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Future Of Council Housing

EDM number 48 in 2005-06, proposed by Simon Hughes on 17/05/2005.

That this House supports the proposal from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister Select Committee for an investment allowance to create a level playing field for council housing and enable local authorities to finance borrowing under the prudential framework to meet the Decent Homes Standard as an alternative to the Government's three current options of stock transfer, private finance initiative and arm's length management organisations; shares the concerns expressed in the critical reports by the Public Accounts Committee and the National Audit Office on the cost-effectiveness of stock transfer; believes that a fourth option, allowing councils to improve their own stock, can be funded by re-investing all the income from tenants' rents, capital receipts and savings on expensive set-up costs; notes the broad consensus of support from tenants, the Local Government Association and local authorities, the TUC and trade unions for the fourth option; welcomes the recognition by the Deputy Prime Minister on 26th September that `public financing of housing doesn't treat local authorities on a level playing field and I want to see that changed and I promised to do that and look at an inquiry into it'; and urges him to stand by this promise so that tenants can have a real choice, councils can compete on a level playing field and the public housing stock can be repaired, refurbished and expanded to make its contribution to the growing need for public rented housing, instead of wasting millions to give it away.

This motion has been signed by a total of 149 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Simon Hughes17/05/2005North Southwark and BermondseyLiberal DemocratProposed
Paul Holmes17/05/2005ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSeconded
Tom Brake18/05/2005Carshalton and WallingtonLiberal DemocratSeconded
Tim Farron18/05/2005Westmorland and LonsdaleLiberal DemocratSeconded
David Heath18/05/2005Somerton & FromeLiberal DemocratSeconded
Nicholas Winterton18/05/2005MacclesfieldConservativeSeconded
Alan Simpson18/05/2005Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Kate Hoey18/05/2005VauxhallLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins18/05/2005Luton NorthLabourSigned
Brian Iddon18/05/2005Bolton South EastLabourSigned
Lynne Jones18/05/2005Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Austin Mitchell18/05/2005Great GrimsbyLabourSigned
Colin Breed18/05/2005South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Jeremy Corbyn18/05/2005Islington NorthLabourSigned
Sandra Gidley18/05/2005RomseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Rudi Vis18/05/2005Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Linda Riordan18/05/2005HalifaxLabourSigned
John Pugh19/05/2005SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Keetch19/05/2005HerefordLiberal DemocratSigned
Annette Brooke19/05/2005Mid Dorset and North PooleLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew George19/05/2005St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Norman Baker19/05/2005LewesLiberal DemocratSigned
David Taylor19/05/2005North West LeicestershireLabourSigned
Bob Spink23/05/2005Castle PointConservativeSigned
Ann Cryer23/05/2005KeighleyLabourSigned
Bill Etherington23/05/2005Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Neil Gerrard23/05/2005WalthamstowLabourSigned
Roger Godsiff23/05/2005Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small HeathLabourSigned
Betty Williams23/05/2005ConwyLabourSigned
David Howarth23/05/2005CambridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
Adam Price24/05/2005Carmarthen East and DinefwrPlaid CymruSigned
Rob Marris24/05/2005Wolverhampton South WestLabourSigned
Mike Hancock24/05/2005Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Roger Williams24/05/2005Brecon and RadnorshireLiberal DemocratSigned
David Anderson24/05/2005BlaydonLabourSigned
Julia Goldsworthy24/05/2005Falmouth and CamborneLiberal DemocratSigned
Bob Russell25/05/2005ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Elfyn Llwyd25/05/2005Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Martin Caton25/05/2005GowerLabourSigned
Janet Dean25/05/2005BurtonLabourSigned
David Drew25/05/2005StroudLabourSigned
Andrew Stunell25/05/2005Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Dan Rogerson25/05/2005North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Caroline Spelman26/05/2005MeridenConservativeSigned
Paul Burstow26/05/2005Sutton and CheamLiberal DemocratSigned
Ken Purchase06/06/2005Wolverhampton North EastLabourSigned
Clare Short06/06/2005Birmingham, LadywoodLabourSigned
Jon Cruddas06/06/2005DagenhamLabourSigned
Diane Abbott06/06/2005Hackney North and Stoke NewingtonLabourSigned
Roger Berry06/06/2005KingswoodLabourSigned
Richard Younger-Ross06/06/2005TeignbridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
John Leech06/06/2005Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Joan Ruddock07/06/2005Lewisham, DeptfordLabourSigned
Lady Hermon07/06/2005North DownUUPSigned
Michael Clapham07/06/2005Barnsley West and PenistoneLabourSigned
Ian Gibson07/06/2005Norwich NorthLabourSigned
Robert Wareing07/06/2005Liverpool, West DerbyLabourSigned
David Heyes08/06/2005Ashton-under-LyneLabourSigned
Chris Mole08/06/2005IpswichLabourSigned
Bob Blizzard08/06/2005WaveneyLabourSigned
Joan Walley08/06/2005Stoke-on-Trent NorthLabourSigned
Marsha Singh09/06/2005Bradford WestLabourSigned
Menzies Campbell09/06/2005North East FifeLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Flynn09/06/2005Newport WestLabourSigned
Paul Truswell09/06/2005PudseyLabourSigned
Steve Webb09/06/2005NorthavonLiberal DemocratSigned
Nia Griffith09/06/2005LlanelliLabourSigned
Stephen Hepburn13/06/2005JarrowLabourSigned
Richard Burden13/06/2005Birmingham, NorthfieldLabourSigned
Colin Burgon13/06/2005ElmetLabourSigned
George Galloway13/06/2005Bethnal Green and BowRespectSigned
Graham Stringer13/06/2005Manchester, BlackleyLabourSigned
Jim McGovern15/06/2005Dundee WestLabourSigned
Edward Davey16/06/2005Kingston and SurbitonLiberal DemocratSigned
Jim Dobbin16/06/2005Heywood and MiddletonLabourSigned
Lembit 20/06/2005MontgomeryshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Ronnie Campbell20/06/2005Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Don Foster21/06/2005BathLiberal DemocratSigned
Stephen Williams21/06/2005Bristol WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Robert Marshall-Andrews22/06/2005MedwayLabourSigned
Gavin Strang22/06/2005Edinburgh EastLabourSigned
Phil Willis22/06/2005Harrogate and KnaresboroughLiberal DemocratSigned
Tony Lloyd27/06/2005Manchester CentralLabourSigned
Michael Meacher27/06/2005Oldham West and RoytonLabourSigned
Lynne Featherstone27/06/2005Hornsey and Wood GreenLiberal DemocratSigned
Greg Mulholland27/06/2005Leeds North WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Harry Cohen29/06/2005Leyton and WansteadLabourSigned
Frank Cook29/06/2005Stockton NorthLabourSigned
David Crausby29/06/2005Bolton North EastLabourSigned
John Hemming29/06/2005Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Lorely Burt29/06/2005SolihullLiberal DemocratSigned
Susan Kramer29/06/2005Richmond ParkLiberal DemocratSigned
Doug Henderson30/06/2005Newcastle upon Tyne NorthLabourSigned
John McDonnell04/07/2005Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Brooks Newmark04/07/2005BraintreeConservativeSigned
Angela Eagle05/07/2005WallaseyLabourSigned
Paul Rowen05/07/2005RochdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
Alex Salmond07/07/2005Banff and BuchanScottish National PartySigned
Jon Trickett07/07/2005HemsworthLabourSigned
Ian Austin12/07/2005Dudley NorthLabourSigned
Anne Moffat18/07/2005East LothianLabourSigned
John Austin18/07/2005Erith and ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Jeremy Browne19/07/2005TauntonLiberal DemocratSigned
Jennifer Willott20/07/2005Cardiff CentralLiberal DemocratSigned
Frank Doran21/07/2005Aberdeen NorthLabourSigned
Gordon Prentice10/10/2005PendleLabourSigned
Gwyn Prosser10/10/2005DoverLabourSigned
Chris McCafferty10/10/2005Calder ValleyLabourSigned
John Cummings10/10/2005EasingtonLabourSigned
Jim Cunningham10/10/2005Coventry SouthLabourSigned
John Grogan10/10/2005SelbyLabourSigned
Sarah Teather10/10/2005Brent EastLiberal DemocratSigned
Roberta Blackman-Woods10/10/2005City of DurhamLabourSigned
Edward Vaizey10/10/2005WantageConservativeSigned
Lynda Waltho10/10/2005StourbridgeLabourSigned
Mark Hunter10/10/2005CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Williams11/10/2005CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
Nick Harvey18/10/2005North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Nick Brown20/10/2005Newcastle upon Tyne East and WallsendLabourSigned
Derek Conway20/10/2005Old Bexley & SidcupConservativeSigned
Doug Naysmith02/11/2005Bristol North WestLabourSigned
Nicholas Clegg07/11/2005Sheffield, HallamLiberal DemocratSigned
Mike Gapes07/11/2005Ilford SouthLabourSigned
Evan Harris05/12/2005Oxford West and AbingdonLiberal DemocratSigned
Rosie Cooper08/12/2005West LancashireLabourSigned
George Mudie14/12/2005Leeds EastLabourSigned
Brian Jenkins09/01/2006TamworthLabourSigned
Anthony D Wright25/01/2006Great YarmouthLabourSigned
Brian Binley01/02/2006Northampton SouthConservativeSigned
Hywel Francis06/02/2006AberavonLabourSigned
Mark Oaten09/02/2006WinchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Charlotte Atkins09/02/2006Staffordshire MoorlandsLabourSigned
Clive Betts13/02/2006Sheffield, AttercliffeLabourSigned
Adam Holloway13/02/2006GraveshamConservativeSigned
Dai Havard14/02/2006Merthyr Tydfil and RhymneyLabourSigned
Nigel Evans27/02/2006Ribble ValleyConservativeSigned
Michael Moore28/02/2006Berwickshire, Roxburgh and SelkirkLiberal DemocratSigned
Phyllis Starkey14/03/2006Milton Keynes South WestLabourSigned
Mark Lancaster22/03/2006North East Milton KeynesConservativeSigned
Adrian Sanders28/03/2006TorbayLiberal DemocratSigned
Helen Goodman28/03/2006Bishop AucklandLabourSigned
Norman Lamb18/04/2006North NorfolkLiberal DemocratSigned
Matthew Taylor20/04/2006Truro and St AustellLiberal DemocratSigned
Martin Horwood27/04/2006CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Bill Olner26/06/2006NuneatonLabourSigned
Laura Moffatt29/06/2006CrawleyLabourSigned
Malcolm Bruce24/07/2006GordonLiberal DemocratSigned
Dai Davies09/10/2006Blaenau GwentIndependentSigned
Si10/10/2006Swansea EastLabourSigned

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