It is not a question of whether they have made a mistake or done something wrong, but of local choice. The Minister talked about a bad decision. To say that a local decision is a bad decision because it differs from a view that the Secretary of State takes does not seem to me to be in the spirit of devolution.
Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill [HL]
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Woolmer of Leeds
(Labour)
in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 24 June 2015.
It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL)
and
Debate on bills on Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill [HL].
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