Motion text
That this House deplores the Government's punitive decision to remove the £20 per week Universal Credit uplift, which the Joseph Rowntree Foundation estimates leaves around 5.5 million families worse off by £1,040 per year and will push a further half a million people over the poverty line; deeply regrets that people have been plunged into greater financial jeopardy and, with energy prices surging, now face the Dickensian prospect of going either cold or hungry this Winter; shares the concern of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health that the cut to Universal Credit will increase the number of children who will be disadvantaged in terms of physical and mental health, safety, and wellbeing, and will deepen structural social and health inequalities; and therefore supports Unite Community's call for the Government to reverse its cruel and callous policy by reinstating the uplift and extending it to cover those on legacy benefits in order to relieve financial anxiety, food poverty and energy insecurity.
Signatures (42)
The first 6 Members who have signed to support the motion are the sponsors. The primary sponsor is generally the person who tabled the motion and has responsibility for it. The date shown is when the Member signed the motion.
Morris, Grahame
Labour
Signed on
30 November 2021
Ribeiro-Addy, Bell
Labour
Signed on
30 November 2021
Winter, Beth
Labour
Signed on
30 November 2021
Byrne, Ian
Labour
Signed on
30 November 2021
Mishra, Navendu
Labour
Signed on
30 November 2021
Osborne, Kate
Labour
Signed on
30 November 2021
In addition to the sponsors, the following Members have signed to support the motion.
Barker, Paula
Labour
Signed on
30 November 2021
Corbyn, Jeremy
Independent
Signed on
30 November 2021
McDonald, Andy
Labour
Signed on
30 November 2021
Johnson, Kim
Labour
Signed on
30 November 2021
Hollern, Kate
Labour
Signed on
30 November 2021
Burgon, Richard
Labour
Signed on
30 November 2021
McDonnell, John
Labour
Signed on
30 November 2021
Nichols, Charlotte
Labour
Signed on
30 November 2021
Mearns, Ian
Labour
Signed on
30 November 2021
Lavery, Ian
Labour
Signed on
30 November 2021
Gardiner, Barry
Labour
Signed on
30 November 2021
Gwynne, Andrew
Labour
Signed on
1 December 2021
Carden, Dan
Labour
Signed on
1 December 2021
Edwards, Jonathan
Independent
Signed on
1 December 2021
Hanvey, Neale
Alba Party
Signed on
1 December 2021
Shannon, Jim
Democratic Unionist Party
Signed on
2 December 2021
Hanna, Claire
Social Democratic & Labour Party
Signed on
2 December 2021
Lucas, Caroline
Green Party
Signed on
2 December 2021
Williams, Hywel
Plaid Cymru
Signed on
3 December 2021
Lake, Ben
Plaid Cymru
Signed on
3 December 2021
Saville Roberts, Liz
Plaid Cymru
Signed on
3 December 2021
Thewliss, Alison
Scottish National Party
Signed on
6 December 2021
Yasin, Mohammad
Labour
Signed on
6 December 2021
Stephens, Chris
Scottish National Party
Signed on
6 December 2021
Trickett, Jon
Labour
Signed on
7 December 2021
Webbe, Claudia
Independent
Signed on
7 December 2021
Lewell-Buck, Mrs Emma
Labour
Signed on
7 December 2021
Law, Chris
Scottish National Party
Signed on
8 December 2021
McDonald, Stewart Malcolm
Scottish National Party
Signed on
9 December 2021
Lewis, Clive
Labour
Signed on
9 December 2021
Sultana, Zarah
Labour
Signed on
13 December 2021
Huq, Dr Rupa
Labour
Signed on
14 December 2021
Timms, Stephen
Labour
Signed on
5 January 2022
Begum, Apsana
Labour
Signed on
5 January 2022
Fellows, Marion
Scottish National Party
Signed on
17 January 2022
Maskell, Rachael
Labour
Signed on
24 January 2022
There are no withdrawn signatures for this motion.