Early Day Motions

EALING COUNCIL HOUSING INQUIRY

EDM (Early Day Motion) 564: tabled on 04 March 1996

Tabled in the 1995-96 session.

This motion has been signed by 5 Members. It has received 2 amendments.

As this motion is using historical data, we may not have the record of the original ordering, in which case signatories are listed alphabetically.

Amendments to this motion

There have been 2 amendments submitted to this motion.

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Motion text

That this House deplores the pressure upon Ealing Council by a Labour councillor to house labour voters in a property to which they have no entitlement; further deplores that councillor's written statement that the same Labour Council should be building up Labour Party support in his ward by manipulation of the housing waiting list; supports the fury of people on Ealing Council's housing waiting list who regard this cheating as depriving them of the council home they need; and further regrets that Ealing Council have lost the file relevant to the case in advance of an official inquiry into this scandal.

The first 6 Members who have signed to support the motion are the sponsors. The primary sponsor is generally the person who tabled the motion and has responsibility for it. The date shown is when the Member signed the motion.

Greenway, Harry
Conservative
Signed on 4 March 1996
Ealing North
Primary
Carrington, Mr Matthew
Conservative
Signed on 7 March 1996
Fulham
Marshall, Mr John
Conservative
Signed on 4 March 1996
Hendon South
Tracey, Richard
Conservative
Signed on 6 March 1996
Surbiton

These members had previously signed the motion, but have now withdrawn their support. The date shown is when the Member withdrew their signature from the motion.

Austin-Walker, John
Labour
Signature withdrawn on 6 March 1996
Woolwich

After a motion has been tabled, other Members can table amendments to it. Amendments to this motion are shown below.

EALING COUNCIL HOUSING INQUIRY (Amendment 1)
leave out from `House' to end and add `recognises that allocating council housing on the basis of political preferment is totally wrong; welcomes Councillor Payne's apology for his actions and honourably resigning; recognises that no action was taken by the council who have acted quite properly in objectively examining this case; applauds the swift action of the Labour Leader of Ealing Council in establishing an independent inquiry into the housing allocations system which is being supported by all political parties on Ealing Council; contrasts this one off mistake by a new inexperienced councillor with Tory controlled Westminster Council's secret policy of housing homeless people in asbestos ridden tower blocks and gerrymandering the movement of families to secure Tory political control of Westminster Council; and regards Tory condemnation of Ealing Council as a classic case of Tory hypocrisy.'.
Mr Piara S Khabra
Labour, Ealing, Southall
15
signatures
EDM 564A1: tabled on 6 March 1996
EALING COUNCIL HOUSING INQUIRY (Amendment 1A1)
leave out from 'wrong' to 'contrasts' in line 7 and insert 'notes that Councillor Payne has not resigned but agreed not to stand for re-election to chairmanship of the Direct Services Committee, that the Labour Council leader has not established an inquiry and that the Chief Executive has seperately established an inquiry following Conservative pressure following receipt of the leaked letter; notes that the Labour councillors will have known about this letter since May 1995 and taken no action; further notes that Councillor Payne is a mature man in his forties rather than an inexperienced novice.'.
Harry Greenway
Conservative, Ealing North
1
signature
EDM 564A1A1: tabled on 11 March 1996