Adjournment debate on Tuesday, 24 February 2009, in the House of Commons, led by Keith Simpson. The answering member was John Healey.

Unitary Authorities

Westminster Hall adjournment debate on unitary authority proposals for Norfolk, Suffolk and Devon.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 488 c1-24WH
Session: 2008-09
Department: Department for Communities and Local Government
Chamber / Committee: Westminster Hall
Related items: Deposited Paper DEP2009-0814
Tuesday, 24 February 2009
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Proceeding contributions: Keith Simpson | 488 c1-2WH (Link to this contribution) It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs. Humble. For many colleagues present, t...; Keith Simpson | 488 c2WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a good point, which colleagues have made in previous debates. The two points th...; Gary Streeter | 488 c2WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend has raised two important issues, but may I invite him to add a third reason why the p...; Keith Simpson | 488 c2WH (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention, and I shall comment on that issue in a moment.; Lord Bellingham | 488 c2WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend for giving way, and I am sorry that I cannot stay for long, as I hav...; Richard Bacon | 488 c13-4WH (Link to this contribution) I am pleased to have the opportunity to contribute to the debate, to congratulate my hon. Friend the...; Charles Clarke | 488 c14WH (Link to this contribution) Will the hon. Gentleman accept that in my intervention earlier I did not mention size? I think that ...; Lord Risby | 488 c12-3WH (Link to this contribution) : I add my warm congratulations to my hon. Friend the Member for Mid-Norfolk (Mr. Simpson) on making...; Julia Goldsworthy | 488 c16-7WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Member for Mid-Norfolk (Mr. Simpson) on raising this issue. Listening to the...; Richard Bacon | 488 c14-6WH (Link to this contribution) I accept that the right hon. Gentleman did not mention size, although he did refer to Greater Norwic...; John Healey | 488 c24WH (Link to this contribution) I return to the general case for a single level of councils, and will try to do so in the least part...; John Healey | 488 c24WH (Link to this contribution) In fact, the judgment was entirely helpful in confirming exactly the advice that we set out on 6 Feb...; Keith Simpson | 488 c24WH (Link to this contribution) But you were guilty.; John Healey | 488 c22-4WH (Link to this contribution) No change has always been an option. If no decision is made to change, no change is clearly what rem...; Keith Simpson | 488 c22WH (Link to this contribution) Does the Minister accept that, for Norfolk, the district and county councils preferred the status qu...; John Healey | 488 c22WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Member for Mid-Norfolk (Mr. Simpson) on securing the debate. He has certainl...; Anthony Steen | 488 c2WH (Link to this contribution) May I say what a great service my hon. Friend has done to the House by bringing this matter before i...; Anthony Steen | 488 c9WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend referred to the meeting between the electoral commissioners and Devon Members. The co...; Baroness Browning | 488 c9-10WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend for that intervention. His memory of that meeting, which was a while...; Baroness Browning | 488 c8-9WH (Link to this contribution) I totally agree. My hon. Friend and I were present with other Devon Members when the Electoral Commi...; Charles Clarke | 488 c10-1WH (Link to this contribution) I shall start by stating the points on which I agree with the hon. Member for Mid-Norfolk (Mr. Simps...; Baroness Browning | 488 c17WH (Link to this contribution) Cornwall has, of course, already become a unitary authority. Is it not the case that its transition ...; Keith Simpson | 488 c2-3WH (Link to this contribution) I was not aware of that, and that is a very good point. Like other colleagues, all I know is that in...; Charles Clarke | 488 c3WH (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman accept that I have received many representations from businesses, citizens a...; Keith Simpson | 488 c3-5WH (Link to this contribution) The right hon. Gentleman may have received such representations; I accept his word on that. All I kn...; Norman Lamb | 488 c5-6WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Member for Mid-Norfolk (Mr. Simpson) on securing this important debate on a ...; Ian Gibson | 488 c6WH (Link to this contribution) For the sake of argument, many people in the outer parts—outside Norwich—are prolific users of the s...; Norman Lamb | 488 c6WH (Link to this contribution) One reason why I was opposed to the unitary bid from Norwich was that I did not want local governmen...; Norman Lamb | 488 c6-7WH (Link to this contribution) I completely agree. I made a point about achieving better value for money. No one wants to pay more ...; Anthony Steen | 488 c6WH (Link to this contribution) One of the extraordinary things about the debate on local government is not so much the consultation...; Gary Streeter | 488 c8WH (Link to this contribution) I am following my hon. Friend's arguments carefully. Does she agree that one of the many mistakes ma...; Baroness Browning | 488 c7-8WH (Link to this contribution) I am delighted to serve under your stewardship, Mrs. Humble. I apologise for my phone playing the ““...; Speaker | 488 c24WH (Link to this contribution) Order. I remind hon. Members that interventions should not be made from a sedentary position.; Robert Neill | 488 c19-21WH (Link to this contribution) I add my congratulations to those of other hon. Members on your presence in the Chair, Mrs. Humble, ...; Julia Goldsworthy | 488 c17-9WH (Link to this contribution) What I do know is that, in the first year alone, the new authority will save £2 million a year simpl...
Subjects: Cost effectiveness Devon Local government Norfolk Reorganisation Unitary councils Suffolk Local Government Boundary Commission for England
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