Carers Week

EDM number 1355 in 2008-09, proposed by Anne McGuire on 27/04/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Community care.

That this House expresses its gratitude to and respect for the six million people in the UK who provide unpaid help, care and support to a relative or friend who has an illness or disability; notes that the huge contribution that carers make is often unrecognised by society, communities and sometimes within carers' own families and that as a consequence of this lack of recognition carers go without the support they need; acknowledges that most will provide care at some point in their lives and need to have access to information and services and to be listened to; is concerned that professionals may not always understand the role of a carer, nor offer them appropriate support, which risks damaging carers' own health; further notes that Carers Week, a partnership of 10 national charities, takes place this year from 8 to 14 June, with the theme Carers: the UK's Secret Service; and believes that carers need to have a higher profile across all services and be prioritised alongside other groups at risk of social exclusion at a local and national level.

This motion has been signed by a total of 214 MPs, 4 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Anne McGuire	27/04/2009	Stirling	Labour	Proposed
Tony Baldry	27/04/2009	Banbury	Conservative	Seconded
Terry Rooney	27/04/2009	Bradford North	Labour	Seconded
Hywel Williams	27/04/2009	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Seconded
Richard Younger-Ross	27/04/2009	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Hywel Francis	27/04/2009	Aberavon	Labour	Seconded
Andrew George	27/04/2009	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John McDonnell	27/04/2009	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Bob Spink	27/04/2009	Castle Point	Independent	Signed
Bob Russell	27/04/2009	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Dismore	28/04/2009	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	28/04/2009	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Neil Gerrard	28/04/2009	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	28/04/2009	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
David Taylor	28/04/2009	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	28/04/2009	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Michael Weir	28/04/2009	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Ann Winterton	28/04/2009	Congleton	Conservative	Signed
Lee Scott	28/04/2009	Ilford North	Conservative	Signed
Jim Devine	28/04/2009	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	28/04/2009	Burton	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	28/04/2009	Easington	Labour	Signed
Gregory Campbell	28/04/2009	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
James Plaskitt	28/04/2009	Warwick & Leamington	Labour	Signed
Adrian Sanders	28/04/2009	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Holmes	28/04/2009	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	28/04/2009	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Joan Humble	28/04/2009	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	28/04/2009	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	28/04/2009	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Ian McCartney	28/04/2009	Makerfield	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	28/04/2009	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Annette Brooke	28/04/2009	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Wareing	29/04/2009	Liverpool, West Derby	Independent	Signed
Anne Begg	29/04/2009	Aberdeen South	Labour	Signed
Sandra Gidley	29/04/2009	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Drew	29/04/2009	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Phil Willis	29/04/2009	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nicholas Winterton	29/04/2009	Macclesfield	Conservative	Signed
Philip Davies	29/04/2009	Shipley	Conservative	Signed
John Leech	29/04/2009	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Williams	29/04/2009	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Hunter	29/04/2009	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dai Davies	29/04/2009	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
Ann Cryer	29/04/2009	Keighley	Labour	Signed
David Clelland	29/04/2009	Tyne Bridge	Labour	Signed
Ian Cawsey	29/04/2009	Brigg & Goole	Labour	Signed
Jim Sheridan	29/04/2009	Paisley & Renfrewshire North	Labour	Signed
David Simpson	29/04/2009	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Nicholas Soames	29/04/2009	Mid Sussex	Conservative	Signed
Phyllis Starkey	29/04/2009	Milton Keynes South West	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	29/04/2009	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lady Hermon	29/04/2009	North Down	UUP	Signed
William McCrea	29/04/2009	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Laura Moffatt	29/04/2009	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Graham Brady	29/04/2009	Altrincham & Sale West	Conservative	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	29/04/2009	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	29/04/2009	Gower	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	30/04/2009	Islington North	Labour	Signed
John Battle	30/04/2009	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Roger Berry	30/04/2009	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
John Mason	30/04/2009	Glasgow East	Scottish National Party	Signed
Michael Clapham	30/04/2009	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Judy Mallaber	30/04/2009	Amber Valley	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	30/04/2009	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Tom Levitt	30/04/2009	High Peak	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	30/04/2009	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	30/04/2009	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Andy Reed	30/04/2009	Loughborough	Labour	Signed
David Blunkett	05/05/2009	Sheffield, Brightside	Labour	Signed
Adrian Bailey	05/05/2009	West Bromwich West	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	05/05/2009	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Hamilton	05/05/2009	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	05/05/2009	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Frank Field	05/05/2009	Birkenhead	Labour	Signed
Howard Stoate	05/05/2009	Dartford	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	05/05/2009	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Truswell	05/05/2009	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	05/05/2009	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Roger Williams	05/05/2009	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Anderson	05/05/2009	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Lorely Burt	05/05/2009	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Rowen	05/05/2009	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Willie Rennie	05/05/2009	Dunfermline & Fife West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Farrelly	05/05/2009	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
Jim Cunningham	05/05/2009	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	05/05/2009	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
David Heyes	05/05/2009	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Jimmy Hood	05/05/2009	Lanark & Hamilton East	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	05/05/2009	Luton North	Labour	Signed
George Howarth	05/05/2009	Knowsley North & Sefton East	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	05/05/2009	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Robert Key	05/05/2009	Salisbury	Conservative	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	05/05/2009	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour	Signed
Gordon Marsden	05/05/2009	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	05/05/2009	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	05/05/2009	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Menzies Campbell	05/05/2009	Fife North East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lembit	05/05/2009	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Miller	05/05/2009	Ellesmere Port & Neston	Labour	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	05/05/2009	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Jennifer Willott	06/05/2009	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jo Swinson	06/05/2009	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Danny Alexander	06/05/2009	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Joan Walley	06/05/2009	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Alan Beith	06/05/2009	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Russell Brown	06/05/2009	Dumfries & Galloway	Labour	Signed
Sandra Osborne	06/05/2009	Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	06/05/2009	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	06/05/2009	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Mark Williams	07/05/2009	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Daniel Rogerson	07/05/2009	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Todd	07/05/2009	South Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Clive Betts	07/05/2009	Sheffield, Attercliffe	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	07/05/2009	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	07/05/2009	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	07/05/2009	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Doug Naysmith	07/05/2009	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
Eddie McGrady	07/05/2009	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Kim Howells	07/05/2009	Pontypridd	Labour	Signed
Stephen Pound	07/05/2009	Ealing North	Labour	Signed
Fraser Kemp	08/05/2009	Houghton & Washington East	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	08/05/2009	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Linda Riordan	11/05/2009	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Colin Burgon	11/05/2009	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Simon Hughes	11/05/2009	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Keetch	12/05/2009	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Charles Kennedy	12/05/2009	Ross, Skye & Lochaber	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	13/05/2009	Glasgow Central	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	13/05/2009	Linlithgow & Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Ian Taylor	13/05/2009	Esher & Walton	Conservative	Signed
Alan Keen	14/05/2009	Feltham & Heston	Labour	Signed
Katy Clark	18/05/2009	Ayrshire North & Arran	Labour	Signed
Robert Walter	19/05/2009	North Dorset	Conservative	Signed
Dai Havard	20/05/2009	Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	20/05/2009	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Albert Owen	20/05/2009	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
David Cairns	20/05/2009	Inverclyde	Labour	Signed
Jim Dowd	20/05/2009	Lewisham West	Labour	Signed
Mike Gapes	20/05/2009	Ilford South	Labour	Signed
Greg Mulholland	21/05/2009	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Angela Smith	21/05/2009	Sheffield, Hillsborough	Labour	Signed
Tom Clarke	21/05/2009	Coatbridge, Chryston & Bellshill	Labour	Signed
Martin Linton	21/05/2009	Battersea	Labour	Signed
John Horam	21/05/2009	Orpington	Conservative	Signed
Dennis Skinner	21/05/2009	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Nia Griffith	01/06/2009	Llanelli	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	01/06/2009	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
John Austin	01/06/2009	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Don Foster	01/06/2009	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	01/06/2009	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	01/06/2009	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Mates	01/06/2009	East Hampshire	Conservative	Signed
Eric Illsley	01/06/2009	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Oliver Heald	01/06/2009	North East Hertfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Caroline Spelman	01/06/2009	Meriden	Conservative	Signed
Clare Short	01/06/2009	Birmingham, Ladywood	Independent Labour	Signed
Sammy Wilson	03/06/2009	East Antrim	DUP	Signed
Ian Stewart	03/06/2009	Eccles	Labour	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	03/06/2009	Lagan Valley	DUP	Signed
Peter Robinson	03/06/2009	Belfast East	DUP	Signed
Iris Robinson	03/06/2009	Strangford	DUP	Signed
John Pugh	03/06/2009	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nigel Dodds	04/06/2009	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Malcolm Wicks	04/06/2009	Croydon North	Labour	Signed
Graham Stuart	08/06/2009	Beverley & Holderness	Conservative	Signed
Andy Slaughter	08/06/2009			Signed
Gordon Banks	08/06/2009	Ochil & Perthshire South	Labour	Signed
John Thurso	08/06/2009	Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Hugh Bayley	08/06/2009	York, City of	Labour	Signed
John Grogan	08/06/2009	Selby	Labour	Signed
Peter Ainsworth	08/06/2009	East Surrey	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Love	08/06/2009	Edmonton	Labour	Signed
David Howarth	09/06/2009	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Charlotte Atkins	09/06/2009	Staffordshire Moorlands	Labour	Signed
Patrick Hall	09/06/2009	Bedford	Labour	Signed
Nick Ainger	09/06/2009	Carmarthen West & South Pembrokeshire	Labour	Signed
Robert Marshall-Andrews	09/06/2009	Medway	Labour	Signed
Christopher Huhne	09/06/2009	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Helen Southworth	09/06/2009	Warrington South	Labour	Signed
Gordon Prentice	09/06/2009	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Joe Benton	10/06/2009	Bootle	Labour	Signed
Frank Doran	10/06/2009	Aberdeen North	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	10/06/2009	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Ann Clwyd	10/06/2009	Cynon Valley	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	10/06/2009	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Moore	10/06/2009	Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Smith	10/06/2009	Aberdeenshire West & Kincardine	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gavin Strang	11/06/2009	Edinburgh East	Labour	Signed
Ben Wallace	11/06/2009	Lancaster & Wyre	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Pelling	15/06/2009	Croydon Central	Independent	Signed
Fabian Hamilton	15/06/2009	Leeds North East	Labour	Signed
Evan Harris	15/06/2009	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	15/06/2009	Dover	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	17/06/2009	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Shona McIsaac	17/06/2009	Cleethorpes	Labour	Signed
Geoffrey Robinson	18/06/2009	Coventry North West	Labour	Signed
Jon Cruddas	18/06/2009	Dagenham	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hammond	18/06/2009	Wimbledon	Conservative	Signed
Ann Widdecombe	22/06/2009	Maidstone & The Weald	Conservative	Signed
Adam Price	22/06/2009	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Lindsay Roy	24/06/2009	Glenrothes	Labour	Signed
Norman Lamb	30/06/2009	North Norfolk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Horwood	07/07/2009	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Julia Goldsworthy	09/07/2009	Falmouth & Camborne	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Burstow	13/07/2009	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Burden	16/07/2009	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Susan Kramer	20/07/2009	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tom Brake	12/10/2009	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Janet Anderson	26/10/2009	Rossendale & Darwen	Labour	Signed
Ian Gibson	Unknown			Withdrawn
David Wright	Unknown			Withdrawn
Michael Jabez Foster	Unknown			Withdrawn
Lyn Brown	Unknown			Withdrawn

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