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Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Lord Russell-Johnston (Liberal Democrat), on Wednesday, 23 May 1990, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 7 members in total.

Inspection of Food Premises by Canterbury City Council

That this House notes with concern the failure of Canterbury City Council to safeguard the public by inspecting food premises sufficiently frequently; deprecates the fact that, while limited staff resources have been channelled into non-essential publicity-seeking events, high-risk food premises have gone without an inspection for up to three years; draws attention to the comments of the Canterbury City Monitoring Officer that this amounts to a deliberate dereliction of a statutory duty in favour of an optional activity and that there is clear evidence of maladministration; condemns the suppression of the monitoring officers' report; and calls for an immediate investigation into the situation, with the results of the investigation to be published in full.

Amendments

The Early day motion has received an amendment.

Inspection of Food Premises by Canterbury City Council (1051A1)
The Early day motion has received an amendment sponsored by Roger Gale (primary, Conservative) and tabled on Sunday, 10 June 1990. It has been signed by 1 members in total.
Leave out from 'House' to end and add 'notes that the standard of food hygiene generally found throughout Canterbury City Council's area, in food premises, is far higher than the minimum required by the regulations, largely because of the education, training and enforcement role carried out by the Council; notes that Canterbury is recognised by its neighbouring authorities as the centre of excellence for training for food hygiene matters and most staff and food handlers from other districts attend food courses in Canterbury, and further notes that the Council took the step almost a year ago of making budget provision for an additional environmental health team to further implement the requirements of the new Food Bill for this year.'

Secondary information

Type
Early day motion
Reference
1051 
1051A1 
Session
1989-90
Subjects
Canterbury City Council
Link
View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk