Support Women Against Pensions Poverty Campaign

EDM number 1612 in 2001-02, proposed by Steve Webb on 11/07/2002.

That this House notes that a majority of today's poorest pensioners are women; further notes that among people coming up to state pension age, the majority of those with poor rights to both state and private sector pensions are women; recognises that many women with poor state pension rights at some stage paid national insurance contributions at the reduced rate for married women; is concerned that many such women report that the consequences of this option were not fully explained at the time, and that the scope for buying back missing years of contribution is very limited; is further concerned that many women only discover that they have very state low pension rights when they are close to state pension age; calls on the Government to write to all women below pension age whose national insurance contribution record is incomplete because of payment of the married women's contribution to advise them of their current and future pension entitlement; further calls on the Government to investigate the historic operation of the system of married women's contributions and to consider whether any form of redress might be appropriate for such women; and welcomes the launch of the Support Women Against Pensions Poverty campaign, whose aim is to ensure that present and future generations of women pensioners do not have to live in poverty in old age.

This motion has been signed by a total of 123 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Steve Webb	11/07/2002	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Jim Knight	11/07/2002	South Dorset	Labour	Signed
Diana Organ	11/07/2002	Forest of Dean	Labour	Signed
Sandra Gidley	11/07/2002	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Anne Begg	11/07/2002	Aberdeen South	Labour	Signed
Roger Berry	11/07/2002	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	12/07/2002	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Andrew George	15/07/2002	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Dobbin	15/07/2002	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Terry Davis	15/07/2002	Birmingham, Hodge Hill	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	15/07/2002	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	15/07/2002	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John McDonnell	15/07/2002	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	15/07/2002	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Norman Lamb	15/07/2002	North Norfolk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Holmes	15/07/2002	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Adrian Sanders	15/07/2002	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Syd Rapson	15/07/2002	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Linda Perham	15/07/2002	Ilford North	Labour	Signed
Jim Cunningham	16/07/2002	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
David Hamilton	16/07/2002	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	16/07/2002	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Adrian Bailey	16/07/2002	West Bromwich West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Vera Baird	16/07/2002	Redcar	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	16/07/2002	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Roger Williams	16/07/2002	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Crausby	16/07/2002	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	16/07/2002	Gower	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	16/07/2002	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Pugh	16/07/2002	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Russell	16/07/2002	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Heath	16/07/2002	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Glenda Jackson	16/07/2002	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	16/07/2002	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Terry Lewis	16/07/2002	Worsley	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	16/07/2002	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Derek Wyatt	17/07/2002	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	17/07/2002	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Paul Tyler	17/07/2002	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Harold Best	17/07/2002	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Matthew Green	17/07/2002	Ludlow	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Annabelle Ewing	17/07/2002	Perth	Scottish National Party	Signed
Nigel Jones	17/07/2002	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	17/07/2002	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	17/07/2002	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Jenny Tonge	18/07/2002	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Borrow	18/07/2002	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
John Barrett	18/07/2002	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Win Griffiths	18/07/2002	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Huw Edwards	18/07/2002	Monmouth	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	18/07/2002	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lady Hermon	19/07/2002	North Down	UUP	Signed
Richard Burden	19/07/2002	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Tony Colman	19/07/2002	Putney	Labour	Signed
Roy Beggs	19/07/2002	East Antrim	UUP	Signed
John Austin	22/07/2002	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
David Heyes	22/07/2002	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	22/07/2002	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Iris Robinson	22/07/2002	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Pete Wishart	23/07/2002	North Tayside	Scottish National Party	Signed
Betty Williams	23/07/2002	Conwy	Labour	Signed
David Drew	23/07/2002	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Valerie Davey	23/07/2002	Bristol West	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	23/07/2002	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Paul Marsden	23/07/2002	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rob Marris	23/07/2002	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Robert Smith	23/07/2002	West Aberdeenshire & Kincardine	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sue Doughty	24/07/2002	Guildford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Janet Dean	24/07/2002	Burton	Labour	Signed
John Cryer	24/07/2002	Hornchurch	Labour	Signed
Mark Oaten	24/07/2002	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Doug Naysmith	24/07/2002	Bristol North West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
David Laws	24/07/2002	Yeovil	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Harvey	24/07/2002	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Evan Harris	24/07/2002	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Desmond Turner	24/09/2002	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Matthew Taylor	24/09/2002	Truro & St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Beith	24/09/2002	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Don Foster	24/09/2002	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	24/09/2002	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
David Chidgey	24/09/2002	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Patsy Calton	24/09/2002	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kevin Brennan	24/09/2002	Cardiff West	Labour	Signed
David Rendel	24/09/2002	Newbury	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Helen Clark	15/10/2002	Peterborough	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	15/10/2002	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
John Burnett	15/10/2002	Torridge & West Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tom Brake	15/10/2002	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Archy Kirkwood	15/10/2002	Roxburgh & Berwickshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Kilfoyle	15/10/2002	Liverpool, Walton	Labour	Signed
Jimmy Hood	15/10/2002	Clydesdale	Labour	Signed
Jim Sheridan	15/10/2002	West Renfrewshire	Labour	Signed
Phil Sawford	15/10/2002	Kettering	Labour	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	15/10/2002	Glasgow, Govan	Labour	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	16/10/2002	Lagan Valley	UUP	Signed
Andy King	16/10/2002	Rugby & Kenilworth	Labour	Signed
Ian Gibson	17/10/2002	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Frank Field	21/10/2002	Birkenhead	Labour	Signed
Paul Farrelly	21/10/2002	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	21/10/2002	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Andrew Rosindell	21/10/2002	Romford	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Love	23/10/2002	Edmonton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Tony Cunningham	23/10/2002	Workington	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	24/10/2002	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kerry Pollard	28/10/2002	St Albans	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	28/10/2002	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Louise Ellman	29/10/2002	Liverpool, Riverside	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Michael Moore	29/10/2002	Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ashok Kumar	29/10/2002	Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland	Labour	Signed
Mark Hendrick	29/10/2002	Preston	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Tom Harris	30/10/2002	Glasgow, Cathcart	Labour	Signed
John Horam	30/10/2002	Orpington	Conservative	Signed
Tony McWalter	31/10/2002	Hemel Hempstead	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Ann Clwyd	04/11/2002	Cynon Valley	Labour	Signed
Patrick Mercer	04/11/2002	Newark	Conservative	Signed
Nick Palmer	04/11/2002	Broxtowe	Labour	Signed
Andrew MacKinlay	05/11/2002	Thurrock	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	06/11/2002	Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Richard Allan	06/11/2002	Sheffield, Hallam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Julie Morgan	07/11/2002	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Adam Price	07/11/2002	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Siobhain McDonagh	07/11/2002	Mitcham & Morden	Labour	Signed
Desmond Swayne	07/11/2002	New Forest West	Conservative	Signed

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