It might be worth bearing in mind the fact—for the benefit of my hon. Friend the Member for Beckenham (Bob Stewart)—that even with significantly greater devolution, the local authority would still have to behave within the principles of public law, acting in Wednesbury reasonableness terms, and be subject to judicial review if it behaved wholly irrationally.
Devolution in England
Proceeding contribution from
Robert Neill
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 2 March 2015.
It occurred during Estimates day on Devolution in England.
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