<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><edm>
<id>31757</id>
<session>2006-07</session>
<number>184</number>
<title>Supporting Older Carers</title>
<proposer id="10670">Stephen O'Brien</proposer>
<date>2006-11-21</date>
<text>That this House recognises the significant social and economic contributions made by older carers in looking after another family member or friend for 50 or more hours a week; notes that those of pension age cannot usually claim the carer's allowance and that the amount of care given by these hidden carers often relates to age, those aged 65 or over providing more hours of care; further notes that 44,000 older carers are aged 85 years and above; observes that this situation is likely to continue given the UK's ageing demography; welcomes initiatives to identify and assist older individuals taking on caring responsibilities; and therefore commends the work being undertaken by Independent Age, in partnership with Carers UK and the Princess Royal Trust for Carers, to identify these individuals and their needs, provide appropriate assistance and develop best practice guidance.</text>
<topics>
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	<signature>
		<mp id="10670">Stephen O'Brien</mp>
		<date>2006-11-21</date>
		<type>Proposed</type>
		<constituency>Eddisbury</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10900">Hywel Francis</mp>
		<date>2006-11-21</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Aberavon</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10624">Nigel Waterson</mp>
		<date>2006-11-21</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Eastbourne</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11610">Greg Hands</mp>
		<date>2006-11-21</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Hammersmith &amp; Fulham</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10677">Sandra Gidley</mp>
		<date>2006-11-21</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Romsey</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10560">Michael Spicer</mp>
		<date>2006-11-21</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>West Worcestershire</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11626">Michael Penning</mp>
		<date>2006-11-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hemel Hempstead</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10222">Andrew George</mp>
		<date>2006-11-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>St Ives</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10521">Bob Russell</mp>
		<date>2006-11-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Colchester</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10141">David Crausby</mp>
		<date>2006-11-22</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bolton North East</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10169">Andrew Dismore</mp>
		<date>2006-11-22</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hendon</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10172">Jeffrey M Donaldson</mp>
		<date>2006-11-22</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Lagan Valley</constituency>
		<party>DUP</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11589">Mark Durkan</mp>
		<date>2006-11-22</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Foyle</constituency>
		<party>Social Democratic and Labour Party</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10057">Peter Bottomley</mp>
		<date>2006-11-22</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Worthing West</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10647">Nicholas Winterton</mp>
		<date>2006-11-22</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Macclesfield</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11759">Stewart Jackson</mp>
		<date>2006-11-22</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Peterborough</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11707">John Leech</mp>
		<date>2006-11-22</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Manchester, Withington</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="12004">Angus MacNeil</mp>
		<date>2006-11-22</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Na h-Eileanan an Iar</constituency>
		<party>Scottish National Party</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11905">Edward Vaizey</mp>
		<date>2006-11-22</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Wantage</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10133">Jeremy Corbyn</mp>
		<date>2006-11-22</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Islington North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10815">Derek Conway</mp>
		<date>2006-11-22</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Old Bexley &amp; Sidcup</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10096">Martin Caton</mp>
		<date>2006-11-22</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Gower</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10527">Adrian Sanders</mp>
		<date>2006-11-22</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Torbay</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10262">Nick Harvey</mp>
		<date>2006-11-22</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North Devon</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10308">Glenda Jackson</mp>
		<date>2006-11-22</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hampstead &amp; Highgate</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11038">Mark Lazarowicz</mp>
		<date>2006-11-22</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Edinburgh North &amp; Leith</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10353">David Lepper</mp>
		<date>2006-11-22</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Brighton, Pavilion</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10371">Tim Loughton</mp>
		<date>2006-11-22</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>East Worthing &amp; Shoreham</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10415">Gordon Marsden</mp>
		<date>2006-11-22</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Blackpool South</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11402">Alasdair McDonnell</mp>
		<date>2006-11-22</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Belfast South</constituency>
		<party>Social Democratic and Labour Party</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10066">Colin Breed</mp>
		<date>2006-11-22</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>South East Cornwall</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10089">Ronnie Campbell</mp>
		<date>2006-11-22</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Blyth Valley</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10166">Janet Dean</mp>
		<date>2006-11-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Burton</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10934">David Hamilton</mp>
		<date>2006-11-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Midlothian</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10023">Tony Baldry</mp>
		<date>2006-11-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Banbury</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10586">David Taylor</mp>
		<date>2006-11-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North West Leicestershire</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11420">John Hemming</mp>
		<date>2006-11-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Birmingham, Yardley</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11816">Philip Davies</mp>
		<date>2006-11-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Shipley</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11450">Madeleine Moon</mp>
		<date>2006-11-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bridgend</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10142">Ann Cryer</mp>
		<date>2006-11-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Keighley</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10118">David Clelland</mp>
		<date>2006-11-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Tyne Bridge</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11199">Andrew Rosindell</mp>
		<date>2006-11-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Romford</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10261">Evan Harris</mp>
		<date>2006-11-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Oxford West &amp; Abingdon</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10299">Joan Humble</mp>
		<date>2006-11-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Blackpool North &amp; Fleetwood</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10313">Brian Jenkins</mp>
		<date>2006-11-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Tamworth</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10358">Julian Lewis</mp>
		<date>2006-11-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>New Forest East</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10368">Elfyn Llwyd</mp>
		<date>2006-11-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Meirionnydd Nant Conwy</constituency>
		<party>Plaid Cymru</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10437">Laura Moffatt</mp>
		<date>2006-11-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Crawley</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10643">David Wilshire</mp>
		<date>2006-11-27</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Spelthorne</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10640">Betty Williams</mp>
		<date>2006-11-27</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Conwy</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10447">Malcolm Moss</mp>
		<date>2006-11-27</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North East Cambridgeshire</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10383">John McDonnell</mp>
		<date>2006-11-27</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hayes &amp; Harlington</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10378">Chris McCafferty</mp>
		<date>2006-11-27</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Calder Valley</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10373">Peter Luff</mp>
		<date>2006-11-27</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Mid Worcestershire</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="12016">Mark Hunter</mp>
		<date>2006-11-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Cheadle</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11324">Roger Williams</mp>
		<date>2006-11-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Brecon &amp; Radnorshire</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10600">Don Touhig</mp>
		<date>2006-11-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Islwyn</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10828">Jon Cruddas</mp>
		<date>2006-11-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Dagenham</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10075">Karen Buck</mp>
		<date>2006-11-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency></constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10428">Alan Meale</mp>
		<date>2006-11-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Mansfield</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11036">David Laws</mp>
		<date>2006-11-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Yeovil</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10295">Lindsay Hoyle</mp>
		<date>2006-11-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Chorley</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10288">Kelvin Hopkins</mp>
		<date>2006-11-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Luton North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11170">Adam Price</mp>
		<date>2006-11-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Carmarthen East &amp; Dinefwr</constituency>
		<party>Plaid Cymru</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11489">Mark Williams</mp>
		<date>2006-11-29</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Ceredigion</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11971">Jo Swinson</mp>
		<date>2006-11-29</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>East Dunbartonshire</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10641">Phil Willis</mp>
		<date>2006-11-29</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Harrogate &amp; Knaresborough</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10616">Rudi Vis</mp>
		<date>2006-11-29</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Finchley &amp; Golders Green</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10231">Roger Godsiff</mp>
		<date>2006-11-29</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Birmingham, Sparkbrook &amp; Small Heath</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10079">Simon Burns</mp>
		<date>2006-11-29</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>West Chelmsford</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11148">Albert Owen</mp>
		<date>2006-11-29</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Ynys M</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10958">Lady Hermon</mp>
		<date>2006-11-29</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North Down</constituency>
		<party>UUP</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11553">Ian Austin</mp>
		<date>2006-11-30</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Dudley North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10857">Nigel Dodds</mp>
		<date>2006-11-30</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Belfast North</constituency>
		<party>DUP</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10780">Gregory Campbell</mp>
		<date>2006-11-30</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>East Londonderry</constituency>
		<party>DUP</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10455">Doug Naysmith</mp>
		<date>2006-11-30</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bristol North West</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10541">Alan Simpson</mp>
		<date>2006-11-30</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Nottingham South</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10684">John Robertson</mp>
		<date>2006-11-30</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Glasgow North West</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11892">David Simpson</mp>
		<date>2006-12-04</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Upper Bann</constituency>
		<party>DUP</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10385">Eddie McGrady</mp>
		<date>2006-12-04</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>South Down</constituency>
		<party>Social Democratic and Labour Party</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10189">Bill Etherington</mp>
		<date>2006-12-04</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Sunderland North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11715">Mark Lancaster</mp>
		<date>2006-12-04</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North East Milton Keynes</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10454">Paul Murphy</mp>
		<date>2006-12-05</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Torfaen</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10679">William McCrea</mp>
		<date>2006-12-05</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>South Antrim</constituency>
		<party>DUP</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10961">David Heyes</mp>
		<date>2006-12-05</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Ashton-under-Lyne</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10483">Greg Pope</mp>
		<date>2006-12-05</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hyndburn</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10292">George Howarth</mp>
		<date>2006-12-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Knowsley North &amp; Sefton East</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11692">Nia Griffith</mp>
		<date>2006-12-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Llanelli</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11858">Michael Gove</mp>
		<date>2006-12-11</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Surrey Heath</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10221">Edward Garnier</mp>
		<date>2006-12-11</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Harborough</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10193">Michael Fabricant</mp>
		<date>2006-12-11</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Lichfield</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10289">John Horam</mp>
		<date>2006-12-11</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Orpington</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11216">Andrew Selous</mp>
		<date>2006-12-11</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>South West Bedfordshire</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11791">Jeremy Wright</mp>
		<date>2006-12-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Rugby &amp; Kenilworth</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11603">Anne Milton</mp>
		<date>2006-12-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Guildford</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11506">David Jones</mp>
		<date>2006-12-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Clwyd West</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11599">Adam Holloway</mp>
		<date>2006-12-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Gravesham</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11308">Angela Watkinson</mp>
		<date>2006-12-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Upminster</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10009">David Amess</mp>
		<date>2006-12-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Southend West</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10065">Julian Brazier</mp>
		<date>2006-12-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Canterbury</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10555">Nicholas Soames</mp>
		<date>2006-12-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Mid Sussex</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11785">James Duddridge</mp>
		<date>2006-12-13</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Rochford &amp; Southend East</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11389">Maria Miller</mp>
		<date>2006-12-14</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Basingstoke</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11817">Daniel Kawczynski</mp>
		<date>2006-12-14</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Shrewsbury &amp; Atcham</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11132">Andrew Murrison</mp>
		<date>2006-12-14</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Westbury</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10267">Oliver Heald</mp>
		<date>2006-12-14</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North East Hertfordshire</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10214">Christopher Fraser</mp>
		<date>2006-12-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>South West Norfolk</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10240">James Gray</mp>
		<date>2007-01-08</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North Wiltshire</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10462">Edward O'Hara</mp>
		<date>2007-01-08</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Knowsley South</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10348">Eleanor Laing</mp>
		<date>2007-01-08</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Epping Forest</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10228">Cheryl Gillan</mp>
		<date>2007-01-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Chesham &amp; Amersham</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10559">Caroline Spelman</mp>
		<date>2007-01-24</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Meriden</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10620">Robert Walter</mp>
		<date>2007-02-01</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North Dorset</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10362">Peter Lilley</mp>
		<date>2007-02-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hitchin &amp; Harpenden</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10884">Mark Field</mp>
		<date>2007-02-07</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Cities of London &amp; Westminster</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10179">Alan Duncan</mp>
		<date>2007-02-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Rutland &amp; Melton</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10716">John Barrett</mp>
		<date>2007-02-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Edinburgh West</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10160">Quentin Davies</mp>
		<date>2007-02-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Grantham &amp; Stamford</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11970">David Mundell</mp>
		<date>2007-03-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale &amp; Tweeddale</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10477">Eric Pickles</mp>
		<date>2007-03-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Brentwood &amp; Ongar</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11340">David Wright</mp>
		<date>2007-03-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Telford</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11318">Bill Wiggin</mp>
		<date>2007-04-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Leominster</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11672">Greg Mulholland</mp>
		<date>2007-04-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Leeds North West</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10542">Keith Simpson</mp>
		<date>2007-04-30</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Mid Norfolk</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10080">Paul Burstow</mp>
		<date>2007-05-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Sutton &amp; Cheam</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11924">John Penrose</mp>
		<date>2007-05-15</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Weston-Super-Mare</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10606">Paul Truswell</mp>
		<date>2007-06-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Pudsey</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10619">Joan Walley</mp>
		<date>2007-10-08</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Stoke-on-Trent North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11588">Mark Harper</mp>
		<date>2007-10-08</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Forest of Dean</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11784">Paul Rowen</mp>
		<date>2007-10-29</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Rochdale</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10330">Ann Keen</mp>
		<date></date>
		<type>Withdrawn</type>
		<constituency></constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
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