Local Housing Allowance

EDM number 2069 in 2008-09, proposed by Sarah Teather on 16/10/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Housing benefits.

That this House strongly opposes the Government's plans to scrap excess payments to local housing allowance claimants where their rent is lower than the rate of the allowance; expresses alarm that this plan would see some of the poorest families in the country up to £780 a year worse off; believes that the withdrawal of excess payments would not result in savings for the Government because tenants would have no incentive to choose cheaper properties and landlords would simply raise their rent to the maximum amount of the allowance, thus transferring £15 a week from poorer families to private landlords; notes that these changes undermine the original objectives of local housing allowance which were to bring choice and fairness to the benefits system while combating poverty; and therefore calls on the Government to abandon its plan to scrap excess payments to local housing allowance claimants.

This motion has been signed by a total of 57 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Sarah Teather	16/10/2009	Brent East	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Steve Webb	16/10/2009	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Paul Holmes	19/10/2009	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Adrian Sanders	19/10/2009	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Andrew Stunell	19/10/2009	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	19/10/2009	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Ann Cryer	19/10/2009	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	19/10/2009	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Rowen	20/10/2009	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Durkan	20/10/2009	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Edward Davey	20/10/2009	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	20/10/2009	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	20/10/2009	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Russell	20/10/2009	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Williams	21/10/2009	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Wareing	21/10/2009	Liverpool, West Derby	Independent	Signed
Gregory Campbell	21/10/2009	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Paul Keetch	22/10/2009	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Williams	22/10/2009	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jennifer Willott	26/10/2009	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Williams	26/10/2009	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Hemming	26/10/2009	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nigel Evans	26/10/2009	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Signed
Lynne Jones	26/10/2009	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Jim Cousins	27/10/2009	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
Julia Goldsworthy	27/10/2009	Falmouth & Camborne	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Willie Rennie	28/10/2009	Dunfermline & Fife West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	28/10/2009	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynne Featherstone	28/10/2009	Hornsey & Wood Green	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Don Foster	02/11/2009	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Terry Rooney	03/11/2009	Bradford North	Labour	Signed
Norman Baker	03/11/2009	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jo Swinson	03/11/2009	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Hunter	04/11/2009	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Phil Willis	04/11/2009	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Menzies Campbell	04/11/2009	Fife North East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tom Brake	04/11/2009	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Simon Hughes	04/11/2009	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Daniel Rogerson	05/11/2009	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Pelling	05/11/2009	Croydon Central	Independent	Signed
Greg Mulholland	05/11/2009	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Danny Alexander	05/11/2009	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Challen	05/11/2009	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Lembit	05/11/2009	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Heyes	05/11/2009	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
John Mason	09/11/2009	Glasgow East	Scottish National Party	Signed
David Howarth	09/11/2009	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Pete Wishart	09/11/2009	Perth & Perthshire North	Scottish National Party	Signed
Vincent Cable	09/11/2009	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Charles Kennedy	09/11/2009	Ross, Skye & Lochaber	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Love	10/11/2009	Edmonton	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	10/11/2009	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
George Galloway	10/11/2009	Bethnal Green & Bow	Respect	Signed
Rudi Vis	10/11/2009	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Evan Harris	11/11/2009	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Burstow	11/11/2009	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Fisher	11/11/2009	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Signed

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