Rural Poverty (No. 2) (EDM1111)

Rural Poverty (No. 2)

EDM number 1111 in 2007-08, proposed by Nick Harvey on 04/03/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Countryside and Incomes and poverty.

That this House welcomes the Report of the Rural Advocate 2007; is concerned that there are over 928,000 rural households living below the Government's official poverty threshold; believes that more needs to be done to support people living in rural areas and listen to their views; urges the Government to do more to help protect the most vulnerable people in rural areas; and calls on the Government to end the closures of post offices which are so vital to people in rural and low-income areas.

This motion has been signed by a total of 36 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Nick Harvey	04/03/2008	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Richard Younger-Ross	04/03/2008	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	04/03/2008	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
David Heath	04/03/2008	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Jeremy Browne	04/03/2008	Taunton	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
David Laws	04/03/2008	Yeovil	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
David Simpson	05/03/2008	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	05/03/2008	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Gregory Campbell	05/03/2008	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	05/03/2008	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Nigel Evans	05/03/2008	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Signed
Mike Hancock	05/03/2008	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Williams	05/03/2008	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Hunter	05/03/2008	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jo Swinson	06/03/2008	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Angus MacNeil	06/03/2008	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scottish National Party	Signed
Andrew George	06/03/2008	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Janet Dean	06/03/2008	Burton	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	06/03/2008	Mid Dorset and North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Breed	06/03/2008	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Drew	06/03/2008	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Eddie McGrady	10/03/2008	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Ann Cryer	10/03/2008	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Willie Rennie	10/03/2008	Dunfermline and West Fife	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sandra Gidley	11/03/2008	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Williams	11/03/2008	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
William McCrea	12/03/2008	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	12/03/2008	Lagan Valley	DUP	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	12/03/2008	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Dan Rogerson	13/03/2008	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	14/03/2008	Orkney and Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Stunell	17/03/2008	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Hemming	20/03/2008	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	26/03/2008	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Adam Price	02/04/2008	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	30/04/2008	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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