PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
CHARGING FOR WATER AND SEWERAGE (21 November 1994)

Motion Details

That this House believes that water is a public resource, rather than a commodity to be bought and sold by the pint; believes that the council tax offers a flexible, ready made, cheap to run, new property-based system on which to base water charges following on from the present water rates; notes that in Scotland the transfer from rateable values to council tax bands has happened with no fuss or disruption; recognises that many finance officers in English and Welsh water companies are at a loss to understand why they cannot follow suit; and rejects the extension of water metering as being costly, and basically unfair on households which have the greatest needs, such as families with young children and the sick and elderly who have a lot of washing to do, and four times as expensive as other water saving devices such as dual flush toilets, sprinkler taps, and showers in conserving water resources.

Sponsored by:
Helen Jackson (Labour)

EDMS Sponsor By Party

Party
Votes
%
 
Labour
172
80%
 
 
Liberal Democrat
11
5%
 
 
Independent
6
3%
 
 
Conservative
6
3%
 
 
Crossbench
4
2%
 
 
Plaid Cymru
3
1%
 
 
Ulster Unionist Party
3
1%
 
 
Not Available
2
1%
 
 
The Independent Group for Change
2
1%
 
 
Scottish National Party
1
0%
 
 
Non-affiliated
1
0%
 
 
Workers Party of Britain
1
0%
 
 
Social Democratic & Labour Party
1
0%
 
 
Democratic Unionist Party
1
0%
 
Sponsor List (214 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Lab
Baroness Adams of Craigielea
Lab
Nick Ainger
Lab
Mr Bob Ainsworth
Lab
Mr Graham Allen
XB
Lord Alton of Liverpool
Lab
Janet Anderson
Lab
Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top
Lab
Mr Joe Ashton
Lab
John Austin
DUP
Lord Bannside
Lab
Mr Harry Barnes
Lab
Sir Hugh Bayley
UUP
Mr Roy Beggs
LD
Lord Beith
Lab
Andrew Bennett
Lab
Mr Joe Benton
Lab
Mr Gerry Bermingham
Lab
Roger Berry
Lab
Mr Clive Betts
Sheffield South East
Lab
Lord Bilston
Con
Sir Andrew Bowden
Lab
Lord Bradley
Lab
Richard Burden
Ind
Mr Stephen Byers
Lab
Mr Richard Caborn
Lab
James Callaghan
LD
Lord Campbell of Pittenweem
Lab
Mr Ronnie Campbell
Lab
Mrs Anne Campbell
Lab
Lord Campbell-Savours
Ind
Dennis Canavan
Lab
Mr Jamie Cann
XB
Lord Carlile of Berriew
LD
Lord Chidgey
Lab
Mr Malcolm Chisholm
Lab
Ms Judith Church
Con
Winston Churchill
Lab
Mr Michael Clapham
Lab
Mr Eric Clarke
Lab
Mr David Clelland
IGC
Ann Coffey
Lab
Harry Cohen
Lab
Michael Connarty
Lab
Frank Cook
Lab
Lord Corbett of Castle Vale
Ind
Jeremy Corbyn
Islington North
Lab
Baroness Corston
Lab
Tom Cox
Lab
John Cummings
Lab
Mr Lawrence Cunliffe
Lab
Mr Jim Cunningham
PC
Cynog Dafis
Lab
Tam Dalyell
Lab
Mr Ian Davidson
Lab
Lord Davies of Oldham
Lab
Mr Terry Davis
Lab
Mr John Denham
Lab
Mr Brian H. Donohoe
Lab
Jim Dowd
Lab
Jimmy Dunnachie
Lab
Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody
Lab
Dame Angela Eagle
Wallasey
Lab
Derek Enright
Lab
Bill Etherington
Lab
Lord Evans of Parkside
Lab
Andrew Faulds
XB
Lord Field of Birkenhead
Lab
Paul Flynn
UUP
Clifford Forsythe
LD
Lord Foster of Bath
Lab
Mrs Maria Fyfe
WPB
George Galloway
IGC
Mike Gapes
Lab
John Garrett
Lab
Mr Neil Gerrard
Lab
Dr Norman Godman
Lab
Mr Roger Godsiff
Lab
Baroness Golding
Lab
Mildred Gordon
Mr Tommy Graham
Lab
Bernie Grant
Lab
Mr Win Griffiths
Lab
Mr John Gunnell
Lab
Lord Hain
Lab
Mr Mike Hall
Lab
Lord Hanson of Flint
Lab
Peter Hardy
LD
Sir Nick Harvey
Lab
Mr John Heppell
Lab
Keith Hill
Lab
Baroness Hodge of Barking
Lab
Norman Hogg
Lab
Mr John Home Robertson
Lab
Mr Jim Hood
Lab
Dr Kim Howells
Lab
Mr Kevin Hughes
Con
Robert Hughes
Lab
Roy Hughes
LD
Simon Hughes
Lab
Lord Hutton of Furness
Ind
Mr Eric Illsley
Lab
Glenda Jackson
Lab
Helen Jackson (Sponsor)
Lab
Mr David Jamieson
Lab
Lord Janner of Braunstone
LD
Sir Russell Johnston
LD
Lord Jones of Cheltenham
Lab
Lynne Jones
Lab
Mr Jon Owen Jones
Lab
Mr Martyn Jones
Lab
Baroness Jowell
Lab
Sir Gerald Kaufman
Lab
Alan Keen
Lab
Jane Kennedy
Lab
Mr Piara S Khabra
Lab
Mr Peter Kilfoyle
Lab
Lord Kinnock
Con
Sir David Knox
Lab
Mr Terry Lewis
Lab
Baroness Liddell of Coatdyke
Lab
Robert Litherland
Ind
Mr Ken Livingstone
PC
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Lab
Eddie Loyden
LD
Liz Lynne
Lab
Dr Calum MacDonald
Lab
Andrew Mackinlay
Lab
Mr Denis MacShane
Lab
Max Madden
LD
Baroness Maddock
Lord Maginnis of Drumglass
Lab
Alice Mahon
Lab
Lord Mandelson
Lab
Dr John Marek
Lab
Mr Jim Marshall
XB
Lord Martin of Springburn
Lab
Mr Eric Martlew
Lab
Lord Maxton
Lab
Mr John McAllion
Lab
Lord McAvoy
Lab
Sir Ian McCartney
SDLP
Mr Eddie McGrady
Lab
William McKelvey
Lab
Gordon McMaster
Lab
Mr John McWilliam
Lab
Sir Alan Meale
Lab
Mr Bill Michie
Lab
Mr Alan Milburn
Lab
Andrew Miller
Lab
Austin Mitchell
Lab
Mr Rhodri Morgan
Lab
Mr Elliot Morley
Lab
Lord Morris of Manchester
Lab
Baroness Morris of Yardley
Lab
Mr Chris Mullin
Lab
Mr Mike O'Brien
Lab
Mr Edward O'Hara
Lab
Gordon Oakes
Lab
Mr Bill Olner
Lab
Lord Orme
Lab
Robert Parry
Lab
Terry Patchett
Con
Mrs Elizabeth Peacock
Lab
Mr Colin Pickthall
Lab
Mr Peter Pike
Lab
Mr Greg Pope
Lab
Sir Raymond Powell
Lab
Bridget Prentice
Lab
Mr Gordon Prentice
Lab
Baroness Primarolo
Lab
Mr Ken Purchase
Lab
Baroness Quin
Lab
Lord Randall of St Budeaux
Lab
Mr Nick Raynsford
Lab
Martin Redmond
Lab
Lord Reid of Cardowan
Lab
Mr Geoffrey Robinson
Lab
Mrs Barbara Roche
Lab
Mr Allan Rogers
Lab
Lord Rooker
Lab
Mr Terry Rooney
Lab
Mr Ernie Ross
Lab
Mr Barry Sheerman
Lab
Peter Shore
Lab
Alan Simpson
Lab
Mr Dennis Skinner
Lab
Llew Smith
UUP
The Rev Martin Smyth
Lab
Lord Soley
Lab
Lord Spellar
Lab
Rachel Squire
Lord Steel of Aikwood
Lab
Mr Gerry Steinberg
Lab
Mr George Stevenson
Lab
Roger Stott
Lab
Lord Stratford
Lab
Mr Gerry Sutcliffe
Lab
Jack Thompson
Lab
Sir Stephen Timms
East Ham
Lab
Paddy Tipping
LD
Lord Tyler
Lab
Joan Walley
Lab
Gareth Wardell
Ind
Mr Robert N. Wareing
Lab
Lord Watson of Invergowrie
SNP
Mr Andrew Welsh
Lab
Malcolm Wicks
PC
Lord Wigley
Lab
Dr Alan Williams
Lab
Mr David Winnick
Con
Sir Nicholas Winterton
Lab
Mrs Audrey Wise
Lab
Dr Tony Wright
Lab
David Young

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