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Proceeding contribution from Baroness Andrews (Labour) in the House of Lords on Thursday, 21 February 2008. It occurred during Debates on delegated legislation on Wiltshire (Structural Change) Order 2008.


Wiltshire (Structural Change) Order 2008

I am grateful to the noble Lord for going through that process. He was absolutely correct about the judgment that we had before Christmas. We were able to proceed. However, as I said in my opening speech, we wanted to reduce the delay and disruption as much as possible to give some certainty to those authorities with which we had agreed proposals. Whether the order is quashed will now be within the discretion of the court and we will have to await the judgment. The court could find against the Government but could also decide not to quash the order, so there are clearly a number of possible options. We shall just have to await the judgment of the court.


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
699 c45GC 
Session
2007-08
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords Grand Committee
Subjects
Councillors Elections Local government Reorganisation Unitary councils Wiltshire Wiltshire County Council West Wiltshire District Council North Wiltshire District Council Salisbury District Council Kennet District Council Wiltshire Council
Legislation
Wiltshire (Structural Change) Order 2008
Link
View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk