Voucher System For Asylum Seekers

EDM number 1046 in 2008-09, proposed by Neil Gerrard on 10/03/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Asylum.

That this House notes that people seeking asylum whose claims have been refused and who are unable to return home receive section 4 support in the form of supermarket vouchers; welcomes the Refugee Council's recent report, More Token Gestures, which reveals that this voucher system fails to meet the needs of this vulnerable group of people, exacerbates the hardships they face and leaves them open to hostility and abuse; further notes that vouchers are costly to administer and damaging to community relations; and therefore calls on the Government to abandon the inhumane voucher system without delay and to allow people on section 4 support to receive support in cash rather than vouchers and to have the entitlement to work to support themselves.

This motion has been signed by a total of 81 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Neil Gerrard	10/03/2009	Walthamstow	Labour	Proposed
Jon Cruddas	10/03/2009	Dagenham	Labour	Seconded
Richard Shepherd	10/03/2009	Aldridge-Brownhills	Conservative	Seconded
Christopher Huhne	10/03/2009	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	10/03/2009	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Andrew George	10/03/2009	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Bob Russell	10/03/2009	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Williams	11/03/2009	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Wareing	11/03/2009	Liverpool, West Derby	Independent	Signed
Mark Durkan	11/03/2009	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Jim Dobbin	11/03/2009	Heywood & Middleton	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	11/03/2009	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	11/03/2009	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Cryer	11/03/2009	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	11/03/2009	Gower	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	11/03/2009	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	11/03/2009	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Marsha Singh	11/03/2009	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Andy Slaughter	12/03/2009			Signed
Katy Clark	12/03/2009	Ayrshire North & Arran	Labour	Signed
David Drew	12/03/2009	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	12/03/2009	Burton	Labour	Signed
Andrew MacKinlay	12/03/2009	Thurrock	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	12/03/2009	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	12/03/2009	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	12/03/2009	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	12/03/2009	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Willie Rennie	13/03/2009	Dunfermline & Fife West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Mason	16/03/2009	Glasgow East	Scottish National Party	Signed
John Leech	16/03/2009	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Hancock	16/03/2009	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dai Davies	17/03/2009	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
Jim Devine	17/03/2009	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	17/03/2009	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	17/03/2009	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	17/03/2009	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	18/03/2009	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Linda Riordan	18/03/2009	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Tim Farron	19/03/2009	Westmorland & Lonsdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John McDonnell	19/03/2009	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	19/03/2009	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Clare Short	19/03/2009	Birmingham, Ladywood	Independent Labour	Signed
David Heyes	23/03/2009	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Jennifer Willott	25/03/2009	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Harvey	26/03/2009	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian Stewart	27/03/2009	Eccles	Labour	Signed
David Howarth	31/03/2009	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynne Featherstone	20/04/2009	Hornsey & Wood Green	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tom Brake	21/04/2009	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eric Illsley	22/04/2009	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Andrew Pelling	28/04/2009	Croydon Central	Independent	Signed
Peter Luff	06/05/2009	Mid Worcestershire	Conservative	Signed
Julie Morgan	07/05/2009	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Jim Cousins	08/05/2009	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
Paul Rowen	18/05/2009	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Austin	01/06/2009	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	01/06/2009	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Nick Palmer	02/06/2009	Broxtowe	Labour	Signed
Sarah Teather	02/06/2009	Brent East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Williams	08/06/2009	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	08/06/2009	Glasgow Central	Labour	Signed
Alan Reid	10/06/2009	Argyll & Bute	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Greg Mulholland	19/06/2009	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Norman Baker	23/06/2009	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Burstow	13/07/2009	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	15/07/2009	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	13/10/2009	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sandra Gidley	13/10/2009	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Charles Kennedy	14/10/2009	Ross, Skye & Lochaber	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Connarty	19/10/2009	Linlithgow & Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	19/10/2009	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	19/10/2009	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Battle	20/10/2009	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Mark Fisher	21/10/2009	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Signed
Lembit	26/10/2009	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Frank Doran	28/10/2009	Aberdeen North	Labour	Signed
Evan Harris	28/10/2009	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Frank Dobson	09/11/2009	Holborn & St Pancras	Labour	Signed
Susan Kramer	11/11/2009	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Bercow	Unknown			Withdrawn
Ian Gibson	Unknown			Withdrawn

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