I am a firm believer in the decentralisation of power, but does my hon. Friend recognise that decentralisation is not an end in itself and that we need to have accountability alongside it? Does he share my concerns that, under the Greater Manchester proposals, nobody in Greater Manchester other than the council leaders has been asked about what model of decentralisation they would like to see?
Devolution in England
Proceeding contribution from
Andrew Gwynne
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 2 March 2015.
It occurred during Estimates day on Devolution in England.
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