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Westminster Council And The Season Of Goodwill

EDM number 259 in 2007-08, proposed by Diane Abbott on 14/11/2007.
Categorised under the topics of Charities, Homelessness and Voluntary organisations.

That this House finds it sad that, as the festive season draws near, Westminster Council demonstrates its goodwill to all men by attempting to ban the distribution of soup to homeless men and women; notes that these proposals are an attack on the churches, charities and compassionate individuals who provide this service; further notes that without this food and emotional support provided, many homeless people will be cold, hungry and friendless; further notes that, if homeless people gathering to get hot soup are genuinely causing a public order problem, then Westminster Council has other legal remedies; and urges the council to abandon its Scrooge-like position.

This motion has been signed by a total of 33 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Diane Abbott14/11/2007Hackney North and Stoke NewingtonLabourProposed
Jeremy Corbyn15/11/2007Islington NorthLabourSeconded
Andrew Dismore15/11/2007HendonLabourSeconded
Katy Clark15/11/2007North Ayrshire and ArranLabourSeconded
Alan Simpson15/11/2007Nottingham SouthLabourSeconded
Jim Dobbin19/11/2007Heywood and MiddletonLabourSeconded
Lynne Jones19/11/2007Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Ann Cryer19/11/2007KeighleyLabourSigned
Paul Holmes20/11/2007ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
Karen Buck20/11/2007Regent's Park and Kensington NorthLabourSigned
Betty Williams20/11/2007ConwyLabourSigned
David Anderson20/11/2007BlaydonLabourSigned
Jim Devine21/11/2007LivingstonLabourSigned
John Leech21/11/2007Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Robert Wareing21/11/2007Liverpool, West DerbyIndependentSigned
Rudi Vis21/11/2007Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Janet Dean21/11/2007BurtonLabourSigned
Neil Gerrard21/11/2007WalthamstowLabourSigned
Colin Burgon21/11/2007ElmetLabourSigned
Laura Moffatt21/11/2007CrawleyLabourSigned
Alasdair McDonnell21/11/2007Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Brian Jenkins21/11/2007TamworthLabourSigned
David Drew22/11/2007StroudLabourSigned
Bill Etherington22/11/2007Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Richard Younger-Ross22/11/2007TeignbridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
Andy Slaughter26/11/2007Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's BushLabourSigned
Jo Swinson06/12/2007East DunbartonshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Bob Spink10/12/2007Castle PointConservativeSigned
Albert Owen11/12/2007Ynys MLabourSigned
Eric Illsley13/12/2007Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Vincent Cable07/01/2008TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
David Crausby17/01/2008Bolton North EastLabourSigned
John McDonnell25/11/2008Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned

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