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Water Key Prepayment Devices

EDM number 835 in 1995-96, proposed by Helen Jackson on 07/05/1996.

That this House is concerned at the increasing use by water companies of the prepayment water key timing device, which shuts off the water supply to a dwelling when the payment card has not been recharged, thus making it technically unfit; stresses that other chargecard easy payment systems are available which do not disconnect; notes that the National Consumer Council, the Consumers Association, the National Federation of Housing Associations, local authorities, and the Institute of Environmental Health are all opposed to the use of these devices, believing them to constitute a threat to public health and an attack on the poor; is very concerned that information about how often households with this device disconnect themselves is not made public; and calls on the Government to ensure that the numbers are published by the Water Regulator, along with the disconnection figures due out next month.

This motion has been signed by a total of 163 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Helen Jackson07/05/1996Sheffield, HillsboroughProposed
Nigel Griffiths07/05/1996Edinburgh SouthSigned
Colin Pickthall07/05/1996West LancashireSigned
Elizabeth Peacock07/05/1996Batley & SpenSigned
Raymond Powell07/05/1996OgmoreSigned
Bridget Prentice07/05/1996Lewisham EastSigned
Brian Sedgemore07/05/1996Hackney South & ShoreditchSigned
Clive Soley07/05/1996HammersmithSigned
Nigel Spearing07/05/1996Newham SouthSigned
John Spellar07/05/1996Warley WestSigned
Peter Hardy07/05/1996WentworthSigned
John Heppell07/05/1996Nottingham EastSigned
Keith Hill07/05/1996StreathamSigned
David Hinchliffe07/05/1996WakefieldSigned
George Howarth07/05/1996Knowsley NorthSigned
Robert Hughes07/05/1996Aberdeen NorthSigned
Glenda Jackson07/05/1996Hampstead & HighgateSigned
Barry Jones07/05/1996Alyn & DeesideSigned
Lynne Jones07/05/1996Birmingham, Selly OakSigned
Peter Kilfoyle07/05/1996Liverpool, WaltonSigned
Terry Lewis07/05/1996WorsleySigned
Tony Lloyd07/05/1996StretfordSigned
John Maxton07/05/1996Glasgow, CathcartSigned
Ian McCartney07/05/1996MakerfieldSigned
Henry McLeish07/05/1996Central FifeSigned
Bill Michie07/05/1996Sheffield, HeeleySigned
Rhodri Morgan07/05/1996Cardiff WestSigned
Estelle Morris07/05/1996Birmingham, YardleySigned
David Nicholson07/05/1996TauntonSigned
Bill O'Brien07/05/1996NormantonSigned
Bill Olner07/05/1996NuneatonSigned
Martin O'Neill07/05/1996ClackmannanSigned
Stan Orme07/05/1996Salford EastSigned
Richard Burden07/05/1996Birmingham, NorthfieldSigned
Stephen Byers07/05/1996WallsendSigned
Richard Caborn07/05/1996Sheffield CentralSigned
Ann Coffey07/05/1996StockportSigned
Frank Cook07/05/1996Stockton NorthSigned
Robin Corbett07/05/1996Birmingham, ErdingtonSigned
Jean Corston07/05/1996Bristol EastSigned
Ian Davidson07/05/1996Glasgow, GovanSigned
Angela Eagle07/05/1996WallaseySigned
Kenneth Eastham07/05/1996Manchester, BlackleySigned
Mike Gapes07/05/1996Ilford SouthSigned
Neil Gerrard07/05/1996WalthamstowSigned
Llin Golding07/05/1996Newcastle-under-LymeSigned
Mildred Gordon07/05/1996Bow and PoplarSigned
Diane Abbott07/05/1996Hackney North & Stoke NewingtonSigned
Peter Hain07/05/1996NeathSigned
Harry Barnes07/05/1996North East DerbyshireSigned
Kevin Barron07/05/1996Rother ValleySigned
Hugh Bayley07/05/1996York, City ofSigned
Tony Benn07/05/1996ChesterfieldSigned
Gerry Bermingham07/05/1996St Helens SouthSigned
Stephen Timms07/05/1996Newham North EastSigned
Paul Tyler07/05/1996North CornwallSigned
Joan Walley07/05/1996Stoke-on-Trent NorthSigned
Peter Pike08/05/1996BurnleySigned
Gordon Prentice08/05/1996PendleSigned
Joyce Quin08/05/1996Gateshead EastSigned
Geoffrey Robinson08/05/1996Coventry North WestSigned
Dennis Skinner08/05/1996BolsoverSigned
Alan Howarth08/05/1996Stratford-on-AvonSigned
Kevin Hughes08/05/1996Doncaster NorthSigned
David Jamieson08/05/1996Plymouth, DevonportSigned
Gerald Kaufman08/05/1996Manchester, GortonSigned
Jane Kennedy08/05/1996Liverpool BroadgreenSigned
Piara S Khabra08/05/1996Ealing, SouthallSigned
Ken Livingstone08/05/1996Brent EastSigned
Andrew Miller08/05/1996Ellesmere Port & NestonSigned
Gordon Oakes08/05/1996HaltonSigned
Edward O'Hara08/05/1996Knowsley SouthSigned
Ann Clwyd08/05/1996Cynon ValleySigned
Harry Cohen08/05/1996LeytonSigned
Lawrence Cunliffe08/05/1996LeighSigned
Bryan Davies08/05/1996Oldham Central and RoytonSigned
Brian H Donohoe08/05/1996Cunninghame SouthSigned
John Evans08/05/1996St Helens NorthSigned
Frank Field08/05/1996BirkenheadSigned
John Gilbert08/05/1996Dudley EastSigned
Roger Godsiff08/05/1996Birmingham Small HeathSigned
Nick Ainger08/05/1996PembrokeSigned
John Gunnell08/05/1996Leeds South and MorleySigned
Mike Hall08/05/1996Warrington SouthSigned
Donald Anderson08/05/1996Swansea EastSigned
Tony Banks08/05/1996Newham North WestSigned
Clive Betts08/05/1996Sheffield, AttercliffeSigned
David Steel08/05/1996Tweeddale, Ettrick and LauderdaleSigned
Gerry Steinberg08/05/1996Durham, City ofSigned
Gerry Sutcliffe08/05/1996Bradford SouthSigned
Jack Thompson08/05/1996WansbeckSigned
Jon Trickett08/05/1996HemsworthSigned
Harold Walker08/05/1996Doncaster CentralSigned
Robert Wareing08/05/1996Liverpool, West DerbySigned
Mike Watson08/05/1996Glasgow CentralSigned
Alan Wynne Williams08/05/1996CarmarthenSigned
Tony Wright08/05/1996Cannock and BurntwoodSigned
David Hanson09/05/1996DelynSigned
Dawn Primarolo09/05/1996Bristol SouthSigned
Terry Rooney09/05/1996Bradford NorthSigned
Alan Simpson09/05/1996Nottingham SouthSigned
Norman Hogg09/05/1996Cumbernauld & KilsythSigned
Doug Hoyle09/05/1996Warrington NorthSigned
Martyn Jones09/05/1996Clwyd South WestSigned
Eddie Loyden09/05/1996Liverpool, GarstonSigned
Liz Lynne09/05/1996RochdaleSigned
David Marshall09/05/1996Glasgow, ShettlestonSigned
Thomas McAvoy09/05/1996Glasgow, RutherglenSigned
John McFall09/05/1996DumbartonSigned
Kevin McNamara09/05/1996Kingston upon Hull NorthSigned
John McWilliam09/05/1996BlaydonSigned
Alan Meale09/05/1996MansfieldSigned
Keith Bradley09/05/1996Manchester, WithingtonSigned
James Callaghan09/05/1996Heywood & MiddletonSigned
Anne Campbell09/05/1996CambridgeSigned
Alex Carlile09/05/1996MontgomerySigned
Eric Clarke09/05/1996MidlothianSigned
Donald Dixon09/05/1996JarrowSigned
Gwyneth Dunwoody09/05/1996Crewe & NantwichSigned
Derek Fatchett09/05/1996Leeds CentralSigned
John Fraser09/05/1996NorwoodSigned
Win Griffiths09/05/1996BridgendSigned
Don Touhig09/05/1996IslwynSigned
Dennis Turner09/05/1996Wolverhampton South EastSigned
Alan Williams09/05/1996Swansea WestSigned
Tony Worthington09/05/1996Clydebank & MilngavieSigned
Doug Henderson10/05/1996Newcastle upon Tyne NorthSigned
Adam Ingram10/05/1996East KilbrideSigned
Lewis Moonie10/05/1996KirkcaldySigned
Jamie Cann10/05/1996IpswichSigned
Ian Pearson13/05/1996Dudley WestSigned
Tom Pendry13/05/1996Stalybridge & HydeSigned
Margaret Hodge13/05/1996BarkingSigned
Alan Keen13/05/1996Feltham & HestonSigned
Elfyn Llwyd13/05/1996Meirionnydd Nant ConwySigned
Denis MacShane13/05/1996RotherhamSigned
Austin Mitchell13/05/1996Great GrimsbySigned
Chris Mullin13/05/1996Sunderland SouthSigned
John Cummings13/05/1996EasingtonSigned
Joe Ashton13/05/1996BassetlawSigned
Matthew Taylor13/05/1996TruroSigned
Allan Rogers14/05/1996RhonddaSigned
Paul Murphy14/05/1996TorfaenSigned
Tom Cox14/05/1996TootingSigned
Chris Davies14/05/1996Littleborough and SaddleworthSigned
Janet Anderson14/05/1996Rossendale & DarwenSigned
Hilary Armstrong14/05/1996North West DurhamSigned
Joan Ruddock16/05/1996Lewisham, DeptfordSigned
Calum MacDonald16/05/1996Na h-Eileanan an IarSigned
Paul Boateng16/05/1996Brent SouthSigned
Eric Illsley21/05/1996Barnsley CentralSigned
Nigel Jones21/05/1996CheltenhamSigned
Judith Church22/05/1996DagenhamSigned
Roger Berry22/05/1996KingswoodSigned
Simon Hughes04/06/1996Southwark and BermondseySigned
Llew Smith05/06/1996Blaenau GwentSigned
Tommy Graham11/06/1996Renfrew West and InverclydeSigned
David Chidgey17/06/1996EastleighSigned
George Stevenson18/06/1996Stoke-on-Trent SouthSigned
Terry Davis19/06/1996Birmingham, Hodge HillSigned
Jim Wallace14/10/1996Orkney & ShetlandSigned
Bill EtheringtonUnknownWithdrawn
Helen LiddellUnknownWithdrawn

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