WIDOWED PARENTS' BENEFITS

EDM number 316 in 1993-94, proposed by Roger Berry on 11/01/1994.

That this House notes that whilst there is a widowed mother's allowance there is no such support for widowed fathers and their children, and that this arises from the benefit system's outdated assumptions about the roles of men and women as parents; believes that motherless children deserve the same opportunities for parental attention and the same living standards as fatherless children; and therefore calls upon the government to provide equal benefits for all widowed parents and their children.

This motion has been signed by a total of 135 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Roger Berry	11/01/1994	Kingswood		Proposed
Jean Corston	12/01/1994	Bristol East		Signed
Eric Clarke	12/01/1994	Midlothian		Signed
Michael Connarty	12/01/1994	Falkirk East		Signed
Jimmy Dunnachie	12/01/1994	Glasgow, Pollok		Signed
Norman Godman	12/01/1994	Greenock and Port Glasgow		Signed
Win Griffiths	12/01/1994	Bridgend		Signed
Janet Anderson	12/01/1994	Rossendale & Darwen		Signed
Harry Barnes	12/01/1994	North East Derbyshire		Signed
Hugh Bayley	12/01/1994	York, City of		Signed
Paddy Tipping	12/01/1994	Sherwood		Signed
Michael Clapham	12/01/1994	Barnsley West & Penistone		Signed
Keith Bradley	12/01/1994	Manchester, Withington		Signed
Bill Michie	12/01/1994	Sheffield, Heeley		Signed
Colin Pickthall	12/01/1994	West Lancashire		Signed
Ernie Ross	12/01/1994	Dundee West		Signed
Peter Hardy	12/01/1994	Wentworth		Signed
John Heppell	12/01/1994	Nottingham East		Signed
Lynne Jones	12/01/1994	Birmingham, Selly Oak		Signed
Ken Livingstone	12/01/1994	Brent East		Signed
John McAllion	12/01/1994	Dundee East		Signed
William McKelvey	12/01/1994	Kilmarnock & Loudoun		Signed
Alan Meale	12/01/1994	Mansfield		Signed
Mike Gapes	13/01/1994	Ilford South		Signed
John Cummings	13/01/1994	Easington		Signed
Anne Campbell	13/01/1994	Cambridge		Signed
Liz Lynne	13/01/1994	Rochdale		Signed
Nigel Jones	13/01/1994	Cheltenham		Signed
Eric Illsley	13/01/1994	Barnsley Central		Signed
Martin Smyth	13/01/1994	Belfast South		Signed
Bridget Prentice	13/01/1994	Lewisham East		Signed
John Gunnell	13/01/1994	Leeds South and Morley		Signed
Mike Hall	13/01/1994	Warrington South		Signed
Audrey Wise	17/01/1994	Preston		Signed
Alex Carlile	17/01/1994	Montgomery		Signed
Max Madden	18/01/1994	Bradford West		Signed
Peter Pike	18/01/1994	Burnley		Signed
Ian Davidson	18/01/1994	Glasgow, Govan		Signed
Jim Dowd	18/01/1994	Lewisham West		Signed
John Garrett	18/01/1994	Norwich South		Signed
Tom Cox	19/01/1994	Tooting		Signed
Alan Simpson	19/01/1994	Nottingham South		Signed
Jack Thompson	21/01/1994	Wansbeck		Signed
Greg Pope	25/01/1994	Hyndburn		Signed
Roger Godsiff	26/01/1994	Birmingham Small Heath		Signed
Nick Harvey	27/01/1994	North Devon		Signed
Don Foster	27/01/1994	Bath		Signed
Roland Boyes	03/02/1994	Houghton and Washington		Signed
Tommy Graham	03/02/1994	Renfrew West and Inverclyde		Signed
Dale Campbell-Savours	03/02/1994	Workington		Signed
Martyn Jones	08/02/1994	Clwyd South West		Signed
Ken Purchase	23/03/1994	Wolverhampton North East		Signed
Richard Burden	22/06/1994	Birmingham, Northfield		Signed
Donald Anderson	04/07/1994	Swansea East		Signed
Joe Ashton	06/07/1994	Bassetlaw		Signed
Kevin Barron	07/07/1994	Rother Valley		Signed
John Battle	07/07/1994	Leeds West		Signed
Gerry Bermingham	11/07/1994	St Helens South		Signed
Derek Enright	12/07/1994	Hemsworth		Signed
Bill Etherington	13/07/1994	Sunderland North		Signed
Kenneth Eastham	13/07/1994	Manchester, Blackley		Signed
Ann Clwyd	13/07/1994	Cynon Valley		Signed
Malcolm Chisholm	13/07/1994	Edinburgh Leith		Signed
Jeremy Bray	13/07/1994	Motherwell South		Signed
Nick Ainger	13/07/1994	Pembroke		Signed
Ann Coffey	14/07/1994	Stockport		Signed
Bryan Davies	14/07/1994	Oldham Central and Royton		Signed
Richard Caborn	14/07/1994	Sheffield Central		Signed
Doug Hoyle	14/07/1994	Warrington North		Signed
John Home Robertson	14/07/1994	East Lothian		Signed
Kate Hoey	15/07/1994	Vauxhall		Signed
John Denham	18/07/1994	Southampton, Itchen		Signed
Gwyneth Dunwoody	18/07/1994	Crewe & Nantwich		Signed
Paul Flynn	18/07/1994	Newport West		Signed
John Gilbert	18/07/1994	Dudley East		Signed
Bruce Grocott	18/07/1994	Wrekin, The		Signed
Peter Hain	18/07/1994	Neath		Signed
Tony Benn	18/07/1994	Chesterfield		Signed
Joe Benton	18/07/1994	Bootle		Signed
Tam Dalyell	18/07/1994	Linlithgow		Signed
Robin Corbett	18/07/1994	Birmingham, Erdington		Signed
Frank Cook	18/07/1994	Stockton North		Signed
Terry Patchett	18/07/1994	Barnsley East		Signed
George Howarth	18/07/1994	Knowsley North		Signed
Kevin Hughes	18/07/1994	Doncaster North		Signed
Ian McCartney	18/07/1994	Makerfield		Signed
Alf Morris	18/07/1994	Manchester Wythenshawe		Signed
Stephen Byers	18/07/1994	Wallsend		Signed
James Callaghan	18/07/1994	Heywood & Middleton		Signed
Bruce George	19/07/1994	Walsall South		Signed
Maria Fyfe	19/07/1994	Glasgow, Maryhill		Signed
John Fraser	19/07/1994	Norwood		Signed
Jim Cousins	19/07/1994	Newcastle upon Tyne Central		Signed
Harry Cohen	19/07/1994	Leyton		Signed
Stan Orme	19/07/1994	Salford East		Signed
Chris Mullin	19/07/1994	Sunderland South		Signed
Estelle Morris	19/07/1994	Birmingham, Yardley		Signed
Andrew Miller	19/07/1994	Ellesmere Port & Neston		Signed
John Maxton	19/07/1994	Glasgow, Cathcart		Signed
Kim Howells	19/07/1994	Pontypridd		Signed
Peter Kilfoyle	20/07/1994	Liverpool, Walton		Signed
Austin Mitchell	20/07/1994	Great Grimsby		Signed
Paul Murphy	20/07/1994	Torfaen		Signed
Andrew Faulds	20/07/1994	Warley East		Signed
Piara S Khabra	20/07/1994	Ealing, Southall		Signed
David Jamieson	20/07/1994	Plymouth, Devonport		Signed
Llew Smith	20/07/1994	Blaenau Gwent		Signed
Joan Ruddock	20/07/1994	Lewisham, Deptford		Signed
Gordon Prentice	20/07/1994	Pendle		Signed
Calum MacDonald	21/07/1994	Na h-Eileanan an Iar		Signed
Thomas McAvoy	17/10/1994	Glasgow, Rutherglen		Signed
John McWilliam	17/10/1994	Blaydon		Signed
Elliot Morley	17/10/1994	Glanford and Scunthorpe		Signed
Edward O'Hara	17/10/1994	Knowsley South		Signed
Bill Olner	17/10/1994	Nuneaton		Signed
Jamie Cann	17/10/1994	Ipswich		Signed
Mildred Gordon	17/10/1994	Bow and Poplar		Signed
Gerry Steinberg	17/10/1994	Durham, City of		Signed
George Stevenson	17/10/1994	Stoke-on-Trent South		Signed
Keith Vaz	17/10/1994	Leicester East		Signed
David Winnick	17/10/1994	Walsall North		Signed
Neil Kinnock	17/10/1994	Islwyn		Signed
Alan Keen	17/10/1994	Feltham & Heston		Signed
David Hanson	17/10/1994	Delyn		Signed
Mike O'Brien	17/10/1994	North Warwickshire		Signed
Tom Pendry	17/10/1994	Stalybridge & Hyde		Signed
Martin Redmond	17/10/1994	Don Valley		Signed
Dennis Skinner	17/10/1994	Bolsover		Signed
Rachel Squire	17/10/1994	Dunfermline West		Signed
Doug Henderson	17/10/1994	Newcastle upon Tyne North		Signed
Helen Jackson	17/10/1994	Sheffield, Hillsborough		Signed
Greville Janner	17/10/1994	Leicester West		Signed
Barry Jones	17/10/1994	Alyn & Deeside		Signed
Tony Worthington	17/10/1994	Clydebank & Milngavie		Signed
Bob Cryer	Unknown			Withdrawn

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