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Tax Credits (No. 2)

EDM number 2106 in 2006-07, proposed by Danny Alexander on 15/10/2007.

That this House notes the continuing concerns about the operation of the tax credits system expressed by the Parliamentary Ombudsman in her recent report Tax Credits: getting it wrong?; expresses concern that the tax credit system continues to cause unnecessary distress and hardship, particularly for people on low incomes; further notes that reports by the Ombudsman and Citizens Advice both report that continued problems are causing some claimants to wish to opt-out of the system; notes the Ombudsman's view that even when the system operates as intended it appears sometimes to work against the objectives of child poverty reduction and making work pay; and calls on the Government to bring forward proposals for radical reform to address the financial insecurity, confusion and hardship which are a feature of the current tax credit system.

This motion has been signed by a total of 34 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Danny Alexander15/10/2007Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and StrathspeyLiberal DemocratProposed
Paul Rowen15/10/2007RochdaleLiberal DemocratSeconded
Andrew George15/10/2007St IvesLiberal DemocratSeconded
Mark Durkan15/10/2007FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySeconded
David Laws15/10/2007YeovilLiberal DemocratSeconded
Philip Davies16/10/2007ShipleyConservativeSeconded
Adrian Sanders16/10/2007TorbayLiberal DemocratSigned
Nick Harvey16/10/2007North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Colin Breed16/10/2007South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Annette Brooke16/10/2007Mid Dorset and North PooleLiberal DemocratSigned
Peter Bottomley16/10/2007Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Robert Wareing16/10/2007Liverpool, West DerbyIndependentSigned
Michael Weir16/10/2007AngusScottish National PartySigned
John Leech16/10/2007Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Hunter17/10/2007CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Williams17/10/2007CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
Stephen Williams17/10/2007Bristol WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Mike Hancock17/10/2007Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Gregory Campbell17/10/2007East LondonderryDUPSigned
Lynne Jones17/10/2007Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Robert Smith17/10/2007West Aberdeenshire and KincardineLiberal DemocratSigned
Sandra Gidley18/10/2007RomseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Dan Rogerson18/10/2007North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Nigel Evans23/10/2007Ribble ValleyConservativeSigned
Ronnie Campbell24/10/2007Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Martin Horwood24/10/2007CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
John Pugh25/10/2007SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Simpson25/10/2007Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Alistair Carmichael25/10/2007Orkney and ShetlandLiberal DemocratSigned
Tim Farron25/10/2007Westmorland and LonsdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Keetch29/10/2007HerefordLiberal DemocratSigned
Malcolm Bruce29/10/2007GordonLiberal DemocratSigned
Ann Cryer29/10/2007KeighleyLabourSigned
Jo Swinson29/10/2007East DunbartonshireLiberal DemocratSigned

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