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PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
VILLAGE HALLS (13 November 2002)

Motion Details

That this House calls upon the Government to assist England's rural communities threatened by the prospect of derelict village halls, as a consequence of reduced funding by the national Lottery's Community Fund and other organisations; recognises that compliance with the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 has compounded the deficit facing community halls and villages, resulting in the threat of closure and community damage; recognises the value and importance of rural regeneration; and supports the proposals by Action with Communities in Rural England to amend the guidelines to the Community Fund so as to make support for village halls a priority, and to prevent the biggest share of lottery money being used to finance programmes which should be the responsibility of Central Government.

Sponsored by:
James Gray (Conservative)

EDMS Sponsor By Party

Party
Votes
%
 
Conservative
51
69%
 
 
Liberal Democrat
11
15%
 
 
Independent
5
7%
 
 
Democratic Unionist Party
2
3%
 
 
Not Available
2
3%
 
 
Speaker
1
1%
 
 
Ulster Unionist Party
1
1%
 
 
Labour
1
1%
 
Sponsor List (74 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Con
Mr Peter Ainsworth
Con
Sir David Amess
Con
Mr John Baron
UUP
Mr Roy Beggs
Spk
John Bercow
Con
Lord Blencathra
Ind
Crispin Blunt
Con
Sir Julian Brazier
LD
Mr Colin Breed
LD
Annette Brooke
DUP
Mr Gregory Campbell
East Londonderry
LD
Lord Chidgey
Derek Conway
Con
Mr Stephen Dorrell
Con
Mr Peter Duncan
Con
Sir Alan Duncan
Lab
Jeff Ennis
Con
Mr Nigel Evans
Con
Lord Flight
Con
Mr Adrian Flook
Con
Mr Mark Francois
Rayleigh and Wickford
Con
Lord Garnier
LD
Andrew George
St Ives
LD
Sandra Gidley
Con
Dame Cheryl Gillan
Con
Lord Goodman of Wycombe
Con
James Gray (Sponsor)
Con
Mr John Greenway
Ind
Mr Dominic Grieve
Con
Lord Hammond of Runnymede
LD
Sir Nick Harvey
Con
Sir Oliver Heald
Con
Lord Horam
DUP
Mr Andrew Hunter
LD
Lord Jones of Cheltenham
Con
Robert Key
Con
Sir Greg Knight
Con
Baroness Laing of Elderslie
Con
Mrs Jacqui Lait
Con
Sir Edward Leigh
Gainsborough
Con
Sir Julian Lewis
New Forest East
Con
Sir David Lidington
Con
Tim Loughton
Con
Sir Peter Luff
Ind
Mr Paul Marsden
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
Sir James Paice
Con
Lord Randall of Uxbridge
LD
Mr David Rendel
Con
Sir Hugh Robertson
Con
Andrew Rosindell
Romford
Con
Mr David Ruffley
Mr Jonathan Sayeed
Con
Andrew Selous
Con
Baroness Shephard of Northwold
Con
Dame Caroline Spelman
Ind
Bob Spink
Con
Sir Gary Streeter
Con
Sir Desmond Swayne
New Forest West
LD
Lord Taylor of Goss Moor
Con
David Tredinnick
LD
Lord Tyler
Con
Mr Robert Walter
Con
Dame Angela Watkinson
Con
Sir John Whittingdale
Maldon
Con
Miss Ann Widdecombe
Con
Sir Bill Wiggin
Con
Mr David Wilshire
Con
Sir Nicholas Winterton
LD
Richard Younger-Ross

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