That is not made at all clear in the Bill. Running through it is an extremely bureaucratic process, as I have outlined, and a naive belief that local empowerment is sufficient. We cannot ignore the existence of central Government, which is democratically elected and has a set of political priorities. There is a political process, as well as local empowerment.
Sustainable Communities Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Wayne David
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Friday, 19 January 2007.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Sustainable Communities Bill.
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