PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
SUPPORT FOR ASYLUM SEEKER CHILDREN (23 March 1999)
Motion Details
That this House notes that the Government plans to take away all benefits from men, women and children currently seeking asylum, and that instead they will receive accommodation, food vouchers and a small amount in cash; further notes that the cash amount proposed for asylum seeker children is 50 pence a day; believes that no mother can meet the needs of a young child, over and above food and accommodation, on 50 pence a day; and urges the Government to reconsider this proposal.
Sponsored by:
Ms Diane Abbott (Labour)
EDMS Sponsor By Party
Party
Votes
%
Labour
59
52%
Liberal Democrat
33
29%
Independent
6
5%
Conservative
5
4%
Plaid Cymru
4
4%
Scottish National Party
3
3%
Non-affiliated
2
2%
Ulster Unionist Party
1
1%
Sponsor List (113 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Lab
Ms Diane Abbott (Sponsor)
Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Lord Allan of Hallam
Con
Sir David Amess
LD
Norman Baker
LD
Jackie Ballard
Lab
Mr Harry Barnes
LD
Lord Beith
Ind
Mr Martin Bell
Lab
Mr Tony Benn
Lab
Roger Berry
Lab
Mr Harold Best
Con
Sir Peter Bottomley
LD
Tom Brake
LD
Mr Colin Breed
LD
Paul Burstow
LD
Sir Vince Cable
LD
Lord Campbell of Pittenweem
Ind
Dennis Canavan
Lab
Martin Caton
LD
Lord Chidgey
Lab
Mr Michael Clapham
Lab
Harry Cohen
Lab
Mr Iain Coleman
Lab
Frank Cook
Ind
Jeremy Corbyn
Islington North
LD
Lord Cotter
Lab
Mrs Ann Cryer
Lab
Mr Jim Cunningham
SNP
Ms Roseanna Cunningham
Lab
Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas
PC
Cynog Dafis
LD
Ed Davey
Kingston and Surbiton
Lab
Valerie Davey
Lab
Denzil Davies
Lab
Mr Hilton Dawson
Lab
Jim Dobbin
Lab
Dr David Drew
Lab
Bill Etherington
SNP
Mrs Margaret Ewing
LD
Lord Fearn
Lab
Mark Fisher
Lab
Jim Fitzpatrick
LD
Lord Foster of Bath
Lab
Mrs Maria Fyfe
LD
Andrew George
St Ives
Lab
Mr Neil Gerrard
Lab
Dr Ian Gibson
Lab
Dr Norman Godman
Lab
Baroness Golding
LD
Mr Donald Gorrie
Ind
Mr Mike Hancock
LD
Dr Evan Harris
LD
Sir Nick Harvey
Ind
Kelvin Hopkins
LD
Simon Hughes
LD
Lord Jones of Cheltenham
Lab
Lynne Jones
PC
Mr Ieuan Wyn Jones
Lab
Ms Jenny Jones
LD
Mr Paul Keetch
Lab
Ms Tess Kingham
LD
Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope
Lab
Mrs Jackie Lawrence
Lab
Mr Bob Laxton
Lab
David Lepper
Ind
Mr Ken Livingstone
PC
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Lab
Alice Mahon
Lab
Mr Robert Marshall-Andrews
Lab
Mr Kevin McNamara
Lab
Mr Bill Michie
LD
Mrs Ray Michie
Lab
Austin Mitchell
LD
Michael Moore
Lab
Julie Morgan
SNP
Mr Alasdair Morgan
Lab
Dr Doug Naysmith
LD
Mr Mark Oaten
LD
Lembit Öpik
Lab
Diana Organ
Lab
Mr Kerry Pollard
Con
Lord Randall of Uxbridge
Lab
Syd Rapson
LD
Mr David Rendel
Lab
Chris Ruane
LD
Sir Bob Russell
LD
Mr Adrian Sanders
Lab
Phil Sawford
LD
Mr Brian Sedgemore
Lab
Jonathan Shaw
Lab
Alan Simpson
Lab
Mr Marsha Singh
Lab
Mr Dennis Skinner
LD
Sir Robert Smith
UUP
The Rev Martin Smyth
Lab
Mr Gerry Steinberg
Lab
Ian Stewart
Lab
Mr Paul Stinchcombe
LD
Lord Stunell
Lab
David Taylor
Lab
Mr Mark Todd
Baroness Tonge
Lab
Mr Paul Truswell
Lab
Dr Desmond Turner
Lab
Dr Rudi Vis
LD
Lord Wallace of Tankerness
PC
Lord Wigley
LD
Lord Willis of Knaresborough
Con
Ann Winterton
Con
Sir Nicholas Winterton
Lab
Mrs Audrey Wise
Lab
Mike Wood
Lab
Mr Anthony Wright
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