Proceeding contribution from John Grogan (Labour) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 29 October 2009. It occurred during Grand Committee proceedings (HC) on Responding to the Downturn and Planning the Future Economy.
Responding to the Downturn and Planning the Future Economy
To be honest, I do not think that either party over the past 30 or 40 years has a great record of devolving power to local government. Working in Leeds showed me the value of local government. In a way, perhaps I did more good there than I have ever done since in terms of affecting policy. I repeat to my party colleagues: we must not be the party of quangos and focus groups and cede the ground to the centre right or the right of British politics, albeit that the record of previous Governments is far worse than ours.
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- YHRGC c33
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- 2008-09
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- House of Commons Grand Committees
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- Regional planning and development Economic recession Yorkshire and the Humber
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