§ 52. Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will state the position regarding the right of a local government official, who intends to retire from the service at the time of reorganisation, to stand for election to a new local authority in June, 1973.
§ Mr. Graham PageIt is the intention that, under the Local Government Bill in its present form, an individual who is an employee of an existing local authority would not for that reason be disqualified from standing for election as a member of a new authority. But if elected he would not be able to hold any paid appointment on the staff of the new authority while he remains a member of it and until a year after he ceases to be a member of it.