Oral Answers to Questions
Debate between Jayne Kirkham and Lindsay Hoyle(1 month, 2 weeks ago)
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Jayne Kirkham (Truro and Falmouth) (Lab/Co-op)
As a previous chair of a local government pension scheme, I was really pleased to hear that the Government are going to bring catering, security, cleaning staff, porters and repair people back into Government Departments. Does the Minister agree that that is the right thing to do and is beneficial for those workers, particularly given the situation with their pensions and the other things that they should have had access to in the first place?
Business of the House
Debate between Jayne Kirkham and Lindsay Hoyle(1 year, 2 months ago)
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Jayne Kirkham (Truro and Falmouth) (Lab/Co-op)
Thank you, Mr Speaker. Can the Leader of the House grant a debate in Government time on a more robust range of censure and sanction options for serious breaches of the local government members’ code of conduct, including suspension and removal of councillors? I know of recent incidents in which, despite egregious behaviour by councillors elected unopposed, those councillors remain in post, regardless of the wishes of their community and their council.