PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
Child poverty and the two-child benefit cap (16 July 2024)

Motion Details

That this House believes no child should grow up without adequate food, a warm home or security for their future; notes the Department for Work and Pensions' April 2024 statistics which state that 1.6 million children are affected by the two-child benefit cap; further notes that parents subject to the cap have less income available for childcare costs and therefore experience barriers to employment; recognises that removing this cap is the most cost-effective way of immediately lifting children out of poverty and deep poverty; and urges the Chancellor of the Exchequer to remove the two-child limit on social security payments in her first Budget.

Sponsored by:
Wendy Chamberlain (Liberal Democrat)

EDMS Sponsor By Party

Party
Votes
%
 
Liberal Democrat
60
77%
 
 
Independent
5
6%
 
 
Plaid Cymru
4
5%
 
 
Green Party
4
5%
 
 
Social Democratic & Labour Party
2
3%
 
 
Alliance
1
1%
 
 
Labour
1
1%
 
 
Democratic Unionist Party
1
1%
 
Sponsor List (78 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Ind
Shockat Adam
Leicester South
LD
Gideon Amos
Taunton and Wellington
LD
Steff Aquarone
North Norfolk
LD
Josh Babarinde
Eastbourne
LD
Alison Bennett
Mid Sussex
Green
Siân Berry
Brighton Pavilion
LD
Alex Brewer
North East Hampshire
LD
Jess Brown-Fuller
Chichester
LD
Charlotte Cane
Ely and East Cambridgeshire
LD
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Orkney and Shetland
LD
David Chadwick
Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe
LD
Wendy Chamberlain (Sponsor)
North East Fife
LD
Dr Danny Chambers
Winchester
Green
Ellie Chowns
North Herefordshire
LD
Chris Coghlan
Dorking and Horley
LD
Victoria Collins
Harpenden and Berkhamsted
LD
Daisy Cooper
St Albans
LD
Adam Dance
Yeovil
LD
Steve Darling
Torbay
PC
Ann Davies
Caerfyrddin
LD
Bobby Dean
Carshalton and Wallington
Green
Carla Denyer
Bristol Central
LD
Mr Lee Dillon
Newbury
LD
Sarah Dyke
Glastonbury and Somerton
SDLP
Colum Eastwood
Foyle
APNI
Sorcha Eastwood
Lagan Valley
LD
Tim Farron
Westmorland and Lonsdale
LD
Richard Foord
Honiton and Sidmouth
LD
Mr Will Forster
Woking
LD
Zöe Franklin
Guildford
LD
Andrew George
St Ives
LD
Sarah Gibson
Chippenham
LD
Olly Glover
Didcot and Wantage
LD
Marie Goldman
Chelmsford
LD
Tom Gordon
Harrogate and Knaresborough
LD
Sarah Green
Chesham and Amersham
SDLP
Claire Hanna
Belfast South and Mid Down
LD
Monica Harding
Esher and Walton
LD
Pippa Heylings
South Cambridgeshire
LD
Wera Hobhouse
Bath
Ind
Mr Adnan Hussain
Blackburn
LD
Christine Jardine
Edinburgh West
LD
Liz Jarvis
Eastleigh
LD
Clive Jones
Wokingham
Ind
Ayoub Khan
Birmingham Perry Barr
LD
Mr Paul Kohler
Wimbledon
PC
Ben Lake
Ceredigion Preseli
LD
James MacCleary
Lewes
LD
Ben Maguire
North Cornwall
LD
Helen Maguire
Epsom and Ewell
LD
Mike Martin
Tunbridge Wells
Ind
John McDonnell
Hayes and Harlington
PC
Llinos Medi
Ynys Môn
LD
John Milne
Horsham
Ind
Iqbal Mohamed
Dewsbury and Batley
LD
Layla Moran
Oxford West and Abingdon
LD
Helen Morgan
North Shropshire
LD
Tom Morrison
Cheadle
LD
Susan Murray
Mid Dunbartonshire
LD
Sarah Olney
Richmond Park
LD
Manuela Perteghella
Stratford-on-Avon
LD
Dr Al Pinkerton
Surrey Heath
Green
Adrian Ramsay
Waveney Valley
LD
Mr Joshua Reynolds
Maidenhead
LD
Ian Roome
North Devon
LD
Anna Sabine
Frome and East Somerset
PC
Liz Saville Roberts
Dwyfor Meirionnydd
DUP
Jim Shannon
Strangford
LD
Vikki Slade
Mid Dorset and North Poole
LD
Lisa Smart
Hazel Grove
LD
Ian Sollom
St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire
LD
Jamie Stone
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
Lab
Jon Trickett
Normanton and Hemsworth
LD
Freddie van Mierlo
Henley and Thame
LD
Caroline Voaden
South Devon
LD
Max Wilkinson
Cheltenham
LD
Martin Wrigley
Newton Abbot
LD
Claire Young
Thornbury and Yate

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