Rate Relief For Village Pubs

EDM number 255 in 1999-00, proposed by John Grogan on 12/01/2000.

That this House notes from the recent survey of the Countryside Agency and BBC televsion's Countryfile programme that up to six rural pubs are now shutting every week; regards the village pub as an important focal point for rural community life; and urges the Government to extend 50 per cent. mandatory rate relief to village pubs on the same basis as that enjoyed by village post offices and village stores.

This motion has been signed by a total of 132 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
John Grogan	12/01/2000	Selby	Labour	Proposed
Jane Griffiths	12/01/2000	Reading East	Labour	Signed
Nigel Evans	12/01/2000	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Signed
Stephen McCabe	12/01/2000	Birmingham, Hall Green	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	12/01/2000	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Nigel Jones	12/01/2000	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Brand	13/01/2000	Isle of Wight	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Campbell	13/01/2000	Tynemouth	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	13/01/2000	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	13/01/2000	Islington North	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	13/01/2000	Easington	Labour	Signed
David Drew	13/01/2000	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Harold Best	13/01/2000	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Joan Walley	13/01/2000	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Brian White	13/01/2000	North East Milton Keynes	Labour	Signed
Derek Wyatt	13/01/2000	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Peter Bradley	13/01/2000	Wrekin, The	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	13/01/2000	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Lawrie Quinn	13/01/2000	Scarborough & Whitby	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	13/01/2000	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Angela Smith	13/01/2000	Basildon	Labour Co-operative	Signed
David Heath	13/01/2000	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	13/01/2000	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	13/01/2000	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	13/01/2000	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ashok Kumar	13/01/2000	Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland	Labour	Signed
Peter Luff	13/01/2000	Mid Worcestershire	Conservative	Signed
Paul Marsden	13/01/2000	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Labour	Signed
John Townend	17/01/2000	East Yorkshire	Conservative	Signed
Richard Body	17/01/2000	Boston & Skegness	Conservative	Signed
James Gray	17/01/2000	North Wiltshire	Conservative	Signed
Bill Etherington	17/01/2000	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	17/01/2000	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Olner	17/01/2000	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Barry Jones	17/01/2000	Alyn & Deeside	Labour	Signed
David Ruffley	17/01/2000	Bury St Edmunds	Conservative	Signed
Kerry Pollard	17/01/2000	St Albans	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	18/01/2000	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Tommy Graham	18/01/2000	West Renfrewshire	Independent Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	18/01/2000	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Ron Davies	18/01/2000	Caerphilly	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	18/01/2000	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Ernie Ross	18/01/2000	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	19/01/2000	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Paul Tyler	19/01/2000	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jackie Ballard	19/01/2000	Taunton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Norman Baker	19/01/2000	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Caton	19/01/2000	Gower	Labour	Signed
Robert Jackson	19/01/2000	Wantage	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Rowe	19/01/2000	Faversham & Mid Kent	Conservative	Signed
Colin Breed	20/01/2000	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Walter	24/01/2000	North Dorset	Conservative	Signed
Christopher Gill	25/01/2000	Ludlow	Conservative	Signed
Alan Meale	27/01/2000	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Eric Clarke	27/01/2000	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Nicholas Winterton	27/01/2000	Macclesfield	Conservative	Signed
Mark Oaten	31/01/2000	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	01/02/2000	Dover	Labour	Signed
Dan Norris	01/02/2000	Wansdyke	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	02/02/2000	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Charles Wardle	03/02/2000	Bexhill & Battle	Conservative	Signed
Martyn Jones	07/02/2000	Clwyd South	Labour	Signed
Alan Keen	07/02/2000	Feltham & Heston	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Brian Cotter	08/02/2000	Weston-Super-Mare	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Janet Dean	10/02/2000	Burton	Labour	Signed
Paul Stinchcombe	14/02/2000	Wellingborough	Labour	Signed
John Austin	15/02/2000	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Michael Fallon	16/02/2000	Sevenoaks	Conservative	Signed
Andy King	17/02/2000	Rugby & Kenilworth	Labour	Signed
Ieuan Wyn Jones	21/02/2000	Ynys M	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Ray Michie	22/02/2000	Argyll & Bute	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Winterton	28/02/2000	Congleton	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Hunter	28/02/2000	Basingstoke	Conservative	Signed
Christine Russell	29/02/2000	Chester, City of	Labour	Signed
David Madel	29/02/2000	South West Bedfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Crispin Blunt	29/02/2000	Reigate	Conservative	Signed
Mark Fisher	01/03/2000	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	01/03/2000	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Julian Brazier	01/03/2000	Canterbury	Conservative	Signed
Chris McCafferty	01/03/2000	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	01/03/2000	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Fearn	02/03/2000	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Amess	02/03/2000	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
Harry Barnes	02/03/2000	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Huw Edwards	06/03/2000	Monmouth	Labour	Signed
Simon Burns	06/03/2000	West Chelmsford	Conservative	Signed
Martin Linton	06/03/2000	Battersea	Labour	Signed
Gordon Marsden	07/03/2000	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Colin Burgon	07/03/2000	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Tony Lloyd	08/03/2000	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Michael Mates	08/03/2000	East Hampshire	Conservative	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	08/03/2000	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Neil Gerrard	08/03/2000	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Christine Butler	09/03/2000	Castle Point	Labour	Signed
Lembit	09/03/2000	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	09/03/2000	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Peter Pike	09/03/2000	Burnley	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	10/03/2000	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Desmond Swayne	10/03/2000	New Forest West	Conservative	Signed
Jeff Ennis	14/03/2000	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
Valerie Davey	14/03/2000	Bristol West	Labour	Signed
Jim Cunningham	14/03/2000	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Geoffrey Johnson Smith	14/03/2000	Wealden	Conservative	Signed
Tony McWalter	15/03/2000	Hemel Hempstead	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Bill Michie	15/03/2000	Sheffield, Heeley	Labour	Signed
Graham Brady	15/03/2000	Altrincham & Sale West	Conservative	Signed
Gerry Steinberg	15/03/2000	Durham, City of	Labour	Signed
Jenny Jones	16/03/2000	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Phil Sawford	16/03/2000	Kettering	Labour	Signed
Jon Owen Jones	17/03/2000	Cardiff Central	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Richard Allan	20/03/2000	Sheffield, Hallam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Stewart	20/03/2000	Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber	Labour	Signed
John Burnett	21/03/2000	Torridge & West Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Edward Davey	21/03/2000	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Livsey	22/03/2000	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Austin Mitchell	22/03/2000	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Nicholas Lyell	23/03/2000	North East Bedfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Ann Clwyd	24/03/2000	Cynon Valley	Labour	Signed
David Borrow	30/03/2000	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Steve Webb	30/03/2000	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Teresa Gorman	03/04/2000	Billericay	Conservative	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	06/04/2000	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Stephen O'Brien	06/04/2000	Eddisbury	Conservative	Signed
John McWilliam	06/04/2000	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Terry Lewis	06/04/2000	Worsley	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	06/04/2000	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Allan Rogers	18/04/2000	Rhondda	Labour	Signed
Patrick Hall	18/04/2000	Bedford	Labour	Signed
Alan Williams	03/05/2000	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Labour	Signed
Don Foster	21/06/2000	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Claire Curtis-Thomas	29/06/2000	Crosby	Labour	Signed
Audrey Wise	Unknown			Withdrawn

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