Tenant Tax (EDM712)

Tenant Tax

EDM number 712 in 2008-09, proposed by Sarah Teather on 05/02/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Social rented housing.

That this House notes that the current Housing Revenue Account Subsidy system means that this year local authorities will lose Â£756 million from council tenants' rent; further notes that Â£195 million of this rent will be retained by the Treasury and will not be spent on social housing; recognises that this sytem of negative subsidy prevents local authorities from investing sufficiently in maintaining social housing and in building new social homes to rent; further recognises the fundamental unfairness of expecting families on low incomes in one part of the country to subsidise those on low incomes elsewhere; believes that shortfalls in funding should be made up from general taxation not tax on tenants; and calls on the Government to allow local authorities to retain tenants' rent in order to reinvest in social housing in the local area.

This motion has been signed by a total of 59 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Sarah Teather	05/02/2009	Brent East	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Julia Goldsworthy	05/02/2009	Falmouth and Camborne	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Adrian Sanders	09/02/2009	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
David Taylor	09/02/2009	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Seconded
Jeremy Corbyn	09/02/2009	Islington North	Labour	Seconded
John Leech	09/02/2009	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Paul Holmes	09/02/2009	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynne Jones	09/02/2009	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	09/02/2009	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Stephen Williams	09/02/2009	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Horwood	10/02/2009	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dai Davies	10/02/2009	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
Mark Williams	10/02/2009	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynne Featherstone	10/02/2009	Hornsey and Wood Green	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Norman Baker	10/02/2009	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Don Foster	10/02/2009	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	10/02/2009	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	10/02/2009	Gower	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	10/02/2009	Carshalton and Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew George	10/02/2009	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Williams	11/02/2009	Brecon and Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Rowen	11/02/2009	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	11/02/2009	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	11/02/2009	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Janet Dean	11/02/2009	Burton	Labour	Signed
Menzies Campbell	11/02/2009	North East Fife	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Keetch	12/02/2009	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Hemming	12/02/2009	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Howarth	23/02/2009	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Harvey	23/02/2009	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Steve Webb	23/02/2009	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Beith	23/02/2009	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Godsiff	23/02/2009	Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Sandra Gidley	23/02/2009	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Drew	23/02/2009	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	23/02/2009	Mid Dorset and North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Charles Kennedy	23/02/2009	Ross, Skye and Lochaber	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Evan Harris	23/02/2009	Oxford West and Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Neil Gerrard	23/02/2009	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
David Heath	24/02/2009	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Stunell	24/02/2009	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jo Swinson	24/02/2009	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Greg Mulholland	24/02/2009	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	25/02/2009	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Phil Willis	26/02/2009	Harrogate and Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tim Farron	26/02/2009	Westmorland and Lonsdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Marsha Singh	27/02/2009	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Susan Kramer	27/02/2009	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John McDonnell	27/02/2009	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed
Clare Short	02/03/2009	Birmingham, Ladywood	Independent Labour	Signed
David Heyes	03/03/2009	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Lembit	04/03/2009	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	04/03/2009	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Simon Hughes	05/03/2009	North Southwark and Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Jenkins	05/03/2009	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
John Barrett	06/03/2009	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jennifer Willott	06/03/2009	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kate Hoey	12/03/2009	Vauxhall	Labour	Signed
Matthew Taylor	20/03/2009	Truro and St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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