Future Of Council Housing

EDM number 48 in 2005-06, proposed by Simon Hughes on 17/05/2005.

That this House supports the proposal from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister Select Committee for an investment allowance to create a level playing field for council housing and enable local authorities to finance borrowing under the prudential framework to meet the Decent Homes Standard as an alternative to the Government's three current options of stock transfer, private finance initiative and arm's length management organisations; shares the concerns expressed in the critical reports by the Public Accounts Committee and the National Audit Office on the cost-effectiveness of stock transfer; believes that a fourth option, allowing councils to improve their own stock, can be funded by re-investing all the income from tenants' rents, capital receipts and savings on expensive set-up costs; notes the broad consensus of support from tenants, the Local Government Association and local authorities, the TUC and trade unions for the fourth option; welcomes the recognition by the Deputy Prime Minister on 26th September that `public financing of housing doesn't treat local authorities on a level playing field and I want to see that changed and I promised to do that and look at an inquiry into it'; and urges him to stand by this promise so that tenants can have a real choice, councils can compete on a level playing field and the public housing stock can be repaired, refurbished and expanded to make its contribution to the growing need for public rented housing, instead of wasting millions to give it away.

This motion has been signed by a total of 149 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Simon Hughes	17/05/2005	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Paul Holmes	17/05/2005	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Nicholas Winterton	18/05/2005	Macclesfield	Conservative	Seconded
David Heath	18/05/2005	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Tim Farron	18/05/2005	Westmorland & Lonsdale	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Tom Brake	18/05/2005	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Linda Riordan	18/05/2005	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	18/05/2005	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Sandra Gidley	18/05/2005	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	18/05/2005	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	18/05/2005	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Austin Mitchell	18/05/2005	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	18/05/2005	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	18/05/2005	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	18/05/2005	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Kate Hoey	18/05/2005	Vauxhall	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	18/05/2005	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	19/05/2005	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Norman Baker	19/05/2005	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew George	19/05/2005	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Annette Brooke	19/05/2005	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Keetch	19/05/2005	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Pugh	19/05/2005	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Howarth	23/05/2005	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Betty Williams	23/05/2005	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	23/05/2005	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	23/05/2005	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	23/05/2005	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	23/05/2005	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Bob Spink	23/05/2005	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
Julia Goldsworthy	24/05/2005	Falmouth & Camborne	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Anderson	24/05/2005	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Roger Williams	24/05/2005	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Hancock	24/05/2005	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rob Marris	24/05/2005	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Adam Price	24/05/2005	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Daniel Rogerson	25/05/2005	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Stunell	25/05/2005	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Drew	25/05/2005	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	25/05/2005	Burton	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	25/05/2005	Gower	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	25/05/2005	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Bob Russell	25/05/2005	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Caroline Spelman	26/05/2005	Meriden	Conservative	Signed
Paul Burstow	26/05/2005	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	06/06/2005	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	06/06/2005	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Berry	06/06/2005	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	06/06/2005	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Jon Cruddas	06/06/2005	Dagenham	Labour	Signed
Clare Short	06/06/2005	Birmingham, Ladywood	Labour	Signed
Ken Purchase	06/06/2005	Wolverhampton North East	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	07/06/2005	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Ian Gibson	07/06/2005	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	07/06/2005	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	07/06/2005	North Down	UUP	Signed
Joan Ruddock	07/06/2005	Lewisham, Deptford	Labour	Signed
Joan Walley	08/06/2005	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Bob Blizzard	08/06/2005	Waveney	Labour	Signed
Chris Mole	08/06/2005	Ipswich	Labour	Signed
David Heyes	08/06/2005	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Nia Griffith	09/06/2005	Llanelli	Labour	Signed
Steve Webb	09/06/2005	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Truswell	09/06/2005	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	09/06/2005	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Menzies Campbell	09/06/2005	Fife North East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Marsha Singh	09/06/2005	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Graham Stringer	13/06/2005	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Signed
George Galloway	13/06/2005	Bethnal Green & Bow	Respect	Signed
Colin Burgon	13/06/2005	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Richard Burden	13/06/2005	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	13/06/2005	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
James McGovern	15/06/2005	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	16/06/2005	Heywood & Middleton	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	16/06/2005	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lembit	20/06/2005	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	20/06/2005	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Don Foster	21/06/2005	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Williams	21/06/2005	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Phil Willis	22/06/2005	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gavin Strang	22/06/2005	Edinburgh East	Labour	Signed
Robert Marshall-Andrews	22/06/2005	Medway	Labour	Signed
Greg Mulholland	27/06/2005	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynne Featherstone	27/06/2005	Hornsey & Wood Green	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Meacher	27/06/2005	Oldham West & Royton	Labour	Signed
Tony Lloyd	27/06/2005	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	29/06/2005	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	29/06/2005	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	29/06/2005	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
John Hemming	29/06/2005	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lorely Burt	29/06/2005	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Susan Kramer	29/06/2005	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Doug Henderson	30/06/2005	Newcastle upon Tyne North	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	04/07/2005	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Brooks Newmark	04/07/2005	Braintree	Conservative	Signed
Angela Eagle	05/07/2005	Wallasey	Labour	Signed
Paul Rowen	05/07/2005	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alex Salmond	07/07/2005	Banff & Buchan	Scottish National Party	Signed
Jon Trickett	07/07/2005	Hemsworth	Labour	Signed
Ian Austin	12/07/2005	Dudley North	Labour	Signed
John Austin	18/07/2005	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Anne Moffat	18/07/2005	East Lothian	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Browne	19/07/2005	Taunton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jennifer Willott	20/07/2005	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Frank Doran	21/07/2005	Aberdeen North	Labour	Signed
Mark Hunter	10/10/2005	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynda Waltho	10/10/2005	Stourbridge	Labour	Signed
Edward Vaizey	10/10/2005	Wantage	Conservative	Signed
Roberta Blackman-Woods	10/10/2005	Durham, City of	Labour	Signed
Sarah Teather	10/10/2005	Brent East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Grogan	10/10/2005	Selby	Labour	Signed
Jim Cunningham	10/10/2005	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	10/10/2005	Easington	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	10/10/2005	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	10/10/2005	Dover	Labour	Signed
Gordon Prentice	10/10/2005	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Mark Williams	11/10/2005	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Harvey	18/10/2005	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Brown	20/10/2005	Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend	Labour	Signed
Derek Conway	20/10/2005	Old Bexley & Sidcup	Conservative	Signed
Doug Naysmith	02/11/2005	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
Mike Gapes	07/11/2005	Ilford South	Labour	Signed
Nicholas Clegg	07/11/2005	Sheffield, Hallam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Evan Harris	05/12/2005	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rosie Cooper	08/12/2005	West Lancashire	Labour	Signed
George Mudie	14/12/2005	Leeds East	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	09/01/2006	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Anthony D Wright	25/01/2006	Great Yarmouth	Labour	Signed
Brian Binley	01/02/2006	Northampton South	Conservative	Signed
Hywel Francis	06/02/2006	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Charlotte Atkins	09/02/2006	Staffordshire Moorlands	Labour	Signed
Mark Oaten	09/02/2006	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Clive Betts	13/02/2006	Sheffield, Attercliffe	Labour	Signed
Adam Holloway	13/02/2006	Gravesham	Conservative	Signed
Dai Havard	14/02/2006	Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney	Labour	Signed
Nigel Evans	27/02/2006	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Signed
Michael Moore	28/02/2006	Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Phyllis Starkey	14/03/2006	Milton Keynes South West	Labour	Signed
Mark Lancaster	22/03/2006	North East Milton Keynes	Conservative	Signed
Helen Goodman	28/03/2006	Bishop Auckland	Labour	Signed
Adrian Sanders	28/03/2006	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Norman Lamb	18/04/2006	North Norfolk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Matthew Taylor	20/04/2006	Truro & St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Horwood	27/04/2006	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Olner	26/06/2006	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Laura Moffatt	29/06/2006	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	24/07/2006	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dai Davies	09/10/2006	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
Sian James	10/10/2006	Swansea East	Labour	Signed

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