Conduct Of Lord Walker (No. 3)

EDM number 1685 in 1992-93, proposed by Rhodri Morgan on 24/03/1993.

That this House considers that the new evidence in relation to the responsibility of Lord Walker for the initiation of the Operation Wizard privatisation exercise for the Welsh Development Agency in 1988-89 revealed in pages 48-9 of the Committee of Public Accounts minutes of evidence on the WDA's Accounts (HC, 1992-93, 353-i) demonstrates clearly that the WDA was not safe in Lord Walker's hands then, and that therefore the nation's pit closure areas and the new Urban Regeneration Agency will not be safe in his hands either; urges the Committee of Public Accounts to examine closely whether Lord Walker, as one of the prime movers in the Operation Wizard privatisation strategy for the WDA, should now be asked to repay an appropriate proportion of the ú308,000 total of professional consultancy fees incurred without any parliamentary authority by the WDA at Lord Walker's behest; and is not surprised that he has been keen to disown his involvement.

This motion has been signed by a total of 46 MPs.