New Build Council Houses In Scotland
EDM number 1472 in 2007-08, proposed by Angus MacNeil on 01/05/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Housing, Housing supply, Incomes and poverty, Local government and Scottish Parliament.
That this House recognises that the number of council houses built in Scotland since devolution has been negligible; supports the Scottish Government's decision to freeze the right to buy; welcomes the announcement by the Scottish Government that it will invest £25 million to build new council houses over the next three years; and supports the Scottish Government's ambition to build 35,000 council houses every year until 2015.
This motion has been signed by a total of 13 MPs.
| MP | Date | Constituency | Party | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angus MacNeil | 01/05/2008 | Na h-Eileanan an Iar | Scottish National Party | Proposed |
| Lynne Jones | 06/05/2008 | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Labour | Seconded |
| Robert Wareing | 07/05/2008 | Liverpool, West Derby | Independent | Seconded |
| Michael Weir | 07/05/2008 | Angus | Scottish National Party | Seconded |
| Ian Gibson | 07/05/2008 | Norwich North | Labour | Seconded |
| Alan Simpson | 07/05/2008 | Nottingham South | Labour | Seconded |
| Michael Clapham | 08/05/2008 | Barnsley West and Penistone | Labour | Signed |
| Stewart Hosie | 08/05/2008 | Dundee East | Scottish National Party | Signed |
| Kelvin Hopkins | 09/05/2008 | Luton North | Labour | Signed |
| Angus Robertson | 12/05/2008 | Moray | Scottish National Party | Signed |
| Alex Salmond | 12/05/2008 | Banff and Buchan | Scottish National Party | Signed |
| Bill Etherington | 15/05/2008 | Sunderland North | Labour | Signed |
| Pete Wishart | 20/05/2008 | Perth and North Perthshire | Scottish National Party | Signed |
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