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Member
Speaking in the House of Lords on 27 January 2026
Debate
English Devolution and Community Empowerment BillContribution
Devolution should rest on democratic legitimacy, transparency and clear lines of responsibility. Those are the principles that should guide us as we shape governance arrangements; it is against those principles that this Bill must ultimately be judged, not the creation of additional bureaucracy.
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