PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
PENSIONS AND THE ARMED FORCES (18 May 1999)
Motion Details
That this House acknowledges the unique role of British servicemen and women currently deployed on hazardous operational tasks in the Balkans, the Middle East and elsewhere; recognises Parliament's responsibility for protecting the well-being of those who are prepared to lay down their lives in the service of this country; accepts its duty to ensure that adequacy of service and war pensions and benefits; and therefore urges the Government to require the Secretary of State for Defence to report annually on service pensions, war disablement pensions and war widows' and widowers' pensions.
Sponsored by:
Sir Julian Lewis (Conservative)
EDMS Sponsor By Party
Party
Votes
%
Labour
64
45%
Conservative
33
23%
Liberal Democrat
30
21%
Independent
5
4%
Plaid Cymru
2
1%
Scottish National Party
2
1%
Ulster Unionist Party
2
1%
Speaker
1
1%
Not Available
1
1%
Crossbench
1
1%
Sponsor List (141 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Lab
Ms Diane Abbott
Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Con
Sir David Amess
Lab
John Austin
LD
Norman Baker
Lab
Mr Harry Barnes
UUP
Mr Roy Beggs
Lab
Mr Tony Benn
Spk
John Bercow
Lab
Roger Berry
Lab
Mr Harold Best
Lab
Mr Bob Blizzard
Ind
Crispin Blunt
Lab
Mr David S. Borrow
Con
Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone
Con
Sir Peter Bottomley
LD
Tom Brake
LD
Dr Peter Brand
Con
Sir Julian Brazier
LD
Mr Colin Breed
Lab
Mr Russell Brown
Con
Mr Ian Bruce
LD
Lord Burnett
LD
Paul Burstow
Lab
Christine Butler
LD
Sir Vince Cable
LD
Lord Campbell of Pittenweem
Lab
Mr Ronnie Campbell
Lab
Sir Alan Campbell
Tynemouth
Ind
Dennis Canavan
Con
Sir William Cash
LD
Lord Chidgey
Lab
Mrs Helen Clark
Lab
Mr Eric Clarke
Con
Michael Colvin
Lab
Michael Connarty
Lab
Frank Cook
LD
Lord Cotter
Lab
Sir David Crausby
Lab
Mr Lawrence Cunliffe
Lab
Mr Jim Cunningham
SNP
Ms Roseanna Cunningham
Lab
Mr Ian Davidson
Lab
Denzil Davies
Lab
Mr Terry Davis
Lab
Mr Hilton Dawson
Lab
Mrs Janet Dean
Lab
Mr Andrew Dismore
Ind
Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson
Lab
Mr Huw Edwards
Lab
Bill Etherington
SNP
Mrs Margaret Ewing
Con
Michael Fabricant
LD
Lord Fearn
XB
Lord Field of Birkenhead
Lab
Jim Fitzpatrick
Con
Lord Flight
Lab
Paul Flynn
Lab
Barbara Follett
LD
Lord Foster of Bath
LD
Andrew George
St Ives
Lab
Dr Ian Gibson
Lab
Dr Norman Godman
Lab
Mr Roger Godsiff
LD
Mr Donald Gorrie
Con
James Gray
Ind
Mr Dominic Grieve
Lab
Jane Griffiths
Lab
Mr Win Griffiths
Ind
Mr Mike Hancock
LD
Dr Evan Harris
LD
Sir Nick Harvey
Con
Sir John Hayes
South Holland and The Deepings
LD
Mr David Heath
Con
Lord Horam
Con
Sir Geoffrey Johnson Smith
LD
Lord Jones of Cheltenham
Lab
Lord Jones
PC
Mr Ieuan Wyn Jones
Lab
Mr Martyn Jones
Lab
Mr Fraser Kemp
LD
Mr Charles Kennedy
LD
Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope
Lab
Dr Ashok Kumar
Lab
Dr Stephen Ladyman
Lab
David Lepper
Con
Sir Julian Lewis (Sponsor)
New Forest East
LD
Lord Livsey of Talgarth
PC
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Con
Tim Loughton
Con
Sir Peter Luff
Lab
Andrew Mackinlay
Con
Mr Humfrey Malins
Lab
Gordon Marsden
Con
Mr Michael Mates
Mr Robert McCartney
Lab
Mr Bill Michie
Lab
Laura Moffatt
LD
Michael Moore
Lab
Dr Doug Naysmith
Con
Mr Patrick Nicholls
Lab
Lord O'Neill of Clackmannan
LD
Mr Mark Oaten
Lab
Mr Bill Olner
LD
Lembit Öpik
Lab
Diana Organ
Con
Mr Owen Paterson
Lab
Mr Kerry Pollard
Lab
Bill Rammell
Con
Lord Randall of Uxbridge
Lab
Syd Rapson
LD
Mr David Rendel
Con
Mr Laurence Robertson
Con
Dame Marion Roe
Lab
Mr Allan Rogers
Lab
Chris Ruane
Con
Mr David Ruffley
LD
Sir Bob Russell
LD
Mr Adrian Sanders
Lab
Phil Sawford
Con
Baroness Shephard of Northwold
UUP
The Rev Martin Smyth
Con
Lord Spicer
Lab
Mr Gerry Steinberg
Lab
Ian Stewart
Lab
Mr Paul Stinchcombe
Con
Sir Desmond Swayne
New Forest West
Con
Sir Robert Syms
Con
Sir Teddy Taylor
Lab
Lord Temple-Morris
Lab
Mr Mark Todd
LD
Lord Tyler
Lab
Dr Rudi Vis
LD
Lord Wallace of Tankerness
Lab
Joan Walley
Con
Mr Robert Walter
Con
Mr John Wilkinson
LD
Lord Willis of Knaresborough
Con
Ann Winterton
Con
Sir Nicholas Winterton
Lab
Mike Wood
Lab
Derek Wyatt
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