Asylum Seekers (EDM545)

Asylum Seekers

EDM number 545 in 1996-97, proposed by Ann Clwyd on 17/02/1997.

That this House welcomes the decision of the Court of Appeal on 17th February, which notes the special circumstances which make asylum seekers eligible for food and shelter under the National Assistance Act 1948; and calls on the Government to accept the Court's decision, fully compensate local authorities for the costs involved in discharging their duties to asylum seekers under the Act and work constructively with these authorities to ensure that an adequate and consistent level of support is provided to enable them to live decently while pursuing their applications.

This motion has been signed by a total of 82 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Type
Ann Clwyd	17/02/1997	Cynon Valley	Proposed
James Lester	17/02/1997	Broxtowe	Seconded
Martin Smyth	17/02/1997	Belfast South	Seconded
Dafydd Wigley	17/02/1997	Caernarfon	Seconded
Alex Carlile	17/02/1997	Montgomery	Seconded
Roseanna Cunningham	17/02/1997	Perth and Kinross	Seconded
Brian Sedgemore	17/02/1997	Hackney South & Shoreditch	Signed
Andrew MacKinlay	17/02/1997	Thurrock	Signed
Hugh Bayley	18/02/1997	York, City of	Signed
Dennis Turner	18/02/1997	Wolverhampton South East	Signed
Stephen Timms	18/02/1997	Newham North East	Signed
Tony Banks	18/02/1997	Newham North West	Signed
Norman Godman	18/02/1997	Greenock and Port Glasgow	Signed
Maria Fyfe	18/02/1997	Glasgow, Maryhill	Signed
Lawrence Cunliffe	18/02/1997	Leigh	Signed
Michael Connarty	18/02/1997	Falkirk East	Signed
Bill Michie	18/02/1997	Sheffield, Heeley	Signed
William McKelvey	18/02/1997	Kilmarnock & Loudoun	Signed
John McAllion	18/02/1997	Dundee East	Signed
Liz Lynne	18/02/1997	Rochdale	Signed
Ken Livingstone	18/02/1997	Brent East	Signed
Ernie Ross	18/02/1997	Dundee West	Signed
David Knox	18/02/1997	Staffordshire Moorlands	Signed
Dennis Skinner	18/02/1997	Bolsover	Signed
Harry Cohen	18/02/1997	Leyton	Signed
Lynne Jones	19/02/1997	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Signed
Harry Barnes	19/02/1997	North East Derbyshire	Signed
Andrew Faulds	19/02/1997	Warley East	Signed
Tom Cox	19/02/1997	Tooting	Signed
Michael Clapham	19/02/1997	Barnsley West & Penistone	Signed
Menzies Campbell	19/02/1997	Fife North East	Signed
Anne Campbell	19/02/1997	Cambridge	Signed
Rhodes Boyson	19/02/1997	Brent North	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	19/02/1997	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Signed
Helen Jackson	19/02/1997	Sheffield, Hillsborough	Signed
Alan Howarth	19/02/1997	Stratford-on-Avon	Signed
Peter Hardy	19/02/1997	Wentworth	Signed
Gordon Prentice	19/02/1997	Pendle	Signed
Peter Pike	19/02/1997	Burnley	Signed
Audrey Wise	20/02/1997	Preston	Signed
Win Griffiths	20/02/1997	Bridgend	Signed
John Hunt	20/02/1997	Ravensbourne	Signed
Neil Gerrard	20/02/1997	Walthamstow	Signed
Ian Davidson	20/02/1997	Glasgow, Govan	Signed
Richard Burden	20/02/1997	Birmingham, Northfield	Signed
Alan Meale	20/02/1997	Mansfield	Signed
Keith Hill	20/02/1997	Streatham	Signed
Rachel Squire	20/02/1997	Dunfermline West	Signed
Eric Clarke	20/02/1997	Midlothian	Signed
Matthew Taylor	24/02/1997	Truro	Signed
Peter Thurnham	24/02/1997	Bolton North East	Signed
Mike Hall	24/02/1997	Warrington South	Signed
Don Foster	24/02/1997	Bath	Signed
Jim Cunningham	24/02/1997	Coventry South East	Signed
Charles Kennedy	24/02/1997	Ross and Cromarty and Skye	Signed
David Rendel	24/02/1997	Newbury	Signed
Robert Parry	25/02/1997	Liverpool, Riverside	Signed
Simon Hughes	25/02/1997	Southwark and Bermondsey	Signed
Emma Nicholson	25/02/1997	Torridge & West Devon	Signed
Llin Golding	25/02/1997	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Signed
David Steel	25/02/1997	Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale	Signed
Paul Tyler	26/02/1997	North Cornwall	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	27/02/1997	Gordon	Signed
Jack Thompson	27/02/1997	Wansbeck	Signed
Alan Beith	27/02/1997	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Signed
Joan Lestor	27/02/1997	Eccles	Signed
Bill Etherington	27/02/1997	Sunderland North	Signed
David Chidgey	03/03/1997	Eastleigh	Signed
Piara S Khabra	04/03/1997	Ealing, Southall	Signed
Mike Gapes	04/03/1997	Ilford South	Signed
Jim Wallace	05/03/1997	Orkney & Shetland	Signed
John Gunnell	05/03/1997	Leeds South and Morley	Signed
Terry Davis	05/03/1997	Birmingham, Hodge Hill	Signed
Tim Rathbone	05/03/1997	Lewes	Signed
Max Madden	06/03/1997	Bradford West	Signed
John Battle	06/03/1997	Leeds West	Signed
Diana Maddock	10/03/1997	Christchurch	Signed
Calum MacDonald	12/03/1997	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Signed
Robert Wareing	12/03/1997	Liverpool, West Derby	Signed
Mike Watson	12/03/1997	Glasgow Central	Signed
Richard Alexander	17/03/1997	Newark	Signed
Martyn Jones	18/03/1997	Clwyd South West	Signed

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