I am grateful to the Minister for giving way. I question his use of the term “shortly” to mean two to four years, but I also say to him that if this agenda is genuinely about empowering people across entire city regions, it is important to get the language right. He just talked about cities and about Manchester, but my constituents in Wigan would not recognise that that relates to them. It is important that we get the language right and make sure people understand that this sort of deal could, if we do it right, bring significant benefits to city regions, not just to cities.
Devolution in England
Proceeding contribution from
Lisa Nandy
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 2 March 2015.
It occurred during Estimates day on Devolution in England.
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