Funding Decent Council Housing

EDM number 136 in 2006-07, proposed by Austin Mitchell on 16/11/2006.

That this House welcomes the decision of Labour's Party conference again, to call on Government to provide the fourth option of direct investment to council housing as a matter or urgency; notes the rising number of tenants' ballots against stock transfer and the growing demands from tenants, councillors and trade unions for a change in Government policy, the strong lobbying from local authorities anxious to retain their homes, as well as from many with arm's length management organisations, or yet to decide; notes the criticism of existing policy from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister Select Committee, the Audit Commission, the House of Commons Council Housing group and others; therefore suggests that direct investment in decent, affordable, secure and accountable council housing is now essential to provide housing needs for that rising proportion of people who are unable to get onto the ownership ladder because of escalating prices; and further suggests that an investment allowance funded through ring fencing all rents and capital receipts flowing to councils to supplement this by a level playing field on debt write-off and gap funding will enable local authorities to improve all council homes and start the necessary programme of building new council houses to meet housing need without major Government spending, thus ensuring respect for tenants' choice, stimulating the economy, enabling democratically elected local authorities to get on with their job and allowing the Government to meet its 2005 election manifesto commitment to ensure that all social tenants benefit from a decent warm home with modern facilities by 2010.

This motion has been signed by a total of 141 MPs, 4 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Austin Mitchell	16/11/2006	Great Grimsby	Labour	Proposed
Michael Meacher	16/11/2006	Oldham West & Royton	Labour	Seconded
Paul Holmes	16/11/2006	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Brian Iddon	16/11/2006	Bolton South East	Labour	Seconded
Jon Cruddas	20/11/2006	Dagenham	Labour	Seconded
Desmond Turner	20/11/2006	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Seconded
Stephen Williams	20/11/2006	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Wareing	20/11/2006	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Ian Gibson	20/11/2006	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
David Drew	20/11/2006	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	20/11/2006	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	21/11/2006	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Taylor	21/11/2006	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	21/11/2006	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	21/11/2006	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Dobbin	21/11/2006	Heywood & Middleton	Labour	Signed
Jim Cousins	21/11/2006	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	21/11/2006	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	21/11/2006	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	21/11/2006	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	21/11/2006	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	21/11/2006	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Albert Owen	21/11/2006	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Katy Clark	22/11/2006	Ayrshire North & Arran	Labour	Signed
Phil Willis	22/11/2006	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jon Trickett	22/11/2006	Hemsworth	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	22/11/2006	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	22/11/2006	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	22/11/2006	Gower	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	22/11/2006	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	22/11/2006	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	22/11/2006	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
David Heyes	22/11/2006	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Iris Robinson	22/11/2006	Strangford	DUP	Signed
John Hemming	23/11/2006	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Hamilton	23/11/2006	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	23/11/2006	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	23/11/2006	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	23/11/2006	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	23/11/2006	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Evan Harris	23/11/2006	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Graham Stringer	27/11/2006	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	27/11/2006	Linlithgow & Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
David Chaytor	27/11/2006	Bury North	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	27/11/2006	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Kate Hoey	27/11/2006	Vauxhall	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	27/11/2006	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Linda Riordan	28/11/2006	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Paul Truswell	28/11/2006	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
John Thurso	28/11/2006	Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Quentin Davies	28/11/2006	Grantham & Stamford	Conservative	Signed
Marsha Singh	28/11/2006	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Dai Davies	29/11/2006	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
Rudi Vis	29/11/2006	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	29/11/2006	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Harry Cohen	29/11/2006	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Tony Lloyd	29/11/2006	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Martyn Jones	29/11/2006	Clwyd South	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	30/11/2006	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Gavin Strang	30/11/2006	Edinburgh East	Labour	Signed
Tim Farron	04/12/2006	Westmorland & Lonsdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Diane Abbott	04/12/2006	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	04/12/2006	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Colin Burgon	04/12/2006	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Richard Burden	04/12/2006	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Clare Short	05/12/2006	Birmingham, Ladywood	Independent Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	05/12/2006	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Grogan	05/12/2006	Selby	Labour	Signed
Daniel Rogerson	05/12/2006	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Rowen	05/12/2006	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nia Griffith	06/12/2006	Llanelli	Labour	Signed
David Anderson	06/12/2006	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Gordon Prentice	07/12/2006	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	07/12/2006	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
George Mudie	07/12/2006	Leeds East	Labour	Signed
Ian Davidson	07/12/2006	Glasgow South West	Labour	Signed
Colin Challen	11/12/2006	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Roger Berry	11/12/2006	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
David Howarth	12/12/2006	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Gapes	12/12/2006	Ilford South	Labour	Signed
David Marshall	18/12/2006	Glasgow East	Labour	Signed
Hugh Bayley	18/12/2006	York, City of	Labour	Signed
Lorely Burt	08/01/2007	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeremy Browne	08/01/2007	Taunton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Binley	08/01/2007	Northampton South	Conservative	Signed
Clive Betts	08/01/2007	Sheffield, Attercliffe	Labour	Signed
Patrick Hall	08/01/2007	Bedford	Labour	Signed
Clive Efford	08/01/2007	Eltham	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	08/01/2007	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Roberta Blackman-Woods	09/01/2007	Durham, City of	Labour	Signed
Martin Horwood	09/01/2007	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sandra Gidley	15/01/2007	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dai Havard	17/01/2007	Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney	Labour	Signed
Mark Fisher	17/01/2007	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Signed
John Austin	19/01/2007	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	23/01/2007	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Nigel Dodds	31/01/2007	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Andrew Miller	31/01/2007	Ellesmere Port & Neston	Labour	Signed
William McCrea	31/01/2007	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	01/02/2007	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Mark Oaten	05/02/2007	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Frank Dobson	08/02/2007	Holborn & St Pancras	Labour	Signed
Martin Salter	19/02/2007	Reading West	Labour	Signed
Lynne Featherstone	23/02/2007	Hornsey & Wood Green	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Olner	27/02/2007	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
David Clelland	28/02/2007	Tyne Bridge	Labour	Signed
Laura Moffatt	28/02/2007	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Peter Kilfoyle	01/03/2007	Liverpool, Walton	Labour	Signed
James McGovern	02/03/2007	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
Joan Walley	09/03/2007	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Jennifer Willott	22/03/2007	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Adam Price	16/04/2007	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Simon Hughes	16/04/2007	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Anthony D Wright	16/04/2007	Great Yarmouth	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	17/04/2007	Burton	Labour	Signed
Ken Purchase	17/04/2007	Wolverhampton North East	Labour	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	23/04/2007	Dover	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	24/04/2007	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	25/04/2007	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Peter Soulsby	15/05/2007	Leicester South	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	13/06/2007	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
Frank Doran	14/06/2007	Aberdeen North	Labour	Signed
Jo Swinson	15/06/2007	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Don Foster	15/06/2007	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Louise Ellman	15/06/2007	Liverpool, Riverside	Labour	Signed
Fabian Hamilton	18/06/2007	Leeds North East	Labour	Signed
Norman Baker	18/06/2007	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Linton	19/06/2007	Battersea	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	19/06/2007	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Madeleine Moon	19/06/2007	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	20/06/2007	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	20/06/2007	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nicholas Clegg	25/06/2007	Sheffield, Hallam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Glenda Jackson	09/07/2007	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Ian Stewart	09/07/2007	Eccles	Labour	Signed
Doug Henderson	12/07/2007	Newcastle upon Tyne North	Labour	Signed
Greg Mulholland	25/07/2007	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nicholas Brown	Unknown			Withdrawn
Helen Goodman	Unknown			Withdrawn
Sadiq Khan	Unknown			Withdrawn
Joan Ruddock	Unknown			Withdrawn

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