Discrimination In Disability Benefits

EDM number 953 in 2003-04, proposed by Roger Berry on 31/03/2004.

That this House believes that it is injust and discriminatory to deny people who become disabled from the age of 65 the opportunity to claim disability living allowance; further believes that the alternative benefit offered to older disabled people, attendance allowance, is inadequate because it does not contain a mobility component, is not available to those with lower-level needs and requires a claimant to wait three months longer before making a claim; notes further that attendance allowance does not passport its recipients to the Motability scheme, or exemption from vehicle exise duty; further believes that this differentiation between older and younger disabled people is based on an outmoded and unfounded conception of older people as inactive and non-contributing members of society; and therefore urges the Government to support the aims of the Mobilise campaign, to end age discrimination in disability benefit and make a genuine commitment to active ageing and the full participatory citizenship of older people.

This motion has been signed by a total of 244 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Roger Berry	31/03/2004	Kingswood	Labour	Proposed
Paul Burstow	31/03/2004	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	31/03/2004	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	31/03/2004	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Simon Thomas	31/03/2004	Ceredigion	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Andrew George	01/04/2004	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Win Griffiths	01/04/2004	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Harry Barnes	01/04/2004	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	01/04/2004	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Paul Tyler	01/04/2004	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Weir	01/04/2004	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Sue Doughty	01/04/2004	Guildford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gregory Campbell	01/04/2004	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Kevin McNamara	01/04/2004	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Martin Smyth	01/04/2004	Belfast South	UUP	Signed
Bob Spink	01/04/2004	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
Paul Holmes	01/04/2004	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Simon Hughes	01/04/2004	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eric Illsley	01/04/2004	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	01/04/2004	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	19/04/2004	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	19/04/2004	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Annabelle Ewing	19/04/2004	Perth	Scottish National Party	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	19/04/2004	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	19/04/2004	Gower	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	19/04/2004	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	19/04/2004	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Adam Price	19/04/2004	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Vera Baird	20/04/2004	Redcar	Labour	Signed
Roy Beggs	20/04/2004	East Antrim	UUP	Signed
Paul Stinchcombe	20/04/2004	Wellingborough	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	20/04/2004	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Hywel Williams	20/04/2004	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Huw Edwards	20/04/2004	Monmouth	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	20/04/2004	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Ann Cryer	20/04/2004	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Colin Burgon	20/04/2004	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	20/04/2004	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Meale	20/04/2004	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	20/04/2004	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Phil Sawford	20/04/2004	Kettering	Labour	Signed
Richard Burden	21/04/2004	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
David Drew	21/04/2004	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Hywel Francis	21/04/2004	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	21/04/2004	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Tony Baldry	21/04/2004	Banbury	Conservative	Signed
Annette Brooke	21/04/2004	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Albert Owen	21/04/2004	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Denis Murphy	21/04/2004	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	21/04/2004	Dover	Labour	Signed
Ernie Ross	21/04/2004	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	21/04/2004	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	21/04/2004	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
John McDonnell	21/04/2004	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	22/04/2004	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Hamilton	22/04/2004	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	22/04/2004	Burton	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	22/04/2004	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
David Kidney	22/04/2004	Stafford	Labour	Signed
Piara S Khabra	22/04/2004	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	22/04/2004	North Down	UUP	Signed
David Heath	22/04/2004	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	22/04/2004	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Desmond Swayne	26/04/2004	New Forest West	Conservative	Signed
Nigel Dodds	27/04/2004	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Paul Marsden	28/04/2004	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Hurst	30/04/2004	Braintree	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	04/05/2004	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Clive Efford	04/05/2004	Eltham	Labour	Signed
David Amess	04/05/2004	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
John Barrett	04/05/2004	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nicholas Winterton	04/05/2004	Macclesfield	Conservative	Signed
Bill Etherington	05/05/2004	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Brian White	06/05/2004	North East Milton Keynes	Labour	Signed
Keith Bradley	06/05/2004	Manchester, Withington	Labour	Signed
Linda Perham	06/05/2004	Ilford North	Labour	Signed
Virginia Bottomley	10/05/2004	South West Surrey	Conservative	Signed
Richard Taylor	10/05/2004	Wyre Forest	Independent	Signed
Doug Henderson	11/05/2004	Newcastle upon Tyne North	Labour	Signed
Sandra Osborne	11/05/2004	Ayr	Labour	Signed
John Greenway	12/05/2004	Ryedale	Conservative	Signed
Paul Flynn	13/05/2004	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Alan Beith	13/05/2004	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Derek Wyatt	17/05/2004	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Graham Stringer	17/05/2004	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Signed
John Randall	18/05/2004	Uxbridge	Conservative	Signed
Kate Hoey	18/05/2004	Vauxhall	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	18/05/2004	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tony Colman	19/05/2004	Putney	Labour	Signed
Hilton Dawson	20/05/2004	Lancaster & Wyre	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	20/05/2004	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Smith	20/05/2004	Vale of Glamorgan	Labour	Signed
Andrew Selous	20/05/2004	South West Bedfordshire	Conservative	Signed
John Butterfill	21/05/2004	Bournemouth West	Conservative	Signed
Stephen Dorrell	21/05/2004	Charnwood	Conservative	Signed
Jenny Tonge	21/05/2004	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Walter	21/05/2004	North Dorset	Conservative	Signed
Iain Coleman	24/05/2004	Hammersmith & Fulham	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	25/05/2004	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tony Clarke	25/05/2004	Northampton South	Labour	Signed
Richard Shepherd	26/05/2004	Aldridge-Brownhills	Conservative	Signed
John Mann	27/05/2004	Bassetlaw	Labour	Signed
Helen Jackson	27/05/2004	Sheffield, Hillsborough	Labour	Signed
Christine Russell	27/05/2004	Chester, City of	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	27/05/2004	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
John Wilkinson	07/06/2004	Ruislip - Northwood	Conservative	Signed
Sarah Teather	07/06/2004	Brent East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Wayne David	07/06/2004	Caerphilly	Labour	Signed
Jim Cunningham	07/06/2004	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Anne Campbell	07/06/2004	Cambridge	Labour	Signed
Diana Organ	07/06/2004	Forest of Dean	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	07/06/2004	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Joan Humble	07/06/2004	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Adrian Sanders	07/06/2004	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Malcolm Savidge	07/06/2004	Aberdeen North	Labour	Signed
Brian Sedgemore	07/06/2004	Hackney South & Shoreditch	Labour	Signed
Barry Sheerman	07/06/2004	Huddersfield	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Robert Smith	07/06/2004	West Aberdeenshire & Kincardine	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Heyes	07/06/2004	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	08/06/2004	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	09/06/2004	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Henry Bellingham	09/06/2004	North West Norfolk	Conservative	Signed
Richard Allan	09/06/2004	Sheffield, Hallam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tom Cox	09/06/2004	Tooting	Labour	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	09/06/2004	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kevin Brennan	09/06/2004	Cardiff West	Labour	Signed
Mark Oaten	09/06/2004	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Doug Naysmith	09/06/2004	Bristol North West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Glenda Jackson	09/06/2004	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Peter Robinson	10/06/2004	Belfast East	DUP	Signed
Brian Cotter	14/06/2004	Weston-Super-Mare	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eddie McGrady	14/06/2004	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Parmjit Dhanda	14/06/2004	Gloucester	Labour	Signed
Frank Roy	15/06/2004	Motherwell & Wishaw	Labour	Signed
David Burnside	15/06/2004	South Antrim	UUP	Signed
Brian H Donohoe	15/06/2004	Cunninghame South	Labour	Signed
John Taylor	15/06/2004	Solihull	Conservative	Signed
Tony Banks	16/06/2004	West Ham	Labour	Signed
Peter Ainsworth	16/06/2004	East Surrey	Conservative	Signed
Helen Clark	16/06/2004	Peterborough	Labour	Signed
Gillian Shephard	16/06/2004	South West Norfolk	Conservative	Signed
Jim Cousins	18/06/2004	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	18/06/2004	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Martyn Jones	18/06/2004	Clwyd South	Labour	Signed
Geraldine Smith	18/06/2004	Morecambe & Lunesdale	Labour	Signed
Alan Reid	18/06/2004	Argyll & Bute	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lembit	21/06/2004	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Harold Best	22/06/2004	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Peter Bradley	22/06/2004	Wrekin, The	Labour	Signed
Andrew Hunter	22/06/2004	Basingstoke	Independent Conservative	Signed
Debra Shipley	22/06/2004	Stourbridge	Labour	Signed
Valerie Davey	23/06/2004	Bristol West	Labour	Signed
Teddy Taylor	23/06/2004	Rochford & Southend East	Conservative	Signed
Jonathan R Shaw	24/06/2004	Chatham & Aylesford	Labour	Signed
Joan Walley	24/06/2004	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	28/06/2004	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Jimmy Hood	28/06/2004	Clydesdale	Labour	Signed
John Burnett	29/06/2004	Torridge & West Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Chris Mole	30/06/2004	Ipswich	Labour	Signed
Geoffrey Robinson	01/07/2004	Coventry North West	Labour	Signed
Don Foster	06/07/2004	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dennis Turner	06/07/2004	Wolverhampton South East	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Bill Olner	07/07/2004	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	12/07/2004	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Paul Farrelly	12/07/2004	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
Llew Smith	13/07/2004	Blaenau Gwent	Labour	Signed
Alex Salmond	15/07/2004	Banff & Buchan	Scottish National Party	Signed
Ann Winterton	15/07/2004	Congleton	Conservative	Signed
Pete Wishart	15/07/2004	North Tayside	Scottish National Party	Signed
Andy King	16/07/2004	Rugby & Kenilworth	Labour	Signed
Gavin Strang	16/07/2004	Edinburgh East & Musselburgh	Labour	Signed
Roger Williams	19/07/2004	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sydney Chapman	19/07/2004	Chipping Barnet	Conservative	Signed
Tony Lloyd	19/07/2004	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	19/07/2004	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Marion Roe	19/07/2004	Broxbourne	Conservative	Signed
Tony Worthington	20/07/2004	Clydebank & Milngavie	Labour	Signed
David Atkinson	20/07/2004	Bournemouth East	Conservative	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	20/07/2004	Lagan Valley	DUP	Signed
Marsha Singh	20/07/2004	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Syd Rapson	20/07/2004	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
David Winnick	21/07/2004	Walsall North	Labour	Signed
John Thurso	21/07/2004	Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Battle	21/07/2004	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Barbara Follett	21/07/2004	Stevenage	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	21/07/2004	Easington	Labour	Signed
Ross Cranston	21/07/2004	Dudley North	Labour	Signed
Colin Challen	21/07/2004	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Ian Lucas	21/07/2004	Wrexham	Labour	Signed
Mark Hendrick	21/07/2004	Preston	Labour Co-operative	Signed
John Robertson	21/07/2004	Glasgow, Anniesland	Labour	Signed
Sandra Gidley	22/07/2004	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Vincent Cable	22/07/2004	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alice Mahon	22/07/2004	Halifax	Labour	Signed
John MacDougall	22/07/2004	Central Fife	Labour	Signed
David Chidgey	07/09/2004	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Connarty	07/09/2004	Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Claire Curtis-Thomas	07/09/2004	Crosby	Labour	Signed
Matthew Green	07/09/2004	Ludlow	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Candy Atherton	07/09/2004	Falmouth & Camborne	Labour	Signed
John Austin	07/09/2004	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	07/09/2004	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Patsy Calton	07/09/2004	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Murrison	07/09/2004	Westbury	Conservative	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	07/09/2004	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
George Howarth	07/09/2004	Knowsley North & Sefton East	Labour	Signed
Robert Jackson	07/09/2004	Wantage	Conservative	Signed
Brian Jenkins	07/09/2004	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Jon Owen Jones	07/09/2004	Cardiff Central	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Michael Mates	07/09/2004	East Hampshire	Conservative	Signed
Austin Mitchell	07/09/2004	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Tony Wright	08/09/2004	Cannock Chase	Labour	Signed
Michael Spicer	09/09/2004	West Worcestershire	Conservative	Signed
Jim Dowd	09/09/2004	Lewisham West	Labour	Signed
Frank Dobson	13/09/2004	Holborn & St Pancras	Labour	Signed
Terry Lewis	14/09/2004	Worsley	Labour	Signed
David Chaytor	15/09/2004	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Joyce Quin	16/09/2004	Gateshead East & Washington West	Labour	Signed
Phil Willis	16/09/2004	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Anthony D Wright	16/09/2004	Great Yarmouth	Labour	Signed
Andrew Bennett	11/10/2004	Denton & Reddish	Labour	Signed
Jeff Ennis	11/10/2004	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
Robert Marshall-Andrews	11/10/2004	Medway	Labour	Signed
Seamus Mallon	11/10/2004	Newry & Armagh	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Iris Robinson	11/10/2004	Strangford	DUP	Signed
James Plaskitt	11/10/2004	Warwick & Leamington	Labour	Signed
Andrew Rosindell	12/10/2004	Romford	Conservative	Signed
Chris Smith	12/10/2004	Islington South & Finsbury	Labour	Signed
Jon Trickett	12/10/2004	Hemsworth	Labour	Signed
David Trimble	12/10/2004	Upper Bann	UUP	Signed
Tom Clarke	13/10/2004	Coatbridge & Chryston	Labour	Signed
Sally Keeble	13/10/2004	Northampton North	Labour	Signed
Martin O'Neill	14/10/2004	Ochil	Labour	Signed
John McWilliam	21/10/2004	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Alan Keen	28/10/2004	Feltham & Heston	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Bob Blizzard	02/11/2004	Waveney	Labour	Signed
Kevin Barron	02/11/2004	Rother Valley	Labour	Signed
Michael Meacher	02/11/2004	Oldham West & Royton	Labour	Signed
Evan Harris	03/11/2004	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Norman Lamb	08/11/2004	North Norfolk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
George Galloway	08/11/2004	Glasgow, Kelvin	Independent	Signed
Denzil Davies	11/11/2004	Llanelli	Labour	Signed
Joan Ruddock	15/11/2004	Lewisham, Deptford	Labour	Signed
Terry Davis	Unknown			Withdrawn

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