Under-Occupancy Penalty And The Vulnerable (EDM984)

Under-Occupancy Penalty And The Vulnerable

EDM number 984 in 2012-13, proposed by Ann Coffey on 29/01/2013.
Categorised under the topics of Housing and Housing benefits.

That this House is concerned that withdrawing housing benefit from social housing tenants with unoccupied bedrooms will hit the poor, the vulnerable and the disabled hardest, unfairly penalises parents with sons and daughters in the armed forces living at home but away fighting for their country on the Afghanistan front line, takes no account of those who need specialist home care and threatens to disrupt the lives of children in the joint custody of divorced or separated parents; recognises that local authorities do not have enough one-bedroom housing stock available to enable those who can downsize to do so; and supports the Sunday People campaign calling on the Government to increase central funding for the discretionary housing allowance so that those unable to pay the bedroom tax do not become homeless.

This motion has been signed by a total of 91 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Ann Coffey	29/01/2013	Stockport	Labour	Proposed
Jim Sheridan	29/01/2013	Paisley and Renfrewshire North	Labour	Seconded
Jim Shannon	30/01/2013	Strangford	DUP	Seconded
Ronnie Campbell	30/01/2013	Blyth Valley	Labour	Seconded
Jim Dobbin	30/01/2013	Heywood and Middleton	Labour	Seconded
Mark Durkan	30/01/2013	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Seconded
Angus Robertson	30/01/2013	Moray	Scottish National Party	Signed
Dennis Skinner	30/01/2013	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	30/01/2013	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Angus MacNeil	30/01/2013	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scottish National Party	Signed
Eilidh Whiteford	30/01/2013	Banff and Buchan	Scottish National Party	Signed
Martin Caton	31/01/2013	Gower	Labour	Signed
Michael Weir	31/01/2013	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Jim Cunningham	01/02/2013	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	04/02/2013	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	04/02/2013	Hampstead and Kilburn	Labour	Signed
Hugh Bayley	05/02/2013	York Central	Labour	Signed
Valerie Vaz	05/02/2013	Walsall South	Labour	Signed
Katy Clark	05/02/2013	North Ayrshire and Arran	Labour	Signed
David Anderson	05/02/2013	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
David Wright	05/02/2013	Telford	Labour	Signed
Dave Watts	05/02/2013	St Helens North	Labour	Signed
Clive Betts	05/02/2013	Sheffield South East	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	05/02/2013	Dwyfor Meirionnydd	Plaid Cymru	Signed
John McDonnell	05/02/2013	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	05/02/2013	Lagan Valley	DUP	Signed
Hywel Francis	05/02/2013	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	05/02/2013	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Robertson	06/02/2013	Glasgow North West	Labour	Signed
Dai Havard	06/02/2013	Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney	Labour	Signed
George Howarth	06/02/2013	Knowsley	Labour	Signed
Caroline Lucas	06/02/2013	Brighton, Pavilion	Green	Signed
William McCrea	06/02/2013	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Tony Cunningham	06/02/2013	Workington	Labour	Signed
George Galloway	06/02/2013	Bradford West	Respect	Signed
Mike Gapes	06/02/2013	Ilford South	Labour	Signed
Graeme Morrice	06/02/2013	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Graham Allen	07/02/2013	Nottingham North	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	07/02/2013	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Paul Blomfield	07/02/2013	Sheffield Central	Labour	Signed
Andy Sawford	07/02/2013	Corby	Labour	Signed
Ian Lavery	07/02/2013	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Sandra Osborne	07/02/2013	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock	Labour	Signed
Paul Murphy	07/02/2013	Torfaen	Labour	Signed
Austin Mitchell	07/02/2013	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	07/02/2013	Edinburgh North and Leith	Labour	Signed
Frank Field	07/02/2013	Birkenhead	Labour	Signed
Ann Clwyd	11/02/2013	Cynon Valley	Labour	Signed
Adrian Bailey	11/02/2013	West Bromwich West	Labour	Signed
Joan Walley	11/02/2013	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Rosie Cooper	11/02/2013	West Lancashire	Labour	Signed
Jim McGovern	11/02/2013	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
Steve Rotheram	11/02/2013	Liverpool, Walton	Labour	Signed
Simon Danczuk	11/02/2013	Rochdale	Labour	Signed
Sarah Champion	11/02/2013	Rotherham	Labour	Signed
Gerald Kaufman	12/02/2013	Manchester, Gorton	Labour	Signed
Grahame Morris	12/02/2013	Easington	Labour	Signed
Bill Esterson	12/02/2013	Sefton Central	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Roy	12/02/2013	Glenrothes	Labour	Signed
Jessica Morden	12/02/2013	Newport East	Labour	Signed
Anne Begg	12/02/2013	Aberdeen South	Labour	Signed
Paul Goggins	13/02/2013	Wythenshawe and Sale East	Labour	Signed
Peter Hain	13/02/2013	Neath	Labour	Signed
Pete Wishart	13/02/2013	Perth and North Perthshire	Scottish National Party	Signed
Pat Glass	13/02/2013	North West Durham	Labour	Signed
Ian Mearns	13/02/2013	Gateshead	Labour	Signed
Joe Benton	14/02/2013	Bootle	Labour	Signed
Fiona O'Donnell	14/02/2013	East Lothian	Labour	Signed
David Blunkett	14/02/2013	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough	Labour	Signed
Linda Riordan	14/02/2013	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Mark Hendrick	25/02/2013	Preston	Labour	Signed
Kate Hoey	25/02/2013	Vauxhall	Labour	Signed
Jimmy Hood	25/02/2013	Lanark and Hamilton East	Labour	Signed
Andrew Miller	25/02/2013	Ellesmere Port and Neston	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	25/02/2013	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Graham Stringer	25/02/2013	Blackley and Broughton	Labour	Signed
Shaun Woodward	25/02/2013	St Helens South and Whiston	Labour	Signed
Si	25/02/2013	Swansea East	Labour	Signed
Louise Ellman	26/02/2013	Liverpool, Riverside	Labour	Signed
John Healey	27/02/2013	Wentworth and Dearne	Labour	Signed
Yasmin Qureshi	27/02/2013	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Frank Doran	28/02/2013	Aberdeen North	Labour	Signed
Ian Davidson	01/03/2013	Glasgow South West	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	05/03/2013	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Alex Cunningham	06/03/2013	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Geoffrey Robinson	12/03/2013	Coventry North West	Labour	Signed
Frank Roy	12/03/2013	Motherwell and Wishaw	Labour	Signed
Michael Meacher	12/03/2013	Oldham West and Royton	Labour	Signed
Natascha Engel	25/03/2013	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Lucy Powell	25/03/2013	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Lisa Nandy	10/04/2013	Wigan	Labour	Signed

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