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High Court Judgment On Asylum Support

EDM number 99 in 2014-15, proposed by Teresa Pearce on 16/06/2014.
Categorised under the topics of Asylum and Incomes and poverty.

That this House notes the High Court judgment of 9 April 2014 (Refugee Action v Secretary of State for the Home Department) which states that the Government's assessment of the amount needed by asylum seekers to meet their essential living needs is flawed and further notes the Government's decision not to appeal this ruling; is concerned as stated in the judgment, that asylum support rates have not been increased since April 2011 and that the majority of those on asylum support receive just £5.23 a day to pay for essentials such as food, clothing and toiletries; further notes that asylum seekers spend an average of 18 months on this support and are almost never allowed to work; believes this is detrimental to the well-being of refugees including children; is particularly concerned that children aged 16 and 17 years are treated as adults for the purposes of asylum support making it difficult to participate fully in education; and calls on the Government to raise asylum support rates to at least 70 per cent of income support - the equivalent of £7.17 a day for most adult asylum seekers - and to increase this in line with inflation annually.

This motion has been signed by a total of 99 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Teresa Pearce16/06/2014Erith and ThamesmeadLabourProposed
Sarah Teather16/06/2014Brent CentralLiberal DemocratSeconded
Mark Durkan16/06/2014FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySeconded
Andrew Stunell16/06/2014Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSeconded
Peter Bottomley16/06/2014Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Margaret Ritchie17/06/2014South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySeconded
Adrian Sanders17/06/2014TorbayLiberal DemocratSigned
Jim Shannon17/06/2014StrangfordDUPSigned
John McDonnell17/06/2014Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Caroline Lucas17/06/2014Brighton, PavilionGreenSigned
Hywel Williams18/06/2014ArfonPlaid CymruSigned
Jeremy Corbyn18/06/2014Islington NorthLabourSigned
Gerald Kaufman18/06/2014Manchester, GortonLabourSigned
Andrew George18/06/2014St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Jim Dobbin18/06/2014Heywood and MiddletonLabourSigned
Glenda Jackson18/06/2014Hampstead and KilburnLabourSigned
Mary Glindon19/06/2014North TynesideLabourSigned
Martin Caton19/06/2014GowerLabourSigned
Bob Russell19/06/2014ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
John Cryer23/06/2014Leyton and WansteadLabourSigned
Roger Godsiff23/06/2014Birmingham, Hall GreenLabourSigned
Virendra Sharma23/06/2014Ealing, SouthallLabourSigned
David Crausby23/06/2014Bolton North EastLabourSigned
Mike Gapes23/06/2014Ilford SouthLabourSigned
Keith Vaz23/06/2014Leicester EastLabourSigned
David Anderson23/06/2014BlaydonLabourSigned
Mark Lazarowicz23/06/2014Edinburgh North and LeithLabourSigned
Diane Abbott23/06/2014Hackney North and Stoke NewingtonLabourSigned
John Leech23/06/2014Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Sheila Gilmore24/06/2014Edinburgh EastLabourSigned
Mark Williams24/06/2014CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
Sandra Osborne24/06/2014Ayr, Carrick and CumnockLabourSigned
Tim Farron24/06/2014Westmorland and LonsdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
Elfyn Llwyd24/06/2014Dwyfor MeirionnyddPlaid CymruSigned
Jim Cunningham24/06/2014Coventry SouthLabourSigned
Alan Reid25/06/2014Argyll and ButeLiberal DemocratSigned
Jim Dowd25/06/2014Lewisham West and PengeLabourSigned
Alasdair McDonnell25/06/2014Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
David Heyes25/06/2014Ashton-under-LyneLabourSigned
Frank Dobson26/06/2014Holborn and St PancrasLabourSigned
Ian Mearns26/06/2014GatesheadLabourSigned
Alex Cunningham26/06/2014Stockton NorthLabourSigned
Joan Walley30/06/2014Stoke-on-Trent NorthLabourSigned
Roger Williams30/06/2014Brecon and RadnorshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Hugh Bayley30/06/2014York CentralLabourSigned
Michael Connarty30/06/2014Linlithgow and East FalkirkLabourSigned
David Ward30/06/2014Bradford EastLiberal DemocratSigned
Joan Ruddock01/07/2014Lewisham, DeptfordLabourSigned
Frank Doran01/07/2014Aberdeen NorthLabourSigned
Mike Hancock01/07/2014Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Geraint Davies01/07/2014Swansea WestLabourSigned
Paul Flynn01/07/2014Newport WestLabourSigned
Tony Cunningham02/07/2014WorkingtonLabourSigned
Julian Huppert02/07/2014CambridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
Naomi Long02/07/2014Belfast EastAllianceSigned
Kevin Barron03/07/2014Rother ValleyLabourSigned
Paul Blomfield07/07/2014Sheffield CentralLabourSigned
Barry Sheerman07/07/2014HuddersfieldLabourSigned
Andrew Love08/07/2014EdmontonLabourSigned
Valerie Vaz09/07/2014Walsall SouthLabourSigned
Kate Hoey09/07/2014VauxhallLabourSigned
Mike Thornton17/07/2014EastleighLiberal DemocratSigned
Jim Sheridan17/07/2014Paisley and Renfrewshire NorthLabourSigned
Stephen Gilbert17/07/2014St Austell and NewquayLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Crockart21/07/2014Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Natascha Engel21/07/2014North East DerbyshireLabourSigned
Sammy Wilson01/09/2014East AntrimDUPSigned
David Wright01/09/2014TelfordLabourSigned
Greg Mulholland01/09/2014Leeds North WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Meacher01/09/2014Oldham West and RoytonLabourSigned
Tom Harris01/09/2014Glasgow SouthLabourSigned
Grahame Morris01/09/2014EasingtonLabourSigned
Mike Wood03/09/2014Batley and SpenLabourSigned
Chris Williamson03/09/2014Derby NorthLabourSigned
Jeffrey M Donaldson10/09/2014Lagan ValleyDUPSigned
Mark Hunter21/10/2014CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Weir21/10/2014AngusScottish National PartySigned
Nigel Dodds23/10/2014Belfast NorthDUPSigned
Pete Wishart27/10/2014Perth and North PerthshireScottish National PartySigned
Katy Clark27/10/2014North Ayrshire and ArranLabourSigned
John Hemming27/10/2014Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
William McCrea29/10/2014South AntrimDUPSigned
Gregory Campbell29/10/2014East LondonderryDUPSigned
Menzies Campbell30/10/2014North East FifeLiberal DemocratSigned
Jonathan Edwards04/11/2014Carmarthen East and DinefwrPlaid CymruSigned
Ann McKechin05/11/2014Glasgow NorthLabourSigned
Lady Hermon05/11/2014North DownIndependentSigned
Fabian Hamilton06/11/2014Leeds North EastLabourSigned
Robert Smith06/11/2014West Aberdeenshire and KincardineLiberal DemocratSigned
Jim Fitzpatrick10/11/2014Poplar and LimehouseLabourSigned
Yasmin Qureshi17/11/2014Bolton South EastLabourSigned
Martin Horwood18/11/2014CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Graham Stringer24/11/2014Blackley and BroughtonLabourSigned
Ian Davidson26/11/2014Glasgow South WestLabourSigned
George Mudie03/12/2014Leeds EastLabourSigned
David Simpson17/12/2014Upper BannDUPSigned
Linda Riordan06/01/2015HalifaxLabourSigned
Jennifer Willott21/01/2015Cardiff CentralLiberal DemocratSigned
Tessa Munt11/03/2015WellsLiberal DemocratSigned

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