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Support For People During Reconsideration Of Employment And Support Allowance Refusals

EDM number 4 in 2014-15, proposed by Sheila Gilmore on 04/06/2014.
Categorised under the topics of Benefits administration, Benefits policy and Sickness, disability and carers' benefits.

That this House notes that at present people who apply for employment and support allowance (ESA) and are declared fit for work can ask for this decision to be reconsidered prior to lodging a formal appeal; further notes that at present people can continue to receive ESA at the assessment rate during this period; welcomes the introduction of reconsideration in all cases as of 28 October 2013; expresses concern that people will no longer be able to claim ESA during this period; expresses further concern that their only alternative will be to apply for jobseeker's allowance (JSA), for which being fit for work is a condition of receipt; further notes that since October 2008 four in 10 appeals have been successful; fears that in future people who are awarded ESA on appeal will be ineligible for either ESA or JSA during reconsideration; believes that the Government has a duty to support those who cannot support themselves through no fault of their own; and calls on Ministers to make the necessary legislative changes to allow ESA claimants to continue to receive the benefit at the assessment rate during this period.

This motion has been signed by a total of 116 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Sheila Gilmore04/06/2014Edinburgh EastLabourProposed
Peter Bottomley04/06/2014Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Mark Durkan04/06/2014FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySeconded
Bob Russell04/06/2014ColchesterLiberal DemocratSeconded
Jeremy Corbyn04/06/2014Islington NorthLabourSeconded
Dennis Skinner05/06/2014BolsoverLabourSeconded
Jim Shannon05/06/2014StrangfordDUPSigned
Michael Weir05/06/2014AngusScottish National PartySigned
Mary Glindon05/06/2014North TynesideLabourSigned
Glenda Jackson05/06/2014Hampstead and KilburnLabourSigned
Margaret Ritchie09/06/2014South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
John Leech09/06/2014Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
David Anderson09/06/2014BlaydonLabourSigned
John Robertson09/06/2014Glasgow North WestLabourSigned
Mike Thornton09/06/2014EastleighLiberal DemocratSigned
Valerie Vaz09/06/2014Walsall SouthLabourSigned
Roger Godsiff09/06/2014Birmingham, Hall GreenLabourSigned
John McDonnell09/06/2014Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Mike Gapes09/06/2014Ilford SouthLabourSigned
Adrian Sanders09/06/2014TorbayLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Meale09/06/2014MansfieldLabourSigned
Hywel Williams09/06/2014ArfonPlaid CymruSigned
Andrew George09/06/2014St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Caroline Lucas10/06/2014Brighton, PavilionGreenSigned
Paul Farrelly10/06/2014Newcastle-under-LymeLabourSigned
David Heyes10/06/2014Ashton-under-LyneLabourSigned
Jim Sheridan10/06/2014Paisley and Renfrewshire NorthLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin10/06/2014Heywood and MiddletonLabourSigned
Andrew Love10/06/2014EdmontonLabourSigned
Martin Caton10/06/2014GowerLabourSigned
Austin Mitchell11/06/2014Great GrimsbyLabourSigned
Clive Betts11/06/2014Sheffield South EastLabourSigned
Michael Crockart11/06/2014Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Dave Watts11/06/2014St Helens NorthLabourSigned
Frank Dobson11/06/2014Holborn and St PancrasLabourSigned
Stephen Gilbert11/06/2014St Austell and NewquayLiberal DemocratSigned
Louise Ellman11/06/2014Liverpool, RiversideLabourSigned
Nigel Dodds11/06/2014Belfast NorthDUPSigned
David Crausby12/06/2014Bolton North EastLabourSigned
Ian Swales12/06/2014RedcarLiberal DemocratSigned
Martin Horwood12/06/2014CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Ian Lavery12/06/2014WansbeckLabourSigned
Rosie Cooper12/06/2014West LancashireLabourSigned
Robert Flello12/06/2014Stoke-on-Trent SouthLabourSigned
Lindsay Roy12/06/2014GlenrothesLabourSigned
John Mann12/06/2014BassetlawLabourSigned
John Cryer12/06/2014Leyton and WansteadLabourSigned
David Ward12/06/2014Bradford EastLiberal DemocratSigned
Kate Hoey12/06/2014VauxhallLabourSigned
Dai Havard12/06/2014Merthyr Tydfil and RhymneyLabourSigned
Grahame Morris16/06/2014EasingtonLabourSigned
Mark Williams16/06/2014CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
Jim McGovern16/06/2014Dundee WestLabourSigned
Nick Smith16/06/2014Blaenau GwentLabourSigned
Mark Lazarowicz16/06/2014Edinburgh North and LeithLabourSigned
Andrew Miller16/06/2014Ellesmere Port and NestonLabourSigned
Alex Cunningham16/06/2014Stockton NorthLabourSigned
Joan Ruddock16/06/2014Lewisham, DeptfordLabourSigned
Joan Walley16/06/2014Stoke-on-Trent NorthLabourSigned
Jimmy Hood16/06/2014Lanark and Hamilton EastLabourSigned
George Mudie16/06/2014Leeds EastLabourSigned
Paul Blomfield16/06/2014Sheffield CentralLabourSigned
Andrew Stunell16/06/2014Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Albert Owen16/06/2014Ynys MLabourSigned
Ronnie Campbell17/06/2014Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Mike Hancock17/06/2014Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Ian Davidson17/06/2014Glasgow South WestLabourSigned
Elfyn Llwyd17/06/2014Dwyfor MeirionnyddPlaid CymruSigned
John Thurso17/06/2014Caithness, Sutherland and Easter RossLiberal DemocratSigned
Jim Cunningham17/06/2014Coventry SouthLabourSigned
Graeme Morrice17/06/2014LivingstonLabourSigned
Diane Abbott18/06/2014Hackney North and Stoke NewingtonLabourSigned
Gerry Sutcliffe18/06/2014Bradford SouthLabourSigned
Fabian Hamilton18/06/2014Leeds North EastLabourSigned
Sammy Wilson18/06/2014East AntrimDUPSigned
Barry Sheerman18/06/2014HuddersfieldLabourSigned
Michael Connarty18/06/2014Linlithgow and East FalkirkLabourSigned
George Howarth18/06/2014KnowsleyLabourSigned
Tessa Jowell19/06/2014Dulwich and West NorwoodLabourSigned
Roger Williams23/06/2014Brecon and RadnorshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Charles Kennedy23/06/2014Ross, Skye and LochaberLiberal DemocratSigned
Chris Williamson24/06/2014Derby NorthLabourSigned
Steve Rotheram24/06/2014Liverpool, WaltonLabourSigned
Sarah Champion25/06/2014RotherhamLabourSigned
Frank Field26/06/2014BirkenheadLabourSigned
Mike Wood30/06/2014Batley and SpenLabourSigned
Stephen Hepburn30/06/2014JarrowLabourSigned
Frank Doran01/07/2014Aberdeen NorthLabourSigned
Naomi Long02/07/2014Belfast EastAllianceSigned
Tony Cunningham02/07/2014WorkingtonLabourSigned
Julian Huppert02/07/2014CambridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
Ian Mearns03/07/2014GatesheadLabourSigned
Eilidh Whiteford09/07/2014Banff and BuchanScottish National PartySigned
Stewart Hosie09/07/2014Dundee EastScottish National PartySigned
Angus Robertson09/07/2014MorayScottish National PartySigned
Angus MacNeil09/07/2014Na h-Eileanan an IarScottish National PartySigned
Pete Wishart09/07/2014Perth and North PerthshireScottish National PartySigned
Shaun Woodward10/07/2014St Helens South and WhistonLabourSigned
Fiona O'Donnell16/07/2014East LothianLabourSigned
Yasmin Qureshi16/07/2014Bolton South EastLabourSigned
Sandra Osborne17/07/2014Ayr, Carrick and CumnockLabourSigned
Katy Clark17/07/2014North Ayrshire and ArranLabourSigned
John Hemming17/07/2014Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Teresa Pearce17/07/2014Erith and ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Paul Flynn17/07/2014Newport WestLabourSigned
Menzies Campbell21/07/2014North East FifeLiberal DemocratSigned
Jessica Morden21/07/2014Newport EastLabourSigned
Nick Brown21/07/2014Newcastle upon Tyne EastLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins21/07/2014Luton NorthLabourSigned
David Blunkett22/07/2014Sheffield, Brightside and HillsboroughLabourSigned
Anne Begg22/07/2014Aberdeen SouthLabourSigned
Hugh Bayley22/07/2014York CentralLabourSigned
Pat Glass22/07/2014North West DurhamLabourSigned
Tom Clarke22/07/2014Coatbridge, Chryston and BellshillLabourSigned
Nick Harvey05/01/2015North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Linda Riordan06/01/2015HalifaxLabourSigned

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