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Tuesday, 16 July 2024 • Unknown Session

EDM 22: Child poverty and the two-child benefit cap

80 total sponsorsTabled

Motion Text

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.

Sponsors (79 total)

Primary Sponsor

Wendy Chamberlain

Liberal Democrat (LD)

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Liberal Democrat (LD)

#2

Liberal Democrat (LD)

#3

Liberal Democrat (LD)

#4

Mr Alistair Carmichael

Liberal Democrat (LD)

#5

Liberal Democrat (LD)

#6

Liberal Democrat (LD)

#7

Plaid Cymru (PC)

#8

Liz Saville Roberts

Plaid Cymru (PC)

#9

Labour (Lab)

#10

Independent (Ind)

#11

Independent (Ind)

#12

Plaid Cymru (PC)

#13

Christine Jardine

Liberal Democrat (LD)

#14

Independent (Ind)

#15

Liberal Democrat (LD)

#16

James MacCleary

Liberal Democrat (LD)

#17

Liberal Democrat (LD)

#18

Liberal Democrat (LD)

#19

Manuela Perteghella

Liberal Democrat (LD)

#20

Dr Al Pinkerton

Liberal Democrat (LD)

#21

Liberal Democrat (LD)

#22

Liberal Democrat (LD)

#23

Liberal Democrat (LD)

#24

Liberal Democrat (LD)

#25

Caroline Voaden

Liberal Democrat (LD)

#26

Liberal Democrat (LD)

#27

Liberal Democrat (LD)

#28

Liberal Democrat (LD)

#29

Liberal Democrat (LD)

#30

Mr Will Forster

Liberal Democrat (LD)

#31

Liberal Democrat (LD)

#32

Liberal Democrat (LD)

#33

Liberal Democrat (LD)

#34

Liberal Democrat (LD)

#35

Liberal Democrat (LD)

#36

Liberal Democrat (LD)

#37

Freddie van Mierlo

Liberal Democrat (LD)

#38

Liberal Democrat (LD)

#39

Dr Danny Chambers

Liberal Democrat (LD)

#40

Liberal Democrat (LD)

#41

Liberal Democrat (LD)

#42

Liberal Democrat (LD)

#43

Sorcha Eastwood

Alliance (APNI)

#44

Liberal Democrat (LD)

#45

Liberal Democrat (LD)

#46

Liberal Democrat (LD)

#47

Liberal Democrat (LD)

#48

Liberal Democrat (LD)

#49

Mr Joshua Reynolds

Liberal Democrat (LD)

#50

Plaid Cymru (PC)

#51

Liberal Democrat (LD)

#52

Liberal Democrat (LD)

#53

Independent (Ind)

#54

Liberal Democrat (LD)

#55

Liberal Democrat (LD)

#56

Liberal Democrat (LD)

#57

Liberal Democrat (LD)

#58

Liberal Democrat (LD)

#59

Liberal Democrat (LD)

#60

Liberal Democrat (LD)

#61

Mr Adnan Hussain

Independent (Ind)

#62

Liberal Democrat (LD)

#63

Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)

#64

Green Party (Green)

#65

Social Democratic & Labour Party (SDLP)

#66

Liberal Democrat (LD)

#67

Liberal Democrat (LD)

#68

Liberal Democrat (LD)

#69

Social Democratic & Labour Party (SDLP)

#70

Green Party (Green)

#71

Jess Brown-Fuller

Liberal Democrat (LD)

#72

Liberal Democrat (LD)

#73

Liberal Democrat (LD)

#74

Liberal Democrat (LD)

#75

Green Party (Green)

#76

Green Party (Green)

#77

Victoria Collins

Liberal Democrat (LD)

#78

Rachael Maskell

Independent (Ind)

Details

UIN: 22
Date Tabled: 16/07/2024

Total Sponsors: 80
Status: Tabled