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DCH 2006 Lobby of Parliament

Tenants, trade unionists and councillors came to London to support the campaign in Feb 2006
Short report
Article in DCH national newspaper (March 2006)
Programme
11.30am: Press photo call on Parliament Square
12 noon - 4pm: Rally at Central Hall with rolling platform of speakers
12.30 - 1.30pm: Workshops (Central Hall, 1st floor)
'Affordable Housing' (John Tudor room) and 'Effective Campaigning' (Dinsdale room)
1.30 - 2.30pm: Workshops (Central Hall, 1st floor)
'Future of ALMOs' (John Tudor room) and 'Post Transfer Experience' (Dinsdale room)
Speakers at the rally included
Chair. Austin Mitchell MP;
Tony Benn;
Jim Murphy Secretary Cardiff Fed;
John Allot National Officer, Amicus;
Michael Meacher MP;
Adam Wilkinson, Save Britain's Heritage;
Alan Simpson MP;
Cllr. Mike Tansey Sunderland Councillor;
Billy Hayes General Secretary, CWU;
George Galloway MP;
Cllr. John Lines, Lead Member for Housing Birmingham;
Chris Baugh Ass. General Secretary, PCS;
Carol Swords Tower Hamlets tenant;
Paul Holmes MP;
Brian Pordage vice chair, TAROE;
Cllr. Paul Russell, Lead Member for Housing Southampton;
Keith Sonnet Deputy General Secretary, UNISON;
Lynne Jones MP;
Cllr. Leslie Christie Gravesham;
Jack Dromey Deputy General Secretary, T&G;
Gerald Kaufman MP;
Alan Walter chair Defend Council Housing;
Kelvin Hopkins MP;
Cllr. Lynne Gray Lead Member for Housing Lincoln City;
Chris Murphy Executive Member, UCATT;
Frank Dobson MP;
Frank Chance chair Birmingham DCH;
Cllr. Liam Smith Lead Member for Housing Barking & Dagenham;
Derek Simpson General Secretary, Amicus;
Kate Hoey MP;
Cllr. Bob Pendleton (tenant and West Lancs);
Gavin Strang MP;
Jeremy Corbyn MP

Apologies and messages of support received from Jenni Marrow (Scottish Tenants Org), Clare Short MP, Clive Betts MP and Colin Fox MSP.

DCH would like to thank all the speakers and apologise to all those who wanted to contribute but we could not fit in.

Photos: Andrew Wiard / reportphotos.com
Tenants queuing to lobby MPs
Tony Benn
Carol Swords, Tower Hamlets tenant
Michael Meacher MP
Derek Simpson, Amicus general secretary
Councillor Lynne Grey, Lincoln
Listening to speakers
Keith Sonnett, UNISON deputy general secretary
Jack Dromey, T&G deputy general secretary
Frank Dobson MP
Gerald Kaufman MP
George Galloway MP
See reports on:
DCH 2000 Lobby of Parliament

DCH 2003 Lobby of Parliament

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'sign up' sheet
Draft Press Statement

Areas represented
Barking & Dagenham
Basingstoke
Birmingham
Bolsover
Bolton
Braintree
Brighton & Hove
Bromley
Burnley
Caerphilly
Cambridge
Camden
Cannock Chase
Cardiff
Castle Point
Chesterfield
Chorley
City of London
Colchester
Coventry
Crawley
Croydon
Denbighshire
Dudley
Dundee
East Devon
Edinburgh
Enfield
Flintshire
Gloucester
Gravesham
Great Yarmout
Hackney
Hammersmith & Fulham
Haringey
Harlow
Harrow
Hounslow
Ipswich
Islington
Kensington & Chelsea
Kirklees
Lambeth
Leeds
Leicester
Lewes
Lewisham
Lincoln
Liverpool
Medway
Mid Devon
Mid Suffolk
Milton Keynes
Mole Valley
Neath & Port Talbot
Newport
North Lincolnshire
Northampton
Norwich
Nuneaton & Bedworth
Oxford
Plymouth
Portsmouth
Redbridge
Rhonda Cynon Taf
Ribble Valley
Salisbury
Sandwell
Scarborough
Sedgefield
South Bedfordshire
South Cambridgeshire
South Kesteven
Southampton
Southwark
Stoke-on-Trent
Stroud
Sunderland
Swansea
Swindon
Tandridge
Taunton Deane
Telford & Wrekin
Thurrock
Torfaen
Tower Hamlets
Waverley
West Lancashire
Winchester
Woking
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