Is not the fundamental point that the Bill that we are about to pass may remain on the statute book for many years? The current Secretary of State may be fully committed to devolving these powers, but a future Secretary of State might wish to suck all of them back to Whitehall.
Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill [Lords]
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Brady of Altrincham
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 7 December 2015.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill [Lords].
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