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Compensation Payments For Service Personnel Killed In Action

EDM number 675 in 2009-10, proposed by John Austin on 20/01/2010.
Categorised under the topics of Armed forces, Military operations and Sickness, disability and carers' benefits.

That this House is concerned that payments made by the Ministry of Defence to families in respect of a relative killed in action are counted as income by the Department for Work and Pensions in calculation of income support and other income-related benefits as well as housing and council tax benefits; notes that this results in families on benefit receiving no compensation and in some cases suffering financial loss; further notes that payments in respect of those who went into captivity in the Far East during the Second World War and in respect of those killed in the bombing and attempted bombing of the London transport system in July 2005 were disregarded for calculation of income-related benefits; and believes that the same disregard should be applied to payments to surviving relatives of personnel killed on active service with HM armed forces.

This motion has been signed by a total of 64 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
John Austin20/01/2010Erith and ThamesmeadLabourProposed
Nigel Evans20/01/2010Ribble ValleyConservativeSeconded
Alan Beith20/01/2010Berwick-upon-TweedLiberal DemocratSeconded
Clive Efford20/01/2010ElthamLabourSeconded
William Cash20/01/2010StoneConservativeSeconded
Peter Bottomley20/01/2010Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Ann Winterton21/01/2010CongletonConservativeSigned
Nicholas Winterton21/01/2010MacclesfieldConservativeSigned
John Battle21/01/2010Leeds WestLabourSigned
David Drew21/01/2010StroudLabourSigned
Edward Davey21/01/2010Kingston and SurbitonLiberal DemocratSigned
Lynne Jones21/01/2010Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Lindsay Hoyle21/01/2010ChorleyLabourSigned
Gordon Prentice21/01/2010PendleLabourSigned
Nick Harvey21/01/2010North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Meale21/01/2010MansfieldLabourSigned
Bill Etherington25/01/2010Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
David Winnick25/01/2010Walsall NorthLabourSigned
Betty Williams25/01/2010ConwyLabourSigned
Robert Wareing25/01/2010Liverpool, West DerbyIndependentSigned
Mark Durkan25/01/2010FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Andrew Dismore25/01/2010HendonLabourSigned
Bob Spink25/01/2010Castle PointIndependentSigned
Mark Hunter26/01/2010CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
John Whittingdale26/01/2010Maldon and East ChelmsfordConservativeSigned
Paul Truswell26/01/2010PudseyLabourSigned
Mike Hancock26/01/2010Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
James Gray26/01/2010North WiltshireConservativeSigned
Ann Cryer26/01/2010KeighleyLabourSigned
Janet Dean26/01/2010BurtonLabourSigned
Alan Simpson26/01/2010Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Paul Holmes26/01/2010ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
Colin Breed26/01/2010South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Martin Caton26/01/2010GowerLabourSigned
David Simpson27/01/2010Upper BannDUPSigned
Eric Illsley27/01/2010Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
William McCrea27/01/2010South AntrimDUPSigned
Annette Brooke27/01/2010Mid Dorset and North PooleLiberal DemocratSigned
Gregory Campbell27/01/2010East LondonderryDUPSigned
Ronnie Campbell27/01/2010Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Katy Clark27/01/2010North Ayrshire and ArranLabourSigned
Philip Davies27/01/2010ShipleyConservativeSigned
John Leech27/01/2010Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
John Mason28/01/2010Glasgow EastScottish National PartySigned
Rudi Vis28/01/2010Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
George Galloway28/01/2010Bethnal Green and BowRespectSigned
John Pugh28/01/2010SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew George28/01/2010St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Harry Cohen29/01/2010Leyton and WansteadLabourSigned
Neil Gerrard29/01/2010WalthamstowLabourSigned
Andrew Stunell01/02/2010Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Greg Pope02/02/2010HyndburnLabourSigned
David Crausby02/02/2010Bolton North EastLabourSigned
Paul Flynn02/02/2010Newport WestLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins03/02/2010Luton NorthLabourSigned
Richard Younger-Ross03/02/2010TeignbridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
John Barrett03/02/2010Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Jeffrey M Donaldson03/02/2010Lagan ValleyDUPSigned
Chris McCafferty04/02/2010Calder ValleyLabourSigned
Menzies Campbell09/02/2010North East FifeLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Connarty09/02/2010Linlithgow and East FalkirkLabourSigned
Nigel Dodds09/02/2010Belfast NorthDUPSigned
Linda Riordan23/03/2010HalifaxLabourSigned
Tony Lloyd06/04/2010Manchester CentralLabourSigned

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