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PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
INTESTACY (6 December 2000)

Motion Details

That this House believes that the rules relating to intestacy are in urgent need of updating; notes that under the rules a spouse will only receive the first ú125,000 absolutely of the deceased's estate where there are children of the marriage; further notes that this figure has not changed for several years, despite a large increase in the value of domestic property; is concerned that many widows and widowers may lose their homes because their value is greater than the ú125,000 threshold; and calls upon Her Majesty's Government to consider raising this threshold to ú200,000, as recommended by the Law Society.

Sponsored by:
Helen Southworth (Labour)

EDMS Sponsor By Party

Party
Votes
%
 
Labour
49
62%
 
 
Liberal Democrat
14
18%
 
 
Independent
7
9%
 
 
Conservative
4
5%
 
 
Speaker
1
1%
 
 
Ulster Unionist Party
1
1%
 
 
Non-affiliated
1
1%
 
 
Plaid Cymru
1
1%
 
 
Lord Speaker
1
1%
 
Sponsor List (79 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Lab
John Austin
Lab
Mr Adrian Bailey
Lab
Mr Harry Barnes
Ind
Mr Martin Bell
Lab
Hilary Benn
Leeds South
Lab
Mr Harold Best
Con
Sir Peter Bottomley
LD
Dr Peter Brand
LD
Mr Colin Breed
Lab
Mr Russell Brown
Lab
Christine Butler
Con
Sir John Butterfill
LD
Sir Vince Cable
Lab
Lord Campbell-Savours
Lab
Martin Caton
LD
Lord Chidgey
Lab
Lord Clark of Windermere
Lab
Mrs Helen Clark
Lab
Mr Tony Clarke
Ind
Jeremy Corbyn
Islington North
LD
Lord Cotter
Lab
Jim Cousins
Lab
Mrs Ann Cryer
Lab
John Cummings
LD
Ed Davey
Kingston and Surbiton
Ind
Geraint Davies
Lab
Mr Andrew Dismore
Lab
Mr Huw Edwards
Lab
Clive Efford
Eltham and Chislehurst
Lab
Bill Etherington
LD
Andrew George
St Ives
LD
Sandra Gidley
Lab
Dr Norman Godman
Lab
Mr Win Griffiths
Lab
Fabian Hamilton
Leeds North East
Ind
Mr Mike Hancock
LD
Sir Nick Harvey
Lab
Sir Mark Hendrick
Preston
Spk
Sir Lindsay Hoyle
Chorley
Lab
Dr Brian Iddon
Ind
Mr Eric Illsley
LD
Lord Jones of Cheltenham
Lab
Lord Jones
Lab
Lynne Jones
Lab
Ms Jenny Jones
LD
Mr Paul Keetch
Lab
Dr Stephen Ladyman
Lab
Mr David Lammy
Tottenham
LD
Lord Livsey of Talgarth
PC
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Ind
Mr Paul Marsden
Lab
Mr Robert Marshall-Andrews
Ind
John McDonnell
Hayes and Harlington
Lord Speaker
Lord McFall of Alcluith
Lab
Mr Kevin McNamara
Lab
Sir Alan Meale
Lab
Mr Bill Michie
Lab
Mr Peter Pike
Lab
Mr Gordon Prentice
Lab
Syd Rapson
Lab
Mr Ernie Ross
UUP
Mr William Ross
Lab
Christine Russell
Lab
Phil Sawford
LD
Mr Brian Sedgemore
Lab
Alan Simpson
Lab
Helen Southworth (Sponsor)
Lab
Mr Gerry Steinberg
Lab
Ian Stewart
Lab
David Taylor
Baroness Tonge
Lab
Jon Trickett
Normanton and Hemsworth
LD
Lord Tyler
Lab
Dr Rudi Vis
Lab
Joan Walley
Lab
Mrs Betty Williams
Con
Ann Winterton
Con
Sir Nicholas Winterton
Lab
Mr Phil Woolas

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