Does it not surprise the hon. Gentleman that the Government never held any proper consultation with local authorities in order to discover whether this was a power that they wanted? Does not one usually ask people whether they want a power before one announces that the power is to be given to them?
Crime and Security Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Deben
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 8 March 2010.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Crime and Security Bill.
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
507 c81 
Session
2009-10
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Librarians' tools
Timestamp
2024-04-21 20:07:13 +0100
URI
http://data.parliament.uk/pimsdata/hansard/CONTRIBUTION_627769
In Indexing
http://indexing.parliament.uk/Content/Edit/1?uri=http://data.parliament.uk/pimsdata/hansard/CONTRIBUTION_627769
In Solr
https://search.parliament.uk/claw/solr/?id=http://data.parliament.uk/pimsdata/hansard/CONTRIBUTION_627769