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Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Harry Greenway (Conservative), on Tuesday, 4 June 1996, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 6 members in total.

EALING COUNCIL HOUSING INQUIRY (No. 2)

That this House recognises that a report by Ealing Council into efforts to manipulate the housing list by two Labour councillors, who are prospective parliamentary Labour candidates, shows that their conduct in this matter was extremely su spect and inappropriate and that it further shows that both of these individuals attended court in order to seek to influence legal proceedings instituted by the council to evict unlawful tenants; recognises that their efforts to retain known Labour voters in an illegal council tenancy with the deliberate aim of increasing Labour Party support in the Perivale Ward of Ealing was unfair to the 10,000 people on the housing waiting list and political gerrymandering of the gravest kind; and calls upon the National Executive of the Labour party to examine their suitability as prospective parliamentary candidates.

Amendments

The Early day motion has received an amendment.

EALING COUNCIL HOUSING INQUIRY (No. 2) (940A1)
The Early day motion has received an amendment sponsored by Piara S Khabra (primary, Labour) and tabled on Monday, 10 June 1996. It has been signed by 12 members in total.
leave out from `House' to end and add `recognises that influencing the allocation of council housing for political purposes is totally wrong; notes that an extensive investigation by Ealing Council into the allocation of its council housing tenancies showed conclusively that there has been no political bias; further notes that the Ealing Gazette newspaper has praised the Labour Council for the prompt investigation and the detailed way in which it has been carried out; recognises that Councillor Payne has already apologised in a council meeting for the inappropriate lobbying on behalf of his constituents which led to the inquiry; notes that it did not result in the family in question being offered a council house; and contrasts this with the behaviour of Westminster Council which housed hundreds of homeless families in either rotten bed and breakfast slums or asbestos ridden tower blocks for political gain and which has still not apologised.'

Secondary information

Type
Early day motion
Reference
940 
940A1 
Session
1995-96
Subjects
Council housing Waiting lists Ealing Council
Link
View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk