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Violence Against Women And The No Recourse To Public Funds Rule

EDM number 214 in 2009-10, proposed by Jo Swinson on 24/11/2009.
Categorised under the topics of Crimes of violence, Human rights and Immigration.

That this House commends the work of Amnesty International, the No Recourse to Public Funds campaign and the End Violence Against Women campaign; acknowledges that the current no recourse to public funds rule has a devastating effect on hundreds of women who are trapped in a cycle of abuse, unable to access basic levels of protection and support due to their immigration status; believes that the Government has a duty to protect the human rights of all women entering the UK regardless of immigration status, as stated in the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW); further acknowledges the recent Home Office pilot project, but recognises the need for a permanent solution for all women; and therefore calls on the Government to exempt women fleeing domestic violence from the no recourse to public funds rule, to grant women's refuges the funds they need to offer protection from violence to all women suffering abuse, and to launch an integrated strategy to counter violence against women so as to prevent contradictory policies undermining women's rights.

This motion has been signed by a total of 108 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Jo Swinson24/11/2009East DunbartonshireLiberal DemocratProposed
Lynne Featherstone24/11/2009Hornsey and Wood GreenLiberal DemocratSeconded
Katy Clark24/11/2009North Ayrshire and ArranLabourSeconded
Diane Abbott24/11/2009Hackney North and Stoke NewingtonLabourSeconded
Peter Bottomley24/11/2009Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Sandra Gidley24/11/2009RomseyLiberal DemocratSeconded
Bob Russell24/11/2009ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Lynne Jones24/11/2009Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Mark Durkan24/11/2009FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Andrew George24/11/2009St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
David Taylor25/11/2009North West LeicestershireLabourWithdrawn
Alan Simpson25/11/2009Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Paul Holmes25/11/2009ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
Lindsay Hoyle25/11/2009ChorleyLabourSigned
Glenda Jackson25/11/2009Hampstead and HighgateLabourSigned
Alan Meale25/11/2009MansfieldLabourSigned
Margaret Moran25/11/2009Luton SouthLabourSigned
Ronnie Campbell25/11/2009Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn25/11/2009Islington NorthLabourSigned
Janet Dean25/11/2009BurtonLabourSigned
Mike Hancock25/11/2009Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Derek Wyatt25/11/2009Sittingbourne and SheppeyLabourSigned
John Leech25/11/2009Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Stephen Williams25/11/2009Bristol WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Brian Jenkins26/11/2009TamworthLabourSigned
Colin Breed26/11/2009South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Annette Brooke26/11/2009Mid Dorset and North PooleLiberal DemocratSigned
Martin Caton26/11/2009GowerLabourSigned
Ann Cryer26/11/2009KeighleyLabourSigned
Neil Gerrard26/11/2009WalthamstowLabourSigned
John Battle26/11/2009Leeds WestLabourSigned
Alan Beith26/11/2009Berwick-upon-TweedLiberal DemocratSigned
David Borrow26/11/2009South RibbleLabourSigned
Rudi Vis26/11/2009Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Michael Weir26/11/2009AngusScottish National PartySigned
Betty Williams26/11/2009ConwyLabourSigned
Mark Hunter26/11/2009CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
Clare Short30/11/2009Birmingham, LadywoodIndependent LabourSigned
Paul Keetch30/11/2009HerefordLiberal DemocratSigned
Bill Etherington30/11/2009Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Nick Harvey01/12/2009North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Lady Hermon01/12/2009North DownUUPSigned
Andrew Dismore01/12/2009HendonLabourSigned
John Austin01/12/2009Erith and ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Paul Truswell01/12/2009PudseyLabourSigned
David Chaytor02/12/2009Bury NorthLabourSigned
Lorely Burt02/12/2009SolihullLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Pelling02/12/2009Croydon CentralIndependentSigned
John Hemming03/12/2009Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Marsha Singh07/12/2009Bradford WestLabourSigned
Eric Illsley07/12/2009Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Menzies Campbell07/12/2009North East FifeLiberal DemocratSigned
Jim Cousins07/12/2009Newcastle upon Tyne CentralLabourSigned
Don Foster07/12/2009BathLiberal DemocratSigned
George Galloway07/12/2009Bethnal Green and BowRespectSigned
Andrew Stunell07/12/2009Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Dan Rogerson07/12/2009North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Williams07/12/2009CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
Ian Cawsey08/12/2009Brigg and GooleLabourSigned
Roger Godsiff08/12/2009Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small HeathLabourSigned
Roger Williams08/12/2009Brecon and RadnorshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Danny Alexander08/12/2009Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and StrathspeyLiberal DemocratSigned
Phil Willis09/12/2009Harrogate and KnaresboroughLiberal DemocratSigned
David Howarth09/12/2009CambridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
Susan Kramer09/12/2009Richmond ParkLiberal DemocratSigned
Jennifer Willott09/12/2009Cardiff CentralLiberal DemocratSigned
George Howarth10/12/2009Knowsley North and Sefton EastLabourSigned
Lembit 10/12/2009MontgomeryshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Greg Mulholland10/12/2009Leeds North WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Kelvin Hopkins15/12/2009Luton NorthLabourSigned
Charles Kennedy15/12/2009Ross, Skye and LochaberLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Rowen15/12/2009RochdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
John Pugh16/12/2009SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Evan Harris16/12/2009Oxford West and AbingdonLiberal DemocratSigned
Simon Hughes16/12/2009North Southwark and BermondseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Farrelly16/12/2009Newcastle-under-LymeLabourSigned
Julia Goldsworthy16/12/2009Falmouth and CamborneLiberal DemocratSigned
Chris McCafferty05/01/2010Calder ValleyLabourSigned
Hugh Bayley05/01/2010City of YorkLabourSigned
Andy Reed07/01/2010LoughboroughLabourSigned
Julie Morgan18/01/2010Cardiff NorthLabourSigned
Kim Howells20/01/2010PontypriddLabourSigned
Edward Davey21/01/2010Kingston and SurbitonLiberal DemocratSigned
Alasdair McDonnell25/01/2010Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Tom Brake26/01/2010Carshalton and WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Brian Iddon08/02/2010Bolton South EastLabourSigned
Michael Connarty09/02/2010Linlithgow and East FalkirkLabourSigned
Norman Baker09/02/2010LewesLiberal DemocratSigned
Joan Walley09/02/2010Stoke-on-Trent NorthLabourSigned
Tom Levitt10/02/2010High PeakLabourSigned
Malcolm Bruce10/02/2010GordonLiberal DemocratSigned
Richard Taylor22/02/2010Wyre ForestIndependentSigned
Sarah Teather22/02/2010Brent EastLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Todd22/02/2010South DerbyshireLabourSigned
Mike Wood22/02/2010Batley and SpenLabourSigned
Dai Davies22/02/2010Blaenau GwentIndependentSigned
Joan Humble23/02/2010Blackpool North and FleetwoodLabourSigned
Austin Mitchell23/02/2010Great GrimsbyLabourSigned
Derek Twigg23/02/2010HaltonLabourSigned
Anne Moffat24/02/2010East LothianLabourSigned
Harry Cohen24/02/2010Leyton and WansteadLabourSigned
Doug Naysmith25/02/2010Bristol North WestLabourSigned
John Mason25/02/2010Glasgow EastScottish National PartySigned
Frank Cook26/02/2010Stockton NorthLabourSigned
Gwyn Prosser01/03/2010DoverLabourSigned
Jane Kennedy04/03/2010Liverpool, WavertreeLabourSigned
Martin Horwood10/03/2010CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Patrick Hall11/03/2010BedfordLabourSigned

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