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Member
Speaking in the House of Lords on 9 February 2026
Debate
English Devolution and Community Empowerment BillContribution
This Bill introduces new and more flexible fiscal powers for mayors by creating flexibility in where the mayor may spend the mayoral precept and the introduction of the mayoral community infrastructure levy for mayors outside London. Legislating for a statutory duty would constrain flexibility, impose a fixed timetable and prescribe a scope for work that has already been progressed through more agile and collaborative means
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