The Minister has talked about a bottom-up approach. From what I understand, Manchester is to be offered powers over policing. We had a bottom-up approach in Wales as a result of the Silk commission, which was sponsored by the UK Government, in which all parties agreed that policing powers should be devolved to Wales, just as they are in Northern Ireland and Scotland. However, the draft Wales Bill was published yesterday and the devolution of policing is missing from it. Can the Minister explain the ambiguity of the Government’s position?
Cities and Local Government Devolution [Lords] Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Jonathan Edwards
(Plaid Cymru)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 21 October 2015.
It occurred during Debate on bills
and
Committee of the Whole House (HC) on Cities and Local Government Devolution [Lords] Bill.
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