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Cities and Local Government Devolution [Lords] Bill

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?

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
600 c971 
Session
2015-16
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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