Council Tax And Second Homes (EDM530)

Council Tax And Second Homes

EDM number 530 in 2001-02, proposed by Andrew George on 05/12/2001.

That this House welcomes the recent publication of the Government Consultation Paper recommending the removal of the current 50 per cent. council tax discount on second homes; is disappointed that this has been published a full year after the delayed Rural White Paper which promised to consult on the proposal; recognises that it is no longer justifiable to spend up to Ãº220 million of taxpayers' money each year to subsidise the better off to have their second homes when there are many thousands of people in areas of high second home ownership who do not have a decent first home; further notes that this proposal now has cross party support, including that of the Conservatives who brought in the original legislation; and therefore believes that rapid progress can be made in bringing about this long overdue change, providing that the Government has the will to do it.

This motion has been signed by a total of 40 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Andrew George	05/12/2001	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
David Drew	05/12/2001	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Matthew Green	05/12/2001	Ludlow	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Vincent Cable	06/12/2001	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Borrow	06/12/2001	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Paul Tyler	06/12/2001	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jackie Lawrence	10/12/2001	Preseli Pembrokeshire	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	10/12/2001	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Simon Thomas	10/12/2001	Ceredigion	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Ann Cryer	11/12/2001	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Jenny Tonge	11/12/2001	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Barrett	11/12/2001	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Caton	11/12/2001	Gower	Labour	Signed
Russell Brown	11/12/2001	Dumfries	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	11/12/2001	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	11/12/2001	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Jim Knight	11/12/2001	South Dorset	Labour	Signed
Jon Owen Jones	11/12/2001	Cardiff Central	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Brian Iddon	11/12/2001	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Adrian Sanders	11/12/2001	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Russell	11/12/2001	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Rendel	11/12/2001	Newbury	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Lepper	11/12/2001	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Brian Cotter	12/12/2001	Weston-Super-Mare	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Norman Baker	12/12/2001	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeff Ennis	12/12/2001	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
Huw Edwards	12/12/2001	Monmouth	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	12/12/2001	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Norman Lamb	12/12/2001	North Norfolk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Keetch	12/12/2001	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nigel Jones	12/12/2001	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynne Jones	12/12/2001	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	13/12/2001	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Win Griffiths	13/12/2001	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	17/12/2001	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	18/12/2001	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	18/12/2001	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	18/12/2001	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Paul Marsden	09/01/2002	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Adam Price	15/01/2002	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed

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