While my hon. Friend is running through a list of authorities, will she also refer to Sheffield—now a Labour-controlled authority, of course? There has been cross-party agreement between Labour and Liberal Democrats, and all are opposed to any mayoral system at all, and certainly opposed to shadow mayors. I am sure that were there any Conservative councillors in Sheffield—which there are not—they would be joining in the opposition as well. Is it not a strange system in which a mayor's legitimacy comes from being elected by the public, but a shadow mayor's legitimacy comes from being the representative of most councillors on a council? In Sheffield, that majority of councillors are opposed to the proposals.
Localism Bill (ways and means)
Proceeding contribution from
Clive Betts
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 17 May 2011.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Localism Bill.
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