COUNCIL APOLOGIES OVER FAILURE TO ANSWER LIB DEM QUESTIONS

14.10.03

Haringey Liberal Democrats have branded the Council 'a shambles' after they apologised for failing to answer questions on social services issues, some of which were first asked three months ago.

Cllr Aitken wrote to the Council to complain about its failure to address a number of health and social services questions despite his regular requests for them to be answered. Last week he received an apology from the Council and stated that they would investigate the problem.

However Cllr Aitken is concerned that while he has received an apology as a member of the opposition, residents' enquiries may be going unanswered and as a result public faith in the Council is diminishing.

Cllr Aitken comments:

"It is very worrying that as member of the opposition I am not receiving answers to my questions. The key role of the opposition is to hold those in power to account, without access to information we are left speculating as to what the Council has to hide.

"This sorry episode asks questions about the quality of service that the Council's public information services provide if it takes them over three months to answer questions asked by councillors. It is a mess and it must be sorted out."

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