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Affordable Housing In The South West

EDM number 1591 in 2002-03, proposed by Julia Drown on 15/07/2003.

That this House asks the Government to recognise the real need for affordable social housing in the South West region in the light of new and striking evidence from the National Housing Federation that provision is running at less than one third of the Regional Planning Guidance minimum target; notes that priority homelessness acceptances in the region have increased by 28 per cent. since 1998 and use of temporary accommodation in the region has increased by over 70 per cent.; further notes that local authority lettings have fallen by 17 per cent. and that house prices have doubled in five years; and calls upon the Government substantially to increase investment in affordable social housing in the South West region as soon as possible to allow councils and housing associations to begin meeting housing needs more effectively, to promote the long-term health of the regional economy and to give planning authorities more powers to insist on higher proportions of affordable housing in new developments.

This motion has been signed by a total of 24 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Julia Drown15/07/2003South SwindonLabourProposed
Doug Naysmith15/07/2003Bristol North WestLabour Co-operativeSigned
Valerie Davey15/07/2003Bristol WestLabourSigned
David Drew15/07/2003StroudLabour Co-operativeSigned
Candy Atherton15/07/2003Falmouth & CamborneLabourSigned
Roger Berry15/07/2003KingswoodLabourSigned
Rudi Vis16/07/2003Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
Paul Flynn16/07/2003Newport WestLabourSigned
Ann Cryer16/07/2003KeighleyLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn16/07/2003Islington NorthLabourSigned
Robert Key16/07/2003SalisburyConservativeSigned
Nigel Jones16/07/2003CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Simpson16/07/2003Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Bob Spink17/07/2003Castle PointConservativeSigned
Paul Tyler17/07/2003North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Lynne Jones08/09/2003Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
David Laws08/09/2003YeovilLiberal DemocratSigned
Ian Gibson09/09/2003Norwich NorthLabourSigned
Hugo Swire10/09/2003East DevonConservativeSigned
Desmond Turner10/09/2003Brighton, KemptownLabourSigned
Bill Etherington15/09/2003Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Harold Best16/09/2003Leeds North WestLabourSigned
Annette Brooke18/09/2003Mid Dorset & North PooleLiberal DemocratSigned
Nick Harvey19/11/2003North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned

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