WIDOWED PARENTS' BENEFITS (EDM539)

WIDOWED PARENTS' BENEFITS

EDM number 539 in 1997-98, proposed by Roger Berry on 02/12/1997.

That this House notes that whilst there is a widowed mother's allowance there is no such support for widowed fathers and their children, and that this arises from the benefit system's outdated assumptions about roles of men and women as parents; believes that motherless children deserve the same opportunities for parental attention and the same living standards as fatherless children; and therefore calls upon the Government to provide equal benefits for all widowed parents and their children.

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

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Roger Berry	02/12/1997	Kingswood	Labour	Proposed
Martin Smyth	02/12/1997	Belfast South	UUP	Signed
Nick Harvey	02/12/1997	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dafydd Wigley	02/12/1997	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Terry Lewis	03/12/1997	Worsley	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	03/12/1997	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Bill Michie	03/12/1997	Sheffield, Heeley	Labour	Signed
John Cryer	03/12/1997	Hornchurch	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	03/12/1997	Easington	Labour	Signed
Norman Godman	03/12/1997	Greenock & Inverclyde	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	03/12/1997	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
John Swinney	04/12/1997	North Tayside	Scottish National Party	Signed
Paul Tyler	04/12/1997	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Harry Barnes	04/12/1997	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Ashok Kumar	04/12/1997	Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	04/12/1997	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	05/12/1997	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Austin	05/12/1997	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	08/12/1997	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Lawrence Cunliffe	08/12/1997	Leigh	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	10/12/1997	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	10/12/1997	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	10/12/1997	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	11/12/1997	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	11/12/1997	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	16/12/1997	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Maria Fyfe	16/12/1997	Glasgow, Maryhill	Labour	Signed
Jeff Ennis	18/12/1997	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
Laura Moffatt	23/03/1998	Crawley	Labour	Signed

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