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PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
BURDEN OF COUNCIL TAX (28 November 2002)

Motion Details

That this House condemns the policies of the Government which caused the burden of council tax on householders to rise from ú10.1 billion in 1996-97 to ú15.3 billion in 2001-02; notes with alarm and dismay that the burden is now projected to rise even faster to ú17.8 billion in 2003-04 which would represent an increase of 76 per cent. in seven years under Labour and four times the rate of inflation of 19 per cent.; and calls upon the Government to recognise that such increases are an intolerable and unaffordable burden on all householders but particularly pensioners, more than one million of whom are already in council tax poverty being forced to pay more than 10 per cent. of their income in council tax.

Sponsored by:
Sir Christopher Chope (Conservative)

EDMS Sponsor By Party

Party
Votes
%
 
Conservative
29
76%
 
 
Liberal Democrat
4
11%
 
 
Independent
3
8%
 
 
Not Available
1
3%
 
 
Democratic Unionist Party
1
3%
 
Sponsor List (38 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Con
Lord Blencathra
Con
Sir Julian Brazier
LD
Annette Brooke
LD
Mrs Patsy Calton
Con
Sir Christopher Chope (Sponsor)
Christchurch
LD
Sue Doughty
Con
Mr Peter Duncan
Con
Mr Nigel Evans
Con
Lord Flight
Con
Mr Adrian Flook
Con
Lord Garnier
Con
Dame Cheryl Gillan
Con
James Gray
Ind
Mr Dominic Grieve
Con
Lord Hammond of Runnymede
Con
Sir Oliver Heald
Con
Lord Horam
DUP
Mr Andrew Hunter
LD
Lord Jones of Cheltenham
Con
Sir Julian Lewis
New Forest East
Con
Tim Loughton
Con
Sir Peter Luff
Con
Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
Ind
Patrick Mercer
Con
Mr Malcolm Moss
Con
Dr Andrew Murrison
South West Wiltshire
Con
Mr Stephen O'Brien
Con
Lord Randall of Uxbridge
Con
Dame Marion Roe
Mr Jonathan Sayeed
Con
Andrew Selous
Con
Dame Caroline Spelman
Ind
Bob Spink
Con
Sir Robert Syms
Con
Dame Angela Watkinson
Con
Sir Bill Wiggin
Con
Ann Winterton
Con
Sir Nicholas Winterton

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