Childcare Vouchers
EDM number 755 in 2017-19, proposed by Caroline Lucas on 09/01/2018.
Categorised under the topics of Child care and Taxation.
That this House notes that childcare vouchers are a widely-used benefit that are popular with parents and employers alike, with more than 60,000 businesses of all sizes offering vouchers to more than 750,000 parents; further notes that, with childcare costs having risen faster than incomes in recent years, a large majority of parents still find their decision to work dependent on the availability of good quality, affordable childcare; regrets the Government's decision to close childcare vouchers to new entrants from April 2018; is concerned that the lack of any formal role for employers in the new Tax-Free Childcare scheme will lead to falling levels of engagement by employers in the support of working parents around their work-life balance and childcare needs; calls on the Government to keep childcare vouchers open alongside Tax-Free Childcare, so that parents can choose the scheme that is most suitable to their needs and offers the most support to their family; and further calls on the Government to consider how childcare vouchers could be extended to the self-employed.
This motion has been signed by a total of 126 MPs.
MP | Date | Constituency | Party | Type |
Caroline Lucas | 09/01/2018 | Brighton, Pavilion | Green | Proposed |
Lisa Nandy | 09/01/2018 | Wigan | Labour | Seconded |
Carol Monaghan | 09/01/2018 | Glasgow North West | Scottish National Party | Seconded |
Layla Moran | 09/01/2018 | Oxford West and Abingdon | Liberal Democrat | Seconded |
Liz Saville Roberts | 09/01/2018 | Dwyfor Meirionnydd | Plaid Cymru | Seconded |
Luciana Berger | 09/01/2018 | Liverpool, Wavertree | Labour | Seconded |
Tonia Antoniazzi | 09/01/2018 | Gower | Labour | Signed |
Hannah Bardell | 09/01/2018 | Livingston | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Alex Sobel | 09/01/2018 | Leeds North West | Labour/Co-operative | Signed |
Alan Brown | 09/01/2018 | Kilmarnock and Loudoun | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Jonathan Edwards | 09/01/2018 | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | Plaid Cymru | Signed |
Philippa Whitford | 09/01/2018 | Central Ayrshire | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Karen Buck | 09/01/2018 | Westminster North | Labour | Signed |
Paul Flynn | 09/01/2018 | Newport West | Labour | Signed |
Ellie Reeves | 09/01/2018 | Lewisham West and Penge | Labour | Signed |
Tim Farron | 09/01/2018 | Westmorland and Lonsdale | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Martyn Day | 09/01/2018 | Linlithgow and East Falkirk | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Hywel Williams | 09/01/2018 | Arfon | Plaid Cymru | Signed |
John McNally | 09/01/2018 | Falkirk | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Jim Cunningham | 09/01/2018 | Coventry South | Labour | Signed |
Tom Brake | 09/01/2018 | Carshalton and Wallington | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Jamie Stone | 09/01/2018 | Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Daniel Zeichner | 09/01/2018 | Cambridge | Labour | Signed |
Lisa Cameron | 09/01/2018 | East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Alistair Carmichael | 09/01/2018 | Orkney and Shetland | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Alison Thewliss | 09/01/2018 | Glasgow Central | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Paul Farrelly | 09/01/2018 | Newcastle-under-Lyme | Labour | Signed |
Stephen Gethins | 09/01/2018 | North East Fife | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Ronnie Campbell | 09/01/2018 | Blyth Valley | Labour | Signed |
Helen Hayes | 09/01/2018 | Dulwich and West Norwood | Labour | Signed |
Drew Hendry | 09/01/2018 | Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Ben Lake | 09/01/2018 | Ceredigion | Plaid Cymru | Signed |
Thelma Walker | 09/01/2018 | Colne Valley | Labour | Signed |
Marie Rimmer | 09/01/2018 | St Helens South and Whiston | Labour | Signed |
John Grogan | 09/01/2018 | | | Signed |
Barry Sheerman | 09/01/2018 | Huddersfield | Labour | Signed |
Tommy Sheppard | 09/01/2018 | Edinburgh East | Scottish National Party | Signed |
James Frith | 09/01/2018 | Bury North | Labour | Signed |
Norman Lamb | 09/01/2018 | North Norfolk | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Roger Godsiff | 09/01/2018 | Birmingham, Hall Green | Labour | Signed |
Stewart McDonald | 10/01/2018 | Glasgow South | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Stephen Lloyd | 10/01/2018 | Eastbourne | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Jim Shannon | 10/01/2018 | Strangford | DUP | Signed |
Matt Western | 10/01/2018 | Warwick and Leamington | Labour | Signed |
Mike Hill | 10/01/2018 | Hartlepool | Labour | Signed |
Mary Glindon | 10/01/2018 | North Tyneside | Labour | Signed |
Lady Hermon | 10/01/2018 | North Down | Independent | Signed |
Chuka Umunna | 11/01/2018 | Streatham | Labour | Signed |
Dennis Skinner | 11/01/2018 | Bolsover | Labour | Signed |
Gareth Snell | 15/01/2018 | Stoke-on-Trent Central | Labour/Co-operative | Signed |
Ronnie Cowan | 15/01/2018 | Inverclyde | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Anna McMorrin | 15/01/2018 | Cardiff North | Labour | Signed |
Catherine McKinnell | 15/01/2018 | Newcastle upon Tyne North | Labour | Signed |
Jo Swinson | 16/01/2018 | East Dunbartonshire | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Edward Davey | 16/01/2018 | Kingston and Surbiton | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Preet Kaur Gill | 16/01/2018 | Birmingham, Edgbaston | Labour/Co-operative | Signed |
Alex Cunningham | 16/01/2018 | Stockton North | Labour | Signed |
Stephen McCabe | 16/01/2018 | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Labour | Signed |
Christine Jardine | 16/01/2018 | Edinburgh West | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Gavin Newlands | 16/01/2018 | Paisley and Renfrewshire North | Scottish National Party | Signed |
David Linden | 16/01/2018 | Glasgow East | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Kelvin Hopkins | 17/01/2018 | Luton North | Labour | Signed |
Lloyd Russell-Moyle | 17/01/2018 | Brighton, Kemptown | Labour/Co-operative | Signed |
Angela Crawley | 17/01/2018 | Lanark and Hamilton East | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Chris Law | 17/01/2018 | Dundee West | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Ian Blackford | 17/01/2018 | Ross, Skye and Lochaber | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Ruth Cadbury | 17/01/2018 | Brentford and Isleworth | Labour | Signed |
Kate Green | 17/01/2018 | Stretford and Urmston | Labour | Signed |
Stuart McDonald | 17/01/2018 | Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Pete Wishart | 17/01/2018 | Perth and North Perthshire | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Patricia Gibson | 17/01/2018 | North Ayrshire and Arran | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Ian Murray | 17/01/2018 | Edinburgh South | Labour | Signed |
Andy Slaughter | 17/01/2018 | Hammersmith | Labour | Signed |
Louise Ellman | 18/01/2018 | Liverpool, Riverside | Labour | Signed |
Grahame Morris | 18/01/2018 | Easington | Labour | Signed |
Sandy Martin | 19/01/2018 | Ipswich | Labour | Signed |
Ruth George | 19/01/2018 | High Peak | Labour | Signed |
Harriet Harman | 19/01/2018 | Camberwell and Peckham | Labour | Signed |
Patrick Grady | 22/01/2018 | Glasgow North | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Wera Hobhouse | 22/01/2018 | Bath | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Mary Creagh | 23/01/2018 | Wakefield | Labour | Signed |
David Lammy | 23/01/2018 | Tottenham | Labour | Signed |
Rosie Cooper | 24/01/2018 | West Lancashire | Labour | Signed |
Hugh Gaffney | 24/01/2018 | Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill | Labour | Signed |
Mohammad Yasin | 24/01/2018 | Bedford | Labour | Signed |
Martin Whitfield | 24/01/2018 | East Lothian | Labour | Signed |
Ruth Smeeth | 24/01/2018 | Stoke-on-Trent North | Labour | Signed |
Mike Gapes | 24/01/2018 | Ilford South | Labour | Signed |
Stephen Kinnock | 24/01/2018 | Aberavon | Labour | Signed |
Wes Streeting | 24/01/2018 | Ilford North | Labour | Signed |
Rupa Huq | 24/01/2018 | Ealing Central and Acton | Labour | Signed |
Faisal Rashid | 25/01/2018 | Warrington South | Labour | Signed |
Kirsty Blackman | 25/01/2018 | Aberdeen North | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Martin Docherty | 25/01/2018 | West Dunbartonshire | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Joan Ryan | 25/01/2018 | | | Signed |
Stephen Hepburn | 29/01/2018 | Jarrow | Labour | Signed |
Joanna Cherry | 29/01/2018 | Edinburgh South West | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Paul Williams | 29/01/2018 | Stockton South | Labour | Signed |
Chris Stephens | 29/01/2018 | Glasgow South West | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Lucy Powell | 29/01/2018 | Manchester Central | Labour | Signed |
Alison McGovern | 29/01/2018 | Wirral South | Labour | Signed |
Stewart Hosie | 29/01/2018 | Dundee East | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Jeffrey M Donaldson | 29/01/2018 | Lagan Valley | DUP | Signed |
George Howarth | 29/01/2018 | Knowsley | Labour | Signed |
Deidre Brock | 30/01/2018 | Edinburgh North and Leith | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Virendra Sharma | 30/01/2018 | Ealing, Southall | Labour | Signed |
Gavin Robinson | 31/01/2018 | Belfast East | DUP | Signed |
Toby Perkins | 31/01/2018 | Chesterfield | Labour | Signed |
Margaret Hodge | 02/02/2018 | Barking | Labour | Signed |
Mhairi Black | 05/02/2018 | Paisley and Renfrewshire South | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Angus MacNeil | 05/02/2018 | Na h-Eileanan an Iar | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Neil Gray | 05/02/2018 | Airdrie and Shotts | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Paul Girvan | 06/02/2018 | South Antrim | DUP | Signed |
Douglas Chapman | 06/02/2018 | Dunfermline and West Fife | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Tulip Siddiq | 06/02/2018 | Hampstead and Kilburn | Labour | Signed |
David Crausby | 07/02/2018 | Bolton North East | Labour | Signed |
Brendan O'Hara | 08/02/2018 | Argyll and Bute | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Jess Phillips | 08/02/2018 | Birmingham, Yardley | Labour | Signed |
Marion Fellows | 20/02/2018 | Motherwell and Wishaw | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Jon Cruddas | 21/02/2018 | Dagenham and Rainham | Labour | Signed |
John Spellar | 28/02/2018 | Warley | Labour | Signed |
Catherine West | 15/03/2018 | Hornsey and Wood Green | Labour | Signed |
Kevin Barron | 05/09/2018 | Rother Valley | Labour | Signed |
Siobhain McDonagh | 06/09/2018 | Mitcham and Morden | Labour | Signed |
Clive Betts | 09/10/2018 | Sheffield South East | Labour | Signed |
Hilary Benn | 09/10/2018 | Leeds Central | Labour | Signed |

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