HL Deb 02 July 1981 vol 422 c402WA
The Earl of Selkirk

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether the co-opted members of an education committee who are employees of the county council are entitled to vote in the committee on all subjects, including finance.

Lord Bellwin

Such members are entitled to vote on all subjects considered by the committee, except where, by virtue of Section 105 of the Local Government Act, 1972, they are disabled by reason of a pecuniary interest and that disability has not been removed, in England by the Secretary of State for the Environment, or in Wales by the Secretary of State for Wales. The position is similar in Scotland as regards the co-opted members of the education committees of the Regional and Island Councils.

House adjourned at a quarter before eleven o'clock.