WINTER FUEL PAYMENTS FOR SEVERELY DISABLED PEOPLE

Early day motion 147, tabled 21 December 2000 by Roger Berry (Labour). Signed by 148 members.

That this House notes with concern that, while pensioners over the age of 60 years can claim a winter fuel payment of ú150 a year, there are one million severely disabled people under the age of 60 years who are not eligible for the payment, many of whom feel the cold intensely and cannot afford to heat their homes adequately; and therefore calls on the Government to extend the winter fuel payment to disabled people who receive the middle or the higher rate of the disability living allowance care component or the higher rate of the mobility component.

Signatures by party: Labour 94, Liberal Democrat 29, Labour/Co-operative 6, Scottish National Party 6, Plaid Cymru 4, UUP 4, Conservative 2, Social Democratic and Labour Party 2, UKUP 1.