LABOUR COUNCILS IN SOUTH TYNESIDE AND PAISLEY

That this House notes with concern allegations that public funds in Labour-controlled South Tyneside have been misallocated by warring factions within the Labour group; calls upon the Right honourable Member for Sedgefield to make public the inquiry into these serious allegations; further notes the internal inquiry launched by the Scottish Labour Party into allegations in The Scotsman newspaper that Labour-controlled Paisley Council has funded a security company fronting dubious practices involving Labour Party officials; and calls upon the Right honourable Member for Sedgefield to undertake to make the conclusions public.