PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
CARERS WEEK 2015 (2 June 2015)

Motion Details

That this House notes that there are 6.5 million unpaid carers across the UK and 6,000 people take on new caring responsibilities every day; gives its full support to Carers Week which falls on 8 to 14 June 2015; further notes that this is an annual campaign to raise awareness of caring, and to highlight the challenges that carers face and the contribution they make to families and communities throughout the UK; further notes that this year the campaign is focusing on building Care Friendly Communities, which are communities supporting carers to look after their loved ones while recognising that carers are individuals with their own needs too; also notes that three in five people will be carers in their lifetime and that there will be nine million carers in the UK by 2037; is concerned that full-time carers are twice as likely to be in bad health as non-carers, 54 per cent of carers are struggling to pay household bills and 60 per cent struggle to maintain friendships; further notes that the cost to the economy of carers having to give up work is £5.3 billion and six in 10 carers have reached breaking point, with a quarter requiring medical treatment; commends the supporters and sponsors of Carers Week, including Age UK, Carers Trust, Carers UK, Independent Age, Macmillan Cancer Support and MS Society; and calls on the Government to support Carers Week, work with the above organisations to build Care Friendly Communities and give the country's 6.5 million carers the support they deserve and desperately need.

Sponsored by:
Greg Mulholland (Liberal Democrat)

EDMS Sponsor By Party

Party
Votes
%
 
Scottish National Party
25
38%
 
 
Labour
19
29%
 
 
Independent
9
14%
 
 
Democratic Unionist Party
4
6%
 
 
Liberal Democrat
3
5%
 
 
Conservative
2
3%
 
 
Social Democratic & Labour Party
2
3%
 
 
Plaid Cymru
1
2%
 
 
Green Party
1
2%
 
Sponsor List (66 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
SNP
Ms Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh
Lab
Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent
Lab
Mr David Anderson
SNP
Mhairi Black
SNP
Kirsty Blackman
Aberdeen North
Con
Sir Peter Bottomley
SNP
Deidre Brock
SNP
Alan Brown
Lab
Ruth Cadbury
Brentford and Isleworth
Lab
Mr Ronnie Campbell
LD
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Orkney and Shetland
Ind
Jeremy Corbyn
Islington North
SNP
Ronnie Cowan
Lab
Jo Cox
Lab
Sir David Crausby
SNP
Angela Crawley
Lab
Mr Jim Cunningham
SNP
Martyn Day
DUP
Lord Dodds of Duncairn
SNP
Stuart Blair Donaldson
SDLP
Mark Durkan
Ind
Jonathan Edwards
Lab
Robert Flello
Lab
Vicky Foxcroft
Lewisham North
SNP
Patricia Gibson
Lab
Mary Glindon
Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend
Lab
Mr Roger Godsiff
SNP
Neil Gray
SNP
Drew Hendry
Ind
Mr Stephen Hepburn
Ind
Lady Hermon
Ind
Kelvin Hopkins
Con
Lord Jackson of Peterborough
SNP
Calum Kerr
Lab
Stephen Kinnock
Aberafan Maesteg
SNP
Chris Law
Dundee Central
Green
Caroline Lucas
Ind
Angus Brendan MacNeil
Lab
Rachael Maskell
York Central
SDLP
Dr Alasdair McDonnell
Ind
John McDonnell
Hayes and Harlington
Ind
Natalie McGarry
Ind
Conor McGinn
Lab
Liz McInnes
SNP
John McNally
Lab
Sir Alan Meale
SNP
Carol Monaghan
LD
Greg Mulholland (Sponsor)
SNP
Gavin Newlands
SNP
Kirsten Oswald
Lab
Yasmin Qureshi
Bolton South and Walkden
Lab
Christina Rees
Lab
Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
DUP
Gavin Robinson
Belfast East
SNP
Alex Salmond
DUP
Jim Shannon
Strangford
DUP
David Simpson
SNP
Alison Thewliss
Lab
Nick Thomas-Symonds
Torfaen
SNP
Owen Thompson
SNP
Mike Weir
SNP
Dr Eilidh Whiteford
SNP
Dr Philippa Whitford
PC
Hywel Williams
LD
Mr Mark Williams
SNP
Corri Wilson

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