Television Licence Fee And Domestic Abuse Refuges (EDM486)

Television Licence Fee And Domestic Abuse Refuges

EDM number 486 in 2007-08, proposed by Jo Swinson on 05/12/2007.
Categorised under the topics of Broadcasting, Child support, Family law, Licensing and Media.

That this House expresses concern that women who move into women's refuges to escape domestic abuse are responsible for purchasing a full-price television licence should they wish to use a television in their room; notes that hotels and guesthouses benefit from a TV licence concession; further notes that many women in such a distressed and displaced position are particularly reliant upon television, especially to entertain their children; believes that normal means of enforcement by TV licence officers are inappropriate at refuges where women have fled violent partners and where anonymity is vital for their safety; expresses concern that funds from organisations which run refuges are being diverted to pay for television licences; and therefore calls for women's refuges to be included in the same television licence fee scheme as the hospitality industry.

This motion has been signed by a total of 72 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Jo Swinson	05/12/2007	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Dan Rogerson	05/12/2007	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
John Leech	05/12/2007	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Sharon Hodgson	05/12/2007	Gateshead East and Washington West	Labour	Seconded
Mark Hunter	05/12/2007	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Iain Duncan Smith	05/12/2007	Chingford and Woodford Green	Conservative	Seconded
Rudi Vis	06/12/2007	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Stephen Williams	06/12/2007	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Philip Davies	06/12/2007	Shipley	Conservative	Signed
Katy Clark	06/12/2007	North Ayrshire and Arran	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	06/12/2007	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Bottomley	06/12/2007	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Andrew George	06/12/2007	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Drew	06/12/2007	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	06/12/2007	Burton	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	06/12/2007	Gower	Labour	Signed
Adrian Sanders	06/12/2007	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynne Jones	06/12/2007	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	06/12/2007	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Spink	06/12/2007	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
Nigel Evans	06/12/2007	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	10/12/2007	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Jim Devine	10/12/2007	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	10/12/2007	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Michael Weir	10/12/2007	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Bill Etherington	10/12/2007	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	10/12/2007	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	10/12/2007	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	10/12/2007	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	10/12/2007	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Greg Pope	10/12/2007	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	11/12/2007	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Annette Brooke	11/12/2007	Mid Dorset and North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Albert Owen	11/12/2007	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Ian McCartney	11/12/2007	Makerfield	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	11/12/2007	Hampstead and Highgate	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	11/12/2007	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed
John Austin	12/12/2007	Erith and Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Jennifer Willott	12/12/2007	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Phil Willis	12/12/2007	Harrogate and Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Hancock	12/12/2007	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Cryer	12/12/2007	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	12/12/2007	Orkney and Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Breed	12/12/2007	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Doug Naysmith	12/12/2007	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	12/12/2007	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Nick Harvey	12/12/2007	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Heyes	13/12/2007	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	13/12/2007	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	13/12/2007	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Danny Alexander	13/12/2007	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Williams	13/12/2007	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sandra Gidley	18/12/2007	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Keetch	07/01/2008	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Diane Abbott	07/01/2008	Hackney North and Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	07/01/2008	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	07/01/2008	Hastings and Rye	Labour	Signed
John Bercow	08/01/2008	Buckingham	Conservative	Signed
Nigel Dodds	10/01/2008	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Willie Rennie	10/01/2008	Dunfermline and West Fife	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Harry Cohen	14/01/2008	Leyton and Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Tim Boswell	14/01/2008	Daventry	Conservative	Signed
Colin Burgon	21/01/2008	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	22/01/2008	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Dai Davies	22/01/2008	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
Anne Begg	22/01/2008	Aberdeen South	Labour	Signed
Lynda Waltho	23/01/2008	Stourbridge	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	24/01/2008	Linlithgow and East Falkirk	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	05/02/2008	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	05/02/2008	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Don Foster	07/02/2008	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Dowd	19/02/2008	Lewisham West	Labour	Signed

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