Television Licence Fee Scheme For Domestic Abuse Refuges (EDM435)

Television Licence Fee Scheme For Domestic Abuse Refuges

EDM number 435 in 2006-07, proposed by Jo Swinson on 07/12/2006.

That this House is deeply concerned that women who have fled to refuge centres due to domestic abuse are responsible for purchasing a television licence immediately upon arrival, should they have a television in their room; notes that hotels and guesthouses already benefit from TV licence concessions; further notes that many women in such a distressed and displaced position are particularly reliant upon television, especially to entertain their children; believes that women who have fled a violent partner should not feel threatened by an enforcement officer arriving unannounced at the refuge, as violent men stalking their ex-partners often pose as officials to gain access to properties; expresses concern that funds from organisations which run refuge centres are being diverted to pay for television licences; and therefore calls for women's refuge centres to be included in the same television licence fee scheme as the hospitality industry.

This motion has been signed by a total of 69 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Jo Swinson	07/12/2006	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Dan Rogerson	07/12/2006	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Mark Hunter	07/12/2006	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
David Taylor	07/12/2006	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Seconded
John Leech	07/12/2006	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Rudi Vis	07/12/2006	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Seconded
Andrew George	07/12/2006	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Willie Rennie	07/12/2006	Dunfermline and West Fife	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Williams	07/12/2006	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Horwood	07/12/2006	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Derek Wyatt	07/12/2006	Sittingbourne and Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Michael Weir	07/12/2006	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Don Foster	07/12/2006	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Dismore	07/12/2006	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	07/12/2006	Burton	Labour	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	07/12/2006	Edinburgh North and Leith	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	07/12/2006	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	07/12/2006	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	07/12/2006	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	07/12/2006	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Heyes	07/12/2006	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	07/12/2006	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Greg Pope	07/12/2006	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	07/12/2006	Mid Dorset and North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Glenda Jackson	11/12/2006	Hampstead and Highgate	Labour	Signed
Philip Davies	11/12/2006	Shipley	Conservative	Signed
Peter Bottomley	11/12/2006	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Roger Godsiff	11/12/2006	Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	11/12/2006	Easington	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	11/12/2006	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	11/12/2006	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Evan Harris	11/12/2006	Oxford West and Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Spink	11/12/2006	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
Katy Clark	12/12/2006	North Ayrshire and Arran	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	12/12/2006	Gower	Labour	Signed
Janet Anderson	12/12/2006	Rossendale and Darwen	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	12/12/2006	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Cryer	12/12/2006	Keighley	Labour	Signed
David Drew	12/12/2006	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Gordon Marsden	12/12/2006	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	12/12/2006	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Iris Robinson	13/12/2006	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	13/12/2006	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Rob Marris	13/12/2006	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	13/12/2006	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	13/12/2006	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Colin Breed	13/12/2006	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	13/12/2006	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	13/12/2006	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	13/12/2006	Lagan Valley	DUP	Signed
Diane Abbott	13/12/2006	Hackney North and Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Lorely Burt	13/12/2006	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Williams	14/12/2006	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Betty Williams	14/12/2006	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Sharon Hodgson	14/12/2006	Gateshead East and Washington West	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	14/12/2006	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Vincent Cable	18/12/2006	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Phil Willis	18/12/2006	Harrogate and Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eric Illsley	19/12/2006	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	19/12/2006	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
John Hemming	19/12/2006	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Smith	17/01/2007	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	22/01/2007	Glasgow Central	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	22/01/2007	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Hywel Williams	22/01/2007	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Nigel Dodds	25/01/2007	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Andrew Pelling	25/01/2007	Croydon Central	Conservative	Signed
Nigel Griffiths	25/07/2007	Edinburgh South	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	10/10/2007	Jarrow	Labour	Signed

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