PAYMENTS TO SIR NORMAN BETTISON

Early day motion 803, tabled 26 November 2013 by George Galloway (Respect). Signed by 6 members.

That this House views with concern that Mark Burns-Williamson, Police and Crime Commissioner for West Yorkshire, is refusing to challenge £250,000 of perks paid to then Chief Constable Sir Norman Bettison on top of his salary over five years; notes that these payments included £34,000 a year for a car, although he was already provided with a chauffeur-driven car; further notes that these payments were never cleared with the Secretary of State for the Home Department and that the former District Auditor has ruled them unwarranted; contrasts this with the action of the Police and Crime Commissioner in North Yorkshire who is pursuing two former senior police officers for the recovery of £100,000 of similar emoluments which have been deemed potentially unlawful; and calls on the Secretary of State for the Home Department either to declare Sir Norman's extra payments lawful or instruct Mr Burns-Williamson to begin action to recover what were illegal payments.

Signatures by party: Labour 4, DUP 1, Respect 1.