Tax Credits (No. 2)

EDM number 2106 in 2006-07, proposed by Danny Alexander on 15/10/2007.

That this House notes the continuing concerns about the operation of the tax credits system expressed by the Parliamentary Ombudsman in her recent report Tax Credits: getting it wrong?; expresses concern that the tax credit system continues to cause unnecessary distress and hardship, particularly for people on low incomes; further notes that reports by the Ombudsman and Citizens Advice both report that continued problems are causing some claimants to wish to opt-out of the system; notes the Ombudsman's view that even when the system operates as intended it appears sometimes to work against the objectives of child poverty reduction and making work pay; and calls on the Government to bring forward proposals for radical reform to address the financial insecurity, confusion and hardship which are a feature of the current tax credit system.

This motion has been signed by a total of 34 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Danny Alexander	15/10/2007	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Paul Rowen	15/10/2007	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
David Laws	15/10/2007	Yeovil	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Mark Durkan	15/10/2007	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Seconded
Andrew George	15/10/2007	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Philip Davies	16/10/2007	Shipley	Conservative	Seconded
John Leech	16/10/2007	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Weir	16/10/2007	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Robert Wareing	16/10/2007	Liverpool, West Derby	Independent	Signed
Peter Bottomley	16/10/2007	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Annette Brooke	16/10/2007	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Breed	16/10/2007	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Harvey	16/10/2007	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Adrian Sanders	16/10/2007	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Hunter	17/10/2007	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Williams	17/10/2007	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Williams	17/10/2007	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Hancock	17/10/2007	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gregory Campbell	17/10/2007	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Lynne Jones	17/10/2007	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Robert Smith	17/10/2007	Aberdeenshire West & Kincardine	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sandra Gidley	18/10/2007	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Daniel Rogerson	18/10/2007	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nigel Evans	23/10/2007	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	24/10/2007	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Martin Horwood	24/10/2007	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tim Farron	25/10/2007	Westmorland & Lonsdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	25/10/2007	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	25/10/2007	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	25/10/2007	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Keetch	29/10/2007	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	29/10/2007	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Cryer	29/10/2007	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Jo Swinson	29/10/2007	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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