Free Television Licences For Pensioners (EDM2)

Free Television Licences For Pensioners

EDM number 2 in 2010-12, proposed by John Leech on 25/05/2010.
Categorised under the topics of Broadcasting and Pensions.

That this House recognises that the elderly are amongst the most vulnerable during these tough economic times; is concerned at the increasing numbers of pensioners who are finding themselves in fuel poverty; further recognises the benefits of giving those aged over 75 years a free television licence; and encourages the Government to extend the free licensing scheme to all pensioners, regardless of age.

This motion has been signed by a total of 36 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
John Leech	25/05/2010	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
David Simpson	26/05/2010	Upper Bann	DUP	Seconded
Jeffrey M Donaldson	26/05/2010	Lagan Valley	DUP	Seconded
Stephen Lloyd	26/05/2010	Eastbourne	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Jonathan Edwards	26/05/2010	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Seconded
Mike Hancock	26/05/2010	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Lady Hermon	27/05/2010	North Down	Independent	Signed
Keith Vaz	27/05/2010	Leicester East	Labour	Signed
Mark Williams	27/05/2010	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Margaret Ritchie	02/06/2010	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Jim Sheridan	02/06/2010	Paisley and Renfrewshire North	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	02/06/2010	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Alan Campbell	02/06/2010	Tynemouth	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	02/06/2010	Birmingham, Hall Green	Labour	Signed
Andrew Gwynne	02/06/2010	Denton and Reddish	Labour	Signed
Virendra Sharma	02/06/2010	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed
Tom Blenkinsop	02/06/2010	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland	Labour	Signed
Grahame Morris	03/06/2010	Easington	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	07/06/2010	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	07/06/2010	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Jim Shannon	08/06/2010	Strangford	DUP	Signed
William McCrea	08/06/2010	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
David Crausby	08/06/2010	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Chris Evans	08/06/2010	Islwyn	Labour	Signed
Nigel Dodds	09/06/2010	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Julie Hilling	10/06/2010	Bolton West	Labour	Signed
John Hemming	10/06/2010	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian Paisley Jnr	10/06/2010	North Antrim	DUP	Signed
Jim Dobbin	14/06/2010	Heywood and Middleton	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	17/06/2010	Barnsley Central	Labour	Withdrawn
Albert Owen	22/06/2010	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	30/06/2010	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed
David Heyes	05/07/2010	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
David Wright	08/07/2010	Telford	Labour	Signed
Bill Esterson	20/07/2010	Sefton Central	Labour	Signed
Linda Riordan	27/07/2010	Halifax	Labour	Signed

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