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We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to reform the way in which Child Benefit is paid between both parents, as opposed to just one. More details

Submitted by David R Thomas of CB42.org – Deadline to sign up by: 26 May 2008 – Signatures: 438

Petition update, 15 July 2008

You signed a petition asking the Prime Minister to "reform the way in which Child Benefit is paid between both parents, as opposed to just one."

The Prime Minister's Office has responded to that petition and you can view it here:

http://www.pm.gov.uk/output/Page15967.asp

Prime Minister's Office

More details from petition creator

Child Benefit should be able to be payable to both parents in the event of parental separation or divorce, where both parents continue to play an equal and substantive caring role in their children's upbringing. Today's system of only paying Child Benefit to one parent enacts discriminatory laws and policies that lead to imbalances in parents ability to equally care for their children and to maintain an equal status with regards to access to State provisions and benefit entitlements. Child Benefit is often a gateway to other benefits and also can act as a financial incentive by one parent to limit the other parents parenting time to trigger qualification for Child Support payments when no such payments are necessary if shared parenting time and equal split of Child Benefit had established equality of roles. Each case should then be measured on its own merits.

Current signatories

David R Thomas, the Petition Creator, joined by:

  • Nick Jones
  • Jason kennedy
  • Jeff Botterill
  • colin moon
  • Leigh Davison
  • DAVID WHITE
  • Mr Richard Gerrell
  • stuart young
  • Dr Kevin Lamb
  • Philip Bannister
  • David Hazlehurst
  • carl Bridge
  • Mark Cousins
  • steve gouldstone
  • Amir Azam
  • Christopher Harris
  • Martin Cottrell
  • Glynn Clarkson
  • Yvette Calderon
  • Kenny Priestley
  • bob barkany
  • Francis Edwards
  • geoffrey binks
  • Daniel Parker
  • Alan Johnston
  • Scottish Father's Rights Organisation
  • Justin Palmer
  • damien barnett
  • Barry Lloyd
  • Jeremy Shiers
  • charles adams
  • Brian Willcox
  • Grandparents Apart Self Help Group Scotland
  • Jimmy Deuchars
  • Bernardine Sharp
  • David Gibbon
  • mr&mrs charles solomon
  • margaret oneill
  • Richard Fromholc
  • Lorraine Neilson
  • Betty Fromholc
  • Robert Brown
  • Lee Bramley
  • Richard Joynes
  • Brian Mcnair
  • Philip A Else (Equal Parenting Alliance)
  • marc hatch
  • Kevin Wibberley
  • mike kelly
  • Richard Sutton
  • Norman Beaney
  • Hollywood Henry da Massa
  • Frederick Gale
  • Dick King
  • S King
  • Christian Duggan
  • Giovani Wong
  • Mike McDonagh
  • Darren Lindsay
  • Pat Clark
  • Michael Wharton
  • Simon Clayton
  • Anthony James Smith
  • Richard Aust
  • Andrea Holliday
  • ged kielty
  • Laurence Herniman
  • andrew wright
  • Michael Wiffen
  • John Levis
  • Peter Molloy
  • Faye Wilson
  • Lynton Jones
  • Erle Freeman
  • S.Reilly ( rf4j)
  • Janie Marlow
  • Sylvia Thomas (cb42.org)
  • Tim Griffiths
  • alain williams
  • Peter Anderson
  • Phill Turner
  • L Yanovic
  • Matthäus Huber
  • Michael Robinson
  • Heather McCartney
  • Peter Evans
  • Hilary Abbey
  • Steven George
  • Evelyn Preston
  • Geoff Fryer
  • Philip David Scrivener
  • David Joseph Pulley
  • Lynn Pollock
  • Colin Ford
  • Craig Thompson
  • Mark August
  • Shaun McKenna
  • v winder
  • ewinder
  • Jasen Batey
  • Gillian Emms
  • Lionel Rice
  • T Winder
  • N Robinson
  • T Winder
  • S Roberts
  • Glyn Wisdom
  • CherylMcDonagh
  • Paul O'Callaghan
  • Paul Watson
  • Frank Hayley
  • Peter Morris
  • Matthew Shearn
  • Richard Harris
  • Suzanne Fry
  • Paul Broadwith
  • James Williams
  • Lyndsey Jones
  • Stephanie Boyd (NSPCC)
  • Sophie Wilson
  • Mr Barrie Wilson
  • Andy Cox
  • Garry Clarkson
  • Niamh Clarkson-Sheahan
  • James H Clephan
  • Jeff Baynham
  • Mark Barton
  • Andrew Neil
  • Martin C
  • Chris Goold
  • E Roberts
  • paul day
  • Paul Hillier
  • Michael wolfin
  • kathy blackmore
  • A.Clark
  • Barbara Martin (EquitableFamilyLaw.org.uk volunteer)
  • Sue Cooper
  • Andy Johnson
  • Steve Sobot
  • Michael Cox
  • Tracey Broadhurst
  • Sandra Harris and Rita Harris
  • Ian Byrom
  • Lucy Palmer
  • Tony Dean
  • Ian Purves
  • Thomas S Savage
  • Gigliola G Savage
  • Mark E Savage
  • Matthew Ayres
  • Samantha Hill
  • Malcolm Lochhead
  • J Bridge(petitions.pm.gov.uk/sharedcare)
  • Winslowe Beckford
  • Will Gregory
  • Kingsley Miller 'even Toddlers Need Fathers'
  • John Robertson
  • Manish Savjani
  • Trevor Taylor
  • Johnnie Burke-Gaffney
  • Angelo Agathangelou
  • Julian Curtis
  • Deborah Halfhide
  • liam murphy
  • louise sayers
  • Alan Martin
  • julian costello
  • Richard Berechula
  • James Harrison
  • Nick Barton
  • Kerrie Milner
  • Barry Worrall
  • HOWARD GOLDMAN
  • Darren Lowe
  • tegan winder
  • A Fogden
  • daniel weaver
  • Benjamin Thornley
  • Andrew McVeigh
  • Michael Thomas
  • Mark Fergusson
  • Patrick Collins
  • David Hesford
  • john mcmahon
  • Grant Shaw
  • Nick O'hara Smith
  • Lee Allen
  • Nic Coome
  • jon rimmer
  • hayley stephens
  • Alex Steer
  • Tony Upton
  • Steven Henderson
  • Peter Riches BSc (Hons) MBA
  • Philip Withers
  • Eve Hosgood
  • Mike Pocock
  • Liam Morrell
  • richard broome
  • neville green
  • nicola anderson
  • Graham Attwell
  • rob purseglove
  • Mrs C I Rogers
  • Derrine Smith
  • peter a perry
  • Rachel Bussey
  • Tracy Barford
  • Paul Wiggins
  • Ian Dale
  • Keith Holland-Delamere
  • Paul Randle-Jolliffe
  • Steve Bassett
  • Louise Abson
  • Carl Alderton
  • martin beale
  • natalie marshall
  • garry featherstone
  • Graham Parry
  • robert haddock
  • Chris Fishwick
  • Clifford Woodger
  • cath holmes
  • gavin crossley
  • P Chandler
  • Kevin Higgs
  • Keith Stedman
  • Paul carver
  • Melissa.sutherland
  • gary morris
  • paul bullard
  • Sewart Watson
  • Alan Dale
  • John Hopkins
  • Kevin Wilson
  • Andrew Hunt
  • philip cook
  • GEORGE MACLEAY
  • V Ganjavian
  • Kartar Badsha
  • chris jenkinson
  • sailesh tailoor
  • Alastair Patterson
  • Shalin Tandon
  • Peter Anderson
  • Andrew Rapley
  • Derek Jones
  • stirling scott
  • Mark Anthony Sapiano
  • steve male
  • victoria pearson
  • Graeme Millward
  • Simon Coombes
  • Paul Gardiner
  • mat faulkner
  • Mrs. E. Faulkner
  • Nev'ele Lewis
  • Dr.Peter Howarth
  • Colin Brealey
  • Stephen Exell
  • Jean-marc Papworth
  • Mui Hoang
  • Curtis James
  • L. Eusebio
  • ANDREW DIXON
  • Petra Davis
  • Ryan Wood
  • Chris Sonne
  • Cosma Papouis
  • darren foulkes
  • Michael Phoenix
  • Simon Flint
  • JOHN LEY
  • Geoff Hutchins
  • robert stark
  • Ian Kirby
  • Anthony Murphy
  • James Godfrey
  • ann a
  • Harry Gengadoo
  • Alex Toma
  • Nigel Dawson
  • ryan pickett
  • Brenda Hercules
  • Marcos Godinho
  • paul siequien
  • carl lewis
  • Damien Blakeley
  • andrew barron
  • mr paul nelder
  • George Rutter
  • Catherine Anderson
  • Tommy Barnes
  • David
  • david stewart
  • Shaun O'Connell
  • Tanja Sundstrom
  • kevin garside
  • michael ralphs
  • Stephen Grindle
  • Claire Elliott
  • Greg Elliott
  • Steve Bayliss
  • Mark Montague
  • eric tenain
  • Kevin Baines
  • Catherine Knight
  • Oliver Allan Stones
  • jacqueline robson
  • karen rogers
  • Sam Dainton
  • Trevor Ballinger
  • Mark Bleasdale
  • Dan Grigg
  • jonathan jenkins
  • Patricia McWilliam
  • Alison McDonald
  • IAN SHAW
  • Ian Thompson
  • Vicki Green
  • michael wild
  • Peter Baverstock
  • Richard Ross-Langley
  • Robin Hurd//petitions.pm.gov.uk/Childrned2parnts/
  • matthew dean
  • greg dyer
  • kenneth Hardman
  • Craig Moss
  • Mark Stephen Ready
  • Lucy Gale
  • Peter Derbyshire
  • julie hambridge
  • Jacomino Stephen
  • John Williams
  • lee Stirland
  • daniel ralph
  • sue farrow
  • Andrew Tomlinson
  • Andrew Crayford //petitions.pm.gov.uk/CAN-YOU-IMAGINE/
  • Kelvin Burton
  • paul mohan
  • Anthony Bennett - petitions.pm.gov.uk/no-to-neglect
  • sharon bradford petitions.pm.gov.uk/savekids/
  • John Logan
  • Tony Kearney
  • Dr MRJ Sheehy
  • michael ennis
  • Kelly Baxter
  • tracey atcheson
  • Jody Langton
  • frankthephotographer.com
  • Mark Jerram
  • sandra smith
  • Joshua Pringle
  • Paul Ashton-Stockley
  • allison wicks
  • haydn john latham
  • Mark Jordan
  • eugen Hockenjos
  • mark stokell
  • gerald willson
  • John Robb
  • ROY BELL
  • Ian McDaid
  • john binnie
  • Angelo Agathangelou
  • Derek Adamson
  • Elizabeth Sedgbeer
  • K Steele
  • Allison Howe
  • Raoul Strachan
  • Martin Saban-Smith
  • Matt James
  • NICK HOLDING
  • Wayne Kisbee
  • Alexander Sage
  • matthew Whitehead
  • Shaun O'Donoghue
  • Andrew Younger
  • graham webster
  • Ed Driver
  • Andrei Peterson
  • Mark Leishman, Truth Justice Equality.
  • Kamal Gujral
  • Richard Michael
  • steven midgley
  • Hannah Smith
  • steven green
  • samantha carol sinfield
  • Seamus Crowe
  • G Lenain
  • Bruce Howe
  • Neil Stevens
  • Nick Tassell
  • Damian Richardson
  • Gareth Cumming
  • Matt Duffy
  • Judith Holding
  • Leonard Holding
  • Neil howett ( This is the rule in Australia)
  • Jonine Martin
  • Stephen Wombwell
  • mark reynolds
  • D Covell
  • mr raymond holliday
  • jane crabb
  • kevin ratcliffe
  • andrew firth
  • Simon Grundy
  • Andrew Linscott
  • Ian Margetts
  • Petra Friesinger
  • Simon Aggett
  • Garry Hall
  • Lorraine Moore
  • Malcolm Hignett
  • David Champion
  • K.Allford
  • craig cousins
  • Terence Bates
  • shaun alexander
  • Mark Rosten
  • E Coles
  • Sonny Thomson
  • C.R.Parker
  • Martin Siggers
  • Peter Collins
  • Jake Bridge (petitions.pm.gov.uk/sharedcare)
  • Philip Young
  • Bobby Sinnet
  • Matthew Waterfall
  • Stuart Nicoll
  • Louise Ketley
  • Neil
  • Terence Robinson
  • Rob Levy

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