Local Government White Paper

Ministerial statement on Thursday, 26 October 2006, in the House of Lords, led by Baroness Andrews.

Lords statement on the local government White Paper (Cm 6939).

About these Parliamentary proceedings

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2005-06

Strong and prosperous communities: the local government white paper in 2 volumes.
Thursday, 26 October 2006
Command papers
House of Commons

Baroness Hollis of Heigham | 685 c1321-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, local government is about the community of place; therefore local government is about loca...

Baroness Andrews | 685 c1319-21 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful for the welcome given to the White Paper. I have sympathy with the pressures...

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Baroness Scott of Needham Market | 685 c1318-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we live in one of the most centralised states in western Europe and, after the effects of ...

Baroness Hanham | 685 c1315-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for repeating the Statement made by the Secretary of State in the oth...

Baroness Andrews | 685 c1323 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am very grateful to my noble friend. She has enormous experience in local government and...

Baroness Andrews | 685 c1313-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, with the leave of the House, I shall now repeat a Statement made in another place by the S...

Baroness Hamwee | 685 c1326 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Liberal Democrats are very happy for the Government to take up our ideas, but we want ...

Baroness Andrews | 685 c1325-6 (Link to this contribution) Yes, my Lords, I can. The tone of the White Paper is proof of the fact that we bow to the expert and...

Lord Grocott | 685 c1327 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am required by procedure to adjourn the House for the lunch-break business. I beg to mov...

Lord Greaves | 685 c1323-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the key words in the Statement which the Minister has kindly repeated are ““strong directi...

Baroness Andrews | 685 c1324 (Link to this contribution) No, my Lords, I do not agree at all. If the noble Lord reads the introduction to the White Paper and...

Lord Howarth of Newport | 685 c1324-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I declare an interest as a vice-president of the Local Government Association, although I ...

Baroness Andrews | 685 c1327 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we are not imposing strong leadership; we are suggesting that there are three models which...