Unlike the noble Lord, I have never served in local government, so I cannot speak with his experience. As I understand it, officials give advice in public, but I do not think that meetings of officials before they formulate that advice are open to public or press scrutiny. I was addressing that concern when I intervened.
Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill [HL]
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Heseltine
(Conservative)
in the House of Lords on Monday, 13 July 2015.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill [HL].
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