<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><edm>
<id>37805</id>
<session>2008-09</session>
<number>748</number>
<title>Construction Industry</title>
<proposer id="11172">Mark Prisk</proposer>
<date>2009-02-10</date>
<text>That this House notes the importance of the construction industry to the United Kingdom economy and to jobs; is concerned at the collapse of house building and other construction activity; is further concerned that the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors estimates some 300,000 jobs will be lost as a result; and calls on the Government to reduce red tape, simplify business taxes and implement an effective national loan guarantee scheme for viable firms in construction at the earliest opportunity.</text>
<topics>
	<topic>Construction industry</topic>
</topics>
<signatures>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11172">Mark Prisk</mp>
		<date>2009-02-10</date>
		<type>Proposed</type>
		<constituency>Hertford &amp; Stortford</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11924">John Penrose</mp>
		<date>2009-02-10</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Weston-Super-Mare</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10854">Jonathan Djanogly</mp>
		<date>2009-02-10</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Huntingdon</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10119">Geoffrey Clifton-Brown</mp>
		<date>2009-02-10</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Cotswold</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11917">Grant Shapps</mp>
		<date>2009-02-10</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Welwyn Hatfield</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11742">Brian Binley</mp>
		<date>2009-02-10</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Northampton South</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="12004">Angus MacNeil</mp>
		<date>2009-02-11</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Na h-Eileanan an Iar</constituency>
		<party>Scottish National Party</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10647">Nicholas Winterton</mp>
		<date>2009-02-11</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Macclesfield</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10190">Nigel Evans</mp>
		<date>2009-02-11</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Ribble Valley</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10368">Elfyn Llwyd</mp>
		<date>2009-02-11</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Meirionnydd Nant Conwy</constituency>
		<party>Plaid Cymru</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11892">David Simpson</mp>
		<date>2009-02-11</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Upper Bann</constituency>
		<party>DUP</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="13735">Dai Davies</mp>
		<date>2009-02-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Blaenau Gwent</constituency>
		<party>Independent</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10258">Mike Hancock</mp>
		<date>2009-02-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Portsmouth South</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10057">Peter Bottomley</mp>
		<date>2009-02-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Worthing West</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10608">Desmond Turner</mp>
		<date>2009-02-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Brighton, Kemptown</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10615">Peter Viggers</mp>
		<date>2009-02-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Gosport</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10623">Robert Wareing</mp>
		<date>2009-02-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Liverpool, West Derby</constituency>
		<party>Independent</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11759">Stewart Jackson</mp>
		<date>2009-02-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Peterborough</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10240">James Gray</mp>
		<date>2009-02-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North Wiltshire</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11589">Mark Durkan</mp>
		<date>2009-02-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Foyle</constituency>
		<party>Social Democratic and Labour Party</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10129">Frank Cook</mp>
		<date>2009-02-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Stockton North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10537">Richard Shepherd</mp>
		<date>2009-02-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Aldridge-Brownhills</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10267">Oliver Heald</mp>
		<date>2009-02-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North East Hertfordshire</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10385">Eddie McGrady</mp>
		<date>2009-02-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>South Down</constituency>
		<party>Social Democratic and Labour Party</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10447">Malcolm Moss</mp>
		<date>2009-02-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North East Cambridgeshire</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10062">Graham Brady</mp>
		<date>2009-02-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Altrincham &amp; Sale West</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10115">Kenneth Clarke</mp>
		<date>2009-02-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Rushcliffe</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11506">David Jones</mp>
		<date>2009-02-24</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Clwyd West</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10214">Christopher Fraser</mp>
		<date>2009-02-24</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>South West Norfolk</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10193">Michael Fabricant</mp>
		<date>2009-02-24</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Lichfield</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10815">Derek Conway</mp>
		<date>2009-02-24</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Old Bexley &amp; Sidcup</constituency>
		<party>Independent</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10079">Simon Burns</mp>
		<date>2009-02-24</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>West Chelmsford</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10422">Michael Mates</mp>
		<date>2009-02-24</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>East Hampshire</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10358">Julian Lewis</mp>
		<date>2009-02-24</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>New Forest East</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10128">Michael Connarty</mp>
		<date>2009-02-25</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Linlithgow &amp; Falkirk East</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10780">Gregory Campbell</mp>
		<date>2009-02-25</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>East Londonderry</constituency>
		<party>DUP</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10415">Gordon Marsden</mp>
		<date>2009-02-25</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Blackpool South</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10294">Kim Howells</mp>
		<date>2009-02-25</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Pontypridd</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10555">Nicholas Soames</mp>
		<date>2009-02-25</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Mid Sussex</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10679">William McCrea</mp>
		<date>2009-02-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>South Antrim</constituency>
		<party>DUP</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10256">Fabian Hamilton</mp>
		<date>2009-02-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Leeds North East</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10348">Eleanor Laing</mp>
		<date>2009-02-27</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Epping Forest</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10373">Peter Luff</mp>
		<date>2009-02-27</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Mid Worcestershire</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10582">Robert Syms</mp>
		<date>2009-02-27</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Poole</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11626">Michael Penning</mp>
		<date>2009-03-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hemel Hempstead</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10658">Tim Yeo</mp>
		<date>2009-03-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>South Suffolk</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10189">Bill Etherington</mp>
		<date>2009-03-04</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Sunderland North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10056">Tim Boswell</mp>
		<date>2009-03-04</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Daventry</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10313">Brian Jenkins</mp>
		<date>2009-03-05</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Tamworth</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10716">John Barrett</mp>
		<date>2009-03-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Edinburgh West</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10620">Robert Walter</mp>
		<date>2009-03-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North Dorset</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10020">Peter Atkinson</mp>
		<date>2009-03-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hexham</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10670">Stephen O'Brien</mp>
		<date>2009-03-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Eddisbury</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10526">Martin Salter</mp>
		<date>2009-03-11</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Reading West</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10958">Lady Hermon</mp>
		<date>2009-03-11</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North Down</constituency>
		<party>UUP</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10423">Francis Maude</mp>
		<date>2009-03-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Horsham</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11265">Hugo Swire</mp>
		<date>2009-03-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>East Devon</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10463">Bill Olner</mp>
		<date>2009-04-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Nuneaton</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11816">Philip Davies</mp>
		<date>2009-04-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Shipley</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11402">Alasdair McDonnell</mp>
		<date>2009-04-22</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Belfast South</constituency>
		<party>Social Democratic and Labour Party</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10563">John Stanley</mp>
		<date>2009-04-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Tonbridge &amp; Malling</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10560">Michael Spicer</mp>
		<date>2009-04-27</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>West Worcestershire</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10269">David Heath</mp>
		<date>2009-05-05</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Somerton &amp; Frome</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11715">Mark Lancaster</mp>
		<date>2009-06-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North East Milton Keynes</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11308">Angela Watkinson</mp>
		<date>2009-06-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Upminster</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10353">David Lepper</mp>
		<date>2009-07-15</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Brighton, Pavilion</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10459">Mark Oaten</mp>
		<date>2009-10-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Winchester</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10634">Ann Widdecombe</mp>
		<date>2009-10-13</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Maidstone &amp; The Weald</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
</signatures>
</edm>
