Grandparents Acting As Guardians And Carers (EDM2166)

Grandparents Acting As Guardians And Carers

EDM number 2166 in 2008-09, proposed by Frank Field on 27/10/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Child care.

That this House welcomes the recognition the Government now gives to the role of grandparents who have to act as parents to their grandchildren; notes that many such grandparents receive no additional financial help other than the basic social security allowances available to children; further notes that the Department for Work and Pensions professes to hold no information on the numbers of grandparents claiming income support allowances for their grandchildren; and calls on the Government to set up an inquiry to determine the numbers of such grandparents throughout the country and to recommend what financial support should be available to all grandparents acting as parents to their grandchildren with an objective of reporting within six months of establishment.

This motion has been signed by a total of 135 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Frank Field	27/10/2009	Birkenhead	Labour	Proposed
John McDonnell	27/10/2009	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Seconded
Ann Winterton	27/10/2009	Congleton	Conservative	Seconded
Philip Davies	27/10/2009	Shipley	Conservative	Seconded
Nicholas Winterton	27/10/2009	Macclesfield	Conservative	Seconded
Paul Rowen	27/10/2009	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Julie Morgan	27/10/2009	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Greg Pope	27/10/2009	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Stephen Pound	27/10/2009	Ealing North	Labour	Signed
Adam Price	27/10/2009	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Terry Rooney	27/10/2009	Bradford North	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	27/10/2009	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	27/10/2009	Glasgow Central	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	27/10/2009	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
David Simpson	27/10/2009	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Marsha Singh	27/10/2009	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	27/10/2009	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Holmes	27/10/2009	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	27/10/2009	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	27/10/2009	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	27/10/2009	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	27/10/2009	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	27/10/2009	Hampstead and Highgate	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	27/10/2009	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	27/10/2009	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Fraser Kemp	27/10/2009	Houghton and Washington East	Labour	Signed
Peter Kilfoyle	27/10/2009	Liverpool, Walton	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	27/10/2009	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Gordon Marsden	27/10/2009	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	27/10/2009	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	27/10/2009	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Eddie McGrady	27/10/2009	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Denis Murphy	27/10/2009	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	27/10/2009	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	27/10/2009	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Sandra Osborne	27/10/2009	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock	Labour	Signed
Graham Brady	27/10/2009	Altrincham and Sale West	Conservative	Signed
Colin Breed	27/10/2009	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Burgon	27/10/2009	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	27/10/2009	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Clapham	27/10/2009	Barnsley West and Penistone	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	27/10/2009	Leyton and Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	27/10/2009	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	27/10/2009	Kingston and Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Janet Dean	27/10/2009	Burton	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	27/10/2009	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	27/10/2009	Heywood and Middleton	Labour	Signed
Nigel Dodds	27/10/2009	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
David Drew	27/10/2009	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	27/10/2009	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Louise Ellman	27/10/2009	Liverpool, Riverside	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	27/10/2009	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Hywel Francis	27/10/2009	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	27/10/2009	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Neil Gerrard	27/10/2009	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
James Gray	27/10/2009	North Wiltshire	Conservative	Signed
Mike Hancock	27/10/2009	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Battle	27/10/2009	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Joe Benton	27/10/2009	Bootle	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	27/10/2009	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
David Taylor	27/10/2009	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	27/10/2009	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	27/10/2009	Liverpool, West Derby	Independent	Signed
Hywel Williams	27/10/2009	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
John Hemming	27/10/2009	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stewart Jackson	27/10/2009	Peterborough	Conservative	Signed
John Leech	27/10/2009	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Angus MacNeil	27/10/2009	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scottish National Party	Signed
Jo Swinson	27/10/2009	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Greg Mulholland	27/10/2009	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dan Rogerson	27/10/2009	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Williams	27/10/2009	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lee Scott	27/10/2009	Ilford North	Conservative	Signed
Mark Williams	27/10/2009	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gordon Prentice	28/10/2009	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Adrian Sanders	28/10/2009	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kate Hoey	28/10/2009	Vauxhall	Labour	Signed
George Howarth	28/10/2009	Knowsley North and Sefton East	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	28/10/2009	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Signed
Judy Mallaber	28/10/2009	Amber Valley	Labour	Signed
Paul Murphy	28/10/2009	Torfaen	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	28/10/2009	Mid Dorset and North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	28/10/2009	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	28/10/2009	Gower	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	28/10/2009	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	28/10/2009	Islington North	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	28/10/2009	Easington	Labour	Signed
Mark Fisher	28/10/2009	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	28/10/2009	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	28/10/2009	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	29/10/2009	Dover	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	29/10/2009	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Clare Short	29/10/2009	Birmingham, Ladywood	Independent Labour	Signed
Nicholas Soames	29/10/2009	Mid Sussex	Conservative	Signed
Bob Spink	29/10/2009	Castle Point	Independent	Signed
Robert Key	29/10/2009	Salisbury	Conservative	Signed
Shona McIsaac	29/10/2009	Cleethorpes	Labour	Signed
Lembit	29/10/2009	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Burden	29/10/2009	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Dai Davies	29/10/2009	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
John Butterfill	02/11/2009	Bournemouth West	Conservative	Signed
Tony Baldry	02/11/2009	Banbury	Conservative	Signed
Don Touhig	02/11/2009	Islwyn	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	02/11/2009	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Bernard Jenkin	03/11/2009	North Essex	Conservative	Signed
Bill Olner	03/11/2009	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Albert Owen	03/11/2009	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
David Cairns	03/11/2009	Inverclyde	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	03/11/2009	Linlithgow and East Falkirk	Labour	Signed
Nick Ainger	03/11/2009	Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire	Labour	Signed
Anne Begg	03/11/2009	Aberdeen South	Labour	Signed
Steve Webb	03/11/2009	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Angela Smith	03/11/2009	Sheffield, Hillsborough	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	04/11/2009	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
William McCrea	04/11/2009	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Menzies Campbell	04/11/2009	North East Fife	Liberal Democrat	Signed
George Galloway	04/11/2009	Bethnal Green and Bow	Respect	Signed
Ian Stewart	04/11/2009	Eccles	Labour	Signed
Andy Reed	05/11/2009	Loughborough	Labour	Signed
Martin Linton	05/11/2009	Battersea	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Moss	05/11/2009	North East Cambridgeshire	Conservative	Signed
Mike Wood	05/11/2009	Batley and Spen	Labour	Signed
Danny Alexander	05/11/2009	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Susan Kramer	05/11/2009	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dai Havard	09/11/2009	Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney	Labour	Signed
Charles Kennedy	09/11/2009	Ross, Skye and Lochaber	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nigel Evans	09/11/2009	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Signed
Ian Taylor	09/11/2009	Esher and Walton	Conservative	Signed
Virendra Sharma	09/11/2009	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed
John Mason	09/11/2009	Glasgow East	Scottish National Party	Signed
Russell Brown	10/11/2009	Dumfries and Galloway	Labour	Signed
Evan Harris	11/11/2009	Oxford West and Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Mann	11/11/2009	Bassetlaw	Labour	Signed
John Austin	11/11/2009	Erith and Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Wicks	11/11/2009	Croydon North	Labour	Signed

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