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Liverpool Mutual Homes And Liverpool City Council (No. 1)

EDM number 2220 in 2005-06, proposed by Jane Kennedy on 22/05/2006.

That this House notes with concern the resignation of David Hucker and Linda Cherry, the interim managing and finance directors of the recently established Liverpool Mutual Homes Ltd (LMH); further notes that Ms Cherry resigned after what she describes as the `obstacles, barriers and negativity shown to LMH' by Liverpool City Council (LCC); further notes her condemnation of the `blame culture that exists within LCC which', she says, `will prevent any substantial progress from being made'; condemns the steps being taken by the Liberal Democrat-led LCC to enforce a closed Board on LMH, which completely negates the nature of a mutual company that was offered to tenants; further notes the intention to establish a special purpose vehicle which is to receive surplus land at below market value raising the prospect of secondary stock transfers which would leave the company at risk of what Mr Hucker describes as `predatory registered social landlords' (RSL) and asset stripping; and further notes that PLUS, one of two such RSLs named by Mr Hucker, has as Chairman the Liberal Democrat councillor Richard Kemp who, when he was Executive Member for Housing, was forced to resign in disgrace after the City Council was roundly condemned for its mismanagement of the Boot Estate, where tenants and homeowners have been left in appalling conditions with little hope of improvement.

This motion has been signed by a total of 20 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Jane Kennedy22/05/2006Liverpool, WavertreeLabourProposed
Graham Stringer23/05/2006Manchester, BlackleyLabourSeconded
Jeff Ennis23/05/2006Barnsley East and MexboroughLabourSeconded
Gordon Prentice23/05/2006PendleLabourSeconded
Ann Cryer23/05/2006KeighleyLabourSeconded
Joe Benton24/05/2006BootleLabourSeconded
Rudi Vis24/05/2006Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin24/05/2006Heywood and MiddletonLabourSigned
Alan Meale24/05/2006MansfieldLabourSigned
John McDonnell24/05/2006Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Peter Kilfoyle24/05/2006Liverpool, WaltonLabourSigned
Brian Jenkins05/06/2006TamworthLabourSigned
Janet Anderson05/06/2006Rossendale and DarwenLabourSigned
Rosie Cooper06/06/2006West LancashireLabourSigned
Derek Conway07/06/2006Old Bexley & SidcupConservativeSigned
Alan Simpson08/06/2006Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Bill Etherington12/06/2006Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Robert Wareing12/06/2006Liverpool, West DerbyLabourSigned
Stephen Hepburn20/06/2006JarrowLabourSigned
Eric Illsley29/06/2006Barnsley CentralLabourSigned

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