Greater London Authority Bill

Does that mean that he will take away children’s tickets? It sounded like it. The Conservatives oppose this new Bill to strengthen the Mayor’s position. The hon. Member for Surrey Heath (Michael Gove) wrote in the Evening Standard that the Conservatives will oppose the current Bill. He said that they would like to see the mayor focus on the big job that he already has. However, only a month ago, the hon. Member for Meriden (Mrs. Spelman) and the right hon. Member for Witney (Mr. Cameron) wrote in their pamphlet on the permissive state that:"““a great world city like London needs a city government. We are today committed not only to keeping the Mayoralty but to enhancing the powers of the office.””" A classic Tory flip-flop—one minute they want to enhance the Mayor’s powers: the next they want the Mayor to stick to the job he already has. One minute they want to strengthen London government: the next they want to vote against the very Bill that will do exactly that. We believe that the Bill will be good for London and we hope that we can build a consensus across the capital and the country to support it.