Voucher System For Asylum Seekers

EDM number 575 in 2000-01, proposed by Iain Coleman on 09/04/2001.

That this House notes that the voucher system for asylum seekers has now been in operation for 12 months; further notes, and agrees with, the comments of the President of the TUC regarding the inefficient and wasteful bureaucracy of the system and the very regretable stigmatising and degrading aspects of the system; therefore calls upon the Government to abandon the system without delay in order to return to a system of benefit entitlement for asylum seekers; and unreservedly condemns the brutal, expensive and unworkable policy of the Conservative Opposition to detain compulsorily all new asylum seekers, including women and children.

This motion has been signed by a total of 51 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Iain Coleman	09/04/2001	Hammersmith & Fulham	Labour	Proposed
John Austin	09/04/2001	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	09/04/2001	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Clive Efford	09/04/2001	Eltham	Labour	Signed
John Cryer	09/04/2001	Hornchurch	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	09/04/2001	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	09/04/2001	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Karen Buck	09/04/2001			Signed
John McDonnell	09/04/2001	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Oona King	09/04/2001	Bethnal Green & Bow	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	09/04/2001	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	10/04/2001	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Maria Fyfe	10/04/2001	Glasgow, Maryhill	Labour	Signed
Norman Godman	10/04/2001	Greenock & Inverclyde	Labour	Signed
Harry Barnes	10/04/2001	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Roger Berry	10/04/2001	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Simon Thomas	10/04/2001	Ceredigion	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Derek Wyatt	10/04/2001	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Valerie Davey	10/04/2001	Bristol West	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	10/04/2001	Gower	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	10/04/2001	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Sedgemore	10/04/2001	Hackney South & Shoreditch	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	10/04/2001	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	10/04/2001	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nigel Jones	10/04/2001	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alice Mahon	10/04/2001	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Bill Michie	10/04/2001	Sheffield, Heeley	Labour	Signed
Peter Brand	10/04/2001	Isle of Wight	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Julie Morgan	23/04/2001	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	23/04/2001	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Lawrence Cunliffe	23/04/2001	Leigh	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	23/04/2001	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Win Griffiths	24/04/2001	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Ann Clwyd	24/04/2001	Cynon Valley	Labour	Signed
Eric Clarke	24/04/2001	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	24/04/2001	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	25/04/2001	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Harold Best	25/04/2001	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	25/04/2001	Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	25/04/2001	Bristol North West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Tess Kingham	25/04/2001	Gloucester	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	25/04/2001	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Jenny Tonge	26/04/2001	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Stunell	26/04/2001	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Terry Lewis	26/04/2001	Worsley	Labour	Signed
Simon Hughes	26/04/2001	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Frank Cook	27/04/2001	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Tom Cox	27/04/2001	Tooting	Labour	Signed
Terry Davis	30/04/2001	Birmingham, Hodge Hill	Labour	Signed
David Drew	03/05/2001	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Kevin McNamara	09/05/2001	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed

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