Housing Benefit And Council Rents

EDM number 544 in 1997-98, proposed by Austin Mitchell on 02/12/1997.

That this House is concerned at the unfair anomaly of relatively low income council tenants subsidising the payment of rent rebates for the poorest of their fellow council tenants, arising from the fact that an increasing number of councils, currently over 75 per cent., are compelled to divert council house rents into housing benefit for council tenants as a result of the Local Government and Housing Act 1990; condemns the principle that the poor should subsidise the poorest in this way particularly since private and housing association tenants are not asked to do the same; and urges the Government to end at the earliest possible moment a practice, which asks council tenants pay both rent and taxes to fund benefit payments by returning funding of rent rebate to central government.

This motion has been signed by a total of 151 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Austin Mitchell	02/12/1997	Great Grimsby	Labour	Proposed
Mike Hancock	02/12/1997	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jane Griffiths	02/12/1997	Reading East	Labour	Signed
Donald Gorrie	02/12/1997	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Barry Gardiner	02/12/1997	Brent North	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	02/12/1997	Burton	Labour	Signed
Lawrence Cunliffe	02/12/1997	Leigh	Labour	Signed
John Cryer	02/12/1997	Hornchurch	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	02/12/1997	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Joe Ashton	02/12/1997	Bassetlaw	Labour	Signed
Norman Baker	02/12/1997	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jackie Ballard	02/12/1997	Taunton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Derek Wyatt	02/12/1997	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	02/12/1997	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
David Winnick	02/12/1997	Walsall North	Labour	Signed
Joan Walley	02/12/1997	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Mark Todd	02/12/1997	South Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	02/12/1997	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Nigel Beard	02/12/1997	Bexleyheath & Crayford	Labour	Signed
Harry Barnes	02/12/1997	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	02/12/1997	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Robin Corbett	02/12/1997	Birmingham, Erdington	Labour	Signed
Phyllis Starkey	02/12/1997	Milton Keynes South West	Labour	Signed
Martin Smyth	02/12/1997	Belfast South	UUP	Signed
Alan Simpson	02/12/1997	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Adrian Sanders	02/12/1997	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Russell	02/12/1997	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Rendel	02/12/1997	Newbury	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Pound	02/12/1997	Ealing North	Labour	Signed
James Plaskitt	02/12/1997	Warwick & Leamington	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	02/12/1997	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	02/12/1997	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	02/12/1997	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	02/12/1997	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Iain Coleman	02/12/1997	Hammersmith & Fulham	Labour	Signed
David Chaytor	02/12/1997	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Diana Organ	02/12/1997	Forest of Dean	Labour	Signed
Richard Livsey	02/12/1997	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ken Livingstone	02/12/1997	Brent East	Labour	Signed
Martin Linton	02/12/1997	Battersea	Labour	Signed
Terry Lewis	02/12/1997	Worsley	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	03/12/1997	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Jenny Tonge	03/12/1997	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Swinney	03/12/1997	North Tayside	Scottish National Party	Signed
Gerry Steinberg	03/12/1997	Durham, City of	Labour	Signed
Norman Godman	03/12/1997	Greenock & Inverclyde	Labour	Signed
David Drew	03/12/1997	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
John Cummings	03/12/1997	Easington	Labour	Signed
Bill Michie	03/12/1997	Sheffield, Heeley	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	03/12/1997	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	03/12/1997	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dennis Skinner	03/12/1997	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Paul Tyler	04/12/1997	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Stunell	04/12/1997	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ronnie Fearn	04/12/1997	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ashok Kumar	04/12/1997	Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland	Labour	Signed
Clive Soley	04/12/1997			Signed
John Austin	05/12/1997	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Tom Cox	05/12/1997	Tooting	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	05/12/1997	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Harvey	05/12/1997	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Rammell	05/12/1997	Harlow	Labour	Signed
Alan Williams	08/12/1997	Swansea West	Labour	Signed
Patrick Hall	09/12/1997	Bedford	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	10/12/1997	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	10/12/1997	Gower	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	10/12/1997	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gordon Marsden	10/12/1997	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Piara S Khabra	10/12/1997	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed
Eddie McGrady	11/12/1997	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Edward Davey	11/12/1997	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Flynn	11/12/1997	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Maria Eagle	15/12/1997	Liverpool, Garston	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	16/12/1997	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	18/12/1997	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	13/01/1998	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	13/01/1998	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Diane Abbott	15/01/1998	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Tess Kingham	16/01/1998	Gloucester	Labour	Signed
Kerry Pollard	19/01/1998	St Albans	Labour	Signed
Simon Hughes	19/01/1998	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Jackson	19/01/1998	Wantage	Conservative	Signed
David Chidgey	22/01/1998	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Betty Williams	26/01/1998	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Kali Mountford	27/01/1998	Colne Valley	Labour	Signed
Jim Cousins	28/01/1998	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
Andy King	29/01/1998	Rugby & Kenilworth	Labour	Signed
Audrey Wise	02/02/1998	Preston	Labour	Signed
Phil Willis	03/02/1998	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tony McWalter	05/02/1998	Hemel Hempstead	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Andrew Love	06/02/1998	Edmonton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Martyn Jones	09/02/1998	Clwyd South	Labour	Signed
Richard Allan	17/02/1998	Sheffield, Hallam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ivor Caplin	17/02/1998	Hove	Labour	Signed
Peter Bradley	17/02/1998	Wrekin, The	Labour	Signed
Paul Truswell	19/02/1998	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Tony Benn	23/02/1998	Chesterfield	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	26/02/1998	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Laxton	27/02/1998	Derby North	Labour	Signed
David Heath	05/03/1998	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian Gibson	09/03/1998	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Terry Davis	11/03/1998	Birmingham, Hodge Hill	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	12/03/1998	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Berry	16/03/1998	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Alice Mahon	16/03/1998	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Martin Bell	17/03/1998	Tatton	Independent	Signed
Dale Campbell-Savours	18/03/1998	Workington	Labour	Signed
Syd Rapson	23/03/1998	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Jim Marshall	26/03/1998	Leicester South	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	27/03/1998	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Jacqui Smith	02/04/1998	Redditch	Labour	Signed
Alasdair Morgan	08/04/1998	Galloway & Upper Nithsdale	Scottish National Party	Signed
Mark Oaten	22/04/1998	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Foster	28/04/1998	Worcester	Labour	Signed
Peter Pike	05/05/1998	Burnley	Labour	Signed
Don Foster	08/05/1998	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Christine Russell	13/05/1998	Chester, City of	Labour	Signed
Evan Harris	18/05/1998	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Salter	20/05/1998	Reading West	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	21/05/1998	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Gerry Bermingham	01/06/1998	St Helens South	Labour	Signed
Dafydd Wigley	01/06/1998	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	04/06/1998	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Julia Drown	11/06/1998	South Swindon	Labour	Signed
Phil Sawford	15/06/1998	Kettering	Labour	Signed
Colin Burgon	07/07/1998	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Christine Butler	07/07/1998	Castle Point	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	07/07/1998	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Jim Cunningham	07/07/1998	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Bill O'Brien	08/07/1998	Normanton	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	08/07/1998	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Harold Best	08/07/1998	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Jeff Ennis	09/07/1998	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
Paul Burstow	09/07/1998	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lawrie Quinn	09/07/1998	Scarborough & Whitby	Labour	Signed
Ian Davidson	14/07/1998	Glasgow, Pollok	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Jim Dobbin	14/07/1998	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Roy Beggs	16/07/1998	East Antrim	UUP	Signed
Rudi Vis	28/07/1998	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Paul Stinchcombe	28/07/1998	Wellingborough	Labour	Signed
Maria Fyfe	28/07/1998	Glasgow, Maryhill	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	28/07/1998	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Paul Clark	28/07/1998	Gillingham	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	28/07/1998	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Cotter	29/07/1998	Weston-Super-Mare	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Doug Naysmith	30/07/1998	Bristol North West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Helen Southworth	02/09/1998	Warrington South	Labour	Signed
Peter Robinson	02/09/1998	Belfast East	DUP	Signed
Oona King	22/10/1998	Bethnal Green & Bow	Labour	Signed
Margaret Hodge	Unknown			Withdrawn
Patricia Hewitt	Unknown			Withdrawn

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