Gurkha Veteran Pensions (EDM2027)

Gurkha Veteran Pensions

EDM number 2027 in 2008-09, proposed by Bob Spink on 13/10/2009.
Categorised under the topics of Armed forces and Pensions.

That this House is concerned that all Gurkha veterans do not receive the same monthly payment as their UK counterparts; notes that over 12,000 Gurkha veterans who retired prior to 1997 and would qualify for a pension if they had been UK soldiers presently receive no pension and are thus discriminated against; recognises that the inferior Gurkha pension is leading many elderly, infirm and increasingly vulnerable Gurkha veterans to believe that UK residency is the only option to receive fair treatment by the UK; further notes that if the pressure to settle in the UK were reduced, considerable savings would be made and less pressure would be placed on the UK welfare system; and therefore urges the Government to address the issue of Gurkha pension inequality.

This motion has been signed by a total of 52 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Bob Spink	13/10/2009	Castle Point	Independent	Proposed
David Taylor	13/10/2009	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	14/10/2009	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Martin Caton	14/10/2009	Gower	Labour	Seconded
Jeremy Corbyn	14/10/2009	Islington North	Labour	Seconded
Andrew Dismore	14/10/2009	Hendon	Labour	Seconded
Jim Dobbin	14/10/2009	Heywood and Middleton	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	14/10/2009	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	14/10/2009	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	14/10/2009	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Gregory Campbell	14/10/2009	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
William McCrea	14/10/2009	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	14/10/2009	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	14/10/2009	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Simpson	14/10/2009	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Alan Simpson	14/10/2009	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Iris Robinson	14/10/2009	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Andy Reed	15/10/2009	Loughborough	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	15/10/2009	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Edward O'Hara	15/10/2009	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
David Drew	15/10/2009	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Dai Davies	15/10/2009	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
Lindsay Roy	16/10/2009	Glenrothes	Labour	Signed
Paul Rowen	19/10/2009	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Neil Gerrard	19/10/2009	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	19/10/2009	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Fisher	19/10/2009	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	19/10/2009	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed
Adam Price	19/10/2009	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Ann Cryer	19/10/2009	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	20/10/2009	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	20/10/2009	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Paul Truswell	20/10/2009	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	21/10/2009	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Denis Murphy	21/10/2009	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Katy Clark	21/10/2009	North Ayrshire and Arran	Labour	Signed
Roger Williams	22/10/2009	Brecon and Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	22/10/2009	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Nigel Dodds	22/10/2009	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Paul Keetch	22/10/2009	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Frank Cook	26/10/2009	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Nigel Evans	26/10/2009	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Signed
Michael Weir	26/10/2009	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Brian Jenkins	27/10/2009	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Paul Farrelly	27/10/2009	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
Danny Alexander	27/10/2009	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	28/10/2009	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	03/11/2009	Lagan Valley	DUP	Signed
Tom Brake	09/11/2009	Carshalton and Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jo Swinson	09/11/2009	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew MacKinlay	11/11/2009	Thurrock	Labour	Signed
Virendra Sharma	11/11/2009	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed

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