1271
1989-90
632
Universal Character Of Child Benefit
Jimmy Wray
1990-03-01
That this House believes child benefit is one of the most important foundations of civilised and caring Britain; sees its universal, un-means tested and egalitarian characteristics as an expression of Britain's commitment, as a well organised society, to giving the best opportunities and start in life to all British children, without discrimination, especially if Britain also commits itself to their full, free and adequate education and training; deplores, consequently, the persistent erosion of child benefit value and the attacks on its un-means tested and universal character by Her Majesty's Government and supporters; is deeply worried by the hardship and anxiety which such attacks and freezing of this benefit cause to families, many of them single parent families, now falling within the low income bracket; rejects the alternative measures which Her Majesty's Government in theory offer to these families as inadequate and difficult to claim; and calls on the British people to reject any politician, dogmatic and blind enough to risk Britain's future, who supports attempts against child benefit's present universal, un-means tested and egalitarian nature.
James Wray
1990-03-01
Proposed
Glasgow Provan
John McAllion
1990-03-01
Signed
Dundee East
Alan Meale
1990-03-01
Signed
Mansfield
Jimmy Dunnachie
1990-03-01
Signed
Glasgow, Pollok
Alice Mahon
1990-03-02
Signed
Halifax
Bill Michie
1990-03-02
Signed
Sheffield, Heeley
Harry Barnes
1990-03-02
Signed
North East Derbyshire
John McFall
1990-03-05
Signed
Dumbarton
John Battle
1990-03-05
Signed
Leeds West
Martin Redmond
1990-03-06
Signed
Don Valley
Mike Watson
1990-03-06
Signed
Glasgow Central
Win Griffiths
1990-03-06
Signed
Bridgend
Ron Davies
1990-03-06
Signed
Caerphilly
Allan Rogers
1990-03-06
Signed
Rhondda
Terry Patchett
1990-03-06
Signed
Barnsley East
David Lambie
1990-03-07
Signed
Cunninghame South
John Cummings
1990-03-07
Signed
Easington
Alex Carlile
1990-03-07
Signed
Montgomery
Ronnie Campbell
1990-03-07
Signed
Blyth Valley
Alun Michael
1990-03-07
Signed
Cardiff South & Penarth
Robert Litherland
1990-03-07
Signed
Manchester Central
Terry Lewis
1990-03-07
Signed
Worsley
Eric Illsley
1990-03-07
Signed
Barnsley Central
Andrew Smith
1990-03-07
Signed
Oxford East
Tom Cox
1990-03-08
Signed
Tooting
Robert Parry
1990-03-13
Signed
Liverpool, Riverside
Andrew Faulds
1990-03-13
Signed
Warley East
Gerry Steinberg
1990-03-13
Signed
Durham, City of
Keith Bradley
1990-03-15
Signed
Manchester, Withington
Jim Cousins
1990-03-19
Signed
Newcastle upon Tyne Central
Roland Boyes
1990-03-22
Signed
Houghton and Washington
Gareth Wardell
1990-03-28
Signed
Gower
Dawn Primarolo
1990-03-29
Signed
Bristol South
Harry Cohen
1990-03-29
Signed
Leyton
Dennis Turner
1990-03-29
Signed
Wolverhampton South East