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Progressive Illnesses And Esa

EDM number 701 in 2013-14, proposed by Stephen Lloyd on 11/11/2013.
Categorised under the topics of Diseases, Employment and Working age benefits.

That this House supports the call by Parkinsons UK, the MS Society, the National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society and the Cystic Fibrosis Trust for the improvement of the work capability assessment as outlined in their submission to the assessment's fourth independent review; notes their evidence that 45 per cent of people with progressive illnesses who have applied for employment and support allowance have been told that they could recover enough to return to work; recognises the pain and suffering that many people with progressive illnesses face on a daily basis and that the work capability assessment currently adds to this; further notes that many people with progressive illnesses have been valuable contributors to the UK economy and society and will only submit a claim for the benefit as a last resort; calls on the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to ensure that anyone with a prognosis of being unlikely to return to work in the longer term is placed into the support group, rather than allocated to the work-related activity group; further calls on the DWP to oblige Atos healthcare professionals to seek further evidence to clinically justify their recommendations on likely return to work before being able to place anyone with a progressive condition in the work-related activity group; and further calls on the DWP to abandon prognosis statements, which advise that a return to work could be considered in a certain timeframe, if that person has a debilitating progressive condition.

This motion has been signed by a total of 103 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Stephen Lloyd11/11/2013EastbourneLiberal DemocratProposed
Mark Durkan11/11/2013FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySeconded
Jim Shannon12/11/2013StrangfordDUPSeconded
Alasdair McDonnell12/11/2013Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySeconded
Nigel Dodds12/11/2013Belfast NorthDUPSeconded
John Leech12/11/2013Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSeconded
Martin Caton18/11/2013GowerLabourSigned
Mike Hancock18/11/2013Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Margaret Ritchie18/11/2013South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Annette Brooke18/11/2013Mid Dorset and North PooleLiberal DemocratSigned
William McCrea18/11/2013South AntrimDUPSigned
Naomi Long18/11/2013Belfast EastAllianceSigned
Mark Williams19/11/2013CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
Lady Hermon19/11/2013North DownIndependentSigned
George Howarth19/11/2013KnowsleyLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin19/11/2013Heywood and MiddletonLabourSigned
Steve Rotheram20/11/2013Liverpool, WaltonLabourSigned
Sheila Gilmore20/11/2013Edinburgh EastLabourSigned
Tony Cunningham20/11/2013WorkingtonLabourSigned
Bob Ainsworth20/11/2013Coventry North EastLabourSigned
Bob Russell20/11/2013ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Anne Begg21/11/2013Aberdeen SouthLabourSigned
Sarah Champion25/11/2013RotherhamLabourSigned
Katy Clark26/11/2013North Ayrshire and ArranLabourSigned
Elfyn Llwyd26/11/2013Dwyfor MeirionnyddPlaid CymruSigned
David Heyes26/11/2013Ashton-under-LyneLabourSigned
John Hemming27/11/2013Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Lazarowicz27/11/2013Edinburgh North and LeithLabourSigned
Fabian Hamilton27/11/2013Leeds North EastLabourSigned
Ian Mearns27/11/2013GatesheadLabourSigned
Mike Gapes27/11/2013Ilford SouthLabourSigned
Nick Harvey28/11/2013North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Miller28/11/2013Ellesmere Port and NestonLabourSigned
David Anderson28/11/2013BlaydonLabourSigned
Yasmin Qureshi28/11/2013Bolton South EastLabourSigned
Andrew Stunell29/11/2013Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Tom Harris03/12/2013Glasgow SouthLabourSigned
Greg Mulholland03/12/2013Leeds North WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Pat Glass03/12/2013North West DurhamLabourSigned
Graeme Morrice04/12/2013LivingstonLabourSigned
Jim Dowd04/12/2013Lewisham West and PengeLabourSigned
Lindsay Roy04/12/2013GlenrothesLabourSigned
Virendra Sharma04/12/2013Ealing, SouthallLabourSigned
John McDonnell04/12/2013Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Gary Streeter09/12/2013South West DevonConservativeSigned
Caroline Lucas09/12/2013Brighton, PavilionGreenSigned
Tom Clarke11/12/2013Coatbridge, Chryston and BellshillLabourSigned
Jim Cunningham11/12/2013Coventry SouthLabourSigned
Michael Weir11/12/2013AngusScottish National PartySigned
John Mann16/12/2013BassetlawLabourSigned
Tessa Jowell16/12/2013Dulwich and West NorwoodLabourSigned
Stephen Hepburn16/12/2013JarrowLabourSigned
Alan Meale16/12/2013MansfieldLabourSigned
Roger Godsiff16/12/2013Birmingham, Hall GreenLabourSigned
Bill Esterson17/12/2013Sefton CentralLabourSigned
Adrian Sanders17/12/2013TorbayLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Meacher18/12/2013Oldham West and RoytonLabourSigned
Fiona O'Donnell18/12/2013East LothianLabourSigned
Kate Hoey18/12/2013VauxhallLabourSigned
Simon Wright18/12/2013Norwich SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Frank Doran19/12/2013Aberdeen NorthLabourSigned
Joan Ruddock19/12/2013Lewisham, DeptfordLabourSigned
Hugh Bayley06/01/2014York CentralLabourSigned
Ian Lavery06/01/2014WansbeckLabourSigned
Graham Stringer06/01/2014Blackley and BroughtonLabourSigned
Barry Sheerman06/01/2014HuddersfieldLabourSigned
Mike Wood06/01/2014Batley and SpenLabourSigned
Andrew George06/01/2014St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Reid06/01/2014Argyll and ButeLiberal DemocratSigned
Austin Mitchell07/01/2014Great GrimsbyLabourSigned
David Wright07/01/2014TelfordLabourSigned
John Robertson08/01/2014Glasgow North WestLabourSigned
Malcolm Bruce08/01/2014GordonLiberal DemocratSigned
Joan Walley08/01/2014Stoke-on-Trent NorthLabourSigned
Angus Robertson08/01/2014MorayScottish National PartySigned
Eilidh Whiteford08/01/2014Banff and BuchanScottish National PartySigned
Clive Betts09/01/2014Sheffield South EastLabourSigned
Mark Tami09/01/2014Alyn and DeesideLabourSigned
Natascha Engel09/01/2014North East DerbyshireLabourSigned
John Thurso13/01/2014Caithness, Sutherland and Easter RossLiberal DemocratSigned
Dai Havard13/01/2014Merthyr Tydfil and RhymneyLabourSigned
Pete Wishart13/01/2014Perth and North PerthshireScottish National PartySigned
Mary Glindon13/01/2014North TynesideLabourSigned
Michael Crockart14/01/2014Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Ronnie Campbell15/01/2014Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Roger Williams15/01/2014Brecon and RadnorshireLiberal DemocratSigned
David Ward15/01/2014Bradford EastLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Connarty15/01/2014Linlithgow and East FalkirkLabourSigned
Kevin Barron16/01/2014Rother ValleyLabourSigned
Diane Abbott16/01/2014Hackney North and Stoke NewingtonLabourSigned
Jimmy Hood20/01/2014Lanark and Hamilton EastLabourSigned
Julian Huppert20/01/2014CambridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
Valerie Vaz22/01/2014Walsall SouthLabourSigned
Sarah Teather22/01/2014Brent CentralLiberal DemocratSigned
Albert Owen23/01/2014Ynys MLabourSigned
Rosie Cooper27/01/2014West LancashireLabourSigned
Grahame Morris28/01/2014EasingtonLabourSigned
John Pugh04/02/2014SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Ian Swales11/02/2014RedcarLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Love12/02/2014EdmontonLabourSigned
Ian Davidson24/02/2014Glasgow South WestLabourSigned
Sammy Wilson19/03/2014East AntrimDUPSigned
Robert Flello06/05/2014Stoke-on-Trent SouthLabourSigned

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