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Future For The Homeless

EDM number 405 in 1993-94, proposed by David Rendel on 20/01/1994.

That this House welcomes a full public discussion of the extent of homelessness, the reasons for homelessness and the policies and practice of the Government and local councils in dealing with homeless people; affirms its commitment to the legal principle first enshrined in the Housing (Homeless Persons) Act introduced into and piloted through Parliament by the late Stephen Ross, the then Liberal honourable Member for the Isle of Wight, that it should be the responsibility of local councils, without any moral judgement, to house all those unintentionally homeless and in priority need, and to the political principle equally strongly supported by Stephen Ross that central government should ensure adequate funding to enable local councils to meet their housing responsibilities; believes that allocation of housing by local authorities should at all times be fair to those whom the local authority already houses but who need to move, to those whom it has a new duty to house because they would otherwise be homeless and to those for whom there is no other prospect of affordable housing; and further believes that the objective of housing decently all those in need is best met by ensuring sufficient political commitment and funds for renovating, maintaining and building adequate housing which is then made available at a cost which people can afford.

This motion has been signed by a total of 16 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
David Rendel20/01/1994NewburyProposed
Simon Hughes20/01/1994Southwark and BermondseySigned
Liz Lynne20/01/1994RochdaleSigned
Diana Maddock20/01/1994ChristchurchSigned
Malcolm Bruce20/01/1994GordonSigned
David Alton20/01/1994Liverpool Mossley HillSigned
Alex Carlile24/01/1994MontgomerySigned
Menzies Campbell25/01/1994Fife North EastSigned
Estelle Morris26/01/1994Birmingham, YardleySigned
Paul Tyler26/01/1994North CornwallSigned
Russell Johnston31/01/1994Inverness, Nairn and LochaberSigned
Jim Wallace01/02/1994Orkney & ShetlandSigned
Nigel Jones03/02/1994CheltenhamSigned
Dale Campbell-Savours03/02/1994WorkingtonSigned
Alex Salmond11/02/1994Banff & BuchanSigned
Jim Cousins25/03/1994Newcastle upon Tyne CentralSigned

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