46284
2013-14
804
Excess Winter Deaths
George Galloway
2013-11-26
That this House is ashamed and appalled by the massive increase in excess winter deaths last winter in England and Wales as detailed by the Office of National Statistics; notes that an estimated additional 31,100 people died, up 29 per cent over the previous year, most of these the frail and elderly; believes that these sad and unnecessary deaths were largely caused by cold and lack of heating, a consequence of this Government's austerity programme and the lack of regulation of the rapacious energy companies; contrasts this massive surge in fatalities with the ballooning profits of the big six energy companies, up 77 per cent in one year; and demands an emergency national insulation programme, a boost to the state pension, a nationally co-ordinated programme through local authorities to identify those most vulnerable to the cold, the immediate freezing of energy prices and a programme to bring energy supply into public ownership so that this avoidable tragedy is not repeated this winter and in the following years.
Death
Elderly people
Fuel poverty
George Galloway
2013-11-26
Proposed
Bradford West
Respect
Jim Shannon
2013-11-27
Seconded
Strangford
DUP
Jim Dobbin
2013-11-27
Seconded
Heywood and Middleton
Labour
Ronnie Campbell
2013-11-27
Seconded
Blyth Valley
Labour
Alan Meale
2013-11-27
Seconded
Mansfield
Labour
Mark Durkan
2013-11-27
Seconded
Foyle
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Paul Flynn
2013-11-28
Signed
Newport West
Labour
Jim McGovern
2013-11-28
Signed
Dundee West
Labour
Kelvin Hopkins
2013-11-28
Signed
Luton North
Labour
Mike Hancock
2013-12-03
Signed
Portsmouth South
Liberal Democrat
Margaret Ritchie
2013-12-04
Signed
South Down
Social Democratic and Labour Party
William McCrea
2013-12-04
Signed
South Antrim
DUP
Jeremy Corbyn
2013-12-04
Signed
Islington North
Labour
Hywel Williams
2013-12-04
Signed
Arfon
Plaid Cymru
Alasdair McDonnell
2013-12-04
Signed
Belfast South
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Lady Hermon
2013-12-04
Signed
North Down
Independent