That point is very important. Most people would recognise the need for and be sympathetic to having the kind of transport and economic strategy that could be developed by the combined authority in a city region, but they clearly do not want the individual local authorities that they elect to lose powers to a wider body. There is certainly no support for that in my constituency.
Local Government: Combined Authority Orders
Proceeding contribution from
Derek Twigg
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 18 March 2014.
It occurred during Debates on delegated legislation on Local Government: Combined Authority Orders.
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