Pensions For Life For Civil Service Widows

EDM number 1650 in 2003-04, proposed by Clive Betts on 14/09/2004.

That this House notes the campaign being mounted by the Civil Service Pensioners' Alliance highlighting the plight of widows and widowers of civil servants who are members of the pre-October 2002 Civil Service Pension Scheme; is concerned that if surviving spouses of these civil servants decide to remarry or cohabit, they automatically lose all rights to their widows' pension; further notes that the recently improved Civil Service Pension Scheme, introduced in October 2002, has removed this condition; recognises that this creates a two-tier system that unfairly excludes widows and widowers from being offered the financial protection now deemed adequate by the new Civil Service Pension Scheme; and calls upon the Government to change the regulations governing this aspect of civil service pensions in order to grant spouses of all civil servants a pension for life.

This motion has been signed by a total of 112 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Clive Betts	14/09/2004	Sheffield, Attercliffe	Labour	Proposed
Peter Bottomley	14/09/2004	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Sandra Gidley	14/09/2004	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian H Donohoe	14/09/2004	Cunninghame South	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	14/09/2004	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Kerry Pollard	14/09/2004	St Albans	Labour	Signed
Derek Wyatt	15/09/2004	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	15/09/2004	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	15/09/2004	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian Gibson	15/09/2004	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Clive Efford	15/09/2004	Eltham	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	15/09/2004	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Gregory Campbell	15/09/2004	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Terry Lewis	15/09/2004	Worsley	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	15/09/2004	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Huw Edwards	16/09/2004	Monmouth	Labour	Signed
Jeff Ennis	16/09/2004	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	16/09/2004	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Harry Barnes	16/09/2004	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	16/09/2004	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Paul Tyler	16/09/2004	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Betty Williams	16/09/2004	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	16/09/2004	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	16/09/2004	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	16/09/2004	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	16/09/2004	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	16/09/2004	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	16/09/2004	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	16/09/2004	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John McDonnell	16/09/2004	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	16/09/2004	Gower	Labour	Signed
Jenny Tonge	11/10/2004	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Taylor	11/10/2004	Wyre Forest	Independent	Signed
Candy Atherton	11/10/2004	Falmouth & Camborne	Labour	Signed
Barbara Follett	11/10/2004	Stevenage	Labour	Signed
David Drew	11/10/2004	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Andrew Dismore	11/10/2004	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	11/10/2004	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Chris Mole	11/10/2004	Ipswich	Labour	Signed
Paul Marsden	11/10/2004	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	11/10/2004	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Tony Lloyd	12/10/2004	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Greg Pope	12/10/2004	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Harold Best	13/10/2004	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
John Austin	13/10/2004	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Wayne David	13/10/2004	Caerphilly	Labour	Signed
Tony Clarke	13/10/2004	Northampton South	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	13/10/2004	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	13/10/2004	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dennis Skinner	13/10/2004	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Phil Sawford	13/10/2004	Kettering	Labour	Signed
John Wilkinson	14/10/2004	Ruislip - Northwood	Conservative	Signed
Teddy Taylor	14/10/2004	Rochford & Southend East	Conservative	Signed
David Taylor	14/10/2004	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Lembit	14/10/2004	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin O'Neill	14/10/2004	Ochil	Labour	Signed
George Mudie	14/10/2004	Leeds East	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	14/10/2004	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
John Thurso	15/10/2004	Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Williams	15/10/2004	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Joan Walley	18/10/2004	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Gwyneth Dunwoody	18/10/2004	Crewe & Nantwich	Labour	Signed
Menzies Campbell	18/10/2004	Fife North East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Holmes	18/10/2004	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Wood	19/10/2004	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
David Borrow	19/10/2004	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	19/10/2004	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Don Foster	19/10/2004	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Cunningham	19/10/2004	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	19/10/2004	Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Alan Hurst	19/10/2004	Braintree	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hesford	19/10/2004	Wirral West	Labour	Signed
Adrian Sanders	19/10/2004	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ernie Ross	19/10/2004	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
David Chidgey	20/10/2004	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Heyes	20/10/2004	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	20/10/2004	North Down	UUP	Signed
Iris Robinson	20/10/2004	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Bill Etherington	21/10/2004	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Michael Trend	21/10/2004	Windsor	Conservative	Signed
Robert Walter	21/10/2004	North Dorset	Conservative	Signed
Paul Stinchcombe	25/10/2004	Wellingborough	Labour	Signed
John Butterfill	25/10/2004	Bournemouth West	Conservative	Signed
Annette Brooke	25/10/2004	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Keith Bradley	25/10/2004	Manchester, Withington	Labour	Signed
John McWilliam	25/10/2004	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Simon Hughes	25/10/2004	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Amess	26/10/2004	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
Patrick Hall	26/10/2004	Bedford	Labour	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	27/10/2004	Lagan Valley	DUP	Signed
Anne Campbell	27/10/2004	Cambridge	Labour	Signed
Paul Burstow	27/10/2004	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Keetch	27/10/2004	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Joyce Quin	28/10/2004	Gateshead East & Washington West	Labour	Signed
John Taylor	02/11/2004	Solihull	Conservative	Signed
Edward Davey	04/11/2004	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nigel Dodds	04/11/2004	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
David Atkinson	08/11/2004	Bournemouth East	Conservative	Signed
Eddie McGrady	08/11/2004	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Sally Keeble	08/11/2004	Northampton North	Labour	Signed
Peter Robinson	08/11/2004	Belfast East	DUP	Signed
John Barrett	09/11/2004	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	09/11/2004	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Parmjit Dhanda	10/11/2004	Gloucester	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	10/11/2004	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Bob Blizzard	11/11/2004	Waveney	Labour	Signed
Parmjit Gill	11/11/2004	Leicester South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Matthew Green	15/11/2004	Ludlow	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gavin Strang	16/11/2004	Edinburgh East & Musselburgh	Labour	Signed
Ann Widdecombe	16/11/2004	Maidstone & The Weald	Conservative	Signed
Patsy Calton	17/11/2004	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Stunell	17/11/2004	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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