That this House notes the publication of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister Select Committee report which calls into question the Government's strategy on meeting the Decent Homes Target; further notes the report is supported by the Local Government Association, UNISON, ASPE and the Local Government Information Unit; shares the concerns expressed in critical reports by the Public Accounts Committee and the National Audit Office on the cost effectiveness of stock transfer; welcomes the Committee's recommendation that there should be a level playing field in the local authority stock options appraisal process, which currently incentivises stock transfer, PFI schemes or arms length management organisations; believes that the Government should make adequate funding arrangements for repairs and maintenance where tenants vote for their local authority to retain the housing stock; and urges the Government to provide an investment allowance as a revenue stream that can be used to finance borrowing using local authority's new right to borrow under the prudential framework.

That this House notes the publication of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister Select Committee report which calls into question the Government's strategy on meeting the Decent Homes Target; further notes the report is supported by the Local Government Association, UNISON, ASPE and the Local Government Information Unit; shares...

That this House recalls that Early Day Motion 476 warmly welcomed the First Report of the Liaison Committee, Session 1999-2000, (HC 300), published on 2nd March, which observed that the membership of select committees is effectively under the control of the whips and that honourable Members have been kept off select committees because of their views and that this is wrong in principle; recognises that the Early Day Motion has been supported by 244 honourable Members and that the Leader of the House confirmed on 13th July that there would be a separate debate on the Liaison Committee's report; further notes that on the same day the Prime Minister told the Leader of the Opposition that there would be a free vote on the Report's recommendations, as there would be on the Conservative side; and, in the light of the statements made on 23rd October by candidates seeking election to the Speakership and by other honourable Members expressing concerns at the way in which Parliament had allowed itself to be side-lined, calls upon the Leader of the House to make Government time available to debate and vote on the Liaison Committee report.

That this House recalls that Early Day Motion 476 warmly welcomed the First Report of the Liaison Committee, Session 1999-2000, (HC 300), published on 2nd March, which observed that the membership of select committees is effectively under the control of the whips and that honourable Members have been kept off...