It is possible for a Secretary of State to have reserve powers to intervene in extremis, as indeed the Secretary of State has powers to do now. [Interruption.] I hear a little whisper from my hon. Friend the Member for Nottingham North (Mr Allen) about what happens when the central Government behave in a completely irresponsible way—who can deal with them? At the local level, the local electorate can take a view.
Devolution in England
Proceeding contribution from
Clive Betts
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 2 March 2015.
It occurred during Estimates day on Devolution in England.
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2014-15
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