§ 41. Mr. Boardmanasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the classes of employees of local authorities who are permitted to serve as elected representatives on local councils or as co-opted members of local authority committees.
§ Mr. OakesThe position at the moment is that a local authority employee is entitled to serve as a member of the council or of a committee of any local authority other than that by which he is employed. Otherwise he is disqualified from service save that special provisions apply to teachers and persons otherwise employed in educational establishments maintained or assisted by a local education authority; they are entitled to be co-opted on to any committee of that authority dealing with functions connected with education, libraries and museums.