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EDM number 777 in 2006-07, proposed by Julian Lewis on 30/01/2007.

That this House deplores the threat made by the Audit Commission that Hampshire County Council, which is recognised as the second most efficient of the 37 county councils in England and Wales, despite receiving the second lowest central government grant, would lose its status as Excellent if the upstands of ramps at its pelican crossings exceed the range of 6mm to 9mm, notwithstanding the ease with which wheelchair users can negotiate significantly greater heights; notes that it would waste £250,000 of scarce County Council resources to comply with this absurd instance of micro-management; applauds the decision of Council Leader Ken Thornber to defy this bureaucratic blackmail; and accordingly calls upon the Audit Commission to disown and discontinue such costly and unnecessary interference in the future under the current overbearing and over-detailed performance target regime.

This motion has been signed by a total of 13 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Julian Lewis30/01/2007New Forest EastConservativeProposed
Desmond Swayne30/01/2007New Forest WestConservativeSeconded
Michael Mates30/01/2007East HampshireConservativeSeconded
James Arbuthnot30/01/2007North East HampshireConservativeSeconded
Maria Miller30/01/2007BasingstokeConservativeSeconded
Peter Viggers30/01/2007GosportConservativeSeconded
Bob Spink30/01/2007Castle PointConservativeSigned
Gerald Howarth30/01/2007AldershotConservativeSigned
Derek Conway31/01/2007Old Bexley & SidcupConservativeSigned
Peter Bottomley31/01/2007Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Sandra Gidley01/02/2007RomseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Mike Hancock01/02/2007Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
David Willetts30/04/2007HavantConservativeSigned

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