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EDM number 1582 in 1997-98, proposed by Gisela Stuart on 21/07/1998.

That this House welcomes the publication of the Government's draft Pensions Sharing on Divorce Bill designed to end women's pension inequality, but notes that inequality and discrimination remain in other areas of the United Kingdom pensions system, particularly discriminating against unmarried partners of members of statutory public service schemes such as those for the police, fire service, health workers and teachers, leading to unjust, unfair discriminatory practice which is out of touch with the best practice as highlighted by evidence from the NAPF, which also shows that increasing numbers of private sector occupational pension schemes are making changes, by denying common law and gay and lesbian partners of public service scheme members a survivor's pension, forcing many into financial hardship following their partner's death despite paying the same level of contributions as married scheme members; therefore believes the time is now right for a legal change to require all such schemes to pay partner's pensions regardless of marital status or sexual orientation; and calls on the Secretary of State to rectify this anomaly.

This motion has been signed by a total of 132 MPs, 3 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Gisela Stuart21/07/1998Birmingham, EdgbastonLabourProposed
James Plaskitt21/07/1998Warwick & LeamingtonLabourSigned
Kerry Pollard21/07/1998St AlbansLabourSigned
Chris Pond21/07/1998GraveshamLabourSigned
Linda Perham21/07/1998Ilford NorthLabourSigned
Michael Foster21/07/1998WorcesterLabourSigned
Stephen Pound21/07/1998Ealing NorthLabourSigned
Giles Radice21/07/1998North DurhamLabourSigned
Terry Rooney21/07/1998Bradford NorthLabourSigned
Frank Roy21/07/1998Motherwell & WishawLabourSigned
Christine Russell21/07/1998Chester, City ofLabourSigned
Phil Sawford21/07/1998KetteringLabourSigned
Brian Sedgemore21/07/1998Hackney South & ShoreditchLabourSigned
Helen Southworth21/07/1998Warrington SouthLabourSigned
Phyllis Starkey21/07/1998Milton Keynes South WestLabourSigned
John Healey21/07/1998WentworthLabourSigned
Ivan Henderson21/07/1998HarwichLabourSigned
Stephen Hepburn21/07/1998JarrowLabourSigned
Stephen Hesford21/07/1998Wirral WestLabourSigned
Phil Hope21/07/1998CorbyLabour Co-operativeSigned
Kelvin Hopkins21/07/1998Luton NorthLabourSigned
Beverley Hughes21/07/1998Stretford & UrmstonLabourSigned
Melanie Johnson21/07/1998Welwyn HatfieldLabourSigned
Helen Jones21/07/1998Warrington NorthLabourSigned
Alan Keen21/07/1998Feltham & HestonLabour Co-operativeSigned
Ann Keen21/07/1998Brentford & IsleworthLabourSigned
Fraser Kemp21/07/1998Houghton & Washington EastLabourSigned
Andy King21/07/1998Rugby & KenilworthLabourSigned
Oona King21/07/1998Bethnal Green & BowLabourSigned
Tess Kingham21/07/1998GloucesterLabourSigned
Stephen Ladyman21/07/1998South ThanetLabourSigned
Jackie Lawrence21/07/1998Preseli PembrokeshireLabourSigned
Bob Laxton21/07/1998Derby NorthLabourSigned
Christopher Leslie21/07/1998ShipleyLabourSigned
Tom Levitt21/07/1998High PeakLabourSigned
Martin Linton21/07/1998BatterseaLabourSigned
Ken Livingstone21/07/1998Brent EastLabourSigned
Andrew MacKinlay21/07/1998ThurrockLabourSigned
Alice Mahon21/07/1998HalifaxLabourSigned
Judy Mallaber21/07/1998Amber ValleyLabourSigned
Gordon Marsden21/07/1998Blackpool SouthLabourSigned
John Maxton21/07/1998Glasgow, CathcartLabourSigned
Stephen McCabe21/07/1998Birmingham, Hall GreenLabourSigned
Chris McCafferty21/07/1998Calder ValleyLabourSigned
John McDonnell21/07/1998Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Shona McIsaac21/07/1998CleethorpesLabourSigned
Tony McWalter21/07/1998Hemel HempsteadLabour Co-operativeSigned
Gillian Merron21/07/1998LincolnLabourSigned
Bill Michie21/07/1998Sheffield, HeeleyLabourSigned
Austin Mitchell21/07/1998Great GrimsbyLabourSigned
Laura Moffatt21/07/1998CrawleyLabourSigned
Lewis Moonie21/07/1998KirkcaldyLabour Co-operativeSigned
Rhodri Morgan21/07/1998Cardiff WestLabourSigned
Chris Mullin21/07/1998Sunderland SouthLabourSigned
Dan Norris21/07/1998WansdykeLabourSigned
Diana Organ21/07/1998Forest of DeanLabourSigned
Sandra Osborne21/07/1998AyrLabourSigned
Peter Bradley21/07/1998Wrekin, TheLabourSigned
Des Browne21/07/1998Kilmarnock & LoudounLabourSigned
Karen Buck21/07/1998Regent's Park and Kensington NorthLabourSigned
Ronnie Campbell21/07/1998Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Malcolm Chisholm21/07/1998Edinburgh North & LeithLabourSigned
Judith Church21/07/1998DagenhamLabourSigned
Michael Connarty21/07/1998Falkirk EastLabourSigned
Yvette Cooper21/07/1998Pontefract & CastlefordLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn21/07/1998Islington NorthLabourSigned
Ann Cryer21/07/1998KeighleyLabourSigned
John Cryer21/07/1998HornchurchLabourSigned
Jim Cunningham21/07/1998Coventry SouthLabourSigned
Andrew Dismore21/07/1998HendonLabourSigned
Brian H Donohoe21/07/1998Cunninghame SouthLabourSigned
Huw Edwards21/07/1998MonmouthLabourSigned
Clive Efford21/07/1998ElthamLabourSigned
Lorna Fitzsimons21/07/1998RochdaleLabourSigned
Barbara Follett21/07/1998StevenageLabourSigned
Maria Fyfe21/07/1998Glasgow, MaryhillLabourSigned
Ian Gibson21/07/1998Norwich NorthLabourSigned
Paul Goggins21/07/1998Wythenshawe & Sale EastLabourSigned
Eileen Gordon21/07/1998RomfordLabourSigned
Jane Griffiths21/07/1998Reading EastLabourSigned
Alan Beith21/07/1998Berwick-upon-TweedLiberal DemocratSigned
Tony Benn21/07/1998ChesterfieldLabourSigned
Liz Blackman21/07/1998ErewashLabourSigned
Dari Taylor21/07/1998Stockton SouthLabourSigned
Gareth Thomas21/07/1998Harrow WestLabourSigned
Joan Walley21/07/1998Stoke-on-Trent NorthLabourSigned
Brian White21/07/1998North East Milton KeynesLabourSigned
Alan Whitehead21/07/1998Southampton, TestLabourSigned
Malcolm Wicks21/07/1998Croydon NorthLabourSigned
Alan Williams21/07/1998Carmarthen East & DinefwrLabourSigned
Michael Wills21/07/1998North SwindonLabourSigned
David Winnick21/07/1998Walsall NorthLabourSigned
Rosie Winterton21/07/1998Doncaster CentralLabourSigned
Anthony D Wright21/07/1998Great YarmouthLabourSigned
Lawrie Quinn22/07/1998Scarborough & WhitbyLabourSigned
Ernie Ross22/07/1998Dundee WestLabourSigned
Dennis Skinner22/07/1998BolsoverLabourSigned
Lindsay Hoyle22/07/1998ChorleyLabourSigned
Edward O'Hara22/07/1998Knowsley SouthLabourSigned
Martin Caton22/07/1998GowerLabourSigned
Tom Cox22/07/1998TootingLabourSigned
Lawrence Cunliffe22/07/1998LeighLabourSigned
Hilton Dawson22/07/1998Lancaster & WyreLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin22/07/1998Heywood & MiddletonLabour Co-operativeSigned
John Austin22/07/1998Erith & ThamesmeadLabourSigned
David Borrow22/07/1998South RibbleLabourSigned
Alan Simpson23/07/1998Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Nick Harvey23/07/1998North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Lynne Jones23/07/1998Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Ashok Kumar23/07/1998Middlesbrough South & East ClevelandLabourSigned
Ivan Lewis23/07/1998Bury SouthLabourSigned
Anne Begg23/07/1998Aberdeen SouthLabourSigned
John McWilliam24/07/1998BlaydonLabourSigned
Tony Clarke24/07/1998Northampton SouthLabourSigned
Terry Davis24/07/1998Birmingham, Hodge HillLabourSigned
Gerry Bermingham24/07/1998St Helens SouthLabourSigned
Audrey Wise24/07/1998PrestonLabourSigned
Jackie Ballard27/07/1998TauntonLiberal DemocratSigned
Kevin McNamara28/07/1998Kingston upon Hull NorthLabourSigned
Bill Etherington28/07/1998Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Rudi Vis28/07/1998Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
Alex Salmond29/07/1998Banff & BuchanScottish National PartySigned
Vincent Cable29/07/1998TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
David Drew29/07/1998StroudLabour Co-operativeSigned
Harry Barnes29/07/1998North East DerbyshireLabourSigned
Janet Dean31/07/1998BurtonLabourSigned
Doug Naysmith02/09/1998Bristol North WestLabour Co-operativeSigned
Julia Drown02/09/1998South SwindonLabourSigned
Jim Fitzpatrick19/10/1998Poplar & Canning TownLabourSigned
Patricia HewittUnknownWithdrawn
Charles ClarkeUnknownWithdrawn
Ross CranstonUnknownWithdrawn

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