Grandparents Acting As Guardians And Carers

EDM number 1417 in 2006-07, proposed by Frank Field on 03/05/2007.

That this House welcomes the recognition the Government now gives to the role of grandparents who have to act as parents to their grandchildren; notes that many such grandparents receive no additional financial help other than the basic social security allowances available to children; further notes that the Department for Work and Pensions professes to hold no information on the numbers of grandparents claiming income support allowances for their grandchildren; and calls upon the Government to set up an inquiry to determine the numbers of such grandparents throughout the country and to recommend what financial support should be available to all grandparents acting as parents to their grandchildren with an objective of reporting within six months of establishment.

This motion has been signed by a total of 82 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Frank Field	03/05/2007	Birkenhead	Labour	Proposed
Derek Conway	08/05/2007	Old Bexley & Sidcup	Conservative	Seconded
Philip Davies	08/05/2007	Shipley	Conservative	Seconded
Lee Scott	08/05/2007	Ilford North	Conservative	Seconded
Michael Jabez Foster	08/05/2007	Hastings & Rye	Labour	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	08/05/2007	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
John Leech	08/05/2007	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Winterton	08/05/2007	Congleton	Conservative	Signed
Mike Hancock	08/05/2007	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Breed	08/05/2007	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Meale	08/05/2007	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	08/05/2007	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	08/05/2007	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	08/05/2007	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Bob Spink	08/05/2007	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
Bob Russell	08/05/2007	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Pound	08/05/2007	Ealing North	Labour	Signed
Hywel Francis	09/05/2007	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	09/05/2007	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	09/05/2007	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Stewart Jackson	09/05/2007	Peterborough	Conservative	Signed
Angus MacNeil	09/05/2007	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scottish National Party	Signed
James McGovern	09/05/2007	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
Stephen Williams	09/05/2007	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Drew	09/05/2007	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	09/05/2007	Heywood & Middleton	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	09/05/2007	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Helen Jones	09/05/2007	Warrington North	Labour	Signed
David Marshall	09/05/2007	Glasgow East	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	09/05/2007	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
William McCrea	09/05/2007	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Martin Caton	09/05/2007	Gower	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	09/05/2007	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Madeleine Moon	10/05/2007	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
David Wilshire	10/05/2007	Spelthorne	Conservative	Signed
Robert Wareing	10/05/2007	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	10/05/2007	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Durkan	10/05/2007	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
John Cummings	10/05/2007	Easington	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	10/05/2007	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	10/05/2007	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eric Martlew	10/05/2007	Carlisle	Labour	Signed
Gordon Marsden	10/05/2007	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	10/05/2007	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Glenda Jackson	10/05/2007	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Jo Swinson	14/05/2007	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Betty Williams	14/05/2007	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	14/05/2007	Burton	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	14/05/2007	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	14/05/2007	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Derek Wyatt	15/05/2007	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Sandra Osborne	15/05/2007	Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	15/05/2007	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	15/05/2007	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	15/05/2007	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	15/05/2007	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	16/05/2007	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Helen Southworth	17/05/2007	Warrington South	Labour	Signed
Jeff Ennis	17/05/2007	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
David Borrow	17/05/2007	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
John Hemming	21/05/2007	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Hamilton	21/05/2007	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	22/05/2007	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	24/05/2007	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	04/06/2007	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Louise Ellman	12/06/2007	Liverpool, Riverside	Labour	Signed
Nigel Dodds	13/06/2007	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Denis Murphy	18/06/2007	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Alan Beith	20/06/2007	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nadine Dorries	20/06/2007	Mid Bedfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Peter Kilfoyle	25/06/2007	Liverpool, Walton	Labour	Signed
David Kidney	03/07/2007	Stafford	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	04/07/2007	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Nicholas Winterton	04/07/2007	Macclesfield	Conservative	Signed
Stephen Hesford	17/07/2007	Wirral West	Labour	Signed
Andrew Pelling	25/07/2007	Croydon Central	Conservative	Signed
Jon Trickett	08/10/2007	Hemsworth	Labour	Signed
Roberta Blackman-Woods	09/10/2007	Durham, City of	Labour	Signed
Quentin Davies	15/10/2007	Grantham & Stamford	Labour	Signed
Terry Rooney	17/10/2007	Bradford North	Labour	Signed
Paul Rowen	29/10/2007	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jane Kennedy	Unknown			Withdrawn

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