Public Inquiry Into Westminster City Council

EDM number 128 in 1997-98, proposed by Andrew Dismore on 17/06/1997.

That this House unreservedly condemns the role of the Conservative Party under Dame Shirley Porter and her successors in the many scandals revealed so far involving Westminster City Council, including the sale of the cemeteries for 15p, the placing of homeless families in asbestos-ridden towerblocks, and the 'homes for votes' gerrymandering of local elections; notes the failure of successive Conservative governments to take action against Westminster Council or condemn its wrongdoings; notes that many issues remain to be investigated, including the abuse of environment and planning policies for Conservative party electoral advantage; notes that the statutory powers of the Local Government Ombudsman and appointed auditor are inadequate to get to the bottom of the story timeously or at all; and calls on the Secretary of State for the Environment to institute a public inquiry into the running of Westminster City Council by the Conservatives under Dame Shirley Porter and her successors to establish the truth and the full extent of what happended in Westminster, to return to the people of Westminster their rights, and to recover the ú100 million of missing public money misapplied for party advantage by the Westminster Conservative Group.

This motion has been signed by a total of 103 MPs, 4 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Andrew Dismore	17/06/1997	Hendon	Labour	Proposed
Barbara Follett	17/06/1997	Stevenage	Labour	Signed
Jim Fitzpatrick	17/06/1997	Poplar & Canning Town	Labour	Signed
Louise Ellman	17/06/1997	Liverpool, Riverside	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Clive Efford	17/06/1997	Eltham	Labour	Signed
Maria Eagle	17/06/1997	Liverpool, Garston	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	17/06/1997	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	17/06/1997	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Tony Colman	17/06/1997	Putney	Labour	Signed
Iain Coleman	17/06/1997	Hammersmith & Fulham	Labour	Signed
Karen Buck	17/06/1997			Signed
Ben Bradshaw	17/06/1997	Exeter	Labour	Signed
Peter Bradley	17/06/1997	Wrekin, The	Labour	Signed
Denis Murphy	17/06/1997	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Barry Gardiner	17/06/1997	Brent North	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	17/06/1997	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Ian Gibson	17/06/1997	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Anthony D Wright	17/06/1997	Great Yarmouth	Labour	Signed
Alan Whitehead	17/06/1997	Southampton, Test	Labour	Signed
Keith Vaz	17/06/1997	Leicester East	Labour	Signed
Stephen Twigg	17/06/1997	Enfield, Southgate	Labour	Signed
George Turner	17/06/1997	North West Norfolk	Labour	Signed
Gareth Thomas	17/06/1997	Harrow West	Labour	Signed
Gareth Thomas	17/06/1997	Clwyd West	Labour	Signed
Dari Taylor	17/06/1997	Stockton South	Labour	Signed
Ian Stewart	17/06/1997	Eccles	Labour	Signed
Charlotte Atkins	17/06/1997	Staffordshire Moorlands	Labour	Signed
Candy Atherton	17/06/1997	Falmouth & Camborne	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	17/06/1997	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Jane Griffiths	17/06/1997	Reading East	Labour	Signed
Kali Mountford	17/06/1997	Colne Valley	Labour	Signed
Gillian Merron	17/06/1997	Lincoln	Labour	Signed
John McWilliam	17/06/1997	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Jenny Jones	17/06/1997	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	17/06/1997	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	17/06/1997	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Phyllis Starkey	17/06/1997	Milton Keynes South West	Labour	Signed
Clive Soley	17/06/1997			Signed
Jacqui Smith	17/06/1997	Redditch	Labour	Signed
Angela Smith	17/06/1997	Basildon	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Debra Shipley	17/06/1997	Stourbridge	Labour	Signed
Martin Salter	17/06/1997	Reading West	Labour	Signed
Joan Ryan	17/06/1997	Enfield North	Labour	Signed
Stephen Pound	17/06/1997	Ealing North	Labour	Signed
Michael Foster	17/06/1997	Worcester	Labour	Signed
James Plaskitt	17/06/1997	Warwick & Leamington	Labour	Signed
Sally Keeble	17/06/1997	Northampton North	Labour	Signed
Alan Keen	17/06/1997	Feltham & Heston	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Ann Keen	17/06/1997	Brentford & Isleworth	Labour	Signed
Tony McNulty	17/06/1997	Harrow East	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	17/06/1997	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Siobhain McDonagh	17/06/1997	Mitcham & Morden	Labour	Signed
Stephen McCabe	17/06/1997	Birmingham, Hall Green	Labour	Signed
Judy Mallaber	17/06/1997	Amber Valley	Labour	Signed
Fiona Mactaggart	17/06/1997	Slough	Labour	Signed
Andrew Love	17/06/1997	Edmonton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
David Lock	17/06/1997	Wyre Forest	Labour	Signed
Ken Livingstone	17/06/1997	Brent East	Labour	Signed
Martin Linton	17/06/1997	Battersea	Labour	Signed
Christopher Leslie	17/06/1997	Shipley	Labour	Signed
Oona King	17/06/1997	Bethnal Green & Bow	Labour	Signed
Fraser Kemp	17/06/1997	Houghton & Washington East	Labour	Signed
Robin Corbett	18/06/1997	Birmingham, Erdington	Labour	Signed
Jean Corston	18/06/1997	Bristol East	Labour	Signed
John Cryer	18/06/1997	Hornchurch	Labour	Signed
John Austin	18/06/1997	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Harry Barnes	18/06/1997	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Derek Wyatt	18/06/1997	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	18/06/1997	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Terry Lewis	18/06/1997	Worsley	Labour	Signed
Lawrie Quinn	18/06/1997	Scarborough & Whitby	Labour	Signed
Ernie Ross	18/06/1997	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	18/06/1997	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
David Hinchliffe	18/06/1997	Wakefield	Labour	Signed
Helen Jackson	18/06/1997	Sheffield, Hillsborough	Labour	Signed
Ashok Kumar	18/06/1997	Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland	Labour	Signed
Maria Fyfe	19/06/1997	Glasgow, Maryhill	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	19/06/1997	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Lawrence Cunliffe	19/06/1997	Leigh	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	19/06/1997	Easington	Labour	Signed
David Chaytor	19/06/1997	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	19/06/1997	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	19/06/1997	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Phil Hope	19/06/1997	Corby	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Colin Pickthall	19/06/1997	West Lancashire	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	19/06/1997	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Tom Cox	20/06/1997	Tooting	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	23/06/1997	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Alan Williams	23/06/1997	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Labour	Signed
Alan Johnson	24/06/1997	Kingston upon Hull West & Hessle	Labour	Signed
Audrey Wise	25/06/1997	Preston	Labour	Signed
Brian White	25/06/1997	North East Milton Keynes	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	25/06/1997	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eric Clarke	25/06/1997	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Margaret Moran	25/06/1997	Luton South	Labour	Signed
Bill Michie	25/06/1997	Sheffield, Heeley	Labour	Signed
Rachel Squire	25/06/1997	Dunfermline West	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	26/06/1997	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeff Ennis	26/06/1997	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
Patricia Hewitt	Unknown			Withdrawn
Margaret Hodge	Unknown			Withdrawn
Charles Clarke	Unknown			Withdrawn
Alan Meale	Unknown			Withdrawn

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