Member

Amendment 194, also tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett, would duplicate strategic authorities’ existing functions and duties. While I welcome the intent of the amendment, the Bill already confers on strategic authorities a range of functions to help them to deliver against their areas of competence, including that of economic development and regeneration. Authorities are very able to introduce economic strategies that pick up community wealth-building principles, and they can do that under the existing framework.