell13/10/2009ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
John McDonnell13/10/2009Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
David Laws14/10/2009YeovilLiberal DemocratSigned
Dai Davies14/10/2009Blaenau GwentIndependentSigned
Stephen Williams14/10/2009Bristol WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Rudi Vis14/10/2009Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin14/10/2009Heywood and MiddletonLabourSigned
Janet Dean14/10/2009BurtonLabourSigned
Laura Moffatt14/10/2009CrawleyLabourSigned
William McCrea14/10/2009South AntrimDUPSigned
David Heyes14/10/2009Ashton-under-LyneLabourSigned
Alan Simpson14/10/2009Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Greg Mulholland15/10/2009Leeds North WestLiberal DemocratSigned
David Anderson15/10/2009BlaydonLabourSigned
Lady Hermon15/10/2009North DownUUPSigned
David Drew15/10/2009StroudLabourSigned
Nick Harvey15/10/2009North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Andy Reed15/10/2009LoughboroughLabourSigned
Annette Brooke15/10/2009Mid Dorset and North PooleLiberal DemocratSigned
Christopher Huhne16/10/2009EastleighLiberal DemocratSigned
Alistair Carmichael19/10/2009Orkney and ShetlandLiberal DemocratSigned
Ann Cryer19/10/2009KeighleyLabourSigned
Andrew George19/10/2009St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Neil Gerrard19/10/2009WalthamstowLabourSigned
Ian McCartney20/10/2009MakerfieldLabourSigned
Edward Davey20/10/2009Kingston and SurbitonLiberal DemocratSigned
Kelvin Hopkins20/10/2009Luton NorthLabourSigned
John Pugh21/10/2009SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Denis Murphy21/10/2009WansbeckLabourSigned
Hywel Francis21/10/2009AberavonLabourSigned
Katy Clark21/10/2009North Ayrshire and ArranLabourSigned
John Mason21/10/2009Glasgow EastScottish National PartySigned
Paul Keetch22/10/2009HerefordLiberal DemocratSigned
Roger Williams22/10/2009Brecon and RadnorshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Bill Etherington22/10/2009Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Eddie McGrady22/10/2009South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Frank Cook26/10/2009Stockton NorthLabourSigned
Nigel Evans26/10/2009Ribble ValleyConservativeSigned
George Galloway26/10/2009Bethnal Green and BowRespectSigned
John Hemming26/10/2009Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Williams26/10/2009CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
Brian Jenkins27/10/2009TamworthLabourSigned
Jim Cousins27/10/2009Newcastle upon Tyne CentralLabourSigned
Mark Todd27/10/2009South DerbyshireLabourSigned
Willie Rennie28/10/2009Dunfermline and West FifeLiberal DemocratSigned
Eric Illsley05/11/2009Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Jo Swinson09/11/2009East DunbartonshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Tim Farron10/11/2009Westmorland and LonsdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
David Chaytor11/11/2009Bury NorthLabourSigned

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