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Cancellation Costs Of Wolverhampton City Council's Contract With Axon Ltd

EDM number 462 in 2009-10, proposed by Ken Purchase on 14/12/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Local government.

That this House calls on the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government to investigate the circumstances of Wolverhampton City Council proposing, without precedent in living memory, to hold part of its full council meeting in secret in order to keep from council taxpayers the cancellation costs of 7 million resulting from an aborted contract with Axon Ltd who have reportedly made threats to sue any councillor who votes for this matter to be heard in open debate.

This motion has been signed by a total of 14 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Ken Purchase14/12/2009Wolverhampton North EastLabourProposed
Kelvin Hopkins15/12/2009Luton NorthLabourSeconded
Graham Stringer15/12/2009Manchester, BlackleyLabourSeconded
Ann Cryer15/12/2009KeighleyLabourSeconded
Lynne Jones15/12/2009Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSeconded
Michael Clapham15/12/2009Barnsley West and PenistoneLabourSeconded
John McDonnell15/12/2009Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn15/12/2009Islington NorthLabourSigned
Robert Wareing05/01/2010Liverpool, West DerbyIndependentSigned
David Anderson05/01/2010BlaydonLabourSigned
Alan Simpson07/01/2010Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Katy Clark12/01/2010North Ayrshire and ArranLabourSigned
Rudi Vis13/01/2010Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Brian Jenkins14/01/2010TamworthLabourSigned

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