PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
ATOS (27 June 2012)

Motion Details

That this House deplores that thousands of sick and disabled constituents are experiencing immense hardship after being deprived of benefits following a work capability assessment carried out by Atos Healthcare under a £100 million a year contract; notes that 40 per cent of appeals are successful but people wait up to six months for them to be heard; deplores that last year 1,100 claimants died while under compulsory work-related activity for benefit and that a number of those found fit for work and left without income have committed or attempted suicide; condemns the International Paralympic Committee's promotion of Atos as its top sponsor and the sponsorship of the Olympics by Dow Chemical and other corporations responsible for causing death and disability; welcomes the actions taken by disabled people, carers, bereaved relatives and organisations to end this brutality and uphold entitlement to benefits; and applauds the British Medical Association call for the work capability assessment to end immediately and to be replaced with a system that does not cause harm to some of the most vulnerable people in society.

Sponsored by:
John McDonnell (Independent)

EDMS Sponsor By Party

Party
Votes
%
 
Labour
90
74%
 
 
Independent
9
7%
 
 
Liberal Democrat
6
5%
 
 
Scottish National Party
5
4%
 
 
Democratic Unionist Party
3
2%
 
 
Plaid Cymru
2
2%
 
 
Social Democratic & Labour Party
2
2%
 
 
Green Party
1
1%
 
 
Non-affiliated
1
1%
 
 
The Independent Group for Change
1
1%
 
 
Workers Party of Britain
1
1%
 
 
Conservative
1
1%
 
Sponsor List (122 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Lab
Mr Bob Ainsworth
Lab
Mr Graham Allen
Lab
Mr David Anderson
Lab
Sir Kevin Barron
Lab
Mr Joe Benton
Lab
Mr Clive Betts
Sheffield South East
Lab
Paul Blomfield
Lab
Richard Burden
Lab
Mr Ronnie Campbell
Lab
Martin Caton
Lab
Baroness Clark of Kilwinning
Lab
Mr Tom Clarke
Lab
Ann Clwyd
Lab
Michael Connarty
Lab
Rosie Cooper
Ind
Jeremy Corbyn
Islington North
Lab
Sir David Crausby
Lab
Alex Cunningham
Lab
Mr Ian Davidson
Ind
Geraint Davies
Lab
Jim Dobbin
Lab
Frank Dobson
Lab
Mr Frank Doran
Lab
Stephen Doughty
Cardiff South and Penarth
Lab
Jim Dowd
SDLP
Mark Durkan
Ind
Jonathan Edwards
Ind
Dame Louise Ellman
Lab
Natascha Engel
Lab
Bill Esterson
Sefton Central
Lab
Chris Evans
Caerphilly
Lab
Paul Farrelly
Lab
Paul Flynn
Lab
Dr Hywel Francis
WPB
George Galloway
IGC
Mike Gapes
LD
Andrew George
St Ives
Lab
Sheila Gilmore
Lab
Mary Glindon
Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend
Lab
Mr Roger Godsiff
Lab
Paul Goggins
Lab
Helen Goodman
Lab
Dame Nia Griffith
Llanelli
Lab
Lord Hain
Lab
Fabian Hamilton
Leeds North East
Lab
Mr Dai Havard
Lab
John Healey
Rawmarsh and Conisbrough
Ind
Mr Stephen Hepburn
Lab
David Heyes
Baroness Hoey
Lab
Mr Jim Hood
Ind
Kelvin Hopkins
SNP
Stewart Hosie
Lab
Sir George Howarth
Con
Lord Jackson of Peterborough
Lab
Glenda Jackson
Lab
Alan Johnson
Ind
Eric Joyce
Lab
Sir Gerald Kaufman
Lab
Mr David Lammy
Tottenham
Lab
Ian Lavery
Blyth and Ashington
Lab
Mark Lazarowicz
LD
Mr John Leech
PC
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Lab
Mr Andrew Love
Green
Caroline Lucas
Ind
Angus Brendan MacNeil
Lab
Mr Khalid Mahmood
Lab
Lord Mann
DUP
Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown
SDLP
Dr Alasdair McDonnell
Ind
John McDonnell (Sponsor)
Hayes and Harlington
Lab
Sir Alan Meale
Lab
Ian Mearns
Lab
Andrew Miller
Lab
Jessica Morden
Newport East
Lab
Graeme Morrice
Lab
Grahame Morris
Easington
Lab
Mr George Mudie
Lab
Lord Murphy of Torfaen
Lab
Fiona O'Donnell
Lab
Sandra Osborne
Lab
Albert Owen
DUP
Ian Paisley
Lab
Teresa Pearce
LD
John Pugh
Lab
Yasmin Qureshi
Bolton South and Walkden
Lab
Mrs Linda Riordan
Lab
Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
SNP
Angus Robertson
Lab
John Robertson
Lab
Mr Geoffrey Robinson
Lab
Steve Rotheram
Lab
Lindsay Roy
Lab
Mr Frank Roy
Lab
Dame Joan Ruddock
LD
Sir Bob Russell
LD
Mr Adrian Sanders
Lab
Andy Sawford
DUP
Jim Shannon
Strangford
Lab
Mr Virendra Sharma
Lab
Mr Barry Sheerman
Lab
Jim Sheridan
Lab
Mr Dennis Skinner
Lab
Andy Slaughter
Hammersmith and Chiswick
Lab
Nick Smith
Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney
Lab
Graham Stringer
Blackley and Middleton South
Lab
Mr Gerry Sutcliffe
Lab
Mark Tami
Alyn and Deeside
Lab
Karl Turner
Kingston upon Hull East
Lab
Valerie Vaz
Walsall and Bloxwich
Lab
Joan Walley
Lab
Lord Watts
SNP
Mike Weir
SNP
Dr Eilidh Whiteford
PC
Hywel Williams
LD
Mr Mark Williams
Lab
Mr David Winnick
SNP
Pete Wishart
Perth and Kinross-shire
Lab
Mike Wood
Lab
Mr Shaun Woodward
Lab
David Wright

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