Combined Authorities (Consequential Amendments) Order 2014

My Lords, I am sorry: we now have to interrupt proceedings. We shall reconvene in 10 minutes.

I was just turning to the issue of transparency, having dealt with the issue of branding and flex...

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Storey, not least because in the ...

My Lords, I strongly welcome these draft orders, and the fact that the north-east draft order is ...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for introducing these important orders in a clear and comprehensiv...

My Lords, I am very grateful to all noble Lords for their strong words of welcome in support of t...

Can the Minister clarify further how it will be possible to see minority representation when in a...

The noble Lord raises a couple of different points there. The point that I am getting to with the...

I may be able to avoid the Minister having to write. I am not sure that she dealt with the point ...

The noble Lord is right to say that I had omitted to respond to him on that important point. We a...

Will the Minister give further guidance on the overview and scrutiny structure? She referred to g...

My noble friend raises some very important points. As a point of principle, I or one of my minist...

The exchange has prompted a thought. Presumably the combined authority will have to have an audit...

Yes, it will. I commend these orders to the Grand Committee.