Council Housing
EDM number 116 in 2002-03, proposed by Austin Mitchell on 18/11/2002.
That this House recognises that council housing has provided generations with a decent, affordable, secure and accountable alternative to market forces in housing is an important part of a comprehensive welfare state; further recognises that nearly three million tenants in England and Wales want this to continue but that it requires major investment to ensure that first rate council housing is available for future generations; notes the breakthrough of a new right to borrow for local authorities and the Secretary of State's assurance on 16th January that however tenants vote on privatisation their homes will be brought up to the decency standard by 2010 and therefore calls for the additional money for housing announced in the last spending review to be invested in council housing; believes that real choice for tenants depends on an end to Government discrimination against council housing, with the introduction of a level playing field by implementing measures outlined in the draft Local Government Bill and the ODPM 'blue skies' review of housing finance to end all daylight robbery tax on tenants' rents, free councils to borrow for investment, return all housing capital receipts to fund investment in council homes, write-off all HRA debt, fund council borrowing via a new allowance in the formula rent calculation, and use local authority social housing grant to build new council homes; and welcomes the Manifesto for Council Housing and other initiatives to highlight this issue and persuade Government to 'Stop privatisation and invest in council housing with no strings attached'.
This motion has been signed by a total of 130 MPs.
| MP | Date | Constituency | Party | Type |
|---|
| Austin Mitchell | 18/11/2002 | Great Grimsby | Labour | Proposed |
| Roger Berry | 18/11/2002 | Kingswood | Labour | Signed |
| Norman Baker | 18/11/2002 | Lewes | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Ian Gibson | 18/11/2002 | Norwich North | Labour | Signed |
| Frank Field | 18/11/2002 | Birkenhead | Labour | Signed |
| David Drew | 18/11/2002 | Stroud | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| Harry Cohen | 18/11/2002 | Leyton & Wanstead | Labour | Signed |
| David Chaytor | 18/11/2002 | Bury North | Labour | Signed |
| Martin Caton | 18/11/2002 | Gower | Labour | Signed |
| John McWilliam | 18/11/2002 | Blaydon | Labour | Signed |
| Adam Price | 18/11/2002 | Carmarthen East & Dinefwr | Plaid Cymru | Signed |
| Bob Russell | 18/11/2002 | Colchester | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Paul Holmes | 18/11/2002 | Chesterfield | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Brian Iddon | 18/11/2002 | Bolton South East | Labour | Signed |
| Lynne Jones | 18/11/2002 | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Labour | Signed |
| David Kidney | 18/11/2002 | Stafford | Labour | Signed |
| Rob Marris | 18/11/2002 | Wolverhampton South West | Labour | Signed |
| Robert Wareing | 19/11/2002 | Liverpool, West Derby | Labour | Signed |
| Desmond Turner | 19/11/2002 | Brighton, Kemptown | Labour | Signed |
| Tony Banks | 19/11/2002 | West Ham | Labour | Signed |
| Mike Hancock | 19/11/2002 | Portsmouth South | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Vincent Cable | 19/11/2002 | Twickenham | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Alan Meale | 19/11/2002 | Mansfield | Labour | Signed |
| Kevin McNamara | 19/11/2002 | Kingston upon Hull North | Labour | Signed |
| John McDonnell | 19/11/2002 | Hayes & Harlington | Labour | Signed |
| Ashok Kumar | 19/11/2002 | Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland | Labour | Signed |
| Paul Truswell | 20/11/2002 | Pudsey | Labour | Signed |
| Harry Barnes | 20/11/2002 | North East Derbyshire | Labour | Signed |
| Jeremy Corbyn | 20/11/2002 | Islington North | Labour | Signed |
| Ronnie Campbell | 20/11/2002 | Blyth Valley | Labour | Signed |
| Colin Burgon | 20/11/2002 | Elmet | Labour | Signed |
| Khalid Mahmood | 20/11/2002 | Birmingham, Perry Barr | Labour | Signed |
| Terry Lewis | 20/11/2002 | Worsley | Labour | Signed |
| David Heyes | 20/11/2002 | Ashton-under-Lyne | Labour | Signed |
| Dennis Skinner | 20/11/2002 | Bolsover | Labour | Signed |
| Alan Simpson | 20/11/2002 | Nottingham South | Labour | Signed |
| Joan Walley | 21/11/2002 | Stoke-on-Trent North | Labour | Signed |
| David Taylor | 21/11/2002 | North West Leicestershire | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| Neil Gerrard | 21/11/2002 | Walthamstow | Labour | Signed |
| Huw Edwards | 21/11/2002 | Monmouth | Labour | Signed |
| Sue Doughty | 21/11/2002 | Guildford | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Michael Clapham | 21/11/2002 | Barnsley West & Penistone | Labour | Signed |
| Colin Breed | 21/11/2002 | South East Cornwall | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Eric Illsley | 21/11/2002 | Barnsley Central | Labour | Signed |
| Kelvin Hopkins | 21/11/2002 | Luton North | Labour | Signed |
| Terry Davis | 25/11/2002 | Birmingham, Hodge Hill | Labour | Signed |
| Ann Cryer | 25/11/2002 | Keighley | Labour | Signed |
| Phil Sawford | 25/11/2002 | Kettering | Labour | Signed |
| Gwyn Prosser | 25/11/2002 | Dover | Labour | Signed |
| Elfyn Llwyd | 26/11/2002 | Meirionnydd Nant Conwy | Plaid Cymru | Signed |
| Doug Naysmith | 26/11/2002 | Bristol North West | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| Harold Best | 26/11/2002 | Leeds North West | Labour | Signed |
| Alan Hurst | 27/11/2002 | Braintree | Labour | Signed |
| Paul Keetch | 28/11/2002 | Hereford | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| John Barrett | 02/12/2002 | Edinburgh West | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Clive Betts | 02/12/2002 | Sheffield, Attercliffe | Labour | Signed |
| Bill Etherington | 05/12/2002 | Sunderland North | Labour | Signed |
| Tony Clarke | 05/12/2002 | Northampton South | Labour | Signed |
| Andy King | 09/12/2002 | Rugby & Kenilworth | Labour | Signed |
| Syd Rapson | 10/12/2002 | Portsmouth North | Labour | Signed |
| Paul Stinchcombe | 11/12/2002 | Wellingborough | Labour | Signed |
| Paddy Tipping | 11/12/2002 | Sherwood | Labour | Signed |
| Rudi Vis | 11/12/2002 | Finchley & Golders Green | Labour | Signed |
| Jon Trickett | 12/12/2002 | Hemsworth | Labour | Signed |
| John Mann | 16/12/2002 | Bassetlaw | Labour | Signed |
| Nigel Jones | 16/12/2002 | Cheltenham | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Marsha Singh | 16/12/2002 | Bradford West | Labour | Signed |
| Brian Cotter | 17/12/2002 | Weston-Super-Mare | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Martin Salter | 18/12/2002 | Reading West | Labour | Signed |
| Mark Fisher | 18/12/2002 | Stoke-on-Trent Central | Labour | Signed |
| Andrew Bennett | 08/01/2003 | Denton & Reddish | Labour | Signed |
| Mark Tami | 13/01/2003 | Alyn & Deeside | Labour | Signed |
| Roger Godsiff | 13/01/2003 | Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath | Labour | Signed |
| Valerie Davey | 13/01/2003 | Bristol West | Labour | Signed |
| Michael Connarty | 13/01/2003 | Falkirk East | Labour | Signed |
| Chris Mole | 13/01/2003 | Ipswich | Labour | Signed |
| Parmjit Dhanda | 15/01/2003 | Gloucester | Labour | Signed |
| Tony Lloyd | 20/01/2003 | Manchester Central | Labour | Signed |
| David Clelland | 20/01/2003 | Tyne Bridge | Labour | Signed |
| Chris Smith | 21/01/2003 | Islington South & Finsbury | Labour | Signed |
| David Hamilton | 21/01/2003 | Midlothian | Labour | Signed |
| Betty Williams | 22/01/2003 | Conwy | Labour | Signed |
| Diane Abbott | 23/01/2003 | Hackney North & Stoke Newington | Labour | Signed |
| Lady Hermon | 27/01/2003 | North Down | UUP | Signed |
| Richard Allan | 27/01/2003 | Sheffield, Hallam | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Hywel Francis | 28/01/2003 | Aberavon | Labour | Signed |
| John Austin | 28/01/2003 | Erith & Thamesmead | Labour | Signed |
| Wayne David | 29/01/2003 | Caerphilly | Labour | Signed |
| Jon Cruddas | 29/01/2003 | Dagenham | Labour | Signed |
| Jim Marshall | 29/01/2003 | Leicester South | Labour | Signed |
| Ian Lucas | 29/01/2003 | Wrexham | Labour | Signed |
| David Lepper | 29/01/2003 | Brighton, Pavilion | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| Llew Smith | 29/01/2003 | Blaenau Gwent | Labour | Signed |
| Linda Perham | 29/01/2003 | Ilford North | Labour | Signed |
| Julie Morgan | 29/01/2003 | Cardiff North | Labour | Signed |
| Win Griffiths | 30/01/2003 | Bridgend | Labour | Signed |
| Barbara Follett | 30/01/2003 | Stevenage | Labour | Signed |
| David Crausby | 30/01/2003 | Bolton North East | Labour | Signed |
| Annette Brooke | 30/01/2003 | Mid Dorset & North Poole | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Kate Hoey | 30/01/2003 | Vauxhall | Labour | Signed |
| Dai Havard | 30/01/2003 | Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney | Labour | Signed |
| Joyce Quin | 30/01/2003 | Gateshead East & Washington West | Labour | Signed |
| Colin Challen | 31/01/2003 | Morley & Rothwell | Labour | Signed |
| Tony Wright | 31/01/2003 | Cannock Chase | Labour | Signed |
| Stephen Hepburn | 03/02/2003 | Jarrow | Labour | Signed |
| Joe Benton | 03/02/2003 | Bootle | Labour | Signed |
| George Stevenson | 06/02/2003 | Stoke-on-Trent South | Labour | Signed |
| Iain Coleman | 07/02/2003 | Hammersmith & Fulham | Labour | Signed |
| Don Foster | 10/02/2003 | Bath | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Diana Organ | 13/02/2003 | Forest of Dean | Labour | Signed |
| Tony McWalter | 24/02/2003 | Hemel Hempstead | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| Mike Wood | 27/02/2003 | Batley & Spen | Labour | Signed |
| Helen Clark | 05/03/2003 | Peterborough | Labour | Signed |
| Gwyneth Dunwoody | 12/03/2003 | Crewe & Nantwich | Labour | Signed |
| Keith Vaz | 14/03/2003 | Leicester East | Labour | Signed |
| Simon Thomas | 03/06/2003 | Ceredigion | Plaid Cymru | Signed |
| Evan Harris | 09/07/2003 | Oxford West & Abingdon | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Bob Blizzard | 09/07/2003 | Waveney | Labour | Signed |
| Lindsay Hoyle | 10/07/2003 | Chorley | Labour | Signed |
| Dennis Turner | 10/07/2003 | Wolverhampton South East | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| Alice Mahon | 14/07/2003 | Halifax | Labour | Signed |
| Steve Webb | 15/07/2003 | Northavon | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Jimmy Wray | 17/07/2003 | Glasgow, Baillieston | Labour | Signed |
| David Rendel | 08/09/2003 | Newbury | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Patsy Calton | 08/09/2003 | Cheadle | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Roger Williams | 08/09/2003 | Brecon & Radnorshire | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| John Cryer | 14/10/2003 | Hornchurch | Labour | Signed |
| Bruce George | 23/10/2003 | Walsall South | Labour | Signed |
| Brian Jenkins | 28/10/2003 | Tamworth | Labour | Signed |
| Gavin Strang | 19/11/2003 | Edinburgh East & Musselburgh | Labour | Signed |
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