Television Licence Fee Scheme For Domestic Abuse Refuges

EDM number 1782 in 2005-06, proposed by Jo Swinson on 08/03/2006.

That this House is deeply concerned that women who have fled to refuge centres due to domestic abuse are responsible for purchasing a television licence immediately should they have a television in their room; notes that many women in such a distressed and displaced position are particularly reliant upon television, especially to entertain their children; is aware that women are at the greatest risk of homicide when they have fled their abuser; further notes that violent men who stalk their ex-partners often pose as officials to gain access to properties when seeking the women; believes that women who have fled a violent partner should not feel threatened by an enforcement officer arriving unannounced at the refuge; further notes that the Government's own targets for local authorities is one refuge bed space per 10,000 population, totalling 6,000 across the UK; further notes that women often do not know how long they will need to stay in a refuge; expresses concern that funds from charities and organisations which run refuge centres are being diverted to pay for television licences for the rooms available to sheltered women; recognises that the hospitality sector already benefits from television licence concessions; further recognises that it is the Government's stated policy to assist the vulnerable in accessing television services; and therefore calls for women's refuge centres to be included in the same television licence fee scheme as hotels and guesthouses.

This motion has been signed by a total of 79 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Jo Swinson	08/03/2006	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Don Foster	08/03/2006	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Sandra Gidley	08/03/2006	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Natascha Engel	08/03/2006	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Seconded
Mary Creagh	08/03/2006	Wakefield	Labour	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	08/03/2006	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Lynne Featherstone	08/03/2006	Hornsey & Wood Green	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lorely Burt	08/03/2006	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeremy Browne	08/03/2006	Taunton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Burstow	08/03/2006	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Annette Brooke	08/03/2006	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Julie Morgan	08/03/2006	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	09/03/2006	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Nigel Dodds	09/03/2006	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
David Drew	09/03/2006	Stroud	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	09/03/2006	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Angus MacNeil	09/03/2006	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scottish National Party	Signed
Michael Penning	09/03/2006	Hemel Hempstead	Conservative	Signed
Daniel Rogerson	09/03/2006	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Cryer	09/03/2006	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	09/03/2006	Gower	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	09/03/2006	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	09/03/2006	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
David Heath	09/03/2006	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Glenda Jackson	09/03/2006	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	09/03/2006	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	09/03/2006	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	09/03/2006	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Eric Martlew	09/03/2006	Carlisle	Labour	Signed
Robert Smith	10/03/2006	Aberdeenshire West & Kincardine	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sharon Hodgson	10/03/2006	Gateshead East & Washington West	Labour	Signed
Mark Hunter	13/03/2006	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	13/03/2006	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rosie Cooper	13/03/2006	West Lancashire	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	13/03/2006	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Michael Weir	13/03/2006	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
George Galloway	13/03/2006	Bethnal Green & Bow	Respect	Signed
Bob Russell	13/03/2006	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Willie Rennie	14/03/2006	Dunfermline & Fife West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Anne Main	14/03/2006	St Albans	Conservative	Signed
Rudi Vis	14/03/2006	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	14/03/2006	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	14/03/2006	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	14/03/2006	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lady Hermon	14/03/2006	North Down	UUP	Signed
Stephen Williams	15/03/2006	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Phil Willis	15/03/2006	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Diane Abbott	15/03/2006	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	15/03/2006	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Harry Cohen	15/03/2006	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	15/03/2006	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	15/03/2006	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Chris McCafferty	15/03/2006	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Rob Marris	15/03/2006	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	15/03/2006	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	15/03/2006	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Greg Mulholland	16/03/2006	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sian James	16/03/2006	Swansea East	Labour	Signed
Derek Wyatt	16/03/2006	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	16/03/2006	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	16/03/2006	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Greg Pope	21/03/2006	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	21/03/2006	Burton	Labour	Signed
Mark Williams	21/03/2006	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Hemming	22/03/2006	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Norman Lamb	22/03/2006	North Norfolk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Evan Harris	22/03/2006	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Katy Clark	23/03/2006	Ayrshire North & Arran	Labour	Signed
Lembit	27/03/2006	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	18/04/2006	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Michael Moore	18/04/2006	Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Madeleine Moon	19/04/2006	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
David Heyes	20/04/2006	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Martin Horwood	27/04/2006	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Crausby	02/05/2006	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Hywel Williams	11/05/2006	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
John Barrett	15/05/2006	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Matthew Taylor	05/06/2006	Truro & St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John McDonnell	06/11/2006	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed

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