Is not the problem something for which we cannot legislate in the Bill—that councillors on district and county councils are often unwilling to see powers go from the authority on which they serve to the parish council, when they should be standing up to their officers and arguing for the power or function to be devolved?
Sustainable Communities Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Greg Knight
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Friday, 15 June 2007.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Sustainable Communities Bill.
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