I think it would be more accurate to say that the authorities agreed to the new name reluctantly on the understanding that they would never have to use it, which rather makes my point. What was the point of the Secretary of State’s intervening in the first place?
Local Government: Combined Authority Orders
Proceeding contribution from
George Howarth
(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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