PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
CARERS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM (23 November 2004)
Motion Details
That this House praises the valuable and vital role played by the estimated six million carers in the United Kingdom; notes that the fourth annual Carers' Rights Day is being held on Friday 3rd December; welcomes previous improvements to the carer's allowance; recognises, too, that an estimated ú660 million of carers' benefits go unclaimed each year; and calls upon the Government to mount a campaign to encourage better take-up of allowances rightly due to carers in this country.
Sponsored by:
Paul Farrelly (Labour)
EDMS Sponsor By Party
Party
Votes
%
Labour
70
49%
Conservative
36
25%
Independent
12
8%
Liberal Democrat
11
8%
Democratic Unionist Party
3
2%
Plaid Cymru
3
2%
Not Available
2
1%
Ulster Unionist Party
2
1%
Your Party
1
1%
Scottish National Party
1
1%
Non-affiliated
1
1%
The Independent Group for Change
1
1%
Lord Speaker
1
1%
Sponsor List (144 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Con
Sir David Amess
Lab
John Austin
Lab
Mr Adrian Bailey
Con
Lord Barker of Battle
Lab
Mr Harry Barnes
LD
John Barrett
Lab
Lord Beamish
UUP
Mr Roy Beggs
Con
Lord Blencathra
Lab
Mr Bob Blizzard
Ind
Crispin Blunt
Lab
Mr David S. Borrow
Lab
Lord Bradley
Con
Sir Julian Brazier
LD
Annette Brooke
Lab
Mr Russell Brown
Lab
Richard Burden
Con
Alistair Burt
LD
Mrs Patsy Calton
DUP
Mr Gregory Campbell
East Londonderry
Lab
Martin Caton
Con
Sir Sydney Chapman
Lab
Mr Michael Clapham
Lab
Mr Tony Clarke
Lab
Mr David Clelland
Lab
Harry Cohen
Lab
Mr Tony Colman
Derek Conway
YP
Jeremy Corbyn
Islington North
Lab
Tom Cox
Lab
Sir David Crausby
Lab
Jon Cruddas
Lab
Lord Cryer
Lab
Mrs Ann Cryer
Lab
John Cummings
Lab
Wayne David
Lab
Mrs Janet Dean
Con
Lord Deben
Lab
Mr Andrew Dismore
DUP
Lord Dodds of Duncairn
Ind
Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson
LD
Sue Doughty
Lab
Dr David Drew
Con
Mr Peter Duncan
Lab
Dame Angela Eagle
Wallasey
Lab
Mr Huw Edwards
Lab
Clive Efford
Eltham and Chislehurst
Lab
Jeff Ennis
Lab
Bill Etherington
Con
Mr Nigel Evans
SNP
Annabelle Ewing
Con
Michael Fabricant
Lab
Paul Farrelly (Sponsor)
Con
Lord Flight
Lab
Dr Hywel Francis
IGC
Mike Gapes
Con
Lord Garnier
LD
Andrew George
St Ives
Lab
Mr Neil Gerrard
Lab
Dr Ian Gibson
LD
Sandra Gidley
Con
Dame Cheryl Gillan
Lab
Mr Win Griffiths
Lab
Mr David Hamilton
Ind
Mr Mike Hancock
Con
Sir Oliver Heald
Con
Charles Hendry
Ind
Mr Stephen Hepburn
Ind
Lady Hermon
Lab
David Heyes
Ind
Kelvin Hopkins
Con
Lord Horam
Lab
Sir George Howarth
DUP
Mr Andrew Hunter
Lab
Dr Brian Iddon
Ind
Mr Eric Illsley
Lab
Glenda Jackson
LD
Lord Jones of Cheltenham
Lab
Lynne Jones
Lab
Mr David Kidney
Con
Julie Kirkbride
Lab
Mark Lazarowicz
Ind
Sir Oliver Letwin
Con
Sir Julian Lewis
New Forest East
PC
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Con
Tim Loughton
Lab
Rob Marris
Con
Baroness May of Maidenhead
Lab
John McDonnell
Hayes and Harlington
Lord Speaker
Lord McFall of Alcluith
Con
Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
Lab
Ann McKechin
Lab
Mr Kevin McNamara
Lab
Mr Tony McWalter
Lab
Sir Alan Meale
Ind
Patrick Mercer
Lab
Austin Mitchell
Con
Mr Stephen O'Brien
Lab
Diana Organ
Con
Mr George Osborne
Lab
Sandra Osborne
Lab
Albert Owen
Con
Sir James Paice
Lab
Linda Perham
Con
Lord Pickles
Lab
Mr Greg Pope
Lab
Mr Gordon Prentice
PC
Adam Price
Con
Lord Randall of Uxbridge
Lab
Syd Rapson
Lab
Mr Andy Reed
Ind
Mrs Iris Robinson
LD
Mr Adrian Sanders
Lab
Mr Mohammad Sarwar
Lab
Mr Malcolm Savidge
Mr Jonathan Sayeed
LD
Mr Brian Sedgemore
Con
Andrew Selous
Con
Sir Richard Shepherd
Lab
Alan Simpson
Lab
Mr Marsha Singh
UUP
The Rev Martin Smyth
Con
Dame Caroline Spelman
Ind
Bob Spink
Lab
Mr Paul Stinchcombe
Con
Lord Swire
Lab
David Taylor
PC
Mr Simon Thomas
Baroness Tonge
LD
Lord Tyler
Lab
Mr Bill Tynan
Con
Sir Peter Viggers
Lab
Dr Rudi Vis
Ind
Mr Robert N. Wareing
Con
Mr Nigel Waterson
Con
Dame Angela Watkinson
Lab
Brian White
Con
Sir Bill Wiggin
Con
Mr John Wilkinson
Con
Lord Willetts
Lab
Mr Alan Williams
Lab
Mrs Betty Williams
Lab
Derek Wyatt
LD
Richard Younger-Ross
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