PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
PROPOSED AGE EQUALITY COMMISSION (17 July 2001)
Motion Details
That this House welcomes the Age Equality Commission Bill presented by the honourable Member for Falmouth and Camborne as a Private Members Bill; recognises that older people face discrimination on a daily basis as consumers and as employees; supports the establishment of an Age Equality Commission with an agreed remit to advise government and business on legislation and practice; and believes that the Commission would represent an important step in tackling discrimination and protecting the interests of older persons in our society.
Sponsored by:
Lord Knight of Weymouth (Labour)
EDMS Sponsor By Party
Party
Votes
%
Labour
119
67%
Liberal Democrat
23
13%
Independent
11
6%
Conservative
9
5%
Democratic Unionist Party
4
2%
Plaid Cymru
3
2%
Scottish National Party
2
1%
Social Democratic & Labour Party
2
1%
Speaker
1
1%
Ulster Unionist Party
1
1%
Crossbench
1
1%
Lord Speaker
1
1%
Sponsor List (177 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Lab
Ms Diane Abbott
Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Con
Sir David Amess
Lab
Janet Anderson
Lab
John Austin
Lab
Mr Adrian Bailey
Lab
Vera Baird
DUP
Lord Bannside
LD
John Barrett
Lab
Sir Hugh Bayley
UUP
Mr Roy Beggs
Lab
Roger Berry
Lab
Mr Harold Best
Con
Sir Peter Bottomley
LD
Tom Brake
LD
Mr Colin Breed
LD
Annette Brooke
Lab
Mr Russell Brown
Lab
Ms Karen Buck
Con
Sir Simon Burns
LD
Sir Vince Cable
LD
Mrs Patsy Calton
LD
Lord Campbell of Pittenweem
Lab
Roger Casale
Lab
Martin Caton
Lab
Colin Challen
LD
Lord Chidgey
Lab
Mrs Helen Clark
Lab
Mr Tom Clarke
Lab
Mr Tony Clarke
Lab
Ann Clwyd
Lab
Harry Cohen
Lab
Mr Iain Coleman
Lab
Michael Connarty
Ind
Jeremy Corbyn
Islington North
LD
Lord Cotter
Lab
Jim Cousins
Lab
Sir Ross Cranston
Lab
Sir David Crausby
Lab
Jon Cruddas
Lab
Mrs Ann Cryer
Lab
John Cummings
Lab
Mr Jim Cunningham
Lab
Valerie Davey
Lab
Mr Ian Davidson
Lab
Mrs Janet Dean
Lab
Mr Andrew Dismore
Lab
Jim Dobbin
DUP
Lord Dodds of Duncairn
LD
Sue Doughty
Lab
Dr David Drew
Lab
Julia Drown
Lab
Mr Huw Edwards
Ind
Dame Louise Ellman
Lab
Jeff Ennis
Lab
Bill Etherington
Lab
Paul Farrelly
XB
Lord Field of Birkenhead
Lab
Mark Fisher
Lab
Paul Flynn
Lab
Barbara Follett
LD
Lord Foster of Bath
LD
Andrew George
St Ives
Lab
Mr Bruce George
Lab
Mr Neil Gerrard
Lab
Dr Ian Gibson
Lab
Jane Griffiths
Lab
Mr Win Griffiths
Lab
John Grogan
Lab
Mr David Hamilton
Ind
Mr Mike Hancock
LD
Sir Nick Harvey
Lab
Stephen Hesford
LD
Paul Holmes
Ind
Kelvin Hopkins
Spk
Sir Lindsay Hoyle
Chorley
Lab
Mrs Joan Humble
SDLP
Mr John Hume
DUP
Mr Andrew Hunter
Lab
Mr Alan Hurst
Ind
Mr Eric Illsley
Lab
Helen Jackson
Lab
Mr Robert Jackson
Lab
Mr Brian Jenkins
Lab
Lynne Jones
Lab
Mr Jon Owen Jones
Lab
Mr Martyn Jones
Lab
Alan Keen
LD
Mr Paul Keetch
Lab
Mr Piara S Khabra
Lab
Andy King
Lab
Lord Knight of Weymouth (Sponsor)
Lab
Dr Ashok Kumar
LD
Mr David Laws
Lab
Mark Lazarowicz
Lab
David Lepper
PC
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Lab
Andrew Mackinlay
Lab
Mr Khalid Mahmood
Lab
Rob Marris
Lab
Gordon Marsden
Ind
Mr Paul Marsden
Ind
John McDonnell
Hayes and Harlington
Lord Speaker
Lord McFall of Alcluith
SDLP
Mr Eddie McGrady
Lab
Ann McKechin
Lab
Mr Kevin McNamara
Lab
Mr Tony McWalter
Lab
Mr John McWilliam
Lab
Sir Alan Meale
Ind
Patrick Mercer
Lab
David Miliband
Lab
Austin Mitchell
Lab
Julie Morgan
Lab
Meg Munn
Lab
Dr Doug Naysmith
Lab
Mr Mike O'Brien
Lab
Mr Edward O'Hara
Lab
Lord O'Neill of Clackmannan
Lab
Mr Bill Olner
LD
Lembit Öpik
Lab
Diana Organ
Con
Sir Richard Ottaway
Lab
Linda Perham
Lab
Mr Peter Pike
Lab
Mr James Plaskitt
Lab
Stephen Pound
Lab
Sir Raymond Powell
Lab
Gwyn Prosser
LD
John Pugh
Lab
Syd Rapson
LD
Mr David Rendel
Lab
Mr Geoffrey Robinson
DUP
Mr Peter Robinson
Ind
Mrs Iris Robinson
Lab
Mr Ernie Ross
Lab
Chris Ruane
Lab
Dame Joan Ruddock
Lab
Christine Russell
LD
Sir Bob Russell
Lab
Phil Sawford
Con
Andrew Selous
Lab
Jonathan Shaw
Lab
Mr Barry Sheerman
Lab
Jim Sheridan
Lab
Ms Debra Shipley
Lab
Mr Siôn Simon
Lab
Mr Marsha Singh
Lab
Mr Dennis Skinner
Lab
Mr Paul Stinchcombe
Lab
Mark Tami
Alyn and Deeside
LD
Lord Taylor of Goss Moor
Lab
David Taylor
Ind
Dr Richard Taylor
Con
Sir Teddy Taylor
PC
Mr Simon Thomas
Lab
Dr Desmond Turner
LD
Lord Tyler
Lab
Mr Bill Tynan
Lab
Keith Vaz
Lab
Dr Rudi Vis
Lab
Joan Walley
Ind
Mr Robert N. Wareing
Con
Dame Angela Watkinson
Lab
Lord Watson of Wyre Forest
LD
Steve Webb
SNP
Mike Weir
Lab
Brian White
Con
Mr John Wilkinson
PC
Hywel Williams
Lab
Mr Alan Williams
Lab
Mrs Betty Williams
Con
Sir Nicholas Winterton
SNP
Pete Wishart
Perth and Kinross-shire
Lab
Mike Wood
Lab
Tony Worthington
Lab
David Wright
Lab
Derek Wyatt
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