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Return Of Student Deposits By Educational Establishments

EDM number 1557 in 2007-08, proposed by Greg Mulholland on 14/05/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Financial services, Housing, Private rented housing and Students.

That this House notes with concern that, although educational establishments were exempted from certain provisions of the Housing Act 2004, including deposit protection, if they signed an Approved Code of Practice under section 233 of the Housing Act 2004, a problem remains with educational establishments taking a long time to return deposits and that National Union of Students/Unipol estimates that over 50 per cent. of deposits taken are not returned to students within two months of their tenancies ending and some take many months; further notes that the time set under tenant deposit protection for the return of a deposit is 10 days; and calls on the Government to require the tenancy deposit protection timescales for the return of students' money to be written into the Approved Code of Practice forthwith.

This motion has been signed by a total of 32 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Greg Mulholland14/05/2008Leeds North WestLiberal DemocratProposed
Peter Bottomley14/05/2008Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Bob Spink14/05/2008Castle PointUKIPSeconded
Andrew George14/05/2008St IvesLiberal DemocratSeconded
David Drew15/05/2008StroudLabourSeconded
Stephen Williams15/05/2008Bristol WestLiberal DemocratSeconded
John Pugh15/05/2008SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Holmes15/05/2008ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
Glenda Jackson15/05/2008Hampstead and HighgateLabourSigned
Lynne Jones15/05/2008Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Andrew Dismore15/05/2008HendonLabourSigned
Phil Willis15/05/2008Harrogate and KnaresboroughLiberal DemocratSigned
Ann Cryer19/05/2008KeighleyLabourSigned
Rudi Vis19/05/2008Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Robert Wareing20/05/2008Liverpool, West DerbyIndependentSigned
Alan Simpson20/05/2008Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Nigel Evans20/05/2008Ribble ValleyConservativeSigned
Julie Morgan02/06/2008Cardiff NorthLabourSigned
Brian Iddon02/06/2008Bolton South EastLabourSigned
Peter Kilfoyle02/06/2008Liverpool, WaltonLabourSigned
Vincent Cable02/06/2008TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Nigel Dodds02/06/2008Belfast NorthDUPSigned
Linda Gilroy03/06/2008Plymouth, SuttonLabourSigned
Paul Truswell03/06/2008PudseyLabourSigned
Colin Challen03/06/2008Morley and RothwellLabourSigned
Roberta Blackman-Woods04/06/2008City of DurhamLabourSigned
Andrew Stunell05/06/2008Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
John Heppell19/06/2008Nottingham EastLabourSigned
John Battle07/07/2008Leeds WestLabourSigned
George Mudie09/07/2008Leeds EastLabourSigned
Colin Burgon14/07/2008ElmetLabourSigned
Jim Cunningham06/10/2008Coventry SouthLabourSigned

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