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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.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Austin Mitchell18/11/2002Great GrimsbyLabourProposed
Adam Price18/11/2002Carmarthen East & DinefwrPlaid CymruSigned
Bob Russell18/11/2002ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Holmes18/11/2002ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
Brian Iddon18/11/2002Bolton South EastLabourSigned
Lynne Jones18/11/2002Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
David Kidney18/11/2002StaffordLabourSigned
Rob Marris18/11/2002Wolverhampton South WestLabourSigned
John McWilliam18/11/2002BlaydonLabourSigned
Martin Caton18/11/2002GowerLabourSigned
David Chaytor18/11/2002Bury NorthLabourSigned
Harry Cohen18/11/2002Leyton & WansteadLabourSigned
David Drew18/11/2002StroudLabour Co-operativeSigned
Frank Field18/11/2002BirkenheadLabourSigned
Ian Gibson18/11/2002Norwich NorthLabourSigned
Norman Baker18/11/2002LewesLiberal DemocratSigned
Roger Berry18/11/2002KingswoodLabourSigned
Ashok Kumar19/11/2002Middlesbrough South & East ClevelandLabourSigned
John McDonnell19/11/2002Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Kevin McNamara19/11/2002Kingston upon Hull NorthLabourSigned
Alan Meale19/11/2002MansfieldLabourSigned
Vincent Cable19/11/2002TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Mike Hancock19/11/2002Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Tony Banks19/11/2002West HamLabourSigned
Desmond Turner19/11/2002Brighton, KemptownLabourSigned
Robert Wareing19/11/2002Liverpool, West DerbyLabourSigned
Alan Simpson20/11/2002Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Dennis Skinner20/11/2002BolsoverLabourSigned
David Heyes20/11/2002Ashton-under-LyneLabourSigned
Terry Lewis20/11/2002WorsleyLabourSigned
Khalid Mahmood20/11/2002Birmingham, Perry BarrLabourSigned
Colin Burgon20/11/2002ElmetLabourSigned
Ronnie Campbell20/11/2002Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn20/11/2002Islington NorthLabourSigned
Harry Barnes20/11/2002North East DerbyshireLabourSigned
Paul Truswell20/11/2002PudseyLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins21/11/2002Luton NorthLabourSigned
Eric Illsley21/11/2002Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Colin Breed21/11/2002South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Clapham21/11/2002Barnsley West & PenistoneLabourSigned
Sue Doughty21/11/2002GuildfordLiberal DemocratSigned
Huw Edwards21/11/2002MonmouthLabourSigned
Neil Gerrard21/11/2002WalthamstowLabourSigned
David Taylor21/11/2002North West LeicestershireLabour Co-operativeSigned
Joan Walley21/11/2002Stoke-on-Trent NorthLabourSigned
Gwyn Prosser25/11/2002DoverLabourSigned
Phil Sawford25/11/2002KetteringLabourSigned
Ann Cryer25/11/2002KeighleyLabourSigned
Terry Davis25/11/2002Birmingham, Hodge HillLabourSigned
Elfyn Llwyd26/11/2002Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Doug Naysmith26/11/2002Bristol North WestLabour Co-operativeSigned
Harold Best26/11/2002Leeds North WestLabourSigned
Alan Hurst27/11/2002BraintreeLabourSigned
Paul Keetch28/11/2002HerefordLiberal DemocratSigned
John Barrett02/12/2002Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Clive Betts02/12/2002Sheffield, AttercliffeLabourSigned
Tony Clarke05/12/2002Northampton SouthLabourSigned
Bill Etherington05/12/2002Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Andy King09/12/2002Rugby & KenilworthLabourSigned
Syd Rapson10/12/2002Portsmouth NorthLabourSigned
Paul Stinchcombe11/12/2002WellingboroughLabourSigned
Paddy Tipping11/12/2002SherwoodLabourSigned
Rudi Vis11/12/2002Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
Jon Trickett12/12/2002HemsworthLabourSigned
Marsha Singh16/12/2002Bradford WestLabourSigned
Nigel Jones16/12/2002CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
John Mann16/12/2002BassetlawLabourSigned
Brian Cotter17/12/2002Weston-Super-MareLiberal DemocratSigned
Martin Salter18/12/2002Reading WestLabourSigned
Mark Fisher18/12/2002Stoke-on-Trent CentralLabourSigned
Andrew Bennett08/01/2003Denton & ReddishLabourSigned
Chris Mole13/01/2003IpswichLabourSigned
Michael Connarty13/01/2003Falkirk EastLabourSigned
Valerie Davey13/01/2003Bristol WestLabourSigned
Roger Godsiff13/01/2003Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small HeathLabourSigned
Mark Tami13/01/2003Alyn & DeesideLabourSigned
Parmjit Dhanda15/01/2003GloucesterLabourSigned
Tony Lloyd20/01/2003Manchester CentralLabourSigned
David Clelland20/01/2003Tyne BridgeLabourSigned
Chris Smith21/01/2003Islington South & FinsburyLabourSigned
David Hamilton21/01/2003MidlothianLabourSigned
Betty Williams22/01/2003ConwyLabourSigned
Diane Abbott23/01/2003Hackney North & Stoke NewingtonLabourSigned
Lady Hermon27/01/2003North DownUUPSigned
Richard Allan27/01/2003Sheffield, HallamLiberal DemocratSigned
Hywel Francis28/01/2003AberavonLabourSigned
John Austin28/01/2003Erith & ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Julie Morgan29/01/2003Cardiff NorthLabourSigned
Linda Perham29/01/2003Ilford NorthLabourSigned
Llew Smith29/01/2003Blaenau GwentLabourSigned
David Lepper29/01/2003Brighton, PavilionLabour Co-operativeSigned
Ian Lucas29/01/2003WrexhamLabourSigned
Jim Marshall29/01/2003Leicester SouthLabourSigned
Jon Cruddas29/01/2003DagenhamLabourSigned
Wayne David29/01/2003CaerphillyLabourSigned
Joyce Quin30/01/2003Gateshead East & Washington WestLabourSigned
Dai Havard30/01/2003Merthyr Tydfil & RhymneyLabourSigned
Kate Hoey30/01/2003VauxhallLabourSigned
Annette Brooke30/01/2003Mid Dorset & North PooleLiberal DemocratSigned
David Crausby30/01/2003Bolton North EastLabourSigned
Barbara Follett30/01/2003StevenageLabourSigned
Win Griffiths30/01/2003BridgendLabourSigned
Colin Challen31/01/2003Morley & RothwellLabourSigned
Tony Wright31/01/2003Cannock ChaseLabourSigned
Stephen Hepburn03/02/2003JarrowLabourSigned
Joe Benton03/02/2003BootleLabourSigned
George Stevenson06/02/2003Stoke-on-Trent SouthLabourSigned
Iain Coleman07/02/2003Hammersmith & FulhamLabourSigned
Don Foster10/02/2003BathLiberal DemocratSigned
Diana Organ13/02/2003Forest of DeanLabourSigned
Tony McWalter24/02/2003Hemel HempsteadLabour Co-operativeSigned
Mike Wood27/02/2003Batley & SpenLabourSigned
Helen Clark05/03/2003PeterboroughLabourSigned
Gwyneth Dunwoody12/03/2003Crewe & NantwichLabourSigned
Keith Vaz14/03/2003Leicester EastLabourSigned
Simon Thomas03/06/2003CeredigionPlaid CymruSigned
Evan Harris09/07/2003Oxford West & AbingdonLiberal DemocratSigned
Bob Blizzard09/07/2003WaveneyLabourSigned
Lindsay Hoyle10/07/2003ChorleyLabourSigned
Dennis Turner10/07/2003Wolverhampton South EastLabour Co-operativeSigned
Alice Mahon14/07/2003HalifaxLabourSigned
Steve Webb15/07/2003NorthavonLiberal DemocratSigned
Jimmy Wray17/07/2003Glasgow, BailliestonLabourSigned
David Rendel08/09/2003NewburyLiberal DemocratSigned
Patsy Calton08/09/2003CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
Roger Williams08/09/2003Brecon & RadnorshireLiberal DemocratSigned
John Cryer14/10/2003HornchurchLabourSigned
Bruce George23/10/2003Walsall SouthLabourSigned
Brian Jenkins28/10/2003TamworthLabourSigned
Gavin Strang19/11/2003Edinburgh East & MusselburghLabourSigned

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