The mayor would be speaking in his position as an elected official and in normal circumstances he would be able to refer to his successor as representing a policy that was the Bristolian policy. If the issue is, as suggested, that the mayoralty may go and a completely new form and structure of government take its place, what is to say that the devolved responsibilities that had been associated with the mayor would be retained after the abolition of the mayoralty? It injects a degree of uncertainty that is wholly unrealistic in the competitive world in which this country is engaged.
Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill [HL]
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Heseltine
(Conservative)
in the House of Lords on Monday, 22 June 2015.
It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL)
and
Debate on bills on Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill [HL].
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