Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Brian Sedgemore (Labour), on Tuesday, 7 April 1998, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 3 members in total.

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BANKRUPTCY OF COUNCILLOR HETTIE PETERS

That this House regrets that Liberal Democrat Councillor Hettie Peters recently lied when she claimed that she had resigned from Hackney Council due to ill health; notes that Councillor Peters was disqualified from being a councillor at 12.05 pm on 17 December 1997 when she was declared bankrupt on a petition from Windsor Life Assurance Company Limited for a judgement debt for rent arrears and breach of covenant; notes that under section 92 of the Local Government Act 1972 it is a criminal offence for a disqualified person to attend council meetings as a councillor; condemns Ms Peters for unlawfully attending three council meetings, three meetings of the Policy and Resources Committee and two meetings of the Social Services Committee when not a councillor and regrets that she was given access to confidential papers; deplores the fact that Ms Peters unlawfully accepted expenses in the form of the basic allowance and that the Council unlawfully paid out these expenses for January and February; calls on the Chief Executive, Tony Elliston, to make a report as monitoring officer and to seek to recover the money of council tax payers unlawfully paid out; and is concerned that Ms Peters believes that if she can get discharged from bankruptcy she would be a fit person to stand again in local elections.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1211 

Session

1997-98

Subjects

Councillors Disqualification Hackney Council

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk