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Local and Regional Government

: This will be my last intervention. We can agree that reform does not necessarily involve regionalism, but does the hon. Gentleman agree that it does involve genuine decentralisation and real independence, with local accountability, local democracy, a majority of revenue being raised locally and decisions about how it is spent being made locally? How can we raise revenue in that context, given, not least, that the Liberal proposal for local income tax went down like a lead balloon?