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STOCKPORT STOCK TRANSFER

EDM (Early Day Motion) 586A1: tabled on 05 February 2003

Tabled in the 2002-03 session.

This motion has been signed by 29 Members. It is an amendment to an existing motion.

As this motion is using historical data, we may not have the record of the original ordering, in which case signatories are listed alphabetically.

This is an amendment to an existing motion

This motion was originally tabled by Andrew Bennett on 28 January 2003. This is amendment number 1.

View details of the original motion

Suggested amendment

leave out from 'notes' to end and add: 'with interest the way Stockport Council is implementing the Labour Government's policy of stock transfer in close partnership with the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, and overseen by the Independent Tenants Advisory Service; commends the Council for its long-standing attempts to secure loan sanction from successive governments that would have allowed it to improve its housing stock and avoid the necessity for stock transfer, for its scrupulous adherence to the procedures and legislation governing tenants' ballots, including The Data Protection Act, and for its repeated public declarations that it is a matter for tenants to decide what is in their best interests.'.

Original motion text

That this House notes with alarm the way Stockport Council is running its stock transfer campaign; further notes that the council is now so desperate to get a yes vote it is refusing to provide local honourable Members with a list of tenants eligible to vote, that it is using housing officers to canvass for a yes vote, with a bonus of ú400 for every 300 contacts and that it instructs those canvassers to mislead tenants by implying there will be no rent increases and that all will get new bathrooms and kitchens and that tenants will get a bigger say in how their properties are managed; and deeply regrets that it is proceeding with the scheme in spite of there being major anomalies in the offer document.

The first 6 Members who have signed to support the motion are the sponsors. The primary sponsor is generally the person who tabled the motion and has responsibility for it. The date shown is when the Member signed the motion.

In addition to the sponsors, the following Members have signed to support the motion.

Burstow, Paul
Liberal Democrat
Signed on 24 February 2003
Sutton and Cheam
Cable, Dr Vincent
Liberal Democrat
Signed on 13 February 2003
Twickenham
Calton, Mrs Patsy
Liberal Democrat
Signed on 5 February 2003
Cheadle
Chidgey, Mr David
Liberal Democrat
Signed on 5 February 2003
Eastleigh
Doughty, Sue
Liberal Democrat
Signed on 6 February 2003
Guildford
Foster, Mr Don
Liberal Democrat
Signed on 13 February 2003
Bath
George, Andrew
Liberal Democrat
Signed on 5 February 2003
St. Ives
Hancock, Mr Mike
Liberal Democrat
Signed on 5 February 2003
Portsmouth South
Harris, Dr Evan
Liberal Democrat
Signed on 13 February 2003
Oxford West and Abingdon
Harvey, Nick
Liberal Democrat
Signed on 4 March 2003
North Devon
Heath, Mr David
Liberal Democrat
Signed on 5 February 2003
Somerton and Frome
Holmes, Paul
Liberal Democrat
Signed on 6 February 2003
Chesterfield
Jones, Mr Nigel
Liberal Democrat
Signed on 12 February 2003
Cheltenham
Keetch, Mr Paul
Liberal Democrat
Signed on 6 February 2003
Hereford
Laws, Mr David
Liberal Democrat
Signed on 6 February 2003
Yeovil
Pugh, Dr John
Liberal Democrat
Signed on 5 February 2003
Southport
Reid, Mr Alan
Liberal Democrat
Signed on 5 February 2003
Argyll and Bute
Rendel, Mr David
Liberal Democrat
Signed on 5 February 2003
Newbury
Russell, Bob
Liberal Democrat
Signed on 10 February 2003
Colchester
Sanders, Mr Adrian
Liberal Democrat
Signed on 10 February 2003
Torbay
Taylor, Matthew
Liberal Democrat
Signed on 24 February 2003
Truro and St. Austell
Willis, Mr Phil
Liberal Democrat
Signed on 5 February 2003
Harrogate and Knaresborough
Younger-Ross, Richard
Liberal Democrat
Signed on 6 February 2003
Teignbridge

There are no withdrawn signatures for this amendment.