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Lord Cryer (Lab)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 7 September 2026

Debate

Local Government Reorganisation

Contribution

M, my noble friend has talked about this to some extent, but can she assure the House that there will not be a wholesale return to the drawing board, as it were—in other words, that all that work will not be wasted? By that, I suppose I mean: does the Government’s commitment to devolution remain as strong as it has been for the past two years? Many of us feel that power has drained from municipalities to Whitehall for probably the past 50 years; we would like some of it to start going back to municipal centres.

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