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Military Covenant For Ex-Service Personnel With Mesothelioma

EDM number 680 in 2015-16, proposed by David Anderson on 09/11/2015.
Categorised under the topics of Armed forces welfare, Diseases and Veterans.

That this House notes that thousands who served in the armed services before 1987 are not entitled to full compensation for being exposed, while under military orders, to asbestos and when they have contracted mesothelioma; further notes that they will lose out massively when compared with people who contracted the lethal lung disease in civilian life where compensation reaches £180,000, while an estimated 2,500 sailors in this position may only be eligible for £31,000 through their war pension; believes that this is a clear breach of the military covenant, which the Prime Minister rightly described as the promise to our military that, because of the sacrifices they make on our behalf, they should not have less good treatment than other groups of people; agrees with Chris Simpkins, Director General of The Royal British Legion, that this is a clear breach of the Armed Forces Covenant; recognises that the Prime Minister and the Defence Secretary are examining the matter; and urges them and service chiefs to take swift and positive action to resolve this gross anomaly.

This motion has been signed by a total of 69 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
David Anderson09/11/2015BlaydonLabourProposed
Ian Mearns09/11/2015GatesheadLabourSeconded
Andrew McDonald09/11/2015MiddlesbroughLabourSeconded
Jim Shannon09/11/2015StrangfordDUPSeconded
Stephen Hepburn09/11/2015JarrowLabourSeconded
Jim Dowd09/11/2015Lewisham West and PengeLabourSeconded
Mike Gapes09/11/2015Ilford SouthLabourSigned
John Mann09/11/2015BassetlawLabourSigned
Mary Glindon09/11/2015North TynesideLabourSigned
Ian Blackford10/11/2015Ross, Skye and LochaberScottish National PartySigned
Carol Monaghan10/11/2015Glasgow North WestScottish National PartySigned
Liz Saville Roberts10/11/2015Dwyfor MeirionnyddPlaid CymruSigned
Grahame Morris10/11/2015EasingtonLabourSigned
Adrian Bailey10/11/2015West Bromwich WestLabourSigned
Lady Hermon10/11/2015North DownIndependentSigned
Kelvin Hopkins10/11/2015Luton NorthLabourSigned
Peter Bottomley10/11/2015Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Tom Blenkinsop10/11/2015Middlesbrough South and East ClevelandLabourSigned
Yasmin Qureshi10/11/2015Bolton South EastLabourSigned
Dennis Skinner10/11/2015BolsoverLabourSigned
Neil Gray10/11/2015Airdrie and ShottsScottish National PartySigned
Drew Hendry10/11/2015Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and StrathspeyScottish National PartySigned
Mhairi Black10/11/2015Paisley and Renfrewshire SouthScottish National PartySigned
Gavin Robinson10/11/2015Belfast EastDUPSigned
David Simpson10/11/2015Upper BannDUPSigned
Martyn Day10/11/2015Linlithgow and East FalkirkScottish National PartySigned
Jim Cunningham10/11/2015Coventry SouthLabourSigned
Paul Flynn16/11/2015Newport WestLabourSigned
John McNally16/11/2015FalkirkScottish National PartySigned
Owen Thompson16/11/2015MidlothianScottish National PartySigned
Alan Brown16/11/2015Kilmarnock and LoudounScottish National PartySigned
Jo Stevens16/11/2015Cardiff CentralLabourSigned
Chris Stephens16/11/2015Glasgow South WestScottish National PartySigned
Stuart McDonald16/11/2015Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch EastScottish National PartySigned
Rosie Cooper16/11/2015West LancashireLabourSigned
Tasmina Sheikh16/11/2015Ochil and South PerthshireScottish National PartySigned
Steven Paterson16/11/2015StirlingScottish National PartySigned
Gavin Newlands16/11/2015Paisley and Renfrewshire NorthScottish National PartySigned
Mark Williams16/11/2015CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
Joanna Cherry16/11/2015Edinburgh South WestScottish National PartySigned
Martin Docherty17/11/2015West DunbartonshireScottish National PartySigned
Helen Hayes17/11/2015Dulwich and West NorwoodLabourSigned
Marie Rimmer18/11/2015St Helens South and WhistonLabourSigned
Ronnie Campbell18/11/2015Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Alan Meale18/11/2015MansfieldLabourSigned
John Nicolson18/11/2015East DunbartonshireScottish National PartySigned
Lisa Cameron18/11/2015East Kilbride, Strathaven and LesmahagowScottish National PartySigned
Kirsten Oswald18/11/2015East RenfrewshireScottish National PartySigned
Jeffrey M Donaldson19/11/2015Lagan ValleyDUPSigned
Nigel Dodds19/11/2015Belfast NorthDUPSigned
Hywel Williams20/11/2015ArfonPlaid CymruSigned
Wes Streeting20/11/2015Ilford NorthLabourSigned
Fabian Hamilton23/11/2015Leeds North EastLabourSigned
Gordon Henderson23/11/2015Sittingbourne and SheppeyConservativeSigned
Greg Mulholland24/11/2015Leeds North WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Laurence Robertson24/11/2015TewkesburyConservativeSigned
Sammy Wilson25/11/2015East AntrimDUPSigned
Chris Evans25/11/2015IslwynLabourSigned
Stephen Kinnock30/11/2015AberavonLabourSigned
Roger Godsiff01/12/2015Birmingham, Hall GreenLabourSigned
Ian Lucas01/12/2015WrexhamLabourSigned
Graham Stringer03/12/2015Blackley and BroughtonLabourSigned
Barry Sheerman07/12/2015HuddersfieldLabourSigned
Stuart Donaldson15/12/2015West Aberdeenshire and KincardineScottish National PartySigned
Colleen Fletcher16/12/2015Coventry North EastLabourSigned
Alison McGovern11/01/2016Wirral SouthLabourSigned
David Crausby28/01/2016Bolton North EastLabourSigned
Martin Vickers24/03/2016CleethorpesConservativeSigned
Angela Crawley11/05/2016Lanark and Hamilton EastScottish National PartySigned

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