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Member

Speaking in the House of Lords on 9 February 2026

Debate

English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill

Contribution

The amendment is necessary to ensure consistency, because other fire and rescue governance models already exclude the strategic functions from His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services’ inspection. Without the amendment, mayoral combined authorities and mayoral combined county authorities would be treated differently and that would create an uneven playing field.

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