Public Service Pension Policy
EDM number 1582 in 1997-98, proposed by Gisela Stuart on 21/07/1998.
That this House welcomes the publication of the Government's draft Pensions Sharing on Divorce Bill designed to end women's pension inequality, but notes that inequality and discrimination remain in other areas of the United Kingdom pensions system, particularly discriminating against unmarried partners of members of statutory public service schemes such as those for the police, fire service, health workers and teachers, leading to unjust, unfair discriminatory practice which is out of touch with the best practice as highlighted by evidence from the NAPF, which also shows that increasing numbers of private sector occupational pension schemes are making changes, by denying common law and gay and lesbian partners of public service scheme members a survivor's pension, forcing many into financial hardship following their partner's death despite paying the same level of contributions as married scheme members; therefore believes the time is now right for a legal change to require all such schemes to pay partner's pensions regardless of marital status or sexual orientation; and calls on the Secretary of State to rectify this anomaly.
This motion has been signed by a total of 132 MPs, 3 of these signatures have been withdrawn.
| MP | Date | Constituency | Party | Type |
|---|
| Gisela Stuart | 21/07/1998 | Birmingham, Edgbaston | Labour | Proposed |
| Ronnie Campbell | 21/07/1998 | Blyth Valley | Labour | Signed |
| Malcolm Chisholm | 21/07/1998 | Edinburgh North & Leith | Labour | Signed |
| Judith Church | 21/07/1998 | Dagenham | Labour | Signed |
| Michael Connarty | 21/07/1998 | Falkirk East | Labour | Signed |
| Yvette Cooper | 21/07/1998 | Pontefract & Castleford | Labour | Signed |
| Jeremy Corbyn | 21/07/1998 | Islington North | Labour | Signed |
| Ann Cryer | 21/07/1998 | Keighley | Labour | Signed |
| John Cryer | 21/07/1998 | Hornchurch | Labour | Signed |
| Jim Cunningham | 21/07/1998 | Coventry South | Labour | Signed |
| Andrew Dismore | 21/07/1998 | Hendon | Labour | Signed |
| Karen Buck | 21/07/1998 | | | Signed |
| Des Browne | 21/07/1998 | Kilmarnock & Loudoun | Labour | Signed |
| Bill Michie | 21/07/1998 | Sheffield, Heeley | Labour | Signed |
| Austin Mitchell | 21/07/1998 | Great Grimsby | Labour | Signed |
| Laura Moffatt | 21/07/1998 | Crawley | Labour | Signed |
| Lewis Moonie | 21/07/1998 | Kirkcaldy | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| Rhodri Morgan | 21/07/1998 | Cardiff West | Labour | Signed |
| Chris Mullin | 21/07/1998 | Sunderland South | Labour | Signed |
| Dan Norris | 21/07/1998 | Wansdyke | Labour | Signed |
| Diana Organ | 21/07/1998 | Forest of Dean | Labour | Signed |
| Sandra Osborne | 21/07/1998 | Ayr | Labour | Signed |
| Peter Bradley | 21/07/1998 | Wrekin, The | Labour | Signed |
| Brian H Donohoe | 21/07/1998 | Cunninghame South | Labour | Signed |
| Huw Edwards | 21/07/1998 | Monmouth | Labour | Signed |
| Gareth Thomas | 21/07/1998 | Harrow West | Labour | Signed |
| Joan Walley | 21/07/1998 | Stoke-on-Trent North | Labour | Signed |
| Brian White | 21/07/1998 | North East Milton Keynes | Labour | Signed |
| Alan Whitehead | 21/07/1998 | Southampton, Test | Labour | Signed |
| Malcolm Wicks | 21/07/1998 | Croydon North | Labour | Signed |
| Alan Williams | 21/07/1998 | Carmarthen East & Dinefwr | Labour | Signed |
| Michael Wills | 21/07/1998 | North Swindon | Labour | Signed |
| David Winnick | 21/07/1998 | Walsall North | Labour | Signed |
| Rosie Winterton | 21/07/1998 | Doncaster Central | Labour | Signed |
| Dari Taylor | 21/07/1998 | Stockton South | Labour | Signed |
| Liz Blackman | 21/07/1998 | Erewash | Labour | Signed |
| Tony Benn | 21/07/1998 | Chesterfield | Labour | Signed |
| Clive Efford | 21/07/1998 | Eltham | Labour | Signed |
| Lorna Fitzsimons | 21/07/1998 | Rochdale | Labour | Signed |
| Barbara Follett | 21/07/1998 | Stevenage | Labour | Signed |
| Maria Fyfe | 21/07/1998 | Glasgow, Maryhill | Labour | Signed |
| Ian Gibson | 21/07/1998 | Norwich North | Labour | Signed |
| Paul Goggins | 21/07/1998 | Wythenshawe & Sale East | Labour | Signed |
| Eileen Gordon | 21/07/1998 | Romford | Labour | Signed |
| Jane Griffiths | 21/07/1998 | Reading East | Labour | Signed |
| Alan Beith | 21/07/1998 | Berwick-upon-Tweed | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Anthony D Wright | 21/07/1998 | Great Yarmouth | Labour | Signed |
| Gillian Merron | 21/07/1998 | Lincoln | Labour | Signed |
| James Plaskitt | 21/07/1998 | Warwick & Leamington | Labour | Signed |
| Phyllis Starkey | 21/07/1998 | Milton Keynes South West | Labour | Signed |
| John Healey | 21/07/1998 | Wentworth | Labour | Signed |
| Ivan Henderson | 21/07/1998 | Harwich | Labour | Signed |
| Stephen Hepburn | 21/07/1998 | Jarrow | Labour | Signed |
| Stephen Hesford | 21/07/1998 | Wirral West | Labour | Signed |
| Phil Hope | 21/07/1998 | Corby | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| Kelvin Hopkins | 21/07/1998 | Luton North | Labour | Signed |
| Beverley Hughes | 21/07/1998 | Stretford & Urmston | Labour | Signed |
| Melanie Johnson | 21/07/1998 | Welwyn Hatfield | Labour | Signed |
| Helen Southworth | 21/07/1998 | Warrington South | Labour | Signed |
| Brian Sedgemore | 21/07/1998 | Hackney South & Shoreditch | Labour | Signed |
| Phil Sawford | 21/07/1998 | Kettering | Labour | Signed |
| Kerry Pollard | 21/07/1998 | St Albans | Labour | Signed |
| Chris Pond | 21/07/1998 | Gravesham | Labour | Signed |
| Linda Perham | 21/07/1998 | Ilford North | Labour | Signed |
| Michael Foster | 21/07/1998 | Worcester | Labour | Signed |
| Stephen Pound | 21/07/1998 | Ealing North | Labour | Signed |
| Giles Radice | 21/07/1998 | North Durham | Labour | Signed |
| Terry Rooney | 21/07/1998 | Bradford North | Labour | Signed |
| Frank Roy | 21/07/1998 | Motherwell & Wishaw | Labour | Signed |
| Christine Russell | 21/07/1998 | Chester, City of | Labour | Signed |
| Helen Jones | 21/07/1998 | Warrington North | Labour | Signed |
| Alan Keen | 21/07/1998 | Feltham & Heston | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| Andrew MacKinlay | 21/07/1998 | Thurrock | Labour | Signed |
| Alice Mahon | 21/07/1998 | Halifax | Labour | Signed |
| Judy Mallaber | 21/07/1998 | Amber Valley | Labour | Signed |
| Gordon Marsden | 21/07/1998 | Blackpool South | Labour | Signed |
| John Maxton | 21/07/1998 | Glasgow, Cathcart | Labour | Signed |
| Stephen McCabe | 21/07/1998 | Birmingham, Hall Green | Labour | Signed |
| Chris McCafferty | 21/07/1998 | Calder Valley | Labour | Signed |
| John McDonnell | 21/07/1998 | Hayes & Harlington | Labour | Signed |
| Shona McIsaac | 21/07/1998 | Cleethorpes | Labour | Signed |
| Tony McWalter | 21/07/1998 | Hemel Hempstead | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| Ken Livingstone | 21/07/1998 | Brent East | Labour | Signed |
| Martin Linton | 21/07/1998 | Battersea | Labour | Signed |
| Ann Keen | 21/07/1998 | Brentford & Isleworth | Labour | Signed |
| Fraser Kemp | 21/07/1998 | Houghton & Washington East | Labour | Signed |
| Andy King | 21/07/1998 | Rugby & Kenilworth | Labour | Signed |
| Oona King | 21/07/1998 | Bethnal Green & Bow | Labour | Signed |
| Tess Kingham | 21/07/1998 | Gloucester | Labour | Signed |
| Stephen Ladyman | 21/07/1998 | South Thanet | Labour | Signed |
| Jackie Lawrence | 21/07/1998 | Preseli Pembrokeshire | Labour | Signed |
| Bob Laxton | 21/07/1998 | Derby North | Labour | Signed |
| Christopher Leslie | 21/07/1998 | Shipley | Labour | Signed |
| Tom Levitt | 21/07/1998 | High Peak | Labour | Signed |
| Lawrence Cunliffe | 22/07/1998 | Leigh | Labour | Signed |
| Hilton Dawson | 22/07/1998 | Lancaster & Wyre | Labour | Signed |
| Jim Dobbin | 22/07/1998 | Heywood & Middleton | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| John Austin | 22/07/1998 | Erith & Thamesmead | Labour | Signed |
| David Borrow | 22/07/1998 | South Ribble | Labour | Signed |
| Tom Cox | 22/07/1998 | Tooting | Labour | Signed |
| Martin Caton | 22/07/1998 | Gower | Labour | Signed |
| Edward O'Hara | 22/07/1998 | Knowsley South | Labour | Signed |
| Lindsay Hoyle | 22/07/1998 | Chorley | Labour | Signed |
| Dennis Skinner | 22/07/1998 | Bolsover | Labour | Signed |
| Ernie Ross | 22/07/1998 | Dundee West | Labour | Signed |
| Lawrie Quinn | 22/07/1998 | Scarborough & Whitby | Labour | Signed |
| Anne Begg | 23/07/1998 | Aberdeen South | Labour | Signed |
| Ivan Lewis | 23/07/1998 | Bury South | Labour | Signed |
| Ashok Kumar | 23/07/1998 | Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland | Labour | Signed |
| Lynne Jones | 23/07/1998 | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Labour | Signed |
| Nick Harvey | 23/07/1998 | North Devon | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Alan Simpson | 23/07/1998 | Nottingham South | Labour | Signed |
| Audrey Wise | 24/07/1998 | Preston | Labour | Signed |
| Gerry Bermingham | 24/07/1998 | St Helens South | Labour | Signed |
| Terry Davis | 24/07/1998 | Birmingham, Hodge Hill | Labour | Signed |
| Tony Clarke | 24/07/1998 | Northampton South | Labour | Signed |
| John McWilliam | 24/07/1998 | Blaydon | Labour | Signed |
| Jackie Ballard | 27/07/1998 | Taunton | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Kevin McNamara | 28/07/1998 | Kingston upon Hull North | Labour | Signed |
| Bill Etherington | 28/07/1998 | Sunderland North | Labour | Signed |
| Rudi Vis | 28/07/1998 | Finchley & Golders Green | Labour | Signed |
| Harry Barnes | 29/07/1998 | North East Derbyshire | Labour | Signed |
| David Drew | 29/07/1998 | Stroud | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| Vincent Cable | 29/07/1998 | Twickenham | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Alex Salmond | 29/07/1998 | Banff & Buchan | Scottish National Party | Signed |
| Janet Dean | 31/07/1998 | Burton | Labour | Signed |
| Doug Naysmith | 02/09/1998 | Bristol North West | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| Julia Drown | 02/09/1998 | South Swindon | Labour | Signed |
| Jim Fitzpatrick | 19/10/1998 | Poplar & Canning Town | Labour | Signed |
| Patricia Hewitt | Unknown | | | Withdrawn |
| Charles Clarke | Unknown | | | Withdrawn |
| Ross Cranston | Unknown | | | Withdrawn |
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