Working Carers
EDM number 246 in 2010-12, proposed by Rosie Cooper on 16/06/2010.
Categorised under the topic of Health services.
That this House celebrates the valuable role performed by over six million carers in the UK, in the majority of cases without any financial recognition from the public purse, saving the country an estimated £87 billion per year; congratulates Carers UK for the valuable work it does in supporting carers and highlighting their needs during Carers Week; further congratulates the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers for its continued campaigning for a better deal for working carers; recognises that many carers need to work to make ends meet because Carer's Allowance only pays £53.90 a week for a minimum of 35 hours caring; urges the Government to match the commitment of the 2008 National Carers Strategy to ensure that carers are not forced into financial hardship by their caring role and to support the recommendation of the Work and Pensions Select Committee 2008 report that `DWP should support adults who become carers during their working lives to combine work and care'; and therefore calls on the Government to remove the disincentive to work represented by the cliff-edge earnings threshold of £97 per week that prevents many carers from working at all and stops those in work from fulfilling their full working potential.
This motion has been signed by a total of 131 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.
| MP | Date | Constituency | Party | Type |
|---|
| Rosie Cooper | 16/06/2010 | West Lancashire | Labour | Proposed |
| Peter Bottomley | 16/06/2010 | Worthing West | Conservative | Seconded |
| Eric Illsley | 17/06/2010 | Barnsley Central | Labour | Withdrawn |
| Andrew Gwynne | 17/06/2010 | Denton & Reddish | Labour | Seconded |
| Jonathan Edwards | 17/06/2010 | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | Plaid Cymru | Seconded |
| John Leech | 17/06/2010 | Manchester, Withington | Liberal Democrat | Seconded |
| Jim Dobbin | 17/06/2010 | Heywood & Middleton | Labour | Seconded |
| Mike Hancock | 17/06/2010 | Portsmouth South | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Andrew George | 17/06/2010 | St Ives | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Glenda Jackson | 17/06/2010 | Hampstead & Highgate | Labour | Signed |
| Karl Turner | 21/06/2010 | Kingston upon Hull East | Labour | Signed |
| Bridget Phillipson | 21/06/2010 | Houghton and Sunderland South | Labour | Signed |
| Hywel Francis | 21/06/2010 | Aberavon | Labour | Signed |
| Louise Ellman | 21/06/2010 | Liverpool, Riverside | Labour | Signed |
| Mark Durkan | 21/06/2010 | Foyle | Social Democratic and Labour Party | Signed |
| Jeremy Corbyn | 21/06/2010 | Islington North | Labour | Signed |
| Annette Brooke | 21/06/2010 | Mid Dorset & North Poole | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Adrian Sanders | 21/06/2010 | Torbay | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| John Thurso | 22/06/2010 | Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Tom Greatrex | 22/06/2010 | Rutherglen and Hamilton West | Labour | Signed |
| Tom Blenkinsop | 22/06/2010 | Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | Labour | Signed |
| Anas Sarwar | 22/06/2010 | Glasgow Central | Labour | Signed |
| Gavin Shuker | 22/06/2010 | Luton South | Labour | Signed |
| Simon Danczuk | 22/06/2010 | Rochdale | Labour | Signed |
| Ian Lavery | 22/06/2010 | Wansbeck | Labour | Signed |
| Alison McGovern | 22/06/2010 | Wirral South | Labour | Signed |
| Catherine McKinnell | 22/06/2010 | Newcastle upon Tyne North | Labour | Signed |
| Ian Mearns | 22/06/2010 | Gateshead | Labour | Signed |
| Grahame Morris | 22/06/2010 | Easington | Labour | Signed |
| Anne Begg | 22/06/2010 | Aberdeen South | Labour | Signed |
| David Amess | 22/06/2010 | Southend West | Conservative | Signed |
| Margaret Ritchie | 22/06/2010 | South Down | Social Democratic and Labour Party | Signed |
| Jim Sheridan | 22/06/2010 | Paisley & Renfrewshire North | Labour | Signed |
| David Simpson | 22/06/2010 | Upper Bann | DUP | Signed |
| John Mann | 22/06/2010 | Bassetlaw | Labour | Signed |
| Andrew Miller | 22/06/2010 | Ellesmere Port & Neston | Labour | Signed |
| Ian Paisley Jnr | 22/06/2010 | North Antrim | DUP | Signed |
| Richard Burden | 22/06/2010 | Birmingham, Northfield | Labour | Signed |
| Tom Clarke | 22/06/2010 | Coatbridge, Chryston & Bellshill | Labour | Signed |
| Jim Cunningham | 22/06/2010 | Coventry South | Labour | Signed |
| Nigel Dodds | 22/06/2010 | Belfast North | DUP | Signed |
| Mike Gapes | 22/06/2010 | Ilford South | Labour | Signed |
| Malcolm Wicks | 23/06/2010 | Croydon North | Labour | Signed |
| David Anderson | 23/06/2010 | Blaydon | Labour | Signed |
| Diana Johnson | 23/06/2010 | Kingston upon Hull North | Labour | Signed |
| Yasmin Qureshi | 23/06/2010 | Bolton South East | Labour | Signed |
| Lilian Greenwood | 23/06/2010 | Nottingham South | Labour | Signed |
| Nicholas Dakin | 23/06/2010 | Scunthorpe | Labour | Signed |
| Penny Mordaunt | 23/06/2010 | Portsmouth North | Conservative | Signed |
| Yvonne Fovargue | 23/06/2010 | Makerfield | Labour | Signed |
| Angela Eagle | 23/06/2010 | Wallasey | Labour | Signed |
| Menzies Campbell | 23/06/2010 | Fife North East | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Jim Shannon | 23/06/2010 | Strangford | DUP | Signed |
| Dennis Skinner | 23/06/2010 | Bolsover | Labour | Signed |
| Kelvin Hopkins | 23/06/2010 | Luton North | Labour | Signed |
| Cathy Jamieson | 23/06/2010 | Kilmarnock and Loudoun | Labour | Signed |
| Gordon Marsden | 23/06/2010 | Blackpool South | Labour | Signed |
| William McCrea | 23/06/2010 | South Antrim | DUP | Signed |
| Alasdair McDonnell | 23/06/2010 | Belfast South | Social Democratic and Labour Party | Signed |
| Gregory Campbell | 23/06/2010 | East Londonderry | DUP | Signed |
| Alex Cunningham | 24/06/2010 | Stockton North | Labour | Signed |
| Kate Green | 24/06/2010 | Stretford and Urmston | Labour | Signed |
| Roberta Blackman-Woods | 24/06/2010 | Durham, City of | Labour | Signed |
| Stephen Twigg | 24/06/2010 | Liverpool, West Derby | Labour | Signed |
| Clive Betts | 24/06/2010 | Sheffield, Attercliffe | Labour | Signed |
| Frank Doran | 24/06/2010 | Aberdeen North | Labour | Signed |
| Caroline Lucas | 24/06/2010 | Brighton, Pavilion | Green | Signed |
| Mark Lazarowicz | 24/06/2010 | Edinburgh North & Leith | Labour | Signed |
| Simon Hughes | 24/06/2010 | North Southwark & Bermondsey | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| George Howarth | 24/06/2010 | Knowsley North & Sefton East | Labour | Signed |
| Angela Smith | 28/06/2010 | Sheffield, Hillsborough | Labour | Signed |
| Greg Mulholland | 28/06/2010 | Leeds North West | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Graham Jones | 28/06/2010 | Hyndburn | Labour | Signed |
| David Mowat | 28/06/2010 | Warrington South | Conservative | Signed |
| Helen Goodman | 28/06/2010 | Bishop Auckland | Labour | Signed |
| Diane Abbott | 28/06/2010 | Hackney North & Stoke Newington | Labour | Signed |
| Roger Godsiff | 28/06/2010 | Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath | Labour | Signed |
| Tony Cunningham | 28/06/2010 | Workington | Labour | Signed |
| Ronnie Campbell | 28/06/2010 | Blyth Valley | Labour | Signed |
| Alan Meale | 28/06/2010 | Mansfield | Labour | Signed |
| Chris Ruane | 28/06/2010 | Vale of Clwyd | Labour | Signed |
| Luciana Berger | 29/06/2010 | Liverpool, Wavertree | Labour | Signed |
| Daniel Rogerson | 29/06/2010 | North Cornwall | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Sian James | 29/06/2010 | Swansea East | Labour | Signed |
| Russell Brown | 29/06/2010 | Dumfries & Galloway | Labour | Signed |
| John McDonnell | 29/06/2010 | Hayes & Harlington | Labour | Signed |
| Elfyn Llwyd | 29/06/2010 | Meirionnydd Nant Conwy | Plaid Cymru | Signed |
| Christopher Leslie | 29/06/2010 | Nottingham East | Labour | Signed |
| David Heyes | 29/06/2010 | Ashton-under-Lyne | Labour | Signed |
| Julian Huppert | 30/06/2010 | Cambridge | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Roger Williams | 30/06/2010 | Brecon & Radnorshire | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Fabian Hamilton | 30/06/2010 | Leeds North East | Labour | Signed |
| Sandra Osborne | 30/06/2010 | Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock | Labour | Signed |
| Eric Joyce | 30/06/2010 | Falkirk | Labour | Signed |
| Kate Hoey | 30/06/2010 | Vauxhall | Labour | Signed |
| Stephen Hepburn | 30/06/2010 | Jarrow | Labour | Signed |
| Jon Trickett | 01/07/2010 | Hemsworth | Labour | Withdrawn |
| Owen Smith | 01/07/2010 | Pontypridd | Labour | Signed |
| Steve Rotheram | 01/07/2010 | Liverpool, Walton | Labour | Signed |
| Andy Slaughter | 01/07/2010 | Hammersmith | Labour | Signed |
| Tony Lloyd | 05/07/2010 | Manchester Central | Labour | Signed |
| Paul Murphy | 05/07/2010 | Torfaen | Labour | Signed |
| Chris Evans | 05/07/2010 | Islwyn | Labour | Signed |
| Margaret Curran | 06/07/2010 | Glasgow East | Labour | Signed |
| Gordon Banks | 06/07/2010 | Ochil & Perthshire South | Labour | Signed |
| Mike Wood | 07/07/2010 | Batley & Spen | Labour | Signed |
| Lindsay Roy | 07/07/2010 | Glenrothes | Labour | Signed |
| Virendra Sharma | 08/07/2010 | Ealing, Southall | Labour | Signed |
| David Crausby | 08/07/2010 | Bolton North East | Labour | Signed |
| Lady Hermon | 12/07/2010 | North Down | UUP | Signed |
| Jessica Morden | 12/07/2010 | Newport East | Labour | Signed |
| Katy Clark | 13/07/2010 | Ayrshire North & Arran | Labour | Signed |
| Nia Griffith | 13/07/2010 | Llanelli | Labour | Signed |
| Stephen Lloyd | 13/07/2010 | Eastbourne | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Michael Dugher | 14/07/2010 | Barnsley East | Labour | Signed |
| Frank Roy | 15/07/2010 | Motherwell & Wishaw | Labour | Signed |
| Bill Esterson | 20/07/2010 | Sefton Central | Labour | Signed |
| Dai Havard | 21/07/2010 | Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney | Labour | Signed |
| Jon Cruddas | 21/07/2010 | Dagenham | Labour | Signed |
| Bob Russell | 27/07/2010 | Colchester | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Linda Riordan | 27/07/2010 | Halifax | Labour | Signed |
| Tessa Munt | 27/07/2010 | Wells | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Alun Michael | 06/09/2010 | Cardiff South & Penarth | Labour | Signed |
| Gerald Kaufman | 06/09/2010 | Manchester, Gorton | Labour | Signed |
| Tom Brake | 14/09/2010 | Carshalton & Wallington | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Mark Williams | 15/09/2010 | Ceredigion | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Iain Wright | 14/10/2010 | Hartlepool | Labour | Signed |
| Paul Blomfield | 14/10/2010 | Sheffield Central | Labour | Signed |
| Robert Flello | 20/10/2010 | Stoke-on-Trent South | Labour | Signed |
| Marsha Singh | 28/02/2011 | Bradford West | Labour | Signed |
| Graeme Morrice | 15/03/2011 | Livingston | Labour | Signed |
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