Proceeding contribution from George Osborne (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 26 February 2008. It occurred during Legislative debate on Local Government.
Local Government
The Minister drew a comparison with the ways that previous Governments had handled local government reorganisation. Will he confirm that last time the current Government considered this in the north-west—in relation to what would happen if people voted for a regional assembly in the north-west, which never took place because the Government did not hold the referendum—there was a commitment also to have a referendum question on local government reorganisation? Why have the Government abandoned the practice that they advocated just a couple of years ago? The Minister talks about empowering the people; why has he decided on this occasion not to let the people decide?
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- Proceeding contribution
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- 472 c1042
- Session
- 2007-08
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- House of Commons chamber
- Subjects
- Local government Reorganisation Unitary councils Cheshire
- Legislation
- Cheshire (Structural Changes) Order 2008
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