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Economic Downturn (Unemployment)

My experience in elected office and public life has suggested that whenever we have debates about boundaries there is a lot of heat and not a lot of light. People on the edges of regions are left wondering whether they are on the right side of the boundary. I know that the hon. Gentleman is part of a campaign to establish Cornwall as its own region and that he has tabled a private Member’s Bill for that purpose. However, I struggle to support that idea for fear that we would end up with so many regional Ministers and Regional Grand Committees that I am not sure that that would be viable. I am obviously pleased that Cornwall now has a unitary authority in order to be able to join things up a little more effectively.