Oral question asked in the House of Commons, by Simon Hughes (Liberal Democrat). It was answered on Tuesday, 28 March 2006 on behalf of the Department for Constitutional Affairs.

Power Commission

Question: Do Ministers in the Department agree with the first proposal of the Power report, namely, that there should be a rebalancing of power from the Executive and quangos to Parliament and local Government? If so, is she willing to commit her Department to talks with the Conservative party and the Liberal Democrats on how we achieve that sooner rather than later?

Answer: I welcome the hon. Gentleman to his post at this Question Time and look forward to engaging with him on these questions in future. The Department will make a structured response to the Power inquiry. We will identify a number of solutions before we provide that. I know that the inquiry is looking forward to meeting people at the beginning of May to make further progress on some of the debates that it had. It has raised a number of key issues and we will want to respond to them as positively as possible.

Secondary information

Type: Oral question
Reference: 444 c670
Session: 2005-06
Oral question type: Supplementary
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Subjects: Democracy Elections Political parties Political activities Politics and government Public participation Voting behaviour Young people Politics Power Commission
Link: View this Oral question on www.publications.parliament.uk