Not by any stretch of the imagination could this Bill genuinely be said to be about empowerment. If people are to be given rights, they need the means to take up those rights. The Bill does not contain the back-up, support, funding and guidance necessary genuinely to give people the sense that they can take on these services.
Localism Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Hazel Blears
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 17 January 2011.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Localism Bill.
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