Member

Amendment 266 in the name of my noble friend Lady Pinnock seeks simply to point out the obvious: this is not a devolution Bill. There is no fiscal devolution. Without that, it is not devolution. It is decentralisation. Does it empower communities? We shall get to this in due course but I do not see community empowerment yet. I think it can be there, and I have tabled an amendment to try to encourage the Government to do more to deliver real community empowerment.