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Child Benefit

EDM number 789 in 1995-96, proposed by Alan Simpson on 24/04/1996.

That this House believes that the maintenance of child benefit, upgraded annually in line with living costs and delivered on a universal basis, is an essential part of the welfare state; and calls upon Her Majesty's Government to adopt this policy.

This motion has been signed by a total of 29 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Alan Simpson24/04/1996Nottingham SouthProposed
Max Madden24/04/1996Bradford WestSigned
Tony Benn24/04/1996ChesterfieldSigned
Harry Barnes24/04/1996North East DerbyshireSigned
Diane Abbott24/04/1996Hackney North & Stoke NewingtonSigned
Neil Gerrard24/04/1996WalthamstowSigned
Jeremy Corbyn24/04/1996Islington NorthSigned
Michael Clapham24/04/1996Barnsley West & PenistoneSigned
Alice Mahon24/04/1996HalifaxSigned
Andrew MacKinlay24/04/1996ThurrockSigned
Ken Livingstone24/04/1996Brent EastSigned
Lynne Jones24/04/1996Birmingham, Selly OakSigned
Llew Smith24/04/1996Blaenau GwentSigned
Robert Parry24/04/1996Liverpool, RiversideSigned
Ronnie Campbell24/04/1996Blyth ValleySigned
Dennis Skinner25/04/1996BolsoverSigned
Eddie Loyden25/04/1996Liverpool, GarstonSigned
Lawrence Cunliffe29/04/1996LeighSigned
Terry Rooney30/04/1996Bradford NorthSigned
Audrey Wise30/04/1996PrestonSigned
Robert Wareing30/04/1996Liverpool, West DerbySigned
Kenneth Eastham30/04/1996Manchester, BlackleySigned
Peter Hardy30/04/1996WentworthSigned
Tommy Graham01/05/1996Renfrew West and InverclydeSigned
Harry Cohen08/05/1996LeytonSigned
Bill Etherington09/05/1996Sunderland NorthSigned
Terry Davis19/06/1996Birmingham, Hodge HillSigned
Mildred Gordon02/07/1996Bow and PoplarSigned
James Wray02/07/1996Glasgow ProvanSigned

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