I am listening carefully to my hon. Friend. Does she agree that the Government are being completely inconsistent, because Cornwall, which has a Tory authority, can have devolution without an elected mayor, but her authority and many others in the north-east have been told that they cannot have devolution unless they first accept the mayoral model?
Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill [Lords]
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Beamish
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 14 October 2015.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill [Lords].
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