14423
1996-97
161
Cold Weather Payments
Liz Lynne
1996-11-07
That this House notes that the most recent Government figures show that in 1995 251 people aged 80 years or over died in England and Wales with hypothermia mentioned on the death certificate as the main contributory cause of death; notes that this figure is certainly an underestimate of the real number of deaths; notes that according to Age Concern a third of all pensioner households have an indoor winter temperature below 16C (61F) which is the temperature at which shops and offices can legally be closed down; notes further that the current cold weather payments seven day rule fails to give pensioners the confidence to start heating their households as soon as severe cold weather starts, that cold weather payments are limited to pensioners on income support yet the take-up rate of income support is lowest amongst pensioners with one third of eligible pensioners not taking up income support and that the cold weather payments system only includes one flat payment whatever the severity of weather; and therefore calls upon the Government to urgently consider relaxing the strict rules on the cold weather payments system to ensure that all pensioners are able to heat their homes adequately from the onset of severe cold weather and ensure that the shameful number of pensioners that die each year from hypothermia is greatly reduced.
Liz Lynne
1996-11-07
Proposed
Rochdale
Alan Beith
1996-11-07
Seconded
Berwick-upon-Tweed
Archy Kirkwood
1996-11-07
Seconded
Roxburgh & Berwickshire
David Chidgey
1996-11-07
Seconded
Eastleigh
Peter Thurnham
1996-11-07
Seconded
Bolton North East
David Rendel
1996-11-07
Seconded
Newbury
Jim Wallace
1996-11-11
Signed
Orkney & Shetland
Audrey Wise
1996-11-12
Signed
Preston
Paul Tyler
1996-11-12
Signed
North Cornwall
Norman Godman
1996-11-12
Signed
Greenock and Port Glasgow
Lawrence Cunliffe
1996-11-12
Signed
Leigh
Menzies Campbell
1996-11-12
Signed
Fife North East
Ray Michie
1996-11-12
Signed
Argyll & Bute
Lynne Jones
1996-11-12
Signed
Birmingham, Selly Oak
Colin Pickthall
1996-11-12
Signed
West Lancashire
Mike Watson
1996-11-13
Signed
Glasgow Central
Robert Wareing
1996-11-13
Signed
Liverpool, West Derby
Mike Hall
1996-11-13
Signed
Warrington South
John Gunnell
1996-11-13
Signed
Leeds South and Morley
Jim Cunningham
1996-11-13
Signed
Coventry South East
Tom Cox
1996-11-13
Signed
Tooting
Ann Clwyd
1996-11-13
Signed
Cynon Valley
Eric Clarke
1996-11-13
Signed
Midlothian
Michael Clapham
1996-11-13
Signed
Barnsley West & Penistone
James Callaghan
1996-11-13
Signed
Heywood & Middleton
Keith Bradley
1996-11-13
Signed
Manchester, Withington
Gordon Oakes
1996-11-13
Signed
Halton
Bill Michie
1996-11-13
Signed
Sheffield, Heeley
Alan Meale
1996-11-13
Signed
Mansfield
Alice Mahon
1996-11-13
Signed
Halifax
Eddie Loyden
1996-11-13
Signed
Liverpool, Garston
Nigel Jones
1996-11-13
Signed
Cheltenham
Barry Jones
1996-11-13
Signed
Alyn & Deeside
Llew Smith
1996-11-13
Signed
Blaenau Gwent
Richard Burden
1996-11-13
Signed
Birmingham, Northfield
Harry Barnes
1996-11-14
Signed
North East Derbyshire
Bryan Davies
1996-11-14
Signed
Oldham Central and Royton
Nick Harvey
1996-11-14
Signed
North Devon
Alan Howarth
1996-11-18
Signed
Stratford-on-Avon
Alex Carlile
1996-11-18
Signed
Montgomery
Edward O'Hara
1996-11-19
Signed
Knowsley South
Jack Thompson
1996-11-20
Signed
Wansbeck
Win Griffiths
1996-11-21
Signed
Bridgend
Joe Benton
1996-11-21
Signed
Bootle
Russell Johnston
1996-11-28
Signed
Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber
Don Foster
1996-12-02
Signed
Bath
Mildred Gordon
1996-12-05
Signed
Bow and Poplar
Ken Livingstone
1996-12-06
Signed
Brent East
Don Touhig
1996-12-09
Signed
Islwyn
Cecil Walker
1996-12-17
Signed
Belfast North