I absolutely understand why the Government would not wish to interfere in bringing forward a top-down reorganisation of local authorities; that would be inappropriate, and I understand why they would be reluctant to do that. Does the Minister accept though that the beauty of my hon. Friend’s Bill is that, in the Government’s stated position of changes being locally led, nothing indicates something more locally led than a local referendum, where all the people have a chance to vote to say where they want to be represented? Does she agree that this Bill fulfils that Government policy of locally led changes?
Local Authority Boundaries (Referendums) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Philip Davies
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Friday, 25 February 2022.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Local Authority Boundaries (Referendums) Bill.
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