§ Mr. Gordon PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, pursuant to his answer of 9 January,Official Report, column 8, what are the implications of the refusal to grant a dispensation to vote for councillor Jill Gilhespy for her chairing the council meeting which will consider a report on the sale of Pendle's stake in Burnley and Pendle Transport. [12229]
§ Sir Paul BeresfordThe decision to decline Councillor Gill Gilhespy's application for a dispensation to vote need have no implications for her chairing the meeting which will consider a report on the sale of Pendle's stake in Burnley and Pendle Transport, except that the chairman's casting vote will not be available to her.