Benefit Helpline Scams

EDM number 2169 in 2008-09, proposed by Lindsay Hoyle on 27/10/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Benefits policy.

That this House seeks to raise awareness of disingenuous benefit advice helplines which charge callers extortionate rates; is concerned by websites that advertise benefits advice and charge callers £1.50 per minute; notes that people in need of benefit advice and support are often those who are the most financially challenged and cannot afford these extortionate rates; further notes the Government Benefit Enquiry Line which offers such advice free of charge; and calls on the Government to take steps to warn people away from such websites and to ensure the Government’s free advice line is sufficiently advertised.

This motion has been signed by a total of 60 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Lindsay Hoyle	27/10/2009	Chorley	Labour	Proposed
Mark Durkan	27/10/2009	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Seconded
Alan Meale	27/10/2009	Mansfield	Labour	Seconded
Nigel Evans	27/10/2009	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Seconded
Jim Dobbin	27/10/2009	Heywood and Middleton	Labour	Seconded
David Crausby	27/10/2009	Bolton North East	Labour	Seconded
Bob Russell	27/10/2009	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	28/10/2009	Islington North	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	28/10/2009	Easington	Labour	Signed
Nigel Dodds	28/10/2009	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Andrew George	28/10/2009	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Hancock	28/10/2009	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Bottomley	28/10/2009	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
David Taylor	28/10/2009	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	28/10/2009	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Willie Rennie	28/10/2009	Dunfermline and West Fife	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Frank Cook	28/10/2009	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	28/10/2009	Gower	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	28/10/2009	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
David Simpson	28/10/2009	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Bob Spink	28/10/2009	Castle Point	Independent	Signed
Paul Holmes	28/10/2009	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
George Howarth	28/10/2009	Knowsley North and Sefton East	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	28/10/2009	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	28/10/2009	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Judy Mallaber	28/10/2009	Amber Valley	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	28/10/2009	Mid Dorset and North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gregory Campbell	28/10/2009	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Dai Davies	29/10/2009	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
David Drew	29/10/2009	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	29/10/2009	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Richard Burden	29/10/2009	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	29/10/2009	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Harvey	02/11/2009	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Chris McCafferty	02/11/2009	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	02/11/2009	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Mark Hunter	03/11/2009	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Anderson	03/11/2009	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
David Hamilton	03/11/2009	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	03/11/2009	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	03/11/2009	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	03/11/2009	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Mark Williams	04/11/2009	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	04/11/2009	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
George Galloway	04/11/2009	Bethnal Green and Bow	Respect	Signed
William McCrea	04/11/2009	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	04/11/2009	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
John Hemming	05/11/2009	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Janet Anderson	05/11/2009	Rossendale and Darwen	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	05/11/2009	Burton	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	05/11/2009	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	05/11/2009	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Andy Reed	05/11/2009	Loughborough	Labour	Signed
John Mason	09/11/2009	Glasgow East	Scottish National Party	Signed
Robert Wareing	09/11/2009	Liverpool, West Derby	Independent	Signed
Bill Etherington	09/11/2009	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	09/11/2009	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	10/11/2009	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Truswell	10/11/2009	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Mark Fisher	11/11/2009	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Signed

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