Effect Of Reductions To Subsidies For The Meals On Wheels Services (EDM2219)

Effect Of Reductions To Subsidies For The Meals On Wheels Services

EDM number 2219 in 2010-12, proposed by Adrian Sanders on 10/10/2011.
Categorised under the topics of Elderly people and Food.

That this House congratulates the Hairy Bikers'television campaign to reform the Meals on Wheels service and to recruit more volunteers for the Meals on Wheels service; applauds the valuable work undertaken by the Meals on Wheels service for the most vulnerable in society; notes that councils are cutting subsidies to the Meals on Wheels service; further notes that many of the users of the service cannot afford to pay the resulting increased prices; calls on the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government to protect the subsidies for the Meals on Wheels service and to encourage more volunteers across the country to take part in the scheme.

This motion has been signed by a total of 15 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Adrian Sanders	10/10/2011	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Dan Rogerson	10/10/2011	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Margaret Ritchie	12/10/2011	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Seconded
Paul Flynn	13/10/2011	Newport West	Labour	Seconded
John McDonnell	13/10/2011	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Seconded
Jim McGovern	17/10/2011	Dundee West	Labour	Seconded
Alan Meale	17/10/2011	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
David Simpson	18/10/2011	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
William McCrea	18/10/2011	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
David Crausby	18/10/2011	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Virendra Sharma	18/10/2011	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	19/10/2011	North Down	Independent	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	19/10/2011	Dwyfor Meirionnydd	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	19/10/2011	Lagan Valley	DUP	Signed
John Leech	24/10/2011	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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