I am thoroughly enjoying listening to the hon. Gentleman's speech and looking at the expression on the face of his Whip. He talks about gerrymandering and various other matters. The main reason the then Secretary of State turned down Norwich's original bid was that, on its current boundaries, it did not meet all the economic and regeneration criteria, yet, four years later, it was accepted. Can he explain why an argument that had been knocked down was accepted by a new Secretary of State four years later?
Local Government Bill [Lords]
Proceeding contribution from
Keith Simpson
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 21 October 2010.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Local Government Bill [Lords].
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