Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Alex Salmond (Scottish National Party), on Tuesday, 22 June 1993, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 3 members in total.

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STRATHCLYDE REGION AND GOVAN INITIATIVE

That this House regrets the decision by the ruling Labour group on Strathclyde Regional Council to remove from the board of the multi-million pound development agency, the Govan Initiative, the elected councillor, Mr David Crossan, whose ward accounts for 75 per cent. of the area covered by the Govan Initiative, despite the fact that he had accepted an invitation to serve on the board from the Initiative itself; believes such behaviour has no place in a modern, open and democratic local authority; calls on Strathclyde Region's ruling Labour group to stop running their affairs as if they were a one party dictatorship; believes this decision shows breathtaking arrogance and utter contempt for the democratic wishes of the local electorate in Goven; calls on the Council to revert to past behaviour when the sitting councillor for the Govan area was appointed to the Initiative board; and calls on the honourable Member for Glasgow, Govan, who previously represented Strathclyde Region on the board and was Chairman of the Gowan Initiative, to disown this partisan and petty decision.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

2195 

Session

1992-93

Subjects

Strathclyde Regional Council Govan Initiative

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk