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Child Poverty And Benefits

EDM number 1736 in 2006-07, proposed by Ian Lucas on 20/06/2007.

That this House welcomes the Government's commitment to eradicate child poverty by 2020; applauds the fall in the number of children in poverty by 700,000 since 1999, but notes with concern that this figure was 300,000 short of the Government's stated target; suggests that an effective policy to achieve the target would be to disregard child benefit as income for the purposes of assessing housing benefit and council tax benefit; further notes that according to Department of Work and Pensions' figures the cost of implementing such a policy would be £300 million; and urges the Government to consider the introduction of such a policy as soon as possible.

This motion has been signed by a total of 44 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Ian Lucas20/06/2007WrexhamLabourProposed
Mark Durkan20/06/2007FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySeconded
Gordon Prentice21/06/2007PendleLabourSeconded
Ann Cryer21/06/2007KeighleyLabourSeconded
Michael Weir21/06/2007AngusScottish National PartySeconded
David Drew21/06/2007StroudLabourSeconded
Kelvin Hopkins21/06/2007Luton NorthLabourSigned
Clive Efford21/06/2007ElthamLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin25/06/2007Heywood and MiddletonLabourSigned
Katy Clark25/06/2007North Ayrshire and ArranLabourSigned
Hywel Williams25/06/2007CaernarfonPlaid CymruSigned
Betty Williams25/06/2007ConwyLabourSigned
Robert Wareing25/06/2007Liverpool, West DerbyLabourSigned
Mike Hancock25/06/2007Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Karen Buck25/06/2007Regent's Park and Kensington NorthLabourSigned
Rob Marris25/06/2007Wolverhampton South WestLabourSigned
Brian Jenkins25/06/2007TamworthLabourSigned
Lady Hermon26/06/2007North DownUUPSigned
Andrew Dismore26/06/2007HendonLabourSigned
Neil Gerrard26/06/2007WalthamstowLabourSigned
John Leech27/06/2007Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
David Simpson27/06/2007Upper BannDUPSigned
Janet Dean27/06/2007BurtonLabourSigned
Eddie McGrady28/06/2007South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Austin Mitchell28/06/2007Great GrimsbyLabourSigned
Michael Clapham28/06/2007Barnsley West and PenistoneLabourSigned
Harry Cohen28/06/2007Leyton and WansteadLabourSigned
Bill Etherington28/06/2007Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
David Anderson29/06/2007BlaydonLabourSigned
Alan Simpson03/07/2007Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
David Kidney03/07/2007StaffordLabourSigned
Jim McGovern04/07/2007Dundee WestLabourSigned
Stephen Hepburn04/07/2007JarrowLabourSigned
Greg Pope05/07/2007HyndburnLabourSigned
Adam Price05/07/2007Carmarthen East and DinefwrPlaid CymruSigned
Alasdair McDonnell05/07/2007Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Marsha Singh17/07/2007Bradford WestLabourSigned
Eric Illsley25/07/2007Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
John McDonnell25/07/2007Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Jon Trickett26/07/2007HemsworthLabourSigned
Richard Taylor08/10/2007Wyre ForestIndependentSigned
Desmond Turner08/10/2007Brighton, KemptownLabourSigned
Elfyn Llwyd29/10/2007Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Paul Rowen29/10/2007RochdaleLiberal DemocratSigned

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