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Under-Occupancy Penalty And The Vulnerable

EDM number 984 in 2012-13, proposed by Ann Coffey on 29/01/2013.
Categorised under the topics of Housing and Housing benefits.

That this House is concerned that withdrawing housing benefit from social housing tenants with unoccupied bedrooms will hit the poor, the vulnerable and the disabled hardest, unfairly penalises parents with sons and daughters in the armed forces living at home but away fighting for their country on the Afghanistan front line, takes no account of those who need specialist home care and threatens to disrupt the lives of children in the joint custody of divorced or separated parents; recognises that local authorities do not have enough one-bedroom housing stock available to enable those who can downsize to do so; and supports the Sunday People campaign calling on the Government to increase central funding for the discretionary housing allowance so that those unable to pay the bedroom tax do not become homeless.

This motion has been signed by a total of 91 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Ann Coffey29/01/2013StockportLabourProposed
Jim Sheridan29/01/2013Paisley and Renfrewshire NorthLabourSeconded
Jim Shannon30/01/2013StrangfordDUPSeconded
Ronnie Campbell30/01/2013Blyth ValleyLabourSeconded
Jim Dobbin30/01/2013Heywood and MiddletonLabourSeconded
Mark Durkan30/01/2013FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySeconded
Angus Robertson30/01/2013MorayScottish National PartySigned
Dennis Skinner30/01/2013BolsoverLabourSigned
Alan Meale30/01/2013MansfieldLabourSigned
Angus MacNeil30/01/2013Na h-Eileanan an IarScottish National PartySigned
Eilidh Whiteford30/01/2013Banff and BuchanScottish National PartySigned
Martin Caton31/01/2013GowerLabourSigned
Michael Weir31/01/2013AngusScottish National PartySigned
Jim Cunningham01/02/2013Coventry SouthLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins04/02/2013Luton NorthLabourSigned
Glenda Jackson04/02/2013Hampstead and KilburnLabourSigned
Hugh Bayley05/02/2013York CentralLabourSigned
Valerie Vaz05/02/2013Walsall SouthLabourSigned
Katy Clark05/02/2013North Ayrshire and ArranLabourSigned
David Anderson05/02/2013BlaydonLabourSigned
David Wright05/02/2013TelfordLabourSigned
Dave Watts05/02/2013St Helens NorthLabourSigned
Clive Betts05/02/2013Sheffield South EastLabourSigned
Elfyn Llwyd05/02/2013Dwyfor MeirionnyddPlaid CymruSigned
John McDonnell05/02/2013Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Jeffrey M Donaldson05/02/2013Lagan ValleyDUPSigned
Hywel Francis05/02/2013AberavonLabourSigned
Mike Hancock05/02/2013Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
John Robertson06/02/2013Glasgow North WestLabourSigned
Dai Havard06/02/2013Merthyr Tydfil and RhymneyLabourSigned
George Howarth06/02/2013KnowsleyLabourSigned
Caroline Lucas06/02/2013Brighton, PavilionGreenSigned
William McCrea06/02/2013South AntrimDUPSigned
Tony Cunningham06/02/2013WorkingtonLabourSigned
George Galloway06/02/2013Bradford WestRespectSigned
Mike Gapes06/02/2013Ilford SouthLabourSigned
Graeme Morrice06/02/2013LivingstonLabourSigned
Graham Allen07/02/2013Nottingham NorthLabourSigned
Paul Flynn07/02/2013Newport WestLabourSigned
Paul Blomfield07/02/2013Sheffield CentralLabourSigned
Andy Sawford07/02/2013CorbyLabourSigned
Ian Lavery07/02/2013WansbeckLabourSigned
Sandra Osborne07/02/2013Ayr, Carrick and CumnockLabourSigned
Paul Murphy07/02/2013TorfaenLabourSigned
Austin Mitchell07/02/2013Great GrimsbyLabourSigned
Mark Lazarowicz07/02/2013Edinburgh North and LeithLabourSigned
Frank Field07/02/2013BirkenheadLabourSigned
Ann Clwyd11/02/2013Cynon ValleyLabourSigned
Adrian Bailey11/02/2013West Bromwich WestLabourSigned
Joan Walley11/02/2013Stoke-on-Trent NorthLabourSigned
Rosie Cooper11/02/2013West LancashireLabourSigned
Jim McGovern11/02/2013Dundee WestLabourSigned
Steve Rotheram11/02/2013Liverpool, WaltonLabourSigned
Simon Danczuk11/02/2013RochdaleLabourSigned
Sarah Champion11/02/2013RotherhamLabourSigned
Gerald Kaufman12/02/2013Manchester, GortonLabourSigned
Grahame Morris12/02/2013EasingtonLabourSigned
Bill Esterson12/02/2013Sefton CentralLabourSigned
Lindsay Roy12/02/2013GlenrothesLabourSigned
Jessica Morden12/02/2013Newport EastLabourSigned
Anne Begg12/02/2013Aberdeen SouthLabourSigned
Paul Goggins13/02/2013Wythenshawe and Sale EastLabourSigned
Peter Hain13/02/2013NeathLabourSigned
Pete Wishart13/02/2013Perth and North PerthshireScottish National PartySigned
Pat Glass13/02/2013North West DurhamLabourSigned
Ian Mearns13/02/2013GatesheadLabourSigned
Joe Benton14/02/2013BootleLabourSigned
Fiona O'Donnell14/02/2013East LothianLabourSigned
David Blunkett14/02/2013Sheffield, Brightside and HillsboroughLabourSigned
Linda Riordan14/02/2013HalifaxLabourSigned
Mark Hendrick25/02/2013PrestonLabourSigned
Kate Hoey25/02/2013VauxhallLabourSigned
Jimmy Hood25/02/2013Lanark and Hamilton EastLabourSigned
Andrew Miller25/02/2013Ellesmere Port and NestonLabourSigned
David Crausby25/02/2013Bolton North EastLabourSigned
Graham Stringer25/02/2013Blackley and BroughtonLabourSigned
Shaun Woodward25/02/2013St Helens South and WhistonLabourSigned
Si25/02/2013Swansea EastLabourSigned
Louise Ellman26/02/2013Liverpool, RiversideLabourSigned
John Healey27/02/2013Wentworth and DearneLabourSigned
Yasmin Qureshi27/02/2013Bolton South EastLabourSigned
Frank Doran28/02/2013Aberdeen NorthLabourSigned
Ian Davidson01/03/2013Glasgow South WestLabourSigned
Stephen Hepburn05/03/2013JarrowLabourSigned
Alex Cunningham06/03/2013Stockton NorthLabourSigned
Geoffrey Robinson12/03/2013Coventry North WestLabourSigned
Frank Roy12/03/2013Motherwell and WishawLabourSigned
Michael Meacher12/03/2013Oldham West and RoytonLabourSigned
Natascha Engel25/03/2013North East DerbyshireLabourSigned
Lucy Powell25/03/2013Manchester CentralLabourSigned
Lisa Nandy10/04/2013WiganLabourSigned

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