Welfare Benefits And Mental Health

EDM number 105 in 2003-04, proposed by Sandra Gidley on 26/11/2003.

That this House applauds the Social Exclusion Unit for its recent inquiry into mental health; looks forward to the publication of its findings; and calls on the Government to remove the barriers to welfare benefits and to employment faced by people with mental health problems within the benefits system, as highlighted by Mind's Benefits Campaign.

This motion has been signed by a total of 139 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.