Gap Between Rich And Poor (EDM2)

Gap Between Rich And Poor

EDM number 2 in 2004-05, proposed by Bob Russell on 23/11/2004.

That this House is dismayed that the gap between rich and poor has widened since 1997; is disturbed that the percentage of wealth held by the top 10 per cent. of the population has increased from 47 per cent. to 54 per cent.; congratulates the Institute of Public Policy Research Commission on Social Justice, set up at the request of the late Labour leader John Smith, for drawing these worrying facts to public attention; and calls on the Government to explain why over the past seven years the gap betweeen the rich and the poor has widened, with the result that Britain has becomes a less equal society.

This motion has been signed by a total of 45 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Bob Russell	23/11/2004	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Andrew George	23/11/2004	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Heath	24/11/2004	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	24/11/2004	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	24/11/2004	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Mike Hancock	24/11/2004	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Cotter	24/11/2004	Weston-Super-Mare	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gregory Campbell	24/11/2004	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Patsy Calton	24/11/2004	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Breed	24/11/2004	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tom Brake	24/11/2004	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	24/11/2004	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Paul Keetch	24/11/2004	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Holmes	24/11/2004	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Harvey	24/11/2004	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Adam Price	25/11/2004	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Sue Doughty	25/11/2004	Guildford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Tyler	25/11/2004	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynne Jones	29/11/2004	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	29/11/2004	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Wareing	30/11/2004	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	30/11/2004	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	30/11/2004	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Simon Hughes	30/11/2004	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John McDonnell	30/11/2004	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Paul Burstow	01/12/2004	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Harry Cohen	01/12/2004	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	01/12/2004	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Sandra Gidley	01/12/2004	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Steve Webb	01/12/2004	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nigel Jones	02/12/2004	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	06/12/2004	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	06/12/2004	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	06/12/2004	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Annette Brooke	06/12/2004	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Moore	07/12/2004	Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Barrett	07/12/2004	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jenny Tonge	07/12/2004	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	07/12/2004	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lady Hermon	08/12/2004	North Down	UUP	Signed
David Hamilton	08/12/2004	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Llew Smith	09/12/2004	Blaenau Gwent	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	13/12/2004	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	20/12/2004	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Parmjit Gill	09/02/2005	Leicester South	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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