Free Television Licences For Pensioners (EDM1306)

Free Television Licences For Pensioners

EDM number 1306 in 2007-08, proposed by Lindsay Hoyle on 02/04/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Broadcasting and Elderly people.

That this House notes that pensioners aged 75 years and over currently enjoy free television licences; recognises the importance of a television to elderly people who spend many hours in their own homes and depend heavily on their televisions; further notes the anomalies within the current system whereby the rate of television licence fees levied varies between those living in sheltered accommodation, nursing homes or living in their own home; and calls on the Government to end this disparity and provide free television licences for pensioners aged 65 years and over.

This motion has been signed by a total of 59 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Lindsay Hoyle	02/04/2008	Chorley	Labour	Proposed
Bob Laxton	02/04/2008	Derby North	Labour	Seconded
Eddie McGrady	02/04/2008	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Seconded
Jim Dobbin	02/04/2008	Heywood and Middleton	Labour	Seconded
David Crausby	02/04/2008	Bolton North East	Labour	Seconded
Nigel Evans	02/04/2008	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Seconded
Bob Russell	02/04/2008	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Spink	02/04/2008	Castle Point	Independent Conservative	Signed
Michael Connarty	02/04/2008	Linlithgow and East Falkirk	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	02/04/2008	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Paul Truswell	02/04/2008	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Lee Scott	02/04/2008	Ilford North	Conservative	Signed
Betty Williams	03/04/2008	Conwy	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	03/04/2008	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Ian Gibson	03/04/2008	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
David Drew	03/04/2008	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	03/04/2008	Gower	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	03/04/2008	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	21/04/2008	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	21/04/2008	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Gregory Campbell	21/04/2008	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
John Cummings	21/04/2008	Easington	Labour	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	21/04/2008	Hastings and Rye	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	21/04/2008	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	21/04/2008	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Jim Devine	21/04/2008	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Angus MacNeil	22/04/2008	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scottish National Party	Signed
Robert Wareing	22/04/2008	Liverpool, West Derby	Independent	Signed
Sandra Osborne	22/04/2008	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock	Labour	Signed
Peter Kilfoyle	22/04/2008	Liverpool, Walton	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	22/04/2008	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
David Simpson	22/04/2008	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Eric Illsley	22/04/2008	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Adam Price	23/04/2008	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Iris Robinson	23/04/2008	Strangford	DUP	Signed
William McCrea	23/04/2008	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Colin Burgon	23/04/2008	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	23/04/2008	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Nigel Dodds	23/04/2008	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Andrew George	23/04/2008	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Battle	23/04/2008	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Phil Willis	23/04/2008	Harrogate and Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	23/04/2008	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Linda Riordan	23/04/2008	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	24/04/2008	Burton	Labour	Signed
Joan Walley	25/04/2008	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	28/04/2008	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	28/04/2008	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Roger Godsiff	28/04/2008	Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Katy Clark	28/04/2008	North Ayrshire and Arran	Labour	Signed
Andrew MacKinlay	29/04/2008	Thurrock	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	29/04/2008	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed
David Chaytor	29/04/2008	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Sammy Wilson	29/04/2008	East Antrim	DUP	Signed
Brian Jenkins	30/04/2008	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
David Heyes	13/05/2008	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	19/05/2008	Glasgow Central	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	19/05/2008	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Jon Trickett	Unknown			Withdrawn

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