Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council: Dismissal

Mr. Winnick
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will ensure that the District Auditor's report on the dismissal by Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council of Peter Francis and related matters is published by the end of June 2007; and if she will make a statement.

Mr. Woolas
[holding answer 25 June 2007]: Publication of this report is a matter for the District Auditor. The Government will carry out a full assessment of the report at the earliest opportunity.