36077 2007-08 1778 Katy Clark 2008-06-11 That this House notes with concern proposals to cut the backdating period for pension credit, housing benefit and council tax benefit from 12 months to three months; considers that these changes are not supported by sufficient evidence and do not represent an improvement to the benefits system; further notes that a similar proposal was made in 2000 only to be withdrawn in the face of strong opposition and a highly critical report from the Social Security Advisory Committee; and calls on the Government to withdraw these proposals in order to prevent further hardship and even eviction. Benefits administration Housing benefits Pensions Katy Clark 2008-06-11 Proposed Ayrshire North & Arran Labour Evan Harris 2008-06-11 Seconded Oxford West & Abingdon Liberal Democrat John Bercow 2008-06-11 Seconded Buckingham Conservative Linda Riordan 2008-06-11 Seconded Halifax Labour Peter Bottomley 2008-06-11 Seconded Worthing West Conservative Adrian Bailey 2008-06-11 Seconded West Bromwich West Labour Ian Gibson 2008-06-11 Signed Norwich North Labour Ann Cryer 2008-06-11 Signed Keighley Labour Lembit 2008-06-11 Signed Montgomeryshire Liberal Democrat Kelvin Hopkins 2008-06-11 Signed Luton North Labour Kate Hoey 2008-06-11 Signed Vauxhall Labour Desmond Turner 2008-06-12 Signed Brighton, Kemptown Labour David Taylor 2008-06-12 Signed North West Leicestershire Labour Neil Gerrard 2008-06-12 Signed Walthamstow Labour Andrew George 2008-06-12 Signed St Ives Liberal Democrat David Drew 2008-06-12 Signed Stroud Labour Andrew Dismore 2008-06-12 Signed Hendon Labour Lynne Jones 2008-06-12 Signed Birmingham, Selly Oak Labour Paul Holmes 2008-06-12 Signed Chesterfield Liberal Democrat Chris McCafferty 2008-06-13 Signed Calder Valley Labour Paul Rowen 2008-06-16 Signed Rochdale Liberal Democrat Angus MacNeil 2008-06-16 Signed Na h-Eileanan an Iar Scottish National Party Betty Williams 2008-06-16 Signed Conwy Labour Robert Wareing 2008-06-16 Signed Liverpool, West Derby Independent Mike Hancock 2008-06-16 Signed Portsmouth South Liberal Democrat Jeremy Corbyn 2008-06-16 Signed Islington North Labour Brian Iddon 2008-06-16 Signed Bolton South East Labour Bob Spink 2008-06-16 Signed Castle Point UKIP Mark Hunter 2008-06-17 Signed Cheadle Liberal Democrat Rudi Vis 2008-06-17 Signed Finchley & Golders Green Labour Tim Boswell 2008-06-17 Signed Daventry Conservative Roger Godsiff 2008-06-17 Signed Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath Labour Martin Caton 2008-06-17 Signed Gower Labour Gregory Campbell 2008-06-17 Signed East Londonderry DUP Denis Murphy 2008-06-17 Signed Wansbeck Labour William McCrea 2008-06-17 Signed South Antrim DUP Glenda Jackson 2008-06-17 Signed Hampstead & Highgate Labour John Leech 2008-06-18 Signed Manchester, Withington Liberal Democrat Michael Clapham 2008-06-18 Signed Barnsley West & Penistone Labour Ronnie Campbell 2008-06-18 Signed Blyth Valley Labour Doug Naysmith 2008-06-18 Signed Bristol North West Labour Brian Jenkins 2008-06-18 Signed Tamworth Labour David Simpson 2008-06-18 Signed Upper Bann DUP John Pugh 2008-06-18 Signed Southport Liberal Democrat Clive Efford 2008-06-19 Signed Eltham Labour Frank Dobson 2008-06-19 Signed Holborn & St Pancras Labour Janet Dean 2008-06-19 Signed Burton Labour Alasdair McDonnell 2008-06-19 Signed Belfast South Social Democratic and Labour Party Nick Harvey 2008-06-19 Signed North Devon Liberal Democrat Ian Taylor 2008-06-20 Signed Esher & Walton Conservative Andrew Stunell 2008-06-23 Signed Hazel Grove Liberal Democrat Jim Dobbin 2008-06-23 Signed Heywood & Middleton Labour Harry Cohen 2008-06-23 Signed Leyton & Wanstead Labour John McDonnell 2008-06-23 Signed Hayes & Harlington Labour Lindsay Hoyle 2008-06-24 Signed Chorley Labour Brian Binley 2008-06-24 Signed Northampton South Conservative David Hamilton 2008-06-25 Signed Midlothian Labour Paul Truswell 2008-06-26 Signed Pudsey Labour Alistair Carmichael 2008-06-26 Signed Orkney & Shetland Liberal Democrat Eric Illsley 2008-06-26 Signed Barnsley Central Labour Greg Pope 2008-06-26 Signed Hyndburn Labour Michael Mates 2008-06-30 Signed East Hampshire Conservative Michael Jabez Foster 2008-06-30 Signed Hastings & Rye Labour David Borrow 2008-07-01 Signed South Ribble Labour Jim Devine 2008-07-01 Signed Livingston Labour Alan Simpson 2008-07-02 Signed Nottingham South Labour David Crausby 2008-07-02 Signed Bolton North East Labour Bill Etherington 2008-07-02 Signed Sunderland North Labour Roger Williams 2008-07-07 Signed Brecon & Radnorshire Liberal Democrat Alex Salmond 2008-07-08 Signed Banff & Buchan Scottish National Party John Hemming 2008-07-08 Signed Birmingham, Yardley Liberal Democrat Danny Alexander 2008-07-08 Signed Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey Liberal Democrat Robert Key 2008-07-09 Signed Salisbury Conservative Charles Kennedy 2008-07-10 Signed Ross, Skye & Lochaber Liberal Democrat Daniel Rogerson 2008-07-14 Signed North Cornwall Liberal Democrat Jo Swinson 2008-07-14 Signed East Dunbartonshire Liberal Democrat Paul Keetch 2008-07-14 Signed Hereford Liberal Democrat Jennifer Willott 2008-10-06 Signed Cardiff Central Liberal Democrat Lynne Featherstone 2008-10-06 Signed Hornsey & Wood Green Liberal Democrat Tim Farron 2008-10-06 Signed Westmorland & Lonsdale Liberal Democrat Jeremy Browne 2008-10-06 Signed Taunton Liberal Democrat David Anderson 2008-10-06 Signed Blaydon Labour Richard Younger-Ross 2008-10-06 Signed Teignbridge Liberal Democrat Steve Webb 2008-10-06 Signed Northavon Liberal Democrat Mark Todd 2008-10-06 Signed South Derbyshire Labour Paddy Tipping 2008-10-06 Signed Sherwood Labour David Laws 2008-10-06 Signed Yeovil Liberal Democrat Bob Laxton 2008-10-06 Signed Derby North Labour Martin Linton 2008-10-06 Signed Battersea Labour Tony Lloyd 2008-10-06 Signed Manchester Central Labour David Clelland 2008-10-06 Signed Tyne Bridge Labour Diane Abbott 2008-10-06 Signed Hackney North & Stoke Newington Labour Greg Mulholland 2008-10-08 Signed Leeds North West Liberal Democrat Jim Dowd 2008-10-21 Signed Lewisham West Labour Simon Hughes 2008-10-27 Signed North Southwark & Bermondsey Liberal Democrat Robert Smith 2008-11-17 Signed Aberdeenshire West & Kincardine Liberal Democrat Norman Baker 2008-11-18 Signed Lewes Liberal Democrat Alan Beith 2008-11-18 Signed Berwick-upon-Tweed Liberal Democrat Don Foster 2008-11-19 Signed Bath Liberal Democrat Julia Goldsworthy 2008-11-19 Signed Falmouth & Camborne Liberal Democrat Menzies Campbell 2008-11-20 Signed Fife North East Liberal Democrat Paul Burstow 2008-11-20 Signed Sutton & Cheam Liberal Democrat David Howarth 2008-11-25 Signed Cambridge Liberal Democrat Susan Kramer 2008-11-25 Signed Richmond Park Liberal Democrat Jon Trickett Withdrawn John MacDougall Withdrawn