I am obliged to the right hon. Lady for giving way; we are obviously getting on better now. She talks about democracy. Can she explain how democratic it was, over 13 years of a Labour Government, to increase the amount of ring-fencing from 4% to 15% of local government spend? Was not that simply a case of Labour saying that Brown knew best?
Localism Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Christopher Pincher
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 17 January 2011.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Localism Bill.
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