Jobcentre Network (EDM452)

Jobcentre Network

EDM number 452 in 2008-09, proposed by Danny Alexander on 14/01/2009.
Categorised under the topics of Employment and Unemployment.

That this House welcomes the Government's decision to halt the jobcentre closure programme; notes that significant gaps have been left in the jobcentre network due to the closure of nearly 500 jobcentre plus offices since 2002; further notes that jobcentres are facing an enlarged workload due to the economic downturn; expresses concern that increasing numbers of jobseekers from rural constituencies may have to travel significant distances at a considerable cost to visit a jobcentre plus due to closures; and calls on the Government to reinstate offices that have previously been closed where that is possible and to implement a jobcentre outreach programme that places jobcentre plus staff and computer terminals in existing public buildings such as community centres, libraries and council service points so that jobcentre plus services can reach the widest possible range of communities.

This motion has been signed by a total of 37 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Danny Alexander	14/01/2009	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Andrew George	14/01/2009	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Adrian Sanders	15/01/2009	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
John Hemming	15/01/2009	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Alan Meale	15/01/2009	Mansfield	Labour	Seconded
David Drew	15/01/2009	Stroud	Labour	Seconded
Jeremy Corbyn	15/01/2009	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	15/01/2009	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	15/01/2009	Kingston and Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Rowen	15/01/2009	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Williams	15/01/2009	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Williams	19/01/2009	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Wareing	19/01/2009	Liverpool, West Derby	Independent	Signed
Peter Bottomley	19/01/2009	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Mike Hancock	19/01/2009	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Holmes	19/01/2009	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Evan Harris	19/01/2009	Oxford West and Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Spink	19/01/2009	Castle Point	Independent	Signed
Christopher Huhne	19/01/2009	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Caton	20/01/2009	Gower	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	20/01/2009	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	20/01/2009	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Hunter	20/01/2009	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Edward O'Hara	21/01/2009	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	21/01/2009	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
William McCrea	21/01/2009	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
David Simpson	21/01/2009	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Alan Simpson	21/01/2009	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	22/01/2009	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Denis Murphy	22/01/2009	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	22/01/2009	Orkney and Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	22/01/2009	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
John Mason	27/01/2009	Glasgow East	Scottish National Party	Signed
Janet Dean	28/01/2009	Burton	Labour	Signed
Jennifer Willott	28/01/2009	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John McDonnell	27/02/2009	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed
Iris Robinson	16/03/2009	Strangford	DUP	Signed

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