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2015-16
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Allowances For Asylum Seeking Children
John McDonnell
2015-07-20
That this House condemns the 30 per cent cut in the daily allowance of asylum seeking children from £7.50 to £5.20; notes that this cut goes against the High Court judgment of 9 April 2014 that the Government assessment omitted the cost of essential items such as nappies; deplores this disregard for children's welfare; is concerned that 35 per cent of homeless women seeking asylum have been raped or sexually assaulted in the UK and that having to depend on others to feed children increases the risk of exploitation, prostitution and begging; further notes that the financial support offered to asylum seekers amounts to only 51 per cent of the lowest poverty line benefits offered to UK residents; commends the work of Rev. Paul Nicolson to establish minimum income standards which do not leave people hungry; considers that any measure pushing children and their carers into absolute poverty should not be taken without a debate and vote in Parliament; and calls on the Government to withdraw this cut in support for children.
Asylum
Benefits policy
Children and families
Incomes and poverty
John McDonnell
2015-07-20
Proposed
Hayes and Harlington
Labour
Mark Durkan
2015-07-20
Seconded
Foyle
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Margaret Ritchie
2015-07-20
Seconded
South Down
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Kirsten Oswald
2015-07-21
Seconded
East Renfrewshire
Scottish National Party
Brendan O'Hara
2015-07-21
Seconded
Argyll and Bute
Scottish National Party
Stuart McDonald
2015-07-21
Seconded
Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
Scottish National Party
Alan Meale
2015-07-21
Signed
Mansfield
Labour
Jeremy Corbyn
2015-07-21
Signed
Islington North
Labour
David Anderson
2015-07-21
Signed
Blaydon
Labour
Alex Salmond
2015-07-21
Signed
Alison Thewliss
2015-07-21
Signed
Glasgow Central
Scottish National Party
Gordon Marsden
2015-07-21
Signed
Blackpool South
Labour
Caroline Lucas
2015-07-21
Signed
Brighton, Pavilion
Green
Chris Law
2015-07-21
Signed
Dundee West
Scottish National Party
Greg Mulholland
2015-07-21
Signed
Leeds North West
Liberal Democrat
Ian Blackford
2015-07-21
Signed
Ross, Skye and Lochaber
Scottish National Party
Owen Thompson
2015-07-21
Signed
Midlothian
Scottish National Party
Alan Brown
2015-07-21
Signed
Kilmarnock and Loudoun
Scottish National Party
Virendra Sharma
2015-07-21
Signed
Ealing, Southall
Labour
Paul Monaghan
2015-07-21
Signed
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
Scottish National Party
Michael Weir
2015-07-21
Signed
Angus
Scottish National Party
Kirsty Blackman
2015-07-21
Signed
Aberdeen North
Scottish National Party
Eilidh Whiteford
2015-07-21
Signed
Banff and Buchan
Scottish National Party
Neil Gray
2015-07-21
Signed
Airdrie and Shotts
Scottish National Party
Mhairi Black
2015-07-21
Signed
Paisley and Renfrewshire South
Scottish National Party
Drew Hendry
2015-07-21
Signed
Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
Scottish National Party
Natalie McGarry
2015-07-21
Signed
Glasgow East
Scottish National Party
Thangam Debbonaire
2015-09-07
Signed
Bristol West
Labour
Roger Godsiff
2015-09-07
Signed
Birmingham, Hall Green
Labour
Roger Mullin
2015-09-07
Signed
Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
Scottish National Party
Joanna Cherry
2015-09-07
Signed
Edinburgh South West
Scottish National Party
Tasmina Sheikh
2015-09-07
Signed
Ochil and South Perthshire
Scottish National Party
Alex Cunningham
2015-09-07
Signed
Stockton North
Labour
John McNally
2015-09-07
Signed
Falkirk
Scottish National Party
Rachael Maskell
2015-09-07
Signed
York Central
Labour/Co-operative
Gerald Kaufman
2015-09-07
Signed
Manchester, Gorton
Labour
Vicky Foxcroft
2015-09-07
Signed
Lewisham, Deptford
Labour
Gavin Newlands
2015-09-07
Signed
Paisley and Renfrewshire North
Scottish National Party
Catherine West
2015-09-07
Signed
Hornsey and Wood Green
Labour
Jeff Smith
2015-09-07
Signed
Manchester, Withington
Labour
Ian Mearns
2015-09-07
Signed
Gateshead
Labour
Paul Blomfield
2015-09-07
Signed
Sheffield Central
Labour
Richard Burgon
2015-09-07
Signed
Leeds East
Labour
Lisa Cameron
2015-09-07
Signed
East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
Scottish National Party
Kelvin Hopkins
2015-09-07
Signed
Luton North
Labour
Kate Hoey
2015-09-08
Signed
Vauxhall
Labour
Ronnie Cowan
2015-09-08
Signed
Inverclyde
Scottish National Party
Chris Stephens
2015-09-08
Signed
Glasgow South West
Scottish National Party
Alasdair McDonnell
2015-09-08
Signed
Belfast South
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Peter Grant
2015-09-08
Signed
Glenrothes
Scottish National Party
Stuart Donaldson
2015-09-08
Signed
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
Scottish National Party
Mike Gapes
2015-09-08
Signed
Ilford South
Labour
Angela Crawley
2015-09-08
Signed
Lanark and Hamilton East
Scottish National Party
Callum McCaig
2015-09-09
Signed
Aberdeen South
Scottish National Party
Emily Thornberry
2015-09-09
Signed
Islington South and Finsbury
Labour
Hywel Williams
2015-09-09
Signed
Arfon
Plaid Cymru
Ruth Smeeth
2015-09-09
Signed
Stoke-on-Trent North
Labour
Fabian Hamilton
2015-09-09
Signed
Leeds North East
Labour
Carol Monaghan
2015-09-09
Signed
Glasgow North West
Scottish National Party
Jo Stevens
2015-09-09
Signed
Cardiff Central
Labour
Ian Lavery
2015-09-10
Signed
Wansbeck
Labour
Martin Docherty
2015-09-10
Signed
West Dunbartonshire
Scottish National Party
Daniel Zeichner
2015-09-10
Signed
Cambridge
Labour
Marion Fellows
2015-09-10
Signed
Motherwell and Wishaw
Scottish National Party
Geraint Davies
2015-09-15
Signed
Swansea West
Labour
Phil Boswell
2015-09-15
Signed
Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
Scottish National Party
Yasmin Qureshi
2015-10-26
Signed
Bolton South East
Labour
Corri Wilson
2015-12-15
Signed
Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
Scottish National Party