Single Room Rent Restrictions

EDM number 2753 in 2005-06, proposed by Alan Meale on 16/10/2006.

That this House believes that there is an urgent need to scrap current single room rent restrictions which discriminate against benefit claimants aged under 25 years by limiting their entitlement to housing benefits to the average cost of a room in shared accommodation; notes that the Department for Work and Pensions' own research shows that the impact of the restriction is that 87 per cent. of people in this category face an average shortfall of £35.14 per week towards their rent; and calls upon the Government to introduce suitable clauses in its Welfare Reform Bill to abolish such draconian restrictions and also to work with the coalition of eight national organisations currently providing accommodation, support and advice to young people to find better ways to deliver its welfare to work agenda.

This motion has been signed by a total of 68 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Alan Meale	16/10/2006	Mansfield	Labour	Proposed
Rudi Vis	16/10/2006	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Seconded
Bill Etherington	16/10/2006	Sunderland North	Labour	Seconded
Tony Lloyd	16/10/2006	Manchester Central	Labour	Seconded
Andrew George	16/10/2006	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Paul Keetch	17/10/2006	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Martin Caton	17/10/2006	Gower	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	17/10/2006	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	17/10/2006	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	17/10/2006	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Desmond Turner	17/10/2006	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Helen Goodman	17/10/2006	Bishop Auckland	Labour	Signed
Angus MacNeil	17/10/2006	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scottish National Party	Signed
Vincent Cable	17/10/2006	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	17/10/2006	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Adrian Sanders	17/10/2006	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Heyes	17/10/2006	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	17/10/2006	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	17/10/2006	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	17/10/2006	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	17/10/2006	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	17/10/2006	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Signed
Stephen Williams	18/10/2006	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Madeleine Moon	18/10/2006	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Sarah McCarthy-Fry	18/10/2006	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Dawn Butler	18/10/2006	Brent South	Labour	Signed
Phil Willis	18/10/2006	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Taylor	18/10/2006	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
David Laws	18/10/2006	Yeovil	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Devine	19/10/2006	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Mark Hunter	19/10/2006	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
James McGovern	19/10/2006	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
Tim Farron	19/10/2006	Westmorland & Lonsdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian Gibson	19/10/2006	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Jeff Ennis	19/10/2006	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
David Drew	19/10/2006	Stroud	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	19/10/2006	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	19/10/2006	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Chris McCafferty	19/10/2006	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Robert Key	19/10/2006	Salisbury	Conservative	Signed
Alan Simpson	19/10/2006	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	19/10/2006	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	20/10/2006	Keighley	Labour	Signed
John Leech	23/10/2006	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Betty Williams	23/10/2006	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	23/10/2006	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	23/10/2006	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	24/10/2006	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
David Hamilton	24/10/2006	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Hywel Williams	24/10/2006	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Paul Rowen	25/10/2006	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Austin	25/10/2006	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Richard Burden	25/10/2006	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Karen Buck	25/10/2006			Signed
Michael Clapham	26/10/2006	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	26/10/2006	Burton	Labour	Signed
John Battle	26/10/2006	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	30/10/2006	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Roger Berry	30/10/2006	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	31/10/2006	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	31/10/2006	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Greg Pope	02/11/2006	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Danny Alexander	02/11/2006	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Reid	06/11/2006	Argyll & Bute	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eric Illsley	06/11/2006	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	06/11/2006	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
Sandra Osborne	06/11/2006	Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock	Labour	Signed
Martin Horwood	06/11/2006	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed

Download raw data as csv or xml.

The information on this website is reproduced under Parliamentary Licence and may be reused under the same license, licenses can be obtained from OPSI.