Free Television Licences For Pensioners (EDM430)

Free Television Licences For Pensioners

EDM number 430 in 2009-10, proposed by John Leech on 10/12/2009.
Categorised under the topics of Broadcasting and Pensions.

That this House recognises that the elderly are amongst the most vulnerable during these tough economic times; is concerned at the increasing numbers of pensioners who are finding themselves in fuel poverty; further recognises the benefits of giving those aged over 75 years a free television licence; and encourages the Government to extend the free licensing scheme to all pensioners, regardless of age.

This motion has been signed by a total of 38 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
John Leech	10/12/2009	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Lindsay Hoyle	10/12/2009	Chorley	Labour	Seconded
Jeremy Corbyn	10/12/2009	Islington North	Labour	Seconded
David Taylor	14/12/2009	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Withdrawn
Ann Cryer	14/12/2009	Keighley	Labour	Seconded
David Drew	14/12/2009	Stroud	Labour	Seconded
Bob Laxton	14/12/2009	Derby North	Labour	Seconded
Bob Spink	14/12/2009	Castle Point	Independent	Signed
David Borrow	14/12/2009	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Andrew Pelling	14/12/2009	Croydon Central	Independent	Signed
John Mason	15/12/2009	Glasgow East	Scottish National Party	Signed
Dai Davies	15/12/2009	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
Robert Wareing	15/12/2009	Liverpool, West Derby	Independent	Signed
Mike Hancock	15/12/2009	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Durkan	15/12/2009	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Martin Caton	15/12/2009	Gower	Labour	Signed
Gregory Campbell	15/12/2009	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
John McDonnell	15/12/2009	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	15/12/2009	Dover	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	15/12/2009	Easington	Labour	Signed
Mark Hunter	16/12/2009	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nigel Dodds	16/12/2009	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Jim Dobbin	16/12/2009	Heywood and Middleton	Labour	Signed
Michael Moore	16/12/2009	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Marsha Singh	16/12/2009	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
David Simpson	16/12/2009	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Bob Russell	16/12/2009	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Williams	05/01/2010	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	07/01/2010	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	07/01/2010	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	11/01/2010	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	13/01/2010	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	14/01/2010	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
David Heyes	21/01/2010	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	27/01/2010	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
George Galloway	28/01/2010	Bethnal Green and Bow	Respect	Signed
David Crausby	01/02/2010	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Bruce George	08/02/2010	Walsall South	Labour	Signed

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