9390
1993-94
542
Wandsworth Borough Council And Council House Sales
Peter Hain
1994-02-08
That this House believes that Wandsworth Borough Council should discontinue its council house sales policy pending investigation by Rowland Little, district auditor; notes with concern that if the same criteria as were applied by John Magill, auditor to Westminster, were exercised by the Wandsworth auditor, the ruling Conservative councillors could be liable to a surcharge of up to ú23 million; further notes that Wandsworth Council committee agendas show that, like Westminster, the council had enough vacancies last year, 1,048, to meet all of its statutory housing requirements but chose to sell 315 empty properties on the open market, mainly in its priority sales areas and, as a result, had to put 382 families into bed and breakfast accommodation; notes Mr Magill's findings in paragraphs 107 and 110 that Westminster's designations of sales areas was not compatible with any reasonable treatment of category A medical cases and, noting Wandsworth has 290 households in category A essential medical need, believes its ability to meet their medical needs has been seriously undermined by Wandsworth's decision to sell empty council houses on the open market; notes the cost of bed and breakfast accommodation in Wandsworth in the 1993-94 year is ú6,906,000 and budgeted at ú6,359,000 and ú6,436,000 for the following two years, that forgone rent from keeping 300 properties empty pending sale could amount to ú900,000 a year and that the capital budget has specifically earmarked ú2.5 million for improvements to properties in sales areas, amounting to almost ú23 million; and believes that urgent action should now be taken to halt the selling of empty properties.
Peter Hain
1994-02-08
Proposed
Neath
Tom Cox
1994-02-08
Seconded
Tooting
Bridget Prentice
1994-02-08
Seconded
Lewisham East
Roger Berry
1994-02-08
Seconded
Kingswood
Dennis Skinner
1994-02-08
Seconded
Bolsover
Ken Livingstone
1994-02-08
Seconded
Brent East
David Hanson
1994-02-08
Signed
Delyn
Max Madden
1994-02-08
Signed
Bradford West
Mike O'Brien
1994-02-08
Signed
North Warwickshire
Colin Pickthall
1994-02-08
Signed
West Lancashire
Peter Pike
1994-02-08
Signed
Burnley
Robert Parry
1994-02-08
Signed
Liverpool, Riverside
Terry Patchett
1994-02-08
Signed
Barnsley East
Greg Pope
1994-02-08
Signed
Hyndburn
Ken Purchase
1994-02-08
Signed
Wolverhampton North East
Martin Redmond
1994-02-08
Signed
Don Valley
Barbara Roche
1994-02-08
Signed
Hornsey & Wood Green
Jeff Rooker
1994-02-08
Signed
Birmingham, Perry Barr
Terry Rooney
1994-02-08
Signed
Bradford North
Alan Simpson
1994-02-08
Signed
Nottingham South
Llew Smith
1994-02-08
Signed
Blaenau Gwent
Peter Hardy
1994-02-08
Signed
Wentworth
John Heppell
1994-02-08
Signed
Nottingham East
John Home Robertson
1994-02-08
Signed
East Lothian
Kevin Hughes
1994-02-08
Signed
Doncaster North
Eric Illsley
1994-02-08
Signed
Barnsley Central
Helen Jackson
1994-02-08
Signed
Sheffield, Hillsborough
Jon Owen Jones
1994-02-08
Signed
Cardiff Central
Lynne Jones
1994-02-08
Signed
Birmingham, Selly Oak
Nigel Jones
1994-02-08
Signed
Cheltenham
Tessa Jowell
1994-02-08
Signed
Dulwich
Jane Kennedy
1994-02-08
Signed
Liverpool Broadgreen
Peter Kilfoyle
1994-02-08
Signed
Liverpool, Walton
Terry Lewis
1994-02-08
Signed
Worsley
Tony Lloyd
1994-02-08
Signed
Stretford
Elfyn Llwyd
1994-02-08
Signed
Meirionnydd Nant Conwy
Alice Mahon
1994-02-08
Signed
Halifax
John McAllion
1994-02-08
Signed
Dundee East
Ian McCartney
1994-02-08
Signed
Makerfield
Alan Meale
1994-02-08
Signed
Mansfield
Bill Michie
1994-02-08
Signed
Sheffield, Heeley
Andrew Miller
1994-02-08
Signed
Ellesmere Port & Neston
Estelle Morris
1994-02-08
Signed
Birmingham, Yardley
George Mudie
1994-02-08
Signed
Leeds East
Chris Mullin
1994-02-08
Signed
Sunderland South
Paul Murphy
1994-02-08
Signed
Torfaen
Stan Orme
1994-02-08
Signed
Salford East
Keith Bradley
1994-02-08
Signed
Manchester, Withington
Richard Burden
1994-02-08
Signed
Birmingham, Northfield
Stephen Byers
1994-02-08
Signed
Wallsend
Anne Campbell
1994-02-08
Signed
Cambridge
Ronnie Campbell
1994-02-08
Signed
Blyth Valley
Jamie Cann
1994-02-08
Signed
Ipswich
Alex Carlile
1994-02-08
Signed
Montgomery
Malcolm Chisholm
1994-02-08
Signed
Edinburgh Leith
Michael Clapham
1994-02-08
Signed
Barnsley West & Penistone
Eric Clarke
1994-02-08
Signed
Midlothian
David Clelland
1994-02-08
Signed
Tyne Bridge
Michael Connarty
1994-02-08
Signed
Falkirk East
John Cummings
1994-02-08
Signed
Easington
Jim Cunningham
1994-02-08
Signed
Coventry South East
Ian Davidson
1994-02-08
Signed
Glasgow, Govan
John Denham
1994-02-08
Signed
Southampton, Itchen
Jim Dowd
1994-02-08
Signed
Lewisham West
Jimmy Dunnachie
1994-02-08
Signed
Glasgow, Pollok
Angela Eagle
1994-02-08
Signed
Wallasey
Bill Etherington
1994-02-08
Signed
Sunderland North
John Evans
1994-02-08
Signed
St Helens North
Andrew Faulds
1994-02-08
Signed
Warley East
Maria Fyfe
1994-02-08
Signed
Glasgow, Maryhill
Mike Gapes
1994-02-08
Signed
Ilford South
John Garrett
1994-02-08
Signed
Norwich South
Roger Godsiff
1994-02-08
Signed
Birmingham Small Heath
Llin Golding
1994-02-08
Signed
Newcastle-under-Lyme
Mildred Gordon
1994-02-08
Signed
Bow and Poplar
Tommy Graham
1994-02-08
Signed
Renfrew West and Inverclyde
Bruce Grocott
1994-02-08
Signed
Wrekin, The
Donald Anderson
1994-02-08
Signed
Swansea East
Janet Anderson
1994-02-08
Signed
Rossendale & Darwen
Tony Banks
1994-02-08
Signed
Newham North West
Harry Barnes
1994-02-08
Signed
North East Derbyshire
Hugh Bayley
1994-02-08
Signed
York, City of
Clive Betts
1994-02-08
Signed
Sheffield, Attercliffe
Gerry Steinberg
1994-02-08
Signed
Durham, City of
George Stevenson
1994-02-08
Signed
Stoke-on-Trent South
Jack Thompson
1994-02-08
Signed
Wansbeck
Dennis Turner
1994-02-08
Signed
Wolverhampton South East
Mike Watson
1994-02-08
Signed
Glasgow Central
Audrey Wise
1994-02-08
Signed
Preston
Tony Worthington
1994-02-08
Signed
Clydebank & Milngavie
James Wray
1994-02-08
Signed
Glasgow Provan
Ernie Ross
1994-02-09
Signed
Dundee West
William McKelvey
1994-02-09
Signed
Kilmarnock & Loudoun
Edward O'Hara
1994-02-09
Signed
Knowsley South
Lawrence Cunliffe
1994-02-09
Signed
Leigh
Paul Flynn
1994-02-09
Signed
Newport West
John Battle
1994-02-09
Signed
Leeds West
Paddy Tipping
1994-02-09
Signed
Sherwood
Alan Wynne Williams
1994-02-09
Signed
Carmarthen
Eddie Loyden
1994-02-10
Signed
Liverpool, Garston
Norman Godman
1994-02-10
Signed
Greenock and Port Glasgow
Neil Gerrard
1994-02-14
Signed
Walthamstow
Martyn Jones
1994-02-15
Signed
Clwyd South West
Jean Corston
1994-02-16
Signed
Bristol East
Nigel Griffiths
1994-02-17
Signed
Edinburgh South
Win Griffiths
1994-02-17
Signed
Bridgend
Terry Davis
1994-02-21
Signed
Birmingham, Hodge Hill
Barry Sheerman
1994-02-24
Signed
Huddersfield
Mike Hall
1994-02-28
Signed
Warrington South
Tom Pendry
1994-03-29
Signed
Stalybridge & Hyde
Bob Cryer
Withdrawn