PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
CREDIT UNIONS (3 March 1998)

Motion Details

That this House welcomes the decision of the World Council of Credit Unions to hold its 1998 International Congress in Glasgow on 25th to 28th May; recognises the major contribution which credit unions can make to providing reliable low-cost financial services for many sectors of the population; and calls on the Government to amend the legislation governing credit unions to incorporate the reforms proposed by the Credit Union Movement which has in membership 500 credit unions with 210,000 individual members controlling ú100 million of assets.

Sponsored by:
Mr Ian Davidson (Labour)

EDMS Sponsor By Party

Party
Votes
%
 
Labour
158
75%
 
 
Liberal Democrat
25
12%
 
 
Independent
14
7%
 
 
Plaid Cymru
4
2%
 
 
Conservative
3
1%
 
 
Speaker
1
0%
 
 
Scottish National Party
1
0%
 
 
Social Democratic & Labour Party
1
0%
 
 
Non-affiliated
1
0%
 
 
The Independent Group for Change
1
0%
 
 
Crossbench
1
0%
 
Sponsor List (210 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Lab
Nick Ainger
Lord Allan of Hallam
Lab
Lord Anderson of Swansea
Lab
Mr Joe Ashton
Lab
Ms Candy Atherton
Lab
Charlotte Atkins
Con
Mr David Atkinson
Lab
John Austin
LD
Norman Baker
LD
Jackie Ballard
Lab
Mr Harry Barnes
Lab
Andrew Bennett
Lab
Mr Joe Benton
Lab
Mr Gerry Bermingham
Lab
Lord Bilston
Lab
Liz Blackman
Lab
Peter Bradley
Lab
Mr Ben Bradshaw
LD
Dr Peter Brand
Lab
Mr Russell Brown
Lab
Colin Burgon
Lab
Christine Butler
LD
Sir Vince Cable
Lab
Mr Ronnie Campbell
Lab
Lord Campbell-Savours
Lab
Mr Jamie Cann
Lab
Roger Casale
Lab
Martin Caton
Ind
Mr David Chaytor
Lab
Mr Malcolm Chisholm
Lab
Mr Michael Clapham
Lab
Mr Charles Clarke
Lab
Mr Tony Clarke
Lab
Ann Clwyd
Lab
Lord Coaker
Lab
Frank Cook
Lab
Yvette Cooper
Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley
Lab
Lord Corbett of Castle Vale
LD
Lord Cotter
Lab
Jim Cousins
Lab
Sir Ross Cranston
Lab
Lord Cryer
Lab
Mrs Ann Cryer
Lab
John Cummings
Lab
Mr Jim Cunningham
PC
Cynog Dafis
Lab
Valerie Davey
Lab
Mr Ian Davidson (Sponsor)
Lab
Denzil Davies
Ind
Geraint Davies
Lab
Mr Terry Davis
Lab
Mr Hilton Dawson
Lab
Mr Andrew Dismore
Lab
Jim Dobbin
Lab
Mr Brian H. Donohoe
Lab
Dr David Drew
Lab
Julia Drown
Lab
Maria Eagle
Liverpool Garston
Lab
Mr Huw Edwards
Ind
Dame Louise Ellman
Lab
Jeff Ennis
Lab
Bill Etherington
LD
Lord Fearn
Lab
Jim Fitzpatrick
Lab
Mrs Lorna Fitzsimons
Lab
Caroline Flint
Lab
Paul Flynn
Lab
Barbara Follett
LD
Lord Foster of Bath
Lab
Lord Foster of Bishop Auckland
Lab
Mr Michael Foster
Lab
Mrs Maria Fyfe
Lab
Barry Gardiner
Brent West
LD
Andrew George
St Ives
Lab
Dr Ian Gibson
Con
Mr Christopher Gill
Lab
Linda Gilroy
Lab
Dr Norman Godman
Lab
Paul Goggins
LD
Mr Donald Gorrie
Lab
Nigel Griffiths
Lab
Patrick Hall
Lab
John Healey
Rawmarsh and Conisbrough
Lab
Mr Ivan Henderson
Ind
Mr Stephen Hepburn
Lab
Stephen Hesford
Ind
Ms Patricia Hewitt
Lab
Baroness Hodge of Barking
Lab
Phil Hope
Ind
Kelvin Hopkins
Spk
Sir Lindsay Hoyle
Chorley
Lab
Baroness Hughes of Stretford
SDLP
Mr John Hume
Lab
Mr Alan Hurst
Lab
Dr Brian Iddon
Ind
Mr Eric Illsley
Lab
Miss Melanie Johnson
LD
Lord Jones of Cheltenham
Lab
Helen Jones
Lab
Lord Jones
Lab
Lynne Jones
PC
Mr Ieuan Wyn Jones
Lab
Mr Martyn Jones
Lab
Ms Jenny Jones
Lab
Ms Sally Keeble
Lab
Alan Keen
Lab
Mr Fraser Kemp
LD
Mr Charles Kennedy
Lab
Mr David Kidney
Lab
Baroness King of Bow
Lab
Ms Tess Kingham
Lab
Dr Ashok Kumar
Lab
Mrs Jackie Lawrence
Lab
David Lepper
IGC
Mr Chris Leslie
Ind
Sir Oliver Letwin
Ind
Mr Ivan Lewis
Lab
Mr Terry Lewis
Ind
Mr Ken Livingstone
LD
Lord Livsey of Talgarth
PC
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Lab
Mr Andrew Love
Lab
Alice Mahon
Lab
Gordon Marsden
Ind
Mr Paul Marsden
Lab
Mr David Marshall
Lab
Mr Jim Marshall
Lab
Lord Maxton
Lab
Mr John McAllion
Lab
Chris McCafferty
Ind
John McDonnell
Hayes and Harlington
Lab
Dame Anne McGuire
Lab
Rosemary McKenna
Lab
Mr Kevin McNamara
Lab
Mr Tony McWalter
Lab
Mr Bill Michie
LD
Mrs Ray Michie
Lab
Andrew Miller
Lab
Austin Mitchell
Lab
Laura Moffatt
LD
Michael Moore
Ind
Margaret Moran
Lab
Julie Morgan
SNP
Mr Alasdair Morgan
Lab
Mr Jim Murphy
Lab
Dr Doug Naysmith
Lab
Dan Norris
North East Somerset and Hanham
Lab
Sir Bill O'Brien
Lab
Mr Edward O'Hara
Lab
Mr Bill Olner
LD
Lembit Öpik
Lab
Diana Organ
Lab
Sandra Osborne
Lab
Dr Nick Palmer
Lab
Lord Pendry
Lab
Mr Peter Pike
Lab
Mr Chris Pond
Lab
Sir Raymond Powell
Lab
Mr Gordon Prentice
Lab
Mr Ken Purchase
Lab
Bill Rammell
Lab
Syd Rapson
Lab
Mr Andy Reed
Lab
Mr Ernie Ross
Lab
Mr Frank Roy
Lab
Chris Ruane
Lab
Christine Russell
LD
Sir Bob Russell
Lab
Martin Salter
LD
Mr Adrian Sanders
Lab
Phil Sawford
LD
Mr Brian Sedgemore
Lab
Mr Barry Sheerman
Lab
Ms Debra Shipley
Lab
Alan Simpson
Lab
Mr Marsha Singh
Lab
Baroness Smith of Malvern
LD
Angela Smith
LD
Sir Robert Smith
Lab
Lord Soley
Lab
Dr Phyllis Starkey
Lab
Ian Stewart
Lab
Dr Howard Stoate
Lab
Roger Stott
XB
Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston
LD
Lord Stunell
LD
Lord Taylor of Goss Moor
Lab
David Taylor
Lab
Gareth Thomas
Harrow West
Lab
Gareth Thomas
Lab
Mr Mark Todd
Lab
Lord Touhig
Con
David Tredinnick
Lab
Stephen Twigg
LD
Lord Tyler
Lab
Dr Rudi Vis
LD
Lord Wallace of Tankerness
Lab
Joan Walley
Ind
Mr Robert N. Wareing
Lab
Brian White
PC
Lord Wigley
Lab
Dr Alan Williams
Lab
Mr Alan Williams
Lab
Mrs Betty Williams
LD
Lord Willis of Knaresborough
Lab
Lord Wills
Lab
Mrs Audrey Wise
Lab
Mr Phil Woolas
Lab
Mr Jimmy Wray
Lab
Mr Anthony Wright

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