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Local Government Bill [Lords]

Debate on bills on Thursday, 25 November 2010, in the House of Commons.
Local Government Bill (HL). Third reading debate. Agreed on question. Bill passed without amendment.

About these Parliamentary proceedings

Reference

519 c488-96 

Session

2010-12

Department

Department for Communities and Local Government

Legislative stage

Third reading

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber

Related items

Local Government Bill (HL). Brought from the Lords. Explanatory Notes Bill 75-EN also published.
Monday, 11 October 2010
Bills
House of Commons

Proceeding contributions

Robert Neill | 519 c488 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time. This is a short, two-clause Bill that reve...
Chris Williamson | 519 c488 (Link to this contribution) I have some sympathy for the Minister, who is having to try to justify the Government's position on ...

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Robert Neill | 519 c495 (Link to this contribution) On the contrary, it is clearing up an act of partisan manoeuvring by the previous Government, who ab...
Chris Williamson | 519 c495 (Link to this contribution) If this is not an argument against the merits or demerits of unitary councils, it would seem that th...
Chris Williamson | 519 c493 (Link to this contribution) I urge the hon. Gentleman to look at the impact assessment. He is right that the cost of implementin...
Robert Neill | 519 c488 (Link to this contribution) Does it follow, then, that it is the official Opposition's policy that there should be unitary autho...
Chris Williamson | 519 c488 (Link to this contribution) The Minister knows that we support local determination, and we know from the facts surrounding Exete...
Simon Wright | 519 c488 (Link to this contribution) Can the hon. Gentleman explain why it took 13 years for the previous Labour Government to come to th...
Chris Williamson | 519 c488-9 (Link to this contribution) I do not accept the hon. Gentleman's proposition. If he looks at Labour's record of supporting local...
Chris Williamson | 519 c489-90 (Link to this contribution) I hear the hon. Gentleman's point, and he points to excellent examples of district authorities innov...
Chris Heaton-Harris | 519 c489 (Link to this contribution) I know that the hon. Gentleman is making a case for unitary authorities, but does he not recognise t...
Chris Williamson | 519 c490 (Link to this contribution) It is pretty obvious, where councillors from the county authority represent Norwich and Exeter, and ...
Chris Heaton-Harris | 519 c490 (Link to this contribution) Will the hon. Gentleman outline some of the duplication in Norwich or Exeter?
Chris Williamson | 519 c490-1 (Link to this contribution) Yes, there would still be a Norfolk county council and a Devon county council, but the fact remains ...
Brandon Lewis | 519 c490 (Link to this contribution) On the hon. Gentleman's comment about Norwich, is it not correct that, even if there was a Norwich u...
Chris Williamson | 519 c495 (Link to this contribution) How does the Minister respond to the point that the impact assessment concluded that there would be ...
Robert Neill | 519 c495-6 (Link to this contribution) I am glad that the hon. Gentleman raises the impact assessment, which I was going to come to, becaus...
Robert Neill | 519 c494-5 (Link to this contribution) With the leave of the House, I briefly reply to the debate. I congratulate the hon. Member for Derb...
Chris Heaton-Harris | 519 c492 (Link to this contribution) I promise that I will not trouble the hon. Gentleman again, but how can he stack up the comments tha...
Chris Williamson | 519 c491 (Link to this contribution) I agree with my right hon. Friend: what the hon. Member for Norwich South (Simon Wright), who repres...
Ben Bradshaw | 519 c491 (Link to this contribution) Is it not absolutely astonishing that the hon. Member for Norwich South (Simon Wright) is not aware ...
Chris Williamson | 519 c491 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman should not get too hung up on the issue of councillors. I explained that reducing...
Simon Wright | 519 c491 (Link to this contribution) What is the hon. Gentleman's assessment of the savings that would be produced by reducing the number...
Ben Bradshaw | 519 c493-4 (Link to this contribution) As my hon. Friend the Member for Derby North (Chris Williamson) said, this is a sad day for two of o...
Brandon Lewis | 519 c493 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman helps me to make my point: just think how much we could save if we did not have t...
Chris Williamson | 519 c492 (Link to this contribution) The fact is that there will be cuts as a result of the decisions being taken by the Government, who ...
Brandon Lewis | 519 c492 (Link to this contribution) I do not wish to detain the House for long on Third Reading, because much was said on Second Reading...

Subjects

Devon
Exeter
Local government
Norwich
Reorganisation
Unitary councils
Suffolk

Legislation

Local Government Bill (HL) 2010-12

Link

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