Surface Water Drainage Charges

EDM number 1909 in 2008-09, proposed by Timothy Farron on 16/07/2009.
Categorised under the topics of Voluntary organisations and Water industry.

That this House is extremely concerned by the impact of changes to the way surface water drainage is charged that allows water companies to base the charge for processing rainwater at non-domestic properties on the size of the site, instead of the rateable value of the property; recognises the devastating impact this rain tax will have on charities, churches, community groups and amateur sports clubs; urges the water companies to demonstrate greater social responsibility towards voluntary groups; and calls on the Government to use the forthcoming Flood and Water Management Bill to grant Ofwat the authority to introduce social tariffs for charitable groups and voluntary organisations to ensure they are protected from disproportionately high price increases.

This motion has been signed by a total of 40 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Tim Farron	16/07/2009	Westmorland & Lonsdale	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Roger Williams	16/07/2009	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Nigel Evans	16/07/2009	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Seconded
Bob Russell	16/07/2009	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Jim Dobbin	20/07/2009	Heywood & Middleton	Labour	Seconded
Brian Iddon	20/07/2009	Bolton South East	Labour	Seconded
Betty Williams	20/07/2009	Conwy	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	20/07/2009	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	20/07/2009	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	20/07/2009	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	20/07/2009	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Adrian Sanders	20/07/2009	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Hancock	21/07/2009	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Bottomley	21/07/2009	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Graham Stringer	21/07/2009	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Signed
Nicholas Winterton	21/07/2009	Macclesfield	Conservative	Signed
John Leech	21/07/2009	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Rowen	21/07/2009	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew George	21/07/2009	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Drew	21/07/2009	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	21/07/2009	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	21/07/2009	Gower	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	21/07/2009	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John McDonnell	21/07/2009	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	21/07/2009	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Simon Hughes	21/07/2009	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Claire Curtis-Thomas	12/10/2009	Crosby	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	13/10/2009	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
David Heyes	13/10/2009	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	13/10/2009	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	14/10/2009	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Lorely Burt	14/10/2009	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Edward O'Hara	15/10/2009	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	15/10/2009	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Harvey	15/10/2009	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Cryer	19/10/2009	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	22/10/2009	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Janet Anderson	26/10/2009	Rossendale & Darwen	Labour	Signed
Mark Williams	26/10/2009	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jennifer Willott	28/10/2009	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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