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<id>18944</id>
<session>2000-01</session>
<number>618</number>
<title>Barnett Formula</title>
<proposer id="10089">Ronnie Campbell</proposer>
<date>2001-04-30</date>
<text>That this House calls for a review of the 22 year-old Barnett Formula under which Scotland has a huge funding advantage over the North East of England;notes that spending per head on education in Scotland is Ãº863 and in the North East Ãº686, health and social services spending is Ãº1,271 and in the North East Ãº1,090, transport spending is Ãº180 to the North East's Ãº133, industry spending is Ãº171 to the North East's Ãº119 and tourist industry spending per head is Ãº5.85p to the North East's 16p; further notes that the Barnett Formula gives Scotland Ãº5,271 per head and the North East Ãº4,837; and calls on the Government to tackle the Ãº1billion divide between spending in Scotland and spending in the North East of England.</text>
<topics>
</topics>
<signatures>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10089">Ronnie Campbell</mp>
		<date>2001-04-30</date>
		<type>Proposed</type>
		<constituency>Blyth Valley</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10407">Alice Mahon</mp>
		<date>2001-05-01</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Halifax</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10566">Gerry Steinberg</mp>
		<date>2001-05-01</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Durham, City of</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10108">David Clark</mp>
		<date>2001-05-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>South Shields</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10346">Ashok Kumar</mp>
		<date>2001-05-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Middlesbrough South &amp; East Cleveland</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10305">Eric Illsley</mp>
		<date>2001-05-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Barnsley Central</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10616">Rudi Vis</mp>
		<date>2001-05-08</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Finchley &amp; Golders Green</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10144">John Cummings</mp>
		<date>2001-05-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Easington</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10142">Ann Cryer</mp>
		<date>2001-05-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Keighley</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10189">Bill Etherington</mp>
		<date>2001-05-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Sunderland North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10133">Jeremy Corbyn</mp>
		<date></date>
		<type>Withdrawn</type>
		<constituency></constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
</signatures>
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