Rent Rises In Kyle And Carrick

EDM number 1504 in 1992-93, proposed by George Foulkes on 02/03/1993.

That this House deplores the council house rent increases in Kyle and Carrick, which are the largest in Scotland, and on average ú5 per week, rising to over ú15 per week at the top end; notes that this is a direct consequence of the change in political control at the local elections in 1992, and is a warning to voters in other parts of the United Kingdom; recognises that it will be impossible for most people to pay the increases without enormous hardship, since wages are increasing less than the level of inflation, or are frozen or even reduced; and calls on the Secretary of State for Scotland to intervene to cap these rent rises at no more than the current level of inflation.

This motion has been signed by a total of 51 MPs.