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Personal Care Charges

EDM number 1467 in 2008-09, proposed by Sarah Teather on 12/05/2009.
Categorised under the topics of Elderly people and Sickness, disability and carers' benefits.

That this House notes that an estimated half a million older people are not having their care needs met; expresses concern that every year at least 50,000 elderly people are forced to sell their homes in order to fund long-term care; supports Brent Council's decision to listen to people in Brent by not introducing large increases for personal care charges this year; believes the current funding system for personal care for the elderly in England is unfair, ineffective and unsustainable; and calls on the Government to implement urgent radical reform, including an extra £2 billion investment, to help fund a care guarantee which would entitle all older people to a personal care payment, based on need and not ability to pay.

This motion has been signed by a total of 24 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Sarah Teather12/05/2009Brent EastLiberal DemocratProposed
Andrew George12/05/2009St IvesLiberal DemocratSeconded
Mark Durkan12/05/2009FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySeconded
Bob Spink12/05/2009Castle PointIndependentSeconded
Robert Wareing13/05/2009Liverpool, West DerbyIndependentSeconded
Jeremy Corbyn13/05/2009Islington NorthLabourSeconded
Adrian Sanders13/05/2009TorbayLiberal DemocratSigned
Kelvin Hopkins13/05/2009Luton NorthLabourSigned
Lynne Jones13/05/2009Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Phil Willis13/05/2009Harrogate and KnaresboroughLiberal DemocratSigned
John Hemming14/05/2009Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
John McDonnell14/05/2009Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Lindsay Hoyle14/05/2009ChorleyLabourSigned
George Galloway18/05/2009Bethnal Green and BowRespectSigned
Mike Hancock19/05/2009Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Lady Hermon20/05/2009North DownUUPSigned
John Leech20/05/2009Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Linda Riordan20/05/2009HalifaxLabourSigned
William McCrea01/06/2009South AntrimDUPSigned
Eddie McGrady01/06/2009South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Bill Etherington01/06/2009Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Mark Williams01/06/2009CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
David Crausby04/06/2009Bolton North EastLabourSigned
Alan Simpson11/06/2009Nottingham SouthLabourSigned

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