Asylum Seekers

EDM number 545 in 1996-97, proposed by Ann Clwyd on 17/02/1997.

That this House welcomes the decision of the Court of Appeal on 17th February, which notes the special circumstances which make asylum seekers eligible for food and shelter under the National Assistance Act 1948; and calls on the Government to accept the Court's decision, fully compensate local authorities for the costs involved in discharging their duties to asylum seekers under the Act and work constructively with these authorities to ensure that an adequate and consistent level of support is provided to enable them to live decently while pursuing their applications.

This motion has been signed by a total of 82 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Ann Clwyd	17/02/1997	Cynon Valley		Proposed
Roseanna Cunningham	17/02/1997	Perth and Kinross		Seconded
Alex Carlile	17/02/1997	Montgomery		Seconded
Dafydd Wigley	17/02/1997	Caernarfon		Seconded
Martin Smyth	17/02/1997	Belfast South		Seconded
James Lester	17/02/1997	Broxtowe		Seconded
Brian Sedgemore	17/02/1997	Hackney South & Shoreditch		Signed
Andrew MacKinlay	17/02/1997	Thurrock		Signed
Lawrence Cunliffe	18/02/1997	Leigh		Signed
Maria Fyfe	18/02/1997	Glasgow, Maryhill		Signed
Norman Godman	18/02/1997	Greenock and Port Glasgow		Signed
Tony Banks	18/02/1997	Newham North West		Signed
Hugh Bayley	18/02/1997	York, City of		Signed
Stephen Timms	18/02/1997	Newham North East		Signed
Dennis Turner	18/02/1997	Wolverhampton South East		Signed
Michael Connarty	18/02/1997	Falkirk East		Signed
Harry Cohen	18/02/1997	Leyton		Signed
Bill Michie	18/02/1997	Sheffield, Heeley		Signed
Ernie Ross	18/02/1997	Dundee West		Signed
Dennis Skinner	18/02/1997	Bolsover		Signed
David Knox	18/02/1997	Staffordshire Moorlands		Signed
Ken Livingstone	18/02/1997	Brent East		Signed
Liz Lynne	18/02/1997	Rochdale		Signed
John McAllion	18/02/1997	Dundee East		Signed
William McKelvey	18/02/1997	Kilmarnock & Loudoun		Signed
Anne Campbell	19/02/1997	Cambridge		Signed
Menzies Campbell	19/02/1997	Fife North East		Signed
Michael Clapham	19/02/1997	Barnsley West & Penistone		Signed
Tom Cox	19/02/1997	Tooting		Signed
Andrew Faulds	19/02/1997	Warley East		Signed
Harry Barnes	19/02/1997	North East Derbyshire		Signed
Rhodes Boyson	19/02/1997	Brent North		Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	19/02/1997	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy		Signed
Peter Pike	19/02/1997	Burnley		Signed
Gordon Prentice	19/02/1997	Pendle		Signed
Peter Hardy	19/02/1997	Wentworth		Signed
Alan Howarth	19/02/1997	Stratford-on-Avon		Signed
Helen Jackson	19/02/1997	Sheffield, Hillsborough		Signed
Lynne Jones	19/02/1997	Birmingham, Selly Oak		Signed
Audrey Wise	20/02/1997	Preston		Signed
Win Griffiths	20/02/1997	Bridgend		Signed
Neil Gerrard	20/02/1997	Walthamstow		Signed
Ian Davidson	20/02/1997	Glasgow, Govan		Signed
Eric Clarke	20/02/1997	Midlothian		Signed
Richard Burden	20/02/1997	Birmingham, Northfield		Signed
Alan Meale	20/02/1997	Mansfield		Signed
John Hunt	20/02/1997	Ravensbourne		Signed
Keith Hill	20/02/1997	Streatham		Signed
Rachel Squire	20/02/1997	Dunfermline West		Signed
Peter Thurnham	24/02/1997	Bolton North East		Signed
Matthew Taylor	24/02/1997	Truro		Signed
Mike Hall	24/02/1997	Warrington South		Signed
Don Foster	24/02/1997	Bath		Signed
Jim Cunningham	24/02/1997	Coventry South East		Signed
Charles Kennedy	24/02/1997	Ross and Cromarty and Skye		Signed
David Rendel	24/02/1997	Newbury		Signed
David Steel	25/02/1997	Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale		Signed
Llin Golding	25/02/1997	Newcastle-under-Lyme		Signed
Emma Nicholson	25/02/1997	Torridge & West Devon		Signed
Simon Hughes	25/02/1997	Southwark and Bermondsey		Signed
Robert Parry	25/02/1997	Liverpool, Riverside		Signed
Paul Tyler	26/02/1997	North Cornwall		Signed
Jack Thompson	27/02/1997	Wansbeck		Signed
Alan Beith	27/02/1997	Berwick-upon-Tweed		Signed
Bill Etherington	27/02/1997	Sunderland North		Signed
Malcolm Bruce	27/02/1997	Gordon		Signed
Joan Lestor	27/02/1997	Eccles		Signed
David Chidgey	03/03/1997	Eastleigh		Signed
Piara S Khabra	04/03/1997	Ealing, Southall		Signed
Mike Gapes	04/03/1997	Ilford South		Signed
Jim Wallace	05/03/1997	Orkney & Shetland		Signed
John Gunnell	05/03/1997	Leeds South and Morley		Signed
Terry Davis	05/03/1997	Birmingham, Hodge Hill		Signed
Tim Rathbone	05/03/1997	Lewes		Signed
Max Madden	06/03/1997	Bradford West		Signed
John Battle	06/03/1997	Leeds West		Signed
Diana Maddock	10/03/1997	Christchurch		Signed
Mike Watson	12/03/1997	Glasgow Central		Signed
Robert Wareing	12/03/1997	Liverpool, West Derby		Signed
Calum MacDonald	12/03/1997	Na h-Eileanan an Iar		Signed
Richard Alexander	17/03/1997	Newark		Signed
Martyn Jones	18/03/1997	Clwyd South West		Signed

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