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2013-14
701
Progressive Illnesses And Esa
Stephen Lloyd
2013-11-11
That this House supports the call by Parkinsons UK, the MS Society, the National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society and the Cystic Fibrosis Trust for the improvement of the work capability assessment as outlined in their submission to the assessment's fourth independent review; notes their evidence that 45 per cent of people with progressive illnesses who have applied for employment and support allowance have been told that they could recover enough to return to work; recognises the pain and suffering that many people with progressive illnesses face on a daily basis and that the work capability assessment currently adds to this; further notes that many people with progressive illnesses have been valuable contributors to the UK economy and society and will only submit a claim for the benefit as a last resort; calls on the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to ensure that anyone with a prognosis of being unlikely to return to work in the longer term is placed into the support group, rather than allocated to the work-related activity group; further calls on the DWP to oblige Atos healthcare professionals to seek further evidence to clinically justify their recommendations on likely return to work before being able to place anyone with a progressive condition in the work-related activity group; and further calls on the DWP to abandon prognosis statements, which advise that a return to work could be considered in a certain timeframe, if that person has a debilitating progressive condition.
Diseases
Employment
Working age benefits
Stephen Lloyd
2013-11-11
Proposed
Eastbourne
Liberal Democrat
Mark Durkan
2013-11-11
Seconded
Foyle
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Jim Shannon
2013-11-12
Seconded
Strangford
DUP
Alasdair McDonnell
2013-11-12
Seconded
Belfast South
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Nigel Dodds
2013-11-12
Seconded
Belfast North
DUP
John Leech
2013-11-12
Seconded
Manchester, Withington
Liberal Democrat
Martin Caton
2013-11-18
Signed
Gower
Labour
Mike Hancock
2013-11-18
Signed
Portsmouth South
Liberal Democrat
Margaret Ritchie
2013-11-18
Signed
South Down
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Annette Brooke
2013-11-18
Signed
Mid Dorset and North Poole
Liberal Democrat
William McCrea
2013-11-18
Signed
South Antrim
DUP
Naomi Long
2013-11-18
Signed
Belfast East
Alliance
Mark Williams
2013-11-19
Signed
Ceredigion
Liberal Democrat
Lady Hermon
2013-11-19
Signed
North Down
Independent
George Howarth
2013-11-19
Signed
Knowsley
Labour
Jim Dobbin
2013-11-19
Signed
Heywood and Middleton
Labour
Steve Rotheram
2013-11-20
Signed
Liverpool, Walton
Labour
Sheila Gilmore
2013-11-20
Signed
Edinburgh East
Labour
Tony Cunningham
2013-11-20
Signed
Workington
Labour
Bob Ainsworth
2013-11-20
Signed
Coventry North East
Labour
Bob Russell
2013-11-20
Signed
Colchester
Liberal Democrat
Anne Begg
2013-11-21
Signed
Aberdeen South
Labour
Sarah Champion
2013-11-25
Signed
Rotherham
Labour
Katy Clark
2013-11-26
Signed
North Ayrshire and Arran
Labour
Elfyn Llwyd
2013-11-26
Signed
Dwyfor Meirionnydd
Plaid Cymru
David Heyes
2013-11-26
Signed
Ashton-under-Lyne
Labour
John Hemming
2013-11-27
Signed
Birmingham, Yardley
Liberal Democrat
Mark Lazarowicz
2013-11-27
Signed
Edinburgh North and Leith
Labour
Fabian Hamilton
2013-11-27
Signed
Leeds North East
Labour
Ian Mearns
2013-11-27
Signed
Gateshead
Labour
Mike Gapes
2013-11-27
Signed
Ilford South
Labour
Nick Harvey
2013-11-28
Signed
North Devon
Liberal Democrat
Andrew Miller
2013-11-28
Signed
Ellesmere Port and Neston
Labour
David Anderson
2013-11-28
Signed
Blaydon
Labour
Yasmin Qureshi
2013-11-28
Signed
Bolton South East
Labour
Andrew Stunell
2013-11-29
Signed
Hazel Grove
Liberal Democrat
Tom Harris
2013-12-03
Signed
Glasgow South
Labour
Greg Mulholland
2013-12-03
Signed
Leeds North West
Liberal Democrat
Pat Glass
2013-12-03
Signed
North West Durham
Labour
Graeme Morrice
2013-12-04
Signed
Livingston
Labour
Jim Dowd
2013-12-04
Signed
Lewisham West and Penge
Labour
Lindsay Roy
2013-12-04
Signed
Glenrothes
Labour
Virendra Sharma
2013-12-04
Signed
Ealing, Southall
Labour
John McDonnell
2013-12-04
Signed
Hayes and Harlington
Labour
Gary Streeter
2013-12-09
Signed
South West Devon
Conservative
Caroline Lucas
2013-12-09
Signed
Brighton, Pavilion
Green
Tom Clarke
2013-12-11
Signed
Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
Labour
Jim Cunningham
2013-12-11
Signed
Coventry South
Labour
Michael Weir
2013-12-11
Signed
Angus
Scottish National Party
John Mann
2013-12-16
Signed
Bassetlaw
Labour
Tessa Jowell
2013-12-16
Signed
Dulwich and West Norwood
Labour
Stephen Hepburn
2013-12-16
Signed
Jarrow
Labour
Alan Meale
2013-12-16
Signed
Mansfield
Labour
Roger Godsiff
2013-12-16
Signed
Birmingham, Hall Green
Labour
Bill Esterson
2013-12-17
Signed
Sefton Central
Labour
Adrian Sanders
2013-12-17
Signed
Torbay
Liberal Democrat
Michael Meacher
2013-12-18
Signed
Oldham West and Royton
Labour
Fiona O'Donnell
2013-12-18
Signed
East Lothian
Labour
Kate Hoey
2013-12-18
Signed
Vauxhall
Labour
Simon Wright
2013-12-18
Signed
Norwich South
Liberal Democrat
Frank Doran
2013-12-19
Signed
Aberdeen North
Labour
Joan Ruddock
2013-12-19
Signed
Lewisham, Deptford
Labour
Hugh Bayley
2014-01-06
Signed
York Central
Labour
Ian Lavery
2014-01-06
Signed
Wansbeck
Labour
Graham Stringer
2014-01-06
Signed
Blackley and Broughton
Labour
Barry Sheerman
2014-01-06
Signed
Huddersfield
Labour
Mike Wood
2014-01-06
Signed
Batley and Spen
Labour
Andrew George
2014-01-06
Signed
St Ives
Liberal Democrat
Alan Reid
2014-01-06
Signed
Argyll and Bute
Liberal Democrat
Austin Mitchell
2014-01-07
Signed
Great Grimsby
Labour
David Wright
2014-01-07
Signed
Telford
Labour
John Robertson
2014-01-08
Signed
Glasgow North West
Labour
Malcolm Bruce
2014-01-08
Signed
Gordon
Liberal Democrat
Joan Walley
2014-01-08
Signed
Stoke-on-Trent North
Labour
Angus Robertson
2014-01-08
Signed
Moray
Scottish National Party
Eilidh Whiteford
2014-01-08
Signed
Banff and Buchan
Scottish National Party
Clive Betts
2014-01-09
Signed
Sheffield South East
Labour
Mark Tami
2014-01-09
Signed
Alyn and Deeside
Labour
Natascha Engel
2014-01-09
Signed
North East Derbyshire
Labour
John Thurso
2014-01-13
Signed
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
Liberal Democrat
Dai Havard
2014-01-13
Signed
Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
Labour
Pete Wishart
2014-01-13
Signed
Perth and North Perthshire
Scottish National Party
Mary Glindon
2014-01-13
Signed
North Tyneside
Labour
Michael Crockart
2014-01-14
Signed
Edinburgh West
Liberal Democrat
Ronnie Campbell
2014-01-15
Signed
Blyth Valley
Labour
Roger Williams
2014-01-15
Signed
Brecon and Radnorshire
Liberal Democrat
David Ward
2014-01-15
Signed
Bradford East
Liberal Democrat
Michael Connarty
2014-01-15
Signed
Linlithgow and East Falkirk
Labour
Kevin Barron
2014-01-16
Signed
Rother Valley
Labour
Diane Abbott
2014-01-16
Signed
Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Labour
Jimmy Hood
2014-01-20
Signed
Lanark and Hamilton East
Labour
Julian Huppert
2014-01-20
Signed
Cambridge
Liberal Democrat
Valerie Vaz
2014-01-22
Signed
Walsall South
Labour
Sarah Teather
2014-01-22
Signed
Brent Central
Liberal Democrat
Albert Owen
2014-01-23
Signed
Ynys M
Labour
Rosie Cooper
2014-01-27
Signed
West Lancashire
Labour
Grahame Morris
2014-01-28
Signed
Easington
Labour
John Pugh
2014-02-04
Signed
Southport
Liberal Democrat
Ian Swales
2014-02-11
Signed
Redcar
Liberal Democrat
Andrew Love
2014-02-12
Signed
Edmonton
Labour
Ian Davidson
2014-02-24
Signed
Glasgow South West
Labour
Sammy Wilson
2014-03-19
Signed
East Antrim
DUP
Robert Flello
2014-05-06
Signed
Stoke-on-Trent South
Labour