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Nottingham Health Authority - Unlawful Expenditure

EDM number 2115 in 1992-93, proposed by John Heppell on 08/06/1993.

That this House is concerned that the draft report of K. F. Chidgey, District Auditor, shows that ú1.8 million has been spent unlawfully by the Nottingham Health Authority in entering into a partnership with a private company, Regency Park Ltd., to provide and manage a 22 bed clinic for drug and alcohol abuse, the outcome of which was to use Health Service money (a) to purchase a building at a cost of ú560,000, (b) provide half of the start-up funds of ú100,000 by way of a loan, (c) grant an interest-free loan of ú60,000 to fit out the building, (d) fund the salary of a marketing officer and unit manager at a cost of ú20,000, (e) pay ú6,000 per annum, chargeable to the clinic, for parliamentary consultancy services to the honourable Member who was responsible for instigating the scheme by approaching the Health Authority on behalf of the company; is further concerned that the Health Authority is arguing that the district auditor's report should not be published in the public interest; and therefore calls on the Secretary of State to ensure the district auditor's findings are not suppressed and to conduct a full public inquiry into how these abuses could have occurred.

This motion has been signed by a total of 45 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
John Heppell08/06/1993Nottingham EastProposed
Alan Meale08/06/1993MansfieldSigned
Eric Clarke08/06/1993MidlothianSigned
Bill Etherington08/06/1993Sunderland NorthSigned
Neil Gerrard08/06/1993WalthamstowSigned
Jimmy Dunnachie09/06/1993Glasgow, PollokSigned
Harry Barnes09/06/1993North East DerbyshireSigned
Janet Anderson09/06/1993Rossendale & DarwenSigned
John Evans09/06/1993St Helens NorthSigned
Jim Dowd09/06/1993Lewisham WestSigned
Lawrence Cunliffe09/06/1993LeighSigned
Frank Cook09/06/1993Stockton NorthSigned
Michael Connarty09/06/1993Falkirk EastSigned
Harry Cohen09/06/1993LeytonSigned
Keith Bradley09/06/1993Manchester, WithingtonSigned
Ian McCartney09/06/1993MakerfieldSigned
John McAllion09/06/1993Dundee EastSigned
Eddie Loyden09/06/1993Liverpool, GarstonSigned
Ken Livingstone09/06/1993Brent EastSigned
Peter Kilfoyle09/06/1993Liverpool, WaltonSigned
Lynne Jones09/06/1993Birmingham, Selly OakSigned
Eric Illsley09/06/1993Barnsley CentralSigned
Dennis Skinner09/06/1993BolsoverSigned
Ernie Ross09/06/1993Dundee WestSigned
Martin Redmond09/06/1993Don ValleySigned
William McKelvey09/06/1993Kilmarnock & LoudounSigned
Win Griffiths10/06/1993BridgendSigned
Joan Walley10/06/1993Stoke-on-Trent NorthSigned
Tony Banks10/06/1993Newham North WestSigned
Alex Carlile10/06/1993MontgomerySigned
Peter Hardy10/06/1993WentworthSigned
Alan Simpson10/06/1993Nottingham SouthSigned
Colin Pickthall10/06/1993West LancashireSigned
John Cummings14/06/1993EasingtonSigned
Ronnie Campbell15/06/1993Blyth ValleySigned
Dennis Turner15/06/1993Wolverhampton South EastSigned
Michael Clapham16/06/1993Barnsley West & PenistoneSigned
Mike Hall16/06/1993Warrington SouthSigned
Bridget Prentice17/06/1993Lewisham EastSigned
Paul Flynn17/06/1993Newport WestSigned
John Gunnell23/06/1993Leeds South and MorleySigned
Derek Enright24/06/1993HemsworthSigned
Tony Benn30/06/1993ChesterfieldSigned
Martyn Jones01/07/1993Clwyd South WestSigned
Audrey Wise27/07/1993PrestonSigned

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