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RNID'S VETERANS' CAMPAIGN

EDM number 306 in 2005-06, proposed by David Heath on 13/06/2005.

That this House expresses concern that many ex-servicemen and women who have suffered substantial hearing loss as a result of their service in the armed forces are being denied compensation through the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme; notes that a service person has to suffer a hearing loss of 50 decibels before being compensated, a level often only experienced naturally by elderly people; further notes that this is not the case across the European Union and the Commonwealth, where the qualifying level of hearing loss is much lower; further notes that criteria for compensation ignore the fact that noise-induced hearing loss associated with service brings forward the age at which an individual will experience severe difficulties in everyday communication and social participation; therefore believes that the Government's criteria for assessing compensation for deafened veterans is failing to deliver sufficient recognition for those who have made great sacrifices for their country; and therefore joins RNID and ex-service organisations in calling upon the Government to lower the qualifying level of hearing loss in order to ensure that all those who have served in the armed forces are compensated appropriately for any disability, and that those currently serving their country are not let down when their service ends.

This motion has been signed by a total of 123 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
David Heath13/06/2005Somerton & FromeLiberal DemocratProposed
Roger Berry13/06/2005KingswoodLabourSeconded
Bob Russell13/06/2005ColchesterLiberal DemocratSeconded
David Taylor14/06/2005North West LeicestershireLabourSeconded
Peter Bottomley14/06/2005Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Martin Caton14/06/2005GowerLabourSeconded
Iris Robinson14/06/2005StrangfordDUPSigned
Paul Holmes14/06/2005ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
Lynne Jones14/06/2005Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Albert Owen14/06/2005Ynys MLabourSigned
Gregory Campbell14/06/2005East LondonderryDUPSigned
Nigel Dodds14/06/2005Belfast NorthDUPSigned
Julia Goldsworthy14/06/2005Falmouth and CamborneLiberal DemocratSigned
Stephen Hepburn15/06/2005JarrowLabourSigned
Lady Hermon15/06/2005North DownUUPSigned
Lindsay Hoyle15/06/2005ChorleyLabourSigned
Paul Keetch15/06/2005HerefordLiberal DemocratSigned
Gordon Marsden15/06/2005Blackpool SouthLabourSigned
Edward O'Hara15/06/2005Knowsley SouthLabourSigned
Annette Brooke15/06/2005Mid Dorset and North PooleLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Dismore15/06/2005HendonLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin15/06/2005Heywood and MiddletonLabourSigned
David Drew15/06/2005StroudLabourSigned
Nicholas Winterton15/06/2005MacclesfieldConservativeSigned
Greg Pope16/06/2005HyndburnLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins16/06/2005Luton NorthLabourSigned
Joan Humble16/06/2005Blackpool North and FleetwoodLabourSigned
Brian Jenkins16/06/2005TamworthLabourSigned
Alan Meale16/06/2005MansfieldLabourSigned
Vincent Cable16/06/2005TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Ann Cryer16/06/2005KeighleyLabourSigned
Edward Davey16/06/2005Kingston and SurbitonLiberal DemocratSigned
Hywel Francis16/06/2005AberavonLabourSigned
Neil Gerrard16/06/2005WalthamstowLabourSigned
Mike Hancock16/06/2005Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
John Battle16/06/2005Leeds WestLabourSigned
Rudi Vis16/06/2005Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Michael Weir16/06/2005AngusScottish National PartySigned
Sammy Wilson16/06/2005East AntrimDUPSigned
Philip Davies16/06/2005ShipleyConservativeSigned
Adam Price20/06/2005Carmarthen East and DinefwrPlaid CymruSigned
Rob Marris20/06/2005Wolverhampton South WestLabourSigned
Tom Brake20/06/2005Carshalton and WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Stunell20/06/2005Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Betty Williams20/06/2005ConwyLabourSigned
Dan Rogerson20/06/2005North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Frank Cook21/06/2005Stockton NorthLabourSigned
Mark Williams21/06/2005CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
Simon Hughes22/06/2005North Southwark and BermondseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Richard Burden22/06/2005Birmingham, NorthfieldLabourSigned
John Cummings22/06/2005EasingtonLabourSigned
Jeff Ennis22/06/2005Barnsley East and MexboroughLabourSigned
Andrew George22/06/2005St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Phil Willis22/06/2005Harrogate and KnaresboroughLiberal DemocratSigned
David Simpson23/06/2005Upper BannDUPSigned
Norman Lamb23/06/2005North NorfolkLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Truswell27/06/2005PudseyLabourSigned
Tim Farron27/06/2005Westmorland and LonsdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
Greg Mulholland27/06/2005Leeds North WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Janet Dean28/06/2005BurtonLabourSigned
Alan Simpson30/06/2005Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
John McDonnell04/07/2005Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
John Barrett05/07/2005Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Jeffrey M Donaldson06/07/2005Lagan ValleyDUPSigned
Eric Illsley12/07/2005Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Bill Etherington14/07/2005Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Lynne Featherstone14/07/2005Hornsey and Wood GreenLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Penning18/07/2005Hemel HempsteadConservativeSigned
Joan Ruddock19/07/2005Lewisham, DeptfordLabourSigned
Marsha Singh19/07/2005Bradford WestLabourSigned
David Laws19/07/2005YeovilLiberal DemocratSigned
Bill Olner19/07/2005NuneatonLabourSigned
Sandra Osborne19/07/2005Ayr, Carrick and CumnockLabourSigned
Peter Ainsworth19/07/2005East SurreyConservativeSigned
Norman Baker19/07/2005LewesLiberal DemocratSigned
Roger Williams19/07/2005Brecon and RadnorshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Oaten20/07/2005WinchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Alistair Burt20/07/2005North East BedfordshireConservativeSigned
Paul Flynn20/07/2005Newport WestLabourSigned
Don Foster20/07/2005BathLiberal DemocratSigned
Keith Vaz20/07/2005Leicester EastLabourSigned
Stephen Hammond20/07/2005WimbledonConservativeSigned
Andrew Miller21/07/2005Ellesmere Port and NestonLabourSigned
Malcolm Bruce21/07/2005GordonLiberal DemocratSigned
Menzies Campbell21/07/2005North East FifeLiberal DemocratSigned
Nicholas Clegg21/07/2005Sheffield, HallamLiberal DemocratSigned
David Amess21/07/2005Southend WestConservativeSigned
Alan Beith21/07/2005Berwick-upon-TweedLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Rosindell10/10/2005RomfordConservativeSigned
William McCrea10/10/2005South AntrimDUPSigned
Lembit 10/10/2005MontgomeryshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Colin Burgon10/10/2005ElmetLabourSigned
Mark Durkan10/10/2005FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Michael Jabez Foster10/10/2005Hastings and RyeLabourSigned
Jeremy Browne10/10/2005TauntonLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Gove10/10/2005Surrey HeathConservativeSigned
Paul Burstow26/10/2005Sutton and CheamLiberal DemocratSigned
George Mudie27/10/2005Leeds EastLabourSigned
Doug Naysmith02/11/2005Bristol North WestLabourSigned
Mark Todd07/11/2005South DerbyshireLabourSigned
David Burrowes07/11/2005Enfield, SouthgateConservativeSigned
Natascha Engel07/11/2005North East DerbyshireLabourSigned
David Gauke07/11/2005South West HertfordshireConservativeSigned
Mark Harper07/11/2005Forest of DeanConservativeSigned
Shailesh Vara07/11/2005North West CambridgeshireConservativeSigned
Anne Main07/11/2005St AlbansConservativeSigned
Mark Pritchard07/11/2005The WrekinConservativeSigned
Rob Wilson07/11/2005Reading EastConservativeSigned
David Davies09/11/2005MonmouthConservativeSigned
Christopher Fraser09/11/2005South West NorfolkConservativeSigned
Brian Binley09/11/2005Northampton SouthConservativeSigned
James Brokenshire09/11/2005HornchurchConservativeSigned
Adam Holloway09/11/2005GraveshamConservativeSigned
Tobias Ellwood09/11/2005Bournemouth EastConservativeSigned
Greg Hands09/11/2005Hammersmith and FulhamConservativeSigned
Charles Walker09/11/2005BroxbourneConservativeSigned
Brooks Newmark09/11/2005BraintreeConservativeSigned
Lee Scott09/11/2005Ilford NorthConservativeSigned
Grant Shapps09/11/2005Welwyn HatfieldConservativeSigned
Mary Creagh12/12/2005WakefieldLabourSigned
Emily Thornberry10/03/2006Islington South and FinsburyLabourSigned
Andrew Mitchell13/03/2006Sutton ColdfieldConservativeSigned
Tony Wright18/04/2006Cannock ChaseLabourSigned

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