40499
2009-10
890
Asylum Seeker Support
Diane Abbott
2010-02-22
That this House is concerned by the low level of support provided for asylum seekers; notes that the current level is below subsistence; further notes that a single 25-year-old adult seeking asylum receives £35.13 a week which is 55 per cent. of income support and which equates to just £5 per day; is further concerned at the level of destitution faced by asylum seekers as a result of this low level of support; believes that this policy drives asylum seekers into social exclusion rather than alleviates them from it; recognises that this is a punitive measure and not a form of welfare designed to allow asylum seekers adequately to subsist during an application; and urges the Government to consider raising the asylum support subsistence payment to a minimum of £45 a week, representing 70 per cent. of income support, for single adults.
Asylum
Diane Abbott
2010-02-22
Proposed
Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Labour
Peter Bottomley
2010-02-22
Seconded
Worthing West
Conservative
Andrew Pelling
2010-02-22
Seconded
Croydon Central
Independent
Jeremy Corbyn
2010-02-22
Seconded
Islington North
Labour
Lynne Jones
2010-02-22
Seconded
Birmingham, Selly Oak
Labour
Kelvin Hopkins
2010-02-23
Seconded
Luton North
Labour
Glenda Jackson
2010-02-23
Signed
Hampstead and Highgate
Labour
David Drew
2010-02-23
Signed
Stroud
Labour
Mark Durkan
2010-02-23
Signed
Foyle
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Mike Hancock
2010-02-23
Signed
Portsmouth South
Liberal Democrat
Robert Wareing
2010-02-23
Signed
Liverpool, West Derby
Independent
John Leech
2010-02-23
Signed
Manchester, Withington
Liberal Democrat
Stephen Williams
2010-02-23
Signed
Bristol West
Liberal Democrat
Alan Simpson
2010-02-24
Signed
Nottingham South
Labour
Linda Riordan
2010-02-24
Signed
Halifax
Labour
Desmond Turner
2010-02-24
Signed
Brighton, Kemptown
Labour
John Grogan
2010-02-24
Signed
Selby
Labour
Jim Dobbin
2010-02-24
Signed
Heywood and Middleton
Labour
Harry Cohen
2010-02-24
Signed
Leyton and Wanstead
Labour
Ronnie Campbell
2010-02-24
Signed
Blyth Valley
Labour
John McDonnell
2010-02-24
Signed
Hayes and Harlington
Labour
Chris McCafferty
2010-02-24
Signed
Calder Valley
Labour
Janet Dean
2010-02-25
Signed
Burton
Labour
John Mason
2010-02-25
Signed
Glasgow East
Scottish National Party
Andrew Stunell
2010-02-26
Signed
Hazel Grove
Liberal Democrat
Martin Caton
2010-03-01
Signed
Gower
Labour
George Galloway
2010-03-01
Signed
Bethnal Green and Bow
Respect
Nick Palmer
2010-03-02
Signed
Broxtowe
Labour
Michael Connarty
2010-03-02
Signed
Linlithgow and East Falkirk
Labour
Frank Cook
2010-03-03
Signed
Stockton North
Labour
Bill Etherington
2010-03-03
Signed
Sunderland North
Labour
Virendra Sharma
2010-03-04
Signed
Ealing, Southall
Labour
Neil Gerrard
2010-03-05
Signed
Walthamstow
Labour
Andrew George
2010-03-05
Signed
St Ives
Liberal Democrat
Eddie McGrady
2010-03-10
Signed
South Down
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Fabian Hamilton
2010-03-10
Signed
Leeds North East
Labour
Brian Iddon
2010-03-12
Signed
Bolton South East
Labour
Nick Harvey
2010-03-15
Signed
North Devon
Liberal Democrat
Ian Stewart
2010-03-16
Signed
Eccles
Labour
Clare Short
2010-03-22
Signed
Birmingham, Ladywood
Independent Labour
Gwyn Prosser
2010-03-24
Signed
Dover
Labour
Michael Clapham
2010-03-29
Signed
Barnsley West and Penistone
Labour
Katy Clark
2010-03-30
Signed
North Ayrshire and Arran
Labour
Evan Harris
2010-04-07
Signed
Oxford West and Abingdon
Liberal Democrat