Moved by
Baroness Scott of Needham Market
159: After Clause 70, insert the following new Clause—
“Councillor conduct: suspension of a parish councillor
(1) The monitoring officer of a local authority in England may suspend a parish councillor where that monitoring officer has determined through an investigation that the parish councillor has breached the parish council’s code of conduct.
(2) In subsection (1) a “local authority” is defined as being a—
(a) district council;
(b) unitary council;
(c) London borough council;
(d) metropolitan borough council.”
Member's explanatory statement
This new Clause would introduce a new sanction of suspension to the ethical standards regime which applies to parish councils in England.