PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
FAILURES OF THE BENEFITS AGENCY (18 October 1992)
Motion Details
That this House believes that thousands of people are in desperate circumstances due to massive failures in the operations of the Benefits Agency; and calls for the resignations of the Secretary of State for Social Security and the parliamentary Under-Secretary of State with responsibilities for the Benefits Agency, together with the disbanding of the Benefits Agency and the return of its duties directly to the Department of Social Security where the operations of the benefits system can once more be opened to parliamentary scrutiny.
Sponsored by:
Mr Harry Barnes (Labour)
EDMS Sponsor By Party
Party
Votes
%
Labour
57
89%
Independent
5
8%
Not Available
1
2%
The Independent Group for Change
1
2%
Sponsor List (64 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Lab
Lord Anderson of Swansea
Lab
Janet Anderson
Lab
John Austin
Lab
Mr Harry Barnes (Sponsor)
Lab
Mr Gerry Bermingham
Lab
Jimmy Boyce
Lab
Roland Boyes
Ind
Mr Stephen Byers
Lab
Mr Ronnie Campbell
Lab
Mr Michael Clapham
Lab
Mr David Clelland
Lab
Harry Cohen
Lab
Michael Connarty
Lab
Frank Cook
Lab
Tom Cox
Lab
John Cummings
Lab
Mr Lawrence Cunliffe
Lab
Mr Ron Davies
Lab
Jim Dowd
Lab
Jimmy Dunnachie
Lab
Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody
Lab
Dame Angela Eagle
Wallasey
Lab
Derek Enright
Lab
Lord Evans of Parkside
Lab
Andrew Faulds
Lab
Paul Flynn
IGC
Mike Gapes
Lab
Dr Norman Godman
Mr Tommy Graham
Lab
Mr Win Griffiths
Lab
Mr Mike Hall
Lab
Peter Hardy
Ind
Mr Geoffrey Hoon
Lab
Mr Kevin Hughes
Ind
Mr Eric Illsley
Lab
Lynne Jones
Lab
Baroness Lestor of Eccles
Lab
Mr Terry Lewis
Ind
Mr Ken Livingstone
Lab
Eddie Loyden
Lab
Max Madden
Lab
Alice Mahon
Lab
Mr David Marshall
Lab
Mr Eric Martlew
Lab
Gordon McMaster
Lab
Alun Michael
Lab
Mr Bill Michie
Lab
Mr Edward O'Hara
Lab
Robert Parry
Lab
Mr Colin Pickthall
Lab
Mr Greg Pope
Lab
Bridget Prentice
Lab
Mr Gordon Prentice
Lab
Baroness Primarolo
Lab
Baroness Quin
Lab
Martin Redmond
Lab
Alan Simpson
Lab
Mr Dennis Skinner
Lab
Lord Soley
Lab
Mr Gerry Steinberg
Lab
Jack Thompson
Ind
Mr Robert N. Wareing
Lab
Mr Alan Williams
Lab
Mrs Audrey Wise
Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.