Poll Tax Collection
EDM number 125 in 1989-90, proposed by Tony Benn on 30/11/1989.
That this House unreservedly condemns the action now being taken against people in Scotland who cannot, or, on principle, will not, pay the poll tax, and in particular the use of sheriffs' warrants to allow officials to break open and enter private houses to assess the value of personal possessions with a view to selling them against the wishes of their owners, or to arrest wages and other property, which represents a violation of basic human rights; notes that over half a million people in Scotland have so far not paid the poll tax; believes that this barbaric practice should be halted immediately; and calls upon other people to rally around those who are thus threatened.
This motion has been signed by a total of 16 MPs.
MP | Date | Constituency | Party | Type |
---|---|---|---|---|
Tony Benn | 30/11/1989 | Chesterfield | Proposed | |
Brian Sedgemore | 30/11/1989 | Hackney South & Shoreditch | Signed | |
Harry Barnes | 01/12/1989 | North East Derbyshire | Signed | |
Dennis Skinner | 04/12/1989 | Bolsover | Signed | |
John Battle | 04/12/1989 | Leeds West | Signed | |
James Wray | 05/12/1989 | Glasgow Provan | Signed | |
Terry Patchett | 06/12/1989 | Barnsley East | Signed | |
Max Madden | 07/12/1989 | Bradford West | Signed | |
Doug Hoyle | 07/12/1989 | Warrington North | Signed | |
Harry Cohen | 07/12/1989 | Leyton | Signed | |
Jeremy Corbyn | 07/12/1989 | Islington North | Signed | |
Diane Abbott | 08/12/1989 | Hackney North & Stoke Newington | Signed | |
Robert Parry | 11/12/1989 | Liverpool, Riverside | Signed | |
Martin Redmond | 11/12/1989 | Don Valley | Signed | |
Alice Mahon | 11/12/1989 | Halifax | Signed | |
Mildred Gordon | 14/12/1989 | Bow and Poplar | Signed |
Download raw data as csv or xml.