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Gurkha Pensions

EDM number 21 in 2009-10, proposed by Bob Spink on 18/11/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Veterans.

That this Housewelcomes the residency rights given to former Gurkha soldiers; noteswith concern that all Gurkhaveterans do not receive the same monthly payment as their UK counterparts; further 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 between as little as one sixth or one eighth of that of the UK soldiers they served alongside and are thus discriminated against;acknowledges that the British Gurkha Welfare Society is asking for Gurkhas to be treated as equals by the Government byensuring that all Gurkhas, regardless of when they served, receive from this point onwards a fair pension, equal to fellowBritish Army soldiers with the same service; recognises thatthe 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 andthat 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 thereforecalls onthe Government to consider giving all Gurkhas an equal and fair pension in the future.

This motion has been signed by a total of 44 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Bob Spink18/11/2009Castle PointIndependentProposed
Mike Hancock19/11/2009Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSeconded
Alan Simpson19/11/2009Nottingham SouthLabourSeconded
Bob Russell19/11/2009ColchesterLiberal DemocratSeconded
John Austin23/11/2009Erith and ThamesmeadLabourSeconded
Robert Wareing23/11/2009Liverpool, West DerbyIndependentSeconded
Paul Holmes23/11/2009ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
John McDonnell24/11/2009Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Alan Meale24/11/2009MansfieldLabourSigned
Hywel Williams24/11/2009CaernarfonPlaid CymruSigned
Kate Hoey25/11/2009VauxhallLabourSigned
Dai Davies25/11/2009Blaenau GwentIndependentSigned
Mark Hunter25/11/2009CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
John Leech25/11/2009Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
David Drew25/11/2009StroudLabourSigned
Nigel Dodds25/11/2009Belfast NorthDUPSigned
Ian Davidson25/11/2009Glasgow South WestLabourSigned
Ann Cryer25/11/2009KeighleyLabourSigned
Michael Clapham25/11/2009Barnsley West and PenistoneLabourSigned
William McCrea25/11/2009South AntrimDUPSigned
David Simpson25/11/2009Upper BannDUPSigned
John Pugh25/11/2009SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Elfyn Llwyd26/11/2009Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
John Hemming26/11/2009Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Richard Younger-Ross26/11/2009TeignbridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
Albert Owen26/11/2009Ynys MLabourSigned
Martin Caton26/11/2009GowerLabourSigned
Lady Hermon01/12/2009North DownUUPSigned
Richard Taylor01/12/2009Wyre ForestIndependentSigned
Paul Truswell01/12/2009PudseyLabourSigned
Gregory Campbell02/12/2009East LondonderryDUPSigned
Mark Fisher02/12/2009Stoke-on-Trent CentralLabourSigned
Willie Rennie02/12/2009Dunfermline and West FifeLiberal DemocratSigned
Jo Swinson03/12/2009East DunbartonshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Marsha Singh07/12/2009Bradford WestLabourSigned
Andrew MacKinlay07/12/2009ThurrockLabourSigned
Nick Harvey09/12/2009North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
George Howarth09/12/2009Knowsley North and Sefton EastLabourSigned
Adam Price10/12/2009Carmarthen East and DinefwrPlaid CymruSigned
Andrew Pelling10/12/2009Croydon CentralIndependentSigned
Dan Rogerson10/12/2009North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Alasdair McDonnell14/12/2009Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Kelvin Hopkins15/12/2009Luton NorthLabourSigned
Evan Harris16/12/2009Oxford West and AbingdonLiberal DemocratSigned

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