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Means Testing For Female Victims Of Domestic Violence

EDM number 756 in 2014-15, proposed by Andrew McDonald on 03/02/2015.
Categorised under the topic of Crimes of violence.

That this House believes all women suffering domestic violence should have the right to safe accommodation when at risk of harm; notes that employed women are means tested at the point they attempt to access accommodation resulting in some women having to self-fund their time in refuges; further notes that domestic violence often includes financial abuse that prevents some women from having access to money; believes women's immediate safety should be prioritised above their ability to access private funds at a time of personal crisis and serious risk of physical harm; further believes that the Government's call to end violence against women and girls: strategic vision should recognise the risks posed by means testing employed women; and calls for the means testing for eligibility of public funding to include an assessment of the economic impact of abusive and controlling relationships.

This motion has been signed by a total of 39 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Andrew McDonald03/02/2015MiddlesbroughLabourProposed
Jeremy Corbyn03/02/2015Islington NorthLabourSeconded
Jim Shannon04/02/2015StrangfordDUPSeconded
Steve Rotheram04/02/2015Liverpool, WaltonLabourSeconded
Ronnie Campbell04/02/2015Blyth ValleyLabourSeconded
Mark Hendrick04/02/2015PrestonLabourSeconded
Mark Durkan04/02/2015FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Glenda Jackson04/02/2015Hampstead and KilburnLabourSigned
Peter Bottomley05/02/2015Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Dennis Skinner05/02/2015BolsoverLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins05/02/2015Luton NorthLabourSigned
Diane Abbott05/02/2015Hackney North and Stoke NewingtonLabourSigned
Liz McInnes05/02/2015Heywood and MiddletonLabourSigned
David Anderson05/02/2015BlaydonLabourSigned
Stephen Hepburn09/02/2015JarrowLabourSigned
Mike Hancock09/02/2015Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Gerald Howarth10/02/2015AldershotConservativeSigned
David Crausby10/02/2015Bolton North EastLabourSigned
Margaret Ritchie10/02/2015South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
David Simpson10/02/2015Upper BannDUPSigned
Mark Lazarowicz10/02/2015Edinburgh North and LeithLabourSigned
Chris Williamson11/02/2015Derby NorthLabourSigned
Ian Lavery11/02/2015WansbeckLabourSigned
George Galloway11/02/2015Bradford WestRespectSigned
Virendra Sharma11/02/2015Ealing, SouthallLabourSigned
John Leech11/02/2015Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Caroline Lucas11/02/2015Brighton, PavilionGreenSigned
William McCrea11/02/2015South AntrimDUPSigned
George Howarth11/02/2015KnowsleyLabourSigned
Martin Caton12/02/2015GowerLabourSigned
Mary Glindon12/02/2015North TynesideLabourSigned
Alan Beith23/02/2015Berwick-upon-TweedLiberal DemocratSigned
Alex Cunningham23/02/2015Stockton NorthLabourSigned
Nick Brown23/02/2015Newcastle upon Tyne EastLabourSigned
Jeffrey M Donaldson23/02/2015Lagan ValleyDUPSigned
Grahame Morris24/02/2015EasingtonLabourSigned
Roger Godsiff25/02/2015Birmingham, Hall GreenLabourSigned
Jenny Chapman02/03/2015DarlingtonLabourSigned
Yasmin Qureshi24/03/2015Bolton South EastLabourSigned

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