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Services For Severely Disabled Children And Adults And Their Carers

EDM number 874 in 2008-09, proposed by Andrew George on 24/02/2009.
Categorised under the topics of Children and families and Community care.

That this House wholeheartedly commends and supports the work of Michael and Henrietta Spink and the Henry Spink Foundation with regard to improving the services, and access to services, for severely disabled children, adults and their carers; has deep and profound sympathy for Henrietta and Michael Spink's personal plight as parents of two severely disabled children; sees them and the millions of other carers in the UK as quietly heroic; further supports Henrietta and Michael Spink's call, which is supported and being advocated by the Law Commission, for the creation of an independent Social Services Tribunal, which would follow the tribunal model in other sectors; further supports their call for the creation of an Ombudsman for Disability as is found in other European Union countries; further supports their call to reform local authority regulations so that local authority care assessments and support packages for children and adults become easily portable from one authority to another; further supports their campaign to encourage public and private leisure and entertainment facilities to admit the carers for severely disabled children and adults without additional charge; and calls upon all relevant Government Ministers to bring forward the necessary changes in the law and regulations to enact these sensible, pragmatic, cost neutral reforms, that would genuinely improve the lives of thousands of carers for severely disabled children and adults across the UK, as soon as possible.

This motion has been signed by a total of 123 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Andrew George24/02/2009St IvesLiberal DemocratProposed
Hywel Francis24/02/2009AberavonLabourSeconded
Tony Baldry24/02/2009BanburyConservativeSeconded
Nicholas Winterton24/02/2009MacclesfieldConservativeSeconded
Mark Durkan24/02/2009FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySeconded
Bob Spink25/02/2009Castle PointIndependentSeconded
Alan Simpson25/02/2009Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Dai Havard25/02/2009Merthyr Tydfil and RhymneyLabourSigned
Lindsay Hoyle25/02/2009ChorleyLabourSigned
Gregory Campbell25/02/2009East LondonderryDUPSigned
Martin Caton25/02/2009GowerLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn25/02/2009Islington NorthLabourSigned
Mike Hancock25/02/2009Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Peter Bottomley25/02/2009Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Rudi Vis25/02/2009Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Robert Wareing25/02/2009Liverpool, West DerbyIndependentSigned
Ann Winterton25/02/2009CongletonConservativeSigned
Mark Hunter25/02/2009CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
John Pugh26/02/2009SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Holmes26/02/2009ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
Kelvin Hopkins26/02/2009Luton NorthLabourSigned
Lynne Jones26/02/2009Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Martin Linton26/02/2009BatterseaLabourSigned
William McCrea26/02/2009South AntrimDUPSigned
Jim Dobbin26/02/2009Heywood and MiddletonLabourSigned
Jim Dowd26/02/2009Lewisham WestLabourSigned
David Drew26/02/2009StroudLabourSigned
Frank Field26/02/2009BirkenheadLabourSigned
Paul Flynn26/02/2009Newport WestLabourSigned
Neil Gerrard26/02/2009WalthamstowLabourSigned
Paul Rowen26/02/2009RochdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
Stephen Williams26/02/2009Bristol WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Dai Davies26/02/2009Blaenau GwentIndependentSigned
John McDonnell27/02/2009Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Mark Oaten27/02/2009WinchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
James Gray27/02/2009North WiltshireConservativeSigned
Peter Ainsworth27/02/2009East SurreyConservativeSigned
Anthony D Wright27/02/2009Great YarmouthLabourSigned
Andy Slaughter27/02/2009Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's BushLabourSigned
Harry Cohen02/03/2009Leyton and WansteadLabourSigned
Michael Connarty02/03/2009Linlithgow and East FalkirkLabourSigned
Andrew Dismore02/03/2009HendonLabourSigned
Roger Godsiff02/03/2009Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small HeathLabourSigned
Paul Truswell02/03/2009PudseyLabourSigned
Betty Williams02/03/2009ConwyLabourSigned
Jim Devine02/03/2009LivingstonLabourSigned
Gwyn Prosser03/03/2009DoverLabourSigned
Edward O'Hara03/03/2009Knowsley SouthLabourSigned
Sandra Gidley03/03/2009RomseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Lorely Burt03/03/2009SolihullLiberal DemocratSigned
John Leech03/03/2009Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Glenda Jackson04/03/2009Hampstead and HighgateLabourSigned
Nigel Dodds04/03/2009Belfast NorthDUPSigned
Bill Etherington04/03/2009Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Michael Fallon04/03/2009SevenoaksConservativeSigned
Phil Willis04/03/2009Harrogate and KnaresboroughLiberal DemocratSigned
Julie Morgan05/03/2009Cardiff NorthLabourSigned
Dominic Grieve05/03/2009BeaconsfieldConservativeSigned
Roger Williams05/03/2009Brecon and RadnorshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Tim Farron05/03/2009Westmorland and LonsdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
David Curry06/03/2009Skipton and RiponConservativeSigned
John Austin06/03/2009Erith and ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Robert Key09/03/2009SalisburyConservativeSigned
Bob Laxton09/03/2009Derby NorthLabourSigned
Peter Lilley09/03/2009Hitchin and HarpendenConservativeSigned
Hugh Bayley09/03/2009City of YorkLabourSigned
Brian Iddon10/03/2009Bolton South EastLabourSigned
Brian Jenkins10/03/2009TamworthLabourSigned
Elfyn Llwyd10/03/2009Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Janet Dean10/03/2009BurtonLabourSigned
Mark Field10/03/2009Cities of London and WestminsterConservativeSigned
Angela Smith10/03/2009Sheffield, HillsboroughLabourSigned
Dan Rogerson10/03/2009North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Williams10/03/2009CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
Alasdair McDonnell11/03/2009Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Diane Abbott11/03/2009Hackney North and Stoke NewingtonLabourSigned
Frank Cook12/03/2009Stockton NorthLabourSigned
Nigel Evans12/03/2009Ribble ValleyConservativeSigned
Don Foster12/03/2009BathLiberal DemocratSigned
Charles Kennedy13/03/2009Ross, Skye and LochaberLiberal DemocratSigned
Doug Naysmith13/03/2009Bristol North WestLabourSigned
Iris Robinson16/03/2009StrangfordDUPSigned
Lynne Featherstone16/03/2009Hornsey and Wood GreenLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Miller17/03/2009Ellesmere Port and NestonLabourSigned
Denis Murphy17/03/2009WansbeckLabourSigned
Michael Ancram18/03/2009DevizesConservativeSigned
Tim Boswell18/03/2009DaventryConservativeSigned
Steve Webb18/03/2009NorthavonLiberal DemocratSigned
Jeffrey M Donaldson19/03/2009Lagan ValleyDUPSigned
John Hemming19/03/2009Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Graham Stuart19/03/2009Beverley and HoldernessConservativeSigned
Susan Kramer20/03/2009Richmond ParkLiberal DemocratSigned
Greg Mulholland20/03/2009Leeds North WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Nick Harvey23/03/2009North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Edward Davey24/03/2009Kingston and SurbitonLiberal DemocratSigned
Louise Ellman24/03/2009Liverpool, RiversideLabourSigned
Norman Baker25/03/2009LewesLiberal DemocratSigned
John Gummer27/03/2009Suffolk CoastalConservativeSigned
Ian Stewart27/03/2009EcclesLabourSigned
Jennifer Willott30/03/2009Cardiff CentralLiberal DemocratSigned
Clare Short31/03/2009Birmingham, LadywoodIndependent LabourSigned
Joan Humble31/03/2009Blackpool North and FleetwoodLabourSigned
Desmond Turner31/03/2009Brighton, KemptownLabourSigned
Ian Taylor01/04/2009Esher and WaltonConservativeSigned
Mike Wood01/04/2009Batley and SpenLabourSigned
Ann Clwyd02/04/2009Cynon ValleyLabourSigned
George Galloway21/04/2009Bethnal Green and BowRespectSigned
Sarah Teather21/04/2009Brent EastLiberal DemocratSigned
Julia Goldsworthy27/04/2009Falmouth and CamborneLiberal DemocratSigned
Linda Riordan29/04/2009HalifaxLabourSigned
Matthew Taylor30/04/2009Truro and St AustellLiberal DemocratSigned
Lembit 05/05/2009MontgomeryshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Tom Clarke06/05/2009Coatbridge, Chryston and BellshillLabourSigned
Roger Berry06/05/2009KingswoodLabourSigned
Colin Challen07/05/2009Morley and RothwellLabourSigned
Mark Todd07/05/2009South DerbyshireLabourSigned
Frank Doran12/05/2009Aberdeen NorthLabourSigned
Joan Walley14/05/2009Stoke-on-Trent NorthLabourSigned
Andrew Pelling14/05/2009Croydon CentralIndependentSigned
Richard Younger-Ross20/05/2009TeignbridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
Chris McCafferty04/06/2009Calder ValleyLabourSigned
Ann Widdecombe28/10/2009Maidstone and The WealdConservativeSigned
John BercowUnknownWithdrawn

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