Reform Of Council Housing Negative Subsidy (EDM636)

Reform Of Council Housing Negative Subsidy

EDM number 636 in 2008-09, proposed by Paul Burstow on 29/01/2009.
Categorised under the topics of Housing standards and Local government.

That this House notes that, through the rents they pay, council tenants are net contributors to the Exchequer, paying more to the Treasury in negative subsidy than the Treasury pays out in subsidy; further notes that current estimates put the profit from rents to the Government in 2008-09 at Â£185 million to Â£200 million; regrets the fact that the review of housing revenue account subsidy is not yet complete; believes that the current system is unfair and unsustainable; and calls on the Government urgently to reform the system to allow tenants to benefit directly from the rent they pay through investment in the condition of their homes and the quality of the services they receive.

This motion has been signed by a total of 46 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Paul Burstow	29/01/2009	Sutton and Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Tom Brake	29/01/2009	Carshalton and Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	29/01/2009	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Brian Iddon	02/02/2009	Bolton South East	Labour	Seconded
Ann Cryer	02/02/2009	Keighley	Labour	Seconded
Mike Hancock	02/02/2009	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Stephen Williams	02/02/2009	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nicholas Winterton	02/02/2009	Macclesfield	Conservative	Signed
David Taylor	02/02/2009	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	02/02/2009	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	02/02/2009	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	03/02/2009	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	03/02/2009	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	03/02/2009	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	03/02/2009	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew George	03/02/2009	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	04/02/2009	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Hunter	04/02/2009	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Pelling	04/02/2009	Croydon Central	Independent	Signed
Katy Clark	04/02/2009	North Ayrshire and Arran	Labour	Signed
Phil Willis	04/02/2009	Harrogate and Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Drew	04/02/2009	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	04/02/2009	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	04/02/2009	Gower	Labour	Signed
Simon Hughes	04/02/2009	North Southwark and Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Flynn	04/02/2009	Newport West	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	05/02/2009	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Edward Davey	05/02/2009	Kingston and Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Hemming	05/02/2009	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dai Davies	05/02/2009	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
John Austin	09/02/2009	Erith and Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Paul Rowen	09/02/2009	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Neil Gerrard	09/02/2009	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	09/02/2009	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	09/02/2009	Burton	Labour	Signed
Don Foster	23/02/2009	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Godsiff	23/02/2009	Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	23/02/2009	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Jenkins	24/02/2009	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	24/02/2009	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John McDonnell	27/02/2009	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed
Susan Kramer	27/02/2009	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Clare Short	02/03/2009	Birmingham, Ladywood	Independent Labour	Signed
Mark Todd	11/03/2009	South Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Kate Hoey	12/03/2009	Vauxhall	Labour	Signed
Julia Goldsworthy	21/10/2009	Falmouth and Camborne	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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