Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Bill Michie (Labour), on Wednesday, 17 April 1996, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 103 members in total.

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CONDUCT OF THE PRIME MINISTER

That this House utterly condemns the Prime Minister's unwarranted attack on the Sheffield City Council on answering a question from the honourable Member for Sheffield, Heeley when he accused the Sheffield Council of failing to collect ??558 million of debt that it is owed when in actual fact the ??558 million relates to the borrowing by the City Council for housing, schools, old people's homes, roads and other important investment, all undertaken with government approval; also condemns the Prime Minister for misleading the House by stating that Sheffield is rubbish, in that it does not collect its debts or make its interest payments and has massive council tax arrears when in truth the Council has paid its interest payments on time and has been praised by both the District Auditor and by the DOE for its collection record; and therefore calls on the Prime Minister to withdraw his remarks and apologise to the House and the people of Sheffield.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

746 

Session

1995-96

Subjects

Debts Local government finance Sheffield

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk